Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Netanyahu's October 7th Attack Scenario Claims Questioned
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today Ongoing War Report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: A former senior Shin Bet official, Ilan Segev, has claimed
- 0:15Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the exact scenario of the
- 0:20Speaker 1: October 7 attack during a State Control Committee meeting in
- 0:23Speaker 1: April 2017, six years before the event. Segev stated that
- 0:27Speaker 1: Netanyahu himself outlined the scenario. which included commandos, drones, and
- 0:32Speaker 1: the kidnapping of civilians and soldiers, and that this information
- 0:36Speaker 1: is verifiable on YouTube. He also alleged that Netanyahu had
- 0:39Speaker 1: repeatedly rejected the agency's recommendations to assassinate senior Hamas officials.
- 0:45Speaker 1: In the United Kingdom, the Green Party has adopted a
- 0:48Speaker 1: controversial anti-Zionist motion. By a vote of 1,022 to 813,
- 0:53Speaker 1: the party decided that Zionism should be treated as any
- 0:57Speaker 1: other form of racism. and endorsed the idea of a
- 1:00Speaker 1: single Palestinian state. Israel's foreign ministry called the decision a
- 1:05Speaker 1: stain on the history of the United Kingdom, with analysts
- 1:08Speaker 1: noting it represents a significant shift in the Overton window
- 1:12Speaker 1: for political discourse. On the security front, the United Arab
- 1:16Speaker 1: Emirates Attorney General announced that an Omani fly-Jubai pilot planned
- 1:19Speaker 1: a suicide attack targeting a Ben-Gurion airport passenger terminal. The pilot,
- 1:24Speaker 1: inspired by the 9-11 attacks, reportedly intended to cause the
- 1:29Speaker 1: maximum number of casualties, and confessed that this objective drove
- 1:33Speaker 1: his pursuit of an aviation career. Former US President Donald Trump,
- 1:37Speaker 1: speaking at a White House event, asserted that the United
- 1:40Speaker 1: States had prevented Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and
- 1:44Speaker 1: claimed the current war would be over soon. He further
- 1:46Speaker 1: alleged that without US intervention, Iran would have blown up
- 1:50Speaker 1: the Middle East, beginning with Israel. Meanwhile, former UK Home
- 1:54Speaker 1: Secretary Sula Braverman has characterised Islamism as a systemic and
- 1:58Speaker 1: deep-rooted problem in the UK, contributing to worsening antisemitism. She
- 2:03Speaker 1: criticised political leaders for what she described as cowardice and appeasement.
- 2:08Speaker 1: In France, employees of a Paris-based cargo company refused to
- 2:12Speaker 1: load an Elbit Systems security shipment onto an El Al aircraft,
- 2:16Speaker 1: marking another instance of Israeli defence companies encountering discriminatory issues
- 2:21Speaker 1: in the country. following the October 7th attacks. Three years
- 2:25Speaker 1: after the Hamas-led attack, a Metro Atlanta family is remembering
- 2:28Speaker 1: a loved one who was killed during the assault on
- 2:31Speaker 1: kibbutz near Oz. A poignant reminder of the enduring personal
- 2:35Speaker 1: impact of the conflict's commencement. Looking ahead, New York is
- 2:39Speaker 1: set to participate in a new federal scholarship, tax credit program,
- 2:43Speaker 1: starting January 1, 2027. This initiative will allow taxpayers to
- 2:48Speaker 1: claim credits for donations to organisations providing scholarships for private
- 2:52Speaker 1: school tuition, offering potential financial relief for families attending yeshivas
- 2:57Speaker 1: and other Jewish educational institutions. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
- 3:02Speaker 1: around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
- 3:06Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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