The Art of the Iran Deal or the End of the Ayatollahs?

Israel woke up on Saturday to Iranian missile barrages—and suddenly the debate Mark and Ruthie have been having for weeks isn’t theoretical anymore. Broadcasting remotely from Tel Aviv and an undisclosed location, they break down what the joint U.S.-Israel war against the Islamic Republic means right now: whether President Trump still sees a diplomatic off-ramp, or whether the only endgame is total military defeat of the regime’s nuclear and missile capabilities. They spar over Trump’s “too late” messaging, the Whitkoff/Rubio/Hegseth signals coming out of Washington and the biggest question of all—can a theocratic, Islamist regime ever be coerced into real concessions, or will it only lie, stall and escalate? Plus: Hezbollah’s renewed fire from Lebanon, the growing regional spillover (from Turkey to the Gulf), why “preemption isn’t aggression” and what a decisive victory could mean for Iran’s proxies—and even the future of Arab-Israeli peace.

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