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So President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began this conflict, calling on Iranians to take control of their country in speeches on the very first day.
But since then, we've seen changing messaging.
We've seen that in the U.S., when U.S.
officials have increasingly focused on narrower goals of destroying the country's military capabilities.
Now we're seeing a shifting tone in Israel.
I think that was most clear in a speech that Netanyahu gave yesterday.
It was his first press conference where he took questions since the start of the war.
And he basically said that he couldn't commit to the idea that Iranians would be able to topple the regime.
And what we understand now is that Israeli officials basically think that the conditions are not ripe.
on the ground yet for regime change.
We understand also that people are very scared in Iran.
The security forces are present on the streets.
There's threats.
There's just a lot of fear.
So it doesn't seem like this is the moment to go for that.
We are seeing differences that are emerging between the two countries.
So we saw this very clearly in a set of strikes on oil depots that Israel conducted.