# Domestic politics in Israel could sink the Iran deal before the ships even start their engines Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/domestic-politics-in-israel-could-sink-the-iran-deal-before-the-ships-even-start-their-engines Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/domestic-politics-in-israel-could-sink-the-iran-deal-before-the-ships-even-start-their-engines.md Podcast: [The Radio National Hour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627) Published: 2026-06-15T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-radio-national-hour/the-radio-national-hour/106722940 Audio file: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/li/Z/35.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/episodes/domestic-politics-in-israel-could-sink-the-iran-deal-before-the-ships-even-start-their-engines Duration seconds: 3308 ## Resource President Donald Trump has celebrated his 80th birthday in style with a UFC fight on the White House lawns and a peace deal with Iran. But that’s already in peril as Israel continues its attacks in on Hezbollah. Will Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally yield to the USA? Former Israeli diplomat and Prime Ministerial advisor Alon Pinkas says a lot could happen between now and when the deal is supposed to be signed on Friday. The horror of Saturday’s shark attack on a young mother at Sydney’s Coogee beach is already prompting calls for a shark cull. Could new technologies like drones and wearable devices do more to keep us safe? Shark behavioural expert Professor Charlie Huveneers says some devices have been shown to deter the predators. Israel’s latest strikes in Lebanon have killed more than 3 thousand seven hundred people but they’ve also devastated an unknown number of ancient cultural sites. Lebanese cultural heritage researcher and human rights lawyer Sherine Al Shallah says that these places tell the story of the beginnings of civilisation. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/episodes/domestic-politics-in-israel-could-sink-the-iran-deal-before-the-ships-even-start-their-engines/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/domestic-politics-in-israel-could-sink-the-iran-deal-before-the-ships-even-start-their-engines.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.