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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 3, 2026, 09 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: Turning to the West Bank, multiple violent clashes between settlers
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  Speaker 1: and Palestinians were reported across the area during the recent
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  Speaker 1: Sukkot holiday. According to Israeli media and Palestinian officials, settlers
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  Speaker 1: shot and killed one Palestinian man, Masha Yassin, 51, and
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  Speaker 1: wounded another in the village of Yassaf. The IDF stated
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  Speaker 1: it is investigating this incident. Additional clashes were reported near Nablus,
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  Speaker 1: where Palestinians reported at least one injury from settlers throwing stones.
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  Speaker 1: Shira Ben Sasson, director of the New Israel Fund, condemned
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  Speaker 1: these acts, calling for the prosecution of attackers and emphasising
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  Speaker 1: support for protecting human rights and confronting violence. Palestinian media
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  Speaker 1: also documented Jewish settlers vandalising vehicles in the Palestinian village
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  Speaker 1: of Osrin, south-east of Nablus. This occurred after settlers reportedly
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  Speaker 1: entered the village following confrontations with Palestinians and anarchists who
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  Speaker 1: had approached a settlement. The IDF is reported to have
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  Speaker 1: arrested some Palestinians at the scene. Separately, there's sharp criticism
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  Speaker 1: directed at United Nations institutions for what is described as
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  Speaker 1: a double standard and moral bankruptcy in their treatment of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: This criticism follows the expansion of a UN database listing
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  Speaker 1: companies connected to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, now
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  Speaker 1: including 214 firms. This database is seen as providing ammunition
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  Speaker 1: for boycott campaigns, with concerns raised about its impact on
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian livelihoods as well. The report highlights that the UN
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  Speaker 1: Human Rights Council reserves a permanent discussion, item exclusively for
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  Speaker 1: Israel and the Palestinian territories, contrasting this with perceived inaction
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  Speaker 1: on dictatorships like Russia and China. the UN General Assembly's
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  Speaker 1: 2024 resolution demanding Israel end its presence in the territories
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  Speaker 1: within a year, is also mentioned. The article draws a
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  Speaker 1: parallel to the 1975 resolution declaring Zionism a form of racism,
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  Speaker 1: which was later revoked. French President Marc Rhone is also
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  Speaker 1: mentioned as seeking a scapegoat by promoting recognition of a
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian state without a security solution. The overall sentiment from
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  Speaker 1: this source, is that the UN's actions are driven by
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  Speaker 1: politics rather than universal morality. On the international policy front,
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  Speaker 1: Iraq has secured a US sanctions waiver that will permit
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  Speaker 1: up to 40 daily Iranian flights to the holy city
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  Speaker 1: of Najaf. These flights are being framed as pilgrimage flights,
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  Speaker 1: though Mahan Air is excluded from the arrangement. This development
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  Speaker 1: comes after US forces withdrew from Iraq and Washington reportedly
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  Speaker 1: seeks to avoid a crisis with Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Ali al-Zaidi has supported the effort, which aims to ease
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  Speaker 1: travel for humanitarian, medical, tourism and educational purposes. Mahan Air
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  Speaker 1: has been under US sanctions since 2011 for its alleged
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  Speaker 1: support of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corkwood's force. Commercial flights
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  Speaker 1: between Iran and Iraq were suspended last week as Iraq
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  Speaker 1: moved to comply with tightened US sanctions on Tehran's aviation sector.
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  Speaker 1: In Israeli domestic politics, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voiced
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  Speaker 1: strong criticism of the United Kingdom. In an interview with
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  Speaker 1: the Daily Mail, Netanyahu stated that while he considers the
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  Speaker 1: UK an ally, its government appeases our common enemies and
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  Speaker 1: attacks us. He described pressure within Britain to appease Islamist
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  Speaker 1: forces as a dangerous slumber of democracies. The Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: asserted that Israel is fighting for Western civilisation and accused
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  Speaker 1: the UK of glorifying Hamas and Islamists who have harmed
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  Speaker 1: many nationalities. Netanyahu also claimed that Israeli intelligence had warned
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  Speaker 1: Britain about an upcoming Iranian-sponsored terror attack against a Royal
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  Speaker 1: Air Force base. An attack he believes was prevented thanks
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  Speaker 1: to this intelligence, thereby saving British lives. He characterised the
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  Speaker 1: UK's actions as mind-blowing hypocrisy, appeasing enemies while attacking Israel,
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  Speaker 1: its protector. In other news, Thai authorities have revoked the
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  Speaker 1: citizenship of Ariel Blushstein, an Israeli-born man who was naturalised
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  Speaker 1: in Thailand in 2019. The grounds cited include his use
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  Speaker 1: of an Israeli passport after obtaining Thai citizenship and an
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  Speaker 1: alleged failure to disclose Uruguayan citizenship during his application. This
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  Speaker 1: move is described as unusual and appears to be unprecedented
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  Speaker 1: for an Israeli citizen. The report notes this occurs amid
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  Speaker 1: a series of measures affecting Israelis in Thailand, including issues
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  Speaker 1: with a Jewish cemetery, deportations, school closures and growing suspicion
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  Speaker 1: toward Harbod Houses. alongside demonstrations featuring antisemitic chants. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch
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  Speaker 1: from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today Ongoing
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