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Netanyahu Calls Nobel Laureate Navi Pillay a 'Bigot' · 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: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has stated that the October 7th
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  Speaker 1: attacks were strategically designed as Operation Al-Aqsa flood to bring
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  Speaker 1: the Palestinian cause back to the international agenda, which he
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  Speaker 1: felt had become marginalised. According to Haniyeh, the world had
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  Speaker 1: stopped discussing Palestine and the two-state solution. This strategic aim
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  Speaker 1: of initiating a narrative war is now facing scrutiny, particularly
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  Speaker 1: in the wake of an opinion piece criticising New York
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  Speaker 1: City Mayor Zoran Mamdani. The author points to Mamdani's October
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  Speaker 1: 7th statement, contrasting it with his earlier plan to combat antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: Critics argue Mamdani's statement heavily indicted Israel with terms like
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  Speaker 1: ongoing genocide and occupation, while naming Hamas only once and
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  Speaker 1: downplaying the atrocities of the October 7th massacre, omitting details
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  Speaker 1: of rape murdered children and families burned alive. The piece
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  Speaker 1: further questions Mamdani's use of figures for Palestinian child casualties
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  Speaker 1: and critically examines claims about food aid and building destruction,
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  Speaker 1: suggesting his narrative serves to demonise Israel. In Israeli domestic politics,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply criticised the awarding of
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  Speaker 1: the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African judge Navi Pillay.
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  Speaker 1: Israel and the US also condemned the decision, Netanyahu called
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  Speaker 1: Pillay a bigot and the Nobel Committee misguided, accusing them
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  Speaker 1: of propagating blood libels and a travesty of justice. Israel's
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  Speaker 1: foreign ministry echoed this, describing Pillay's past findings against Israel
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  Speaker 1: as politically motivated lies. Pillay's report for a UN commission
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  Speaker 1: had previously found that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: On the regional security front, Houthi forces launched a missile
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  Speaker 1: strike targeting Saudi Arabia's main international airport. The attack led
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  Speaker 1: to the evacuation of the airport, the cancellation of over
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  Speaker 1: 225 flights, and follows previous casualties from earlier strikes. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the Israeli military is investigating a potential ground or air
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  Speaker 1: intrusion into northern Israel. The IDF's northern command has deployed
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  Speaker 1: checkpoints and reinforcements following a hostile aircraft infiltration alert, reportedly
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  Speaker 1: triggered by a suspected drone launch from Lebanon. The IDF
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  Speaker 1: stated it is conducting comprehensive searches to rule out any
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  Speaker 1: hostile activity. And looking back at negotiations, a Biden administration
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  Speaker 1: official has alleged that Prime Minister Netanyahu introduced conditions that
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  Speaker 1: delayed a potential Gaza deal by six months in 2024.
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  Speaker 1: The official reportedly stated that during this delay period, several
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  Speaker 1: Israeli hostages died. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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