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Israel Election Day: Record Turnout, Fraud Claims · 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: Israel is currently holding its general election, marked by historically
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  Speaker 1: high voter turnout, with 44.9% of eligible voters having cast
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  Speaker 1: ballots by 2pm. This figure represents the highest recorded turnout
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  Speaker 1: at this stage since 1973, taking place in the nation's
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  Speaker 1: first general election in since the October 7th attacks and
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  Speaker 1: subsequent wars. However, the day has not been without controversy.
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  Speaker 1: Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot
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  Speaker 1: have accused each other of attempting to steal or contest
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  Speaker 1: the election results. Civil rights watchdog ACRI has also warned
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  Speaker 1: of deliberate obstruction and unusual delays at polling stations, particularly
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  Speaker 1: in Arab sector towns, expressing concern that this could undermine
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  Speaker 1: Arab citizens' ability to vote. Reports from various locations indicate
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  Speaker 1: long queues and instances where police reportedly prevented voters from
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  Speaker 1: entering polling station compounds. Additionally, torn Shah's ballots and marked
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  Speaker 1: Malul ballots were found at a polling station in Tel Aviv,
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  Speaker 1: raising concerns about potential vote invalidation. In the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli troops fired a stun grenade on Tuesday to disperse
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians protesting Israeli military operations in Hebron. These operations have
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  Speaker 1: reportedly displaced over 3,000 residents from their homes. The unrest
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  Speaker 1: follows the deaths of two Israeli soldiers shot by Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: gunmen last week, with the Israeli military stating its operation
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  Speaker 1: is a response to the attack. UN Human Rights Chief
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  Speaker 1: Volker Tuik issued a statement calling the actions collective punishment
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  Speaker 1: and a grave violation of international law, also expressing serious
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  Speaker 1: concerns of ethnic cleansing. Israel has also blocked entrances to
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  Speaker 1: most Palestinian cities and towns in the West Bank since Friday,
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  Speaker 1: severely curtailing freedom of movement. Concerns are also rising among
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  Speaker 1: diaspora Jews. Individuals from countries like Norway, Mexico and the
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  Speaker 1: United States have expressed being terrified that the election's outcome
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  Speaker 1: could lead to a deepening conflation of the Israeli government
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  Speaker 1: with Jews worldwide, leaving them to face the fallout of
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  Speaker 1: decisions they did not make. Robert Herx, head of BNI
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  Speaker 1: Birith Norway, stated that politicians and media in Europe might
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  Speaker 1: go crazy if Prime Minister Netanyahu wins, leading to negative
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  Speaker 1: consequences for Jews living outside Israel. Mark Friedman noted a
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  Speaker 1: shift where diaspora Jews feel a sense of collective responsibility
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  Speaker 1: for the actions of the Israeli government, contributing to criticisms
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  Speaker 1: of Israel as racist and genocidal in local elections. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: remarks attributed to US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
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  Speaker 1: discuss Zionism and Israel's technological success, contrasting it with perceived
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  Speaker 1: Arab scientific achievement. He links the ideology of the Muslim
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  Speaker 1: Brotherhood to antisemitism, hatred of America and Western civilisation, asserting
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  Speaker 1: that the real genocide in the Middle East was against Jews.
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  Speaker 1: On the diplomatic front, President Trump publicly denied reports that
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had privately lobbied him for a
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  Speaker 1: second endorsement ahead of Israel's general election, stating... No, I
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  Speaker 1: never spoke to him about it. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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