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Providence Divestment Vote and Israeli Election Integrity Debate · 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 Providence, Rhode Island, voters have approved a ballot measure
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  Speaker 1: that could lead to the city divesting public funds from Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Local media reports indicate the measure passed with a significant majority.
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  Speaker 1: While the ordinance does not name Israel, it calls for
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  Speaker 1: the city to refrain from investing in foreign countries conducting
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  Speaker 1: ethnic cleansing and apartheid, illegal military occupation, or genocide. The
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  Speaker 1: measure was heavily supported by local pro-Palestinian groups and opposed
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  Speaker 1: by some Jewish and pro-Israel organisations. The Jewish Alliance of
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  Speaker 1: Greater Rhode Island has stated it will explore legal options
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  Speaker 1: to challenge the measure. This vote makes Providence the largest
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  Speaker 1: municipality yet to favour some form of Israel divestment, following
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  Speaker 1: a non-binding measure approved in Somerville, Massachusetts last year. In
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  Speaker 1: domestic Israeli politics, The Central Elections Committee, CEC, announced it
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  Speaker 1: has concluded its verification process and found no evidence that
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  Speaker 1: election results were compromised. CEC Chairman Justice Noam Solberg stated
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  Speaker 1: that thousands of inquiries were reviewed and necessary corrections were made. However,
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  Speaker 1: this official finding is contested by several parties. The Likud
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  Speaker 1: party's election integrity, Representative Sagi Keisler, accused the CEC of
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  Speaker 1: failing its duties, leaving numerous complaints unaddressed. Yehudit Yehudit has
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  Speaker 1: decided to vote against the approval of the election results
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  Speaker 1: in the committee plenum, citing concerns about election bias, suspected
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  Speaker 1: foreign interference, and the falsity of the results. Adding to
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  Speaker 1: the dissent, Likud MK Amit Hailvi resigned from the Central
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  Speaker 1: Elections Committee, stating he could not vote to approve results
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  Speaker 1: while serious suspicions of foreign state interference, which he believes
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  Speaker 1: are not being adequately investigated, remain. He expressed concern that
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  Speaker 1: foreign entities might influence the Knesset. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: acknowledged that the ongoing war with Iran contributed to the
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  Speaker 1: Republican Party's sweeping midterm losses and the democratic takeover of
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  Speaker 1: the Senate. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal,
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  Speaker 1: Trump said, Iran was a piece of it, but firmly
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  Speaker 1: defended his decision to initiate the conflict, stating, I did
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  Speaker 1: the right thing. I would have done it again. For
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