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West Bank Settlers Displace 100+ Palestinian Communities · 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 the West Bank, an extremist settler movement is reportedly
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  Speaker 1: using sheep farms and flocks to establish territorial boundaries and
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  Speaker 1: displace Palestinians, leading to the erasure of over 100 communities.
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  Speaker 1: A CBS News 60 Minutes investigation found that settlers admit
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  Speaker 1: to using sheep grazing to delineate land, with some acknowledging
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  Speaker 1: associated violence. A local Palestinian mayor told CBS that settlers
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  Speaker 1: actually seized the land with their sheep. Meanwhile, satellite images
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  Speaker 1: and reports indicate Iran is fortifying its defences and rallying loyalists,
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  Speaker 1: preparing for a potential new round of fighting with the
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  Speaker 1: US and Israel. This includes rebuilding its missile and drone
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  Speaker 1: programmes and reinforcing its nuclear sites, despite previous strikes aimed
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  Speaker 1: at degrading these capabilities. Domestically, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's advisor,
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  Speaker 1: Yonatan Yurich, is reportedly facing scrutiny in the Qatargate investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Channel 12 reported Yurich asked ChatGPT to create strategic plans
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  Speaker 1: to improve Qatar's image. Amid allegations of receiving illicit payments
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  Speaker 1: to promote pro-Qatari messaging, figures like Gadi Isenkot and Naftali
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  Speaker 1: Bennett have criticised the Prime Minister for keeping Yurich in
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  Speaker 1: his inner circle. In international legal wrangling, Hamas has praised
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  Speaker 1: the awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South
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  Speaker 1: African jurist Navi Pillay, who previously chaired a commission alleging
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  Speaker 1: genocide by Israel in Gaza. Hamas views the award as
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  Speaker 1: an important step toward international justice and is calling for
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  Speaker 1: further legal action against Israeli officials, a stance Israel has rejected.
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  Speaker 1: A new database released by the Jewish People Policy Institute
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  Speaker 1: documents 121 anti-Israel sanctions, and restrictive measures across 62 countries.
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  Speaker 1: Warning of potential cumulative impacts on Israel's economy, trade and
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  Speaker 1: defence industry. Financial restrictions represent the largest category of these measures.
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  Speaker 1: In Israeli politics, Brigadier General, Reserve, Ofer Winter has accused
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu of focusing on political rivalries instead of
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  Speaker 1: critical security issues like reducing aid trucks entering Gaza. The
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  Speaker 1: High Court of Justice has also issued a conditional order
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  Speaker 1: challenging a law that restricts women's eligibility for appointments as
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  Speaker 1: rabbinic representatives in the Electoral Assembly for the Chief Rabbinate.
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  Speaker 1: On the economic front, the Tel Aviv District Planning and
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  Speaker 1: Building Committee has approved plans for a permanent United Arab
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  Speaker 1: Emirates Embassy in Hursley-Apitua. In defence news, Israel Aerospace Industries
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  Speaker 1: and SIG Sauer completed a live-fire demonstration of the Firestorm 250,
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  Speaker 1: an unmanned aircraft system designed for close support capabilities. Tragically,
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  Speaker 1: a deadly blast occurred during a school trip near the
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  Speaker 1: Lebanon border, prompting students to perform CPR and remote first
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  Speaker 1: aid on injured peers. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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