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        "id": 1822087,
        "msgid": "ex-israeli-pm-reveals-cunning-tactic-to-destroy-iran-from-within-1782312696",
        "date": "2026-06-24 20:30:00",
        "title": "Ex-Israeli PM Reveals Cunning Tactic to Destroy Iran from Within",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has disclosed that Israel smuggled thousands of Starlink satellite internet devices into Iran to aid anti-government protesters. Bennett claimed the operation was intended to help demonstrators coordinate and ultimately overthrow the Iranian regime, but criticised the current government under Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to maintain the infrastructure when protests erupted. The revelation confirms longstanding Iranian accusations of foreign interference aimed at weakening its internal security.",
        "content": "<p>Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has revealed a covert\nIsraeli tactic to \u2018destroy\u2019 Iran from within. Speaking at the JNS\nInternational Policy Conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Bennett\nadmitted that Israel deliberately smuggled Starlink satellite internet\ndevices into Iran to assist anti-government protest groups. However, he\nclaimed that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to follow\nthrough on the plan to achieve the desired impact. Bennett, who served\nas premier from 2021 to 2022, said he initiated the purchase and\nsmuggling of thousands of Starlink devices into Iran to secure access to\nsocial networks and the internet. Starlink, a service under Elon Musk\u2019s\nSpaceX, enables satellite-based internet flow that can reach remote\nareas and countries where internet access is deliberately restricted by\nthe government. Iran has previously accused Israel and the United States\nof smuggling such devices to undermine its security. Starlink does not\nhave a licence to operate in Iran, but Musk has previously stated the\nservice is active there. Bennett said the devices were intended to allow\nprotesters to coordinate and ultimately overthrow the Iranian\ngovernment. \u2018Unfortunately, the current incompetent Israeli government\nstopped doing that,\u2019 he said, adding that when protests occurred, the\ninfrastructure was not in place. Netanyahu\u2019s office did not immediately\nrespond to questions about Bennett\u2019s statements, and SpaceX could not be\nreached for comment outside US business hours. Iranian authorities have\nshut down public internet access during periods of unrest, including\ndeadly nationwide protests in January 2026 and during the US-Israeli war\nwith Iran that began in late February 2026. Reuters has previously\nreported that some Iranians turned to Starlink during internet\nblackouts. Bennett, a right-wing party leader and one of several\nopposition politicians vying to replace Netanyahu in elections due by\nOctober, said Israel and other Middle Eastern nations need to \u2018band\ntogether to reject and ultimately overthrow\u2019 the Iranian government.\n\u2018This is a rotten, old, disconnected, and incompetent regime, and it\nwill fall like the Soviet Union fell,\u2019 he said to applause.<\/p>",
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