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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 15, 2026, 01 AM Eastern · 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: European Union foreign policy chief Karja Callas has called on
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  Speaker 1: member states to apply the same trade principle to Israeli
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  Speaker 1: communities in Judea and Samaria that the EU uses for
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  Speaker 1: Russian-occupied Crimea. Callas, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs
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  Speaker 1: and security policy, stated that the bloc should be consistent
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  Speaker 1: in its treatment of territories, it considers occupied in violation
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  Speaker 1: of international law. She argued for an EU-wide prohibition on
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  Speaker 1: imports originating from these communities, telling the Irish Times, We
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  Speaker 1: should have the same principled stance. You know this is illegal,
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  Speaker 1: everybody agrees, so we should stop trading with occupied territories.
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  Speaker 1: Callas explicitly drew a parallel with Crimea, which Russia annexed
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  Speaker 1: from Ukraine in 2014, a move met with EU import
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  Speaker 1: bans on Crimean goods. She acknowledged the trade volume is
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  Speaker 1: relatively small, but emphasised its symbolic weight and the bloc's
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  Speaker 1: readiness to act on its stated legal position. Israel's Foreign
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  Speaker 1: Minister Gideon Sa'ar strongly rejected both Khalas's proposal and the analogy.
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  Speaker 1: Sa'ar stated, The comparison drawn by Karja Khalas has no
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  Speaker 1: factual or legal basis whatsoever and is completely unacceptable. He
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  Speaker 1: argued that Judea and Samaria differ fundamentally from Crimea, as
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  Speaker 1: the territory was never part of a sovereign Palestinian state
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  Speaker 1: comparable to internationally recognised Ukrainian sovereignty. over Crimea. He also
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  Speaker 1: cited the Jewish people's historical connection to the area and
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  Speaker 1: noted that the status was designated for negotiation. This dispute
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  Speaker 1: emerges amidst a broader European campaign to increase economic pressure
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  Speaker 1: over settlement construction and settler violence. Earlier this month, Canada,
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  Speaker 1: Denmark and several other European nations issued a joint statement
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  Speaker 1: indicating intentions to introduce national trade restrictions or support European measures,
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  Speaker 1: to protect the two-state solution. Turning now to domestic matters,
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  Speaker 1: Israel Railways has announced a special schedule to accommodate the
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  Speaker 1: upcoming Yom Kippur holiday. On the eve of the holiday, Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: September 20, trains will operate on an increased schedule until 1pm.
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  Speaker 1: After 1pm on Monday, all train traffic will cease until Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: September 22, though certain overnight trains may run as normal.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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