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Khamenei Tweets "From Hell" in Hebrew: Israel's Defense Posture · 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: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has issued a provocative statement, tweeting
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  Speaker 1: in Hebrew for the anniversary of a massacre. Reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: his message, framed as tweeting from hell, carries significant political messaging.
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  Speaker 1: Three years after the October 7 attacks, an assessment of
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  Speaker 1: the IDF's readiness to prevent future invasions suggests the risk
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  Speaker 1: of a large-scale October 7-style invasion is extremely low for
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  Speaker 1: the next year, but becomes more unpredictable over five years out.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF has made improvements in troop numbers, intelligence gathering
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  Speaker 1: including human intelligence and drone surveillance, and warning systems. The
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  Speaker 1: analysis notes that while common security lessons have been learned,
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  Speaker 1: translating them into shared national obligations remains a challenge due
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  Speaker 1: to public divisions. In the United States, Columbia University's Students
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  Speaker 1: for Justice in Palestine chapter is organising a rally marking
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  Speaker 1: the anniversary of the October 7 massacre, using promotional material
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  Speaker 1: with Arabic slogans expressing support for Hamas terrorists and their attack.
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  Speaker 1: This comes as Israeli historian Gadi Torb criticised progressive Jews
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  Speaker 1: abroad for embracing what he called the craziest progressive ideologies,
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  Speaker 1: stating they are no longer our friends and warning Israel
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  Speaker 1: is losing political support. Meanwhile in New York City, Mezoran
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  Speaker 1: Mamdani is directing millions in hate crime prevention funding to
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  Speaker 1: community-based organisations, including groups with anti-Israel positions, drawing criticism from
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  Speaker 1: Jewish groups. In Canada, police are investigating anti-Semitic flyers found
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  Speaker 1: in an Ontario neighbourhood that spread conspiracy theories linking Jewish
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  Speaker 1: people to the Covid-19 agenda and abortion. Domestically, Israeli ministers
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  Speaker 1: are calling for preparations to absorb a potential mass wave
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  Speaker 1: of immigration by French Jews, amidst unrest across France. This
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  Speaker 1: year has already seen a record number of immigrants from France,
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  Speaker 1: with nearly 4,000 making aliyah. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has
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  Speaker 1: tasked ministers to prepare a joint plan to remove barriers
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  Speaker 1: for immigrants and assist less affluent members of the community.
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  Speaker 1: Security officials are also expressing increasing concern over armed groups
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  Speaker 1: and military infrastructure in the Negev, with ties to terrorist organisations.
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  Speaker 1: On the diplomatic front, Former White House coordinator Brett McGurk
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  Speaker 1: told the Jerusalem Post that Washington had no advance intelligence
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  Speaker 1: or warning indicators for the October 7 Hamas attack. In
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  Speaker 1: aviation news, an Israel rescue flight to Tel Aviv from
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  Speaker 1: Dubai was cancelled due to a failure to obtain necessary
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  Speaker 1: approvals from Emirati authorities. This follows an El Al flight
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  Speaker 1: cancellation and FlyDubai suspending flights after an attempted hijacking. In
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  Speaker 1: other news, Elkin visited Ukraine and met with President Zelensky,
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  Speaker 1: to mark the anniversary of the Bebin Yar massacre. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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