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Green Party's 'Zionism' Stigma and Iran Spy Trial · 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: In international news, the UK Green Party has adopted a
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  Speaker 1: controversial motion declaring Zionism is racism. This marks the first
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  Speaker 1: time a mainstream European party has taken such an openly
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  Speaker 1: anti-Zionist stance. The move has triggered significant backlash, with senior
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  Speaker 1: party members resigning and European Greens distancing themselves from the policy.
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  Speaker 1: Israel's foreign ministry has called the motion a clear anti-Semitic text,
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  Speaker 1: and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has banned Green Party
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  Speaker 1: leader Zak Polanski from entering Israel. Meanwhile in London, a
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  Speaker 1: trial has begun for three Iranian men accused of spying
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  Speaker 1: on UK-based dissident journalists on behalf of Iran's Foreign Intelligence Service.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors allege the ultimate objective was to subject the targets
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  Speaker 1: to serious violence as retribution for their criticism of the
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  Speaker 1: Iranian regime. The charges fall under Britain's National Security Act,
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  Speaker 1: enacted to counter foreign state threats. These developments come as
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  Speaker 1: there are signs indicating an approaching conflict with Iran, described
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  Speaker 1: as a developing story, with serious geopolitical stakes. Reports also
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  Speaker 1: mention a state of panic in the north of Israel,
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  Speaker 1: with some residents experiencing breathing difficulties, headaches and weakness, though
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  Speaker 1: the cause for this public distress is not detailed. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Defence Minister Israel Katz has threatened an all-out campaign, against
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  Speaker 1: the Palestinian Authority, should its security forces turn their weapons
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  Speaker 1: against Israel. However, IDF sources have stated there is no
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  Speaker 1: concrete intelligence to suggest such a move is being planned
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  Speaker 1: by the PA. In a separate incident in the West
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  Speaker 1: Bank village of Jalad, approximately 200 Jewish rioters engaged in
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  Speaker 1: violent unrest last week, attacking security forces and setting property
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  Speaker 1: alight in an attempt to prevent a Palestinian family from
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  Speaker 1: returning to their home. On the US policy front, Democratic
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  Speaker 1: Senator Chris Murphy reported being denied access to the Al-Yudayd
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  Speaker 1: Air Base in Qatar, the largest US base in the region.
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  Speaker 1: He stated that the Pentagon also refused to brief him
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  Speaker 1: on the war, characterising these actions as part of an active, unprecedented,
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  Speaker 1: unconstitutional effort to hide the costs of this war and
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  Speaker 1: its implications from Congress and the American people. In Israeli
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  Speaker 1: domestic affairs, Finance Minister Beit Salel Smotrich called on Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: for Muslim countries to absorb Gazans who voluntarily choose to
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  Speaker 1: leave the Strip, asserting that such a policy is not
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  Speaker 1: racism and that Arab nations are natural destinations. He also
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  Speaker 1: advocated for permanent Israeli sovereignty over Gaza and Lebanon. Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously indicated that voluntary migration from
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  Speaker 1: Gaza remains under consideration. Looking at military developments, The IDF
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  Speaker 1: is establishing its first all-female armoured corps company, designated for
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  Speaker 1: manoeuvring combat, with recruits set to begin training in November
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  Speaker 1: following a High Court ruling. On the political landscape, former
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stated that a key condition for
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  Speaker 1: his party joining the next government would be the passage
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  Speaker 1: of a law barring draft dodgers from serving in the
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  Speaker 1: Security Cabinet. Meanwhile, an Israel Democracy Institute poll indicates that
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  Speaker 1: a significant majority of Israelis, 62%, view the October 7
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  Speaker 1: attacks as central to their voting decisions for the upcoming
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  Speaker 1: 2026 Knesset elections. In other news, the Transportation Ministry is
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  Speaker 1: facing scrutiny for failing to allocate resources to secure foreign
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  Speaker 1: flights and rejecting offers of assistance from security agencies, a
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  Speaker 1: situation highlighted after a recent attempted hijacking on a FlyDubai flight.
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  Speaker 1: From the business sector, Elbit showcased autonomous weapons at an
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  Speaker 1: exhibition in Morocco. with the stated aim of reducing risk
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  Speaker 1: to soldiers in Israel. Finally, the October 7 Global Memorial
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  Speaker 1: Project is working to preserve the memory of the Hamas
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  Speaker 1: massacre through various artistic endeavours. Upcoming initiatives include a play
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  Speaker 1: about former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel, titled Love at
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  Speaker 1: the End of the Tunnel, and a future one-person play
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  Speaker 1: based on the story of Omar Wenkert. The project also
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  Speaker 1: builds upon documentaries that have examined sexual violence during the
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  Speaker 1: attacks and featured child survivors. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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