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Bottle Incident Targets Netanyahu Convoy · 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: A security incident occurred yesterday evening as a glass bottle
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  Speaker 1: was thrown at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's convoy near the
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  Speaker 1: Mahen Yehuda market in Jerusalem. Reports indicate the projectile narrowly
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  Speaker 1: missed a vehicle carrying Sarah Netanyahu. Minister Ben Jivur commented
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  Speaker 1: on the event, stating that words can kill, and suggesting
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  Speaker 1: the incident could heighten political tensions. The Prime Minister's visit
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  Speaker 1: to the market was a notable appearance. On the northern front,
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  Speaker 1: the Lebanese National News Agency reported that IDF artillery shelled
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  Speaker 1: areas in southern Lebanon, including Maidan, Zauta, Birashit and the
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  Speaker 1: Iyoun Valley. In a disturbing incident involving a historical artefact,
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  Speaker 1: a Norwegian auction house listed a parchment fragment from a
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  Speaker 1: Jewish Torah scroll, which had been looted by SS soldiers
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  Speaker 1: during the Shoah. the auction house described the fragment as
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  Speaker 1: having been used as wrapping paper by an SS soldier.
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  Speaker 1: Following strong condemnation from Israel's foreign ministry, which termed it
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  Speaker 1: a moral obscenity and a Nazi celebration, the auction house
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  Speaker 1: withdrew the item just before the sale was to begin.
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  Speaker 1: A spokesperson for the auction house told Norwegian media that
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  Speaker 1: they had placed a significantly high bid themselves to prevent
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  Speaker 1: its sale, and the scroll is expected to be donated
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  Speaker 1: to a Holocaust remembrance organisation in San Diego. As Israel
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  Speaker 1: approaches its general election, political manoeuvring continues. Joint List Chairman
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  Speaker 1: MK Ahmad Tibai presented a strategy he called a two-stage plan,
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  Speaker 1: aimed at preventing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from remaining in
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  Speaker 1: office as caretaker Prime Minister, should neither major bloc secure
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  Speaker 1: a parliamentary majority. Tibai proposed supporting an alternative government from
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  Speaker 1: outside a coalition, in exchange for commitments addressing the needs
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  Speaker 1: of Arab society, and also aiming to remove Knesset Speaker
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  Speaker 1: Amir Ohana. Meanwhile, the latest final poll data indicates a
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  Speaker 1: very close contest, showing a dead heat between Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot just days before voters head to
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  Speaker 1: the polls, with public opinion divided on whether Netanyahu should
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  Speaker 1: resign if he cannot form a government. Separately, Moscow has
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  Speaker 1: rejected claims that it operates anti-Semitic bots targeting Israel. Russia's
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  Speaker 1: government accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of raising, unfounded, allegations for
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  Speaker 1: political advantage ahead of the election, rather than pursuing direct
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