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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 12, 2026, 06 PM Eastern · 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: Several European nations are moving to restrict trade in goods
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  Speaker 1: originating from Israeli settlements. France, along with the foreign ministers
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  Speaker 1: of the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland,
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  Speaker 1: Portugal and Sweden, issued a joint statement. They plan to restrict,
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  Speaker 1: nationally or at the EU level, trade in goods produced
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  Speaker 1: in Israeli settlements, asserting their illegality under international law. The
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  Speaker 1: articles critically analyse this move, suggesting it is politically motivated
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  Speaker 1: and legally inapplicable. One perspective argues the declaration borrows international
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  Speaker 1: law's vocabulary, but adheres to none of its discipline, binding
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  Speaker 1: no one and deferring to national procedures that have yet
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  Speaker 1: to yield concrete action. Furthermore, there's a strong critique that
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  Speaker 1: these actions, particularly from Britain, France and Canada, echo historical
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  Speaker 1: European policies of restricting Jewish habitation. The argument is made
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  Speaker 1: that while these nations frame their actions in terms of
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  Speaker 1: borders and a two-state solution, for the Jewish people, this
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  Speaker 1: resonates with past expulsions and prohibitions on where Jews were
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  Speaker 1: allowed to live. The source highlights the potential for economic pressure,
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  Speaker 1: noting that Canada, familiar with trade leverage, understands its implications.
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  Speaker 1: The articles suggest that for Jewish communities, Being told that
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  Speaker 1: homes and businesses in their ancestral homeland are now deemed
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  Speaker 1: unacceptable is deeply difficult to accept, especially given historical experiences.
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  Speaker 1: In cultural news, an Israeli documentary exploring allegations of air-assisted
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  Speaker 1: killing of civilians in Gaza has garnered international attention. Titled NAZA,
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  Speaker 1: the film by Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel
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  Speaker 1: Shaw received a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.
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  Speaker 1: The film reportedly features testimonies from 24 Israeli military or
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  Speaker 1: intelligence whistleblowers who spoke anonymously. These interviewees described feeling like
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  Speaker 1: they worked in a killing factory or a lethal video game,
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  Speaker 1: using Israel's AI-powered targeting systems. They alleged that mass killing
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  Speaker 1: is systemic, not by accident but by design, based on
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  Speaker 1: the dehumanisation of Palestinians. The film's premiere at Venice was
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  Speaker 1: met with a record 25-minute ovation. Directors Abraham and Shaw
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  Speaker 1: stated that in the days prior to the award, Israel
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  Speaker 1: had killed six Palestinian children in Gaza. Abraham called the
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  Speaker 1: film really, really, especially important for us that Israelis watch
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  Speaker 1: this film, stating, it's our country that is doing these crimes.
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  Speaker 1: The Israeli defence forces, however, have categorically rejected the film's allegations.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF stated that the identities of the whistleblowers cannot
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  Speaker 1: be verified and questioned the anonymous testimony. denying that Israel
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  Speaker 1: deliberately targets civilians. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening
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