Despite the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) continued to rain down hundreds of rockets on Israel, prompting an IDF response targeting PIJ locations and assets in Gaza. The point at which Israel seeks a ceasefire, rather than a larger-scale response remains a politically contentious decision for the prime minister, even more so during the current political stalemate. Matthew RJ Brodsky joins STRATFOR Middle East and North Africa analyst Ryan Bohl on i24News "ClearCut" with Michelle Makori for a wide-ranging discussion on the Israeli and U.S. political machinations that have come from the latest conflict between Israel and the PIJ in Gaza.

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Turkey's President Erdoğan comes to Washington to meet with President Trump -- a controversial move following the U.S. shift in Syria policy, withdrawal from northern Syria, and Turkey's subsequent invasion targeting America's Kurdish allies in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). It follows a litany of contentious actions from Erdoğan that cast an ominous shadow on the Oval Office visit. Matthew RJ Brodsky joins TRT World's Presenter Alican Ayanlar; North America Correspondent Jon Brain; Professor of International Relations from South Carolina and political analyst Ali Demirdas; and defense analyst and Pentagon Correspondent Kasim Ileri of Turkey's Anadolu News Agency for a special live news edition outside the White House. They discuss the many bones of contention in the U.S.-Turkish relationship, the shifting attitudes in the branches of the U.S. government, and the complex political dynamic in Washington that Erdoğan will need to navigate. Finally, they provide their analysis on what can be expected from the meetings.

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The IAEA says it detected uranium particles at an undeclared site in Iran on the country's nuclear program in its latest report issued on Monday. "The agency detected natural uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at a location in Iran not declared to the agency," the report declared, backing up the Israeli assertion last year, which was based on the evidence it recovered from a site near Tehran. Matthew RJ Brodsky joins former U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer John Jordan on i24News "ClearCut" with Michelle Makori to discuss the ramifications of the find, along with the other layers of cheating Iran is engaged in on the nuclear file. Brodsky explains that the European response at this point resembles the three little pigs praising the strength of their straw house after the proverbial big bad wolf already blew it down.

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President Hassan Rouhani announced on Tuesday that Iran would take another step away from its commitments under the crumbling nuclear deal, promising to resume uranium enrichment at its Fordow plant. "Starting from tomorrow [Wednesday], we will begin injecting [uranium hexafluoride] gas at Fordow," Rouhani said in a speech broadcast by state television. Matthew RJ Brodsky joins Derricke Dennis on i24News "ClearCut" to discuss the ramifications and the U.S. and European responses.

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Matthew RJ Brodsky joins EWTN News Nightly to discuss the implications of the U.S. special forces operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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