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US Aide Milstein Accused of Altering Diplomatic Reports · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: The New York Times has published a report alleging that
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  Speaker 1: David Milstein, a senior aide to the US ambassador to Israel,
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  Speaker 1: suppressed or altered diplomatic communications regarding Israeli settlements, settler violence
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  Speaker 1: and humanitarian conditions in Gaza. The Times investigation, based on
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  Speaker 1: interviews and internal documents, suggests Milstein's actions aimed to make
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government appear more favourable to Washington.
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  Speaker 1: US Ambassador Mike Huckabee has categorically denied these claims, disputing
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  Speaker 1: their factual basis and criticising the newspaper's reporting. In separate remarks,
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  Speaker 1: US Senator John Ossoff stated during a Georgia Senate debate
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  Speaker 1: that he has no doubt in my mind that Israeli
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  Speaker 1: forces prosecuting the war in Gaza violated the law of
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  Speaker 1: armed conflict and international humanitarian law. Ossoff, Georgia's first Jewish senator,
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  Speaker 1: clarified that determining genocide is a matter for the International
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  Speaker 1: Criminal Court, while stressing his commitment to both Israeli security
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  Speaker 1: and the protection of innocent Palestinian lives. In New York City,
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Zoran Mamdani faced protests from pro-Palestinian demonstrators while attending
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  Speaker 1: a vigil commemorating the October 7 attacks. Protesters chanted traitor
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  Speaker 1: and displayed Hamas symbols. New York Governor Kathy Hochul condemned
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  Speaker 1: the demonstration. calling it, despicable, and emphasising that Jewish New
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  Speaker 1: Yorkers have a right to mourn peacefully, free from intimidation.
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile in the UK, a controversial Green Party leader, described
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  Speaker 1: as anti-Israel, lost a parliamentary election for a seat vacated
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  Speaker 1: by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer. This result followed his
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  Speaker 1: party's declaration that, Zionism is racism. And finally, reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: that Israelis are stranded in Dubai due to widespread flight cancellations,
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  Speaker 1: including those by Israeli airlines. Authorities have reportedly revoked operating
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  Speaker 1: permits for Israeli carriers from Dubai, leading to significant costs
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  Speaker 1: or travel impossibility for stranded passengers. Arkea Airline confirmed the
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  Speaker 1: cancellation of its rescue flights after failing to secure renewed authorisation.
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