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Riyadh Airport Attack Signals Houthi Regional Escalation · 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: We begin with major developments in the conflict with Iran
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  Speaker 1: and its regional proxies. Saudi Arabia is bracing for intensified
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  Speaker 1: military action after a deadly Houthi attack struck Riyadh's airport,
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  Speaker 1: killing 12 people and wounding over 300. Regional experts cited
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  Speaker 1: by the Jerusalem Post view this as a significant escalation.
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  Speaker 1: Exposing Saudi vulnerability and suggesting the kingdom will likely ramp
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  Speaker 1: up its campaign against the Iran-backed group, rather than capitulate.
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  Speaker 1: This comes as the strategic strait of Hormuz sees rising threats,
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  Speaker 1: with Iran's IRGC navy reporting that a third oil tanker
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  Speaker 1: struck a naval mine since Saturday, the second supertanker incident
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  Speaker 1: in the waterway. One vessel reportedly deviated from its route
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  Speaker 1: and switched off its tracking system before an explosion and fire. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: US President Trump's approach to the conflict remains transactional, with
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  Speaker 1: sources indicating reluctance for direct US military intervention in the
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  Speaker 1: battle against the Houthis, possibly linked to Saudi Arabia's refusal
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  Speaker 1: to join the Abraham Accords. Turning to the global response,
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  Speaker 1: a significant development in the information war emerges. Pro-Palestinian protests
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  Speaker 1: held worldwide last week were coordinated in advance by an
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  Speaker 1: international alliance based in London, the Global Alliance for Palestine,
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  Speaker 1: or GAFP. Documents reviewed by the Jerusalem Post reveal GAFP
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  Speaker 1: prepared campaign slogans, media messaging and protest tactics, urging participants
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  Speaker 1: to disrupt business as usual. Israel's foreign ministry described this
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  Speaker 1: as a calculated effort to hijack headlines, dominate the narrative
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  Speaker 1: and demonise Israel. This coordinated effort comes as global goodwill
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  Speaker 1: towards Israel appears to be diminishing, with one analysis suggesting
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  Speaker 1: that antisemitism remains the constant baseline. and support is the exception.
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  Speaker 1: On social media, a rapid trend has emerged on X
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  Speaker 1: where non-Jewish users are publicly declaring themselves Zionists using a
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  Speaker 1: recognisable formula. An analysis identified over 600 such posts in
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  Speaker 1: just over a week, with rapid acceleration noted around October 9.
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  Speaker 1: In the UK, a group called Our Fight, comprising mainly
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  Speaker 1: non-Jewish activists, has launched a campaign directly challenging the Green
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  Speaker 1: Party's recent vote to declare Zionism is racism. In Israeli
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  Speaker 1: domestic politics, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that the
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  Speaker 1: justice system prosecute participants in the NAZA documentary, citing severe
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  Speaker 1: information security offences and damage to Israel's diplomatic and security interests.
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  Speaker 1: The Prime Minister's office stated the film spins a false,
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  Speaker 1: misleading and biased narrative. A counter-documentary, NAZA, The Real Story,
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  Speaker 1: has been released to refute these claims. On the political front,
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  Speaker 1: MK Yaakov Asher of Yahadat HaTorah stated the party will
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  Speaker 1: not join any government that does not first pass the
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  Speaker 1: conscription law for yeshiva students. Separately, a statement from Naftali
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  Speaker 1: Bennett noted that while Rabbi Lando has the right to
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  Speaker 1: express himself in a democracy, the government is not obligated
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  Speaker 1: to fund his yeshivas, which receive tens of millions annually.
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  Speaker 1: Allegations have also surfaced from Yinon Magal, suggesting former Attorney
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  Speaker 1: General Avichai Mandelblit confessed to not thoroughly reviewing the indictment
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  Speaker 1: against Prime Minister Netanyahu. In the Samaria region, the head
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  Speaker 1: of the regional council, Yossi Dagan, protested the humiliating arrest
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  Speaker 1: of security personnel, deeming it a mistake and an escalation
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  Speaker 1: by legal organisations. Turning to Gaza, Gazan journalists reported that
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  Speaker 1: the IDF recently detonated a booby-trapped robot in the Shujia
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  Speaker 1: neighbourhood of East Gaza City. Finally, in other news, Two
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  Speaker 1: additional co-pilots from FlyDubai have been arrested as part of
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  Speaker 1: an ongoing investigation into a terror flight. For continuing coverage
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from
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  Speaker 1: Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi,
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