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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 1, 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: We begin with concerning reports out of Canada, where the
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  Speaker 1: Jewish community is facing a significant rise in antisemitism, threats
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  Speaker 1: and violence. Statistics from 2025 show 788 hate crimes targeting
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  Speaker 1: Jews were reported to police, accounting for 71% of all
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  Speaker 1: police-reported hate crimes motivated by religion. Incidents include mezuzahs torn
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  Speaker 1: from the doors of Jewish students' rooms, and an armed
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  Speaker 1: man entering a synagogue on Yom Kippur while worshippers were inside,
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  Speaker 1: where a police officer was wounded. Jewish schools and institutions
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  Speaker 1: have also been targeted by gunfire and arson attempts. In response,
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  Speaker 1: Jewish federations are expanding security measures, raising funds, and working
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  Speaker 1: closely with authorities. In a notable public dispute, Rabbi Steve
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  Speaker 1: Leder has sharply criticised actor Adam Brody for stating that
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  Speaker 1: Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Rabbi Leder, who consulted on
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  Speaker 1: Brody's Netflix series, Nobody Wants This, described Brody's comments as shocking,
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  Speaker 1: flippant and disgusting, asserting his own view that there is
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  Speaker 1: no genocide in Gaza. He suggested Brody's ignorance of the
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  Speaker 1: term was evident, referencing Brody's own past descriptions of his
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  Speaker 1: limited Jewish education. The article notes that while some Hollywood
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  Speaker 1: stars have supported Israel, Others, including Jewish actors, have made
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  Speaker 1: genocide accusations. It also states that a United Nations Commission
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  Speaker 1: of Inquiry, along with international and Israeli human rights groups,
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  Speaker 1: has concluded that Israel's actions in Gaza fit that description,
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  Speaker 1: though the International Court of Justice has not yet issued
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  Speaker 1: a final judgment. Turning to Israeli domestic politics, opposition leaders
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  Speaker 1: Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid met with the family of
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  Speaker 1: Haymanot Kass, who disappeared in February 2024. The family has
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  Speaker 1: been pleading for nine months for the police investigation into
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  Speaker 1: her disappearance to be transferred to the Shin Bet, a
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  Speaker 1: request that has reportedly gone unanswered by Prime Minister Netanyahu's office.
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  Speaker 1: Bennett and Lapid pledged to contact the Shin Bet chief
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  Speaker 1: and advocate for the case's transfer, emphasising the family's unbearable
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  Speaker 1: pain and the need for national action. Hundreds of demonstrators
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  Speaker 1: are also marching in Jerusalem, calling for government attention to
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  Speaker 1: Haymanot's case. In business news, A CNN investigation has reportedly
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  Speaker 1: found an indirect financial connection between Jad Kushner's private investment firm,
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  Speaker 1: Affinity Partners, and companies supplying the Israeli military. According to
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  Speaker 1: the report, Affinity Partners is a major shareholder in Phoenix Financial,
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  Speaker 1: which has invested millions in Israeli defence firms like Elbit Systems.
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  Speaker 1: The investigation raises questions about potential conflicts between Kushner's diplomatic
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  Speaker 1: role and his business interests. Both Kushner's lawyer and the
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  Speaker 1: White House have rejected allegations of a conflict of interest. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: opposition leader Yair Lapid publicly criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
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  Speaker 1: administration over the timing of an invitation to a Hoshana
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  Speaker 1: Rabah Torah study session. Lapid stated the invitation, received via
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  Speaker 1: WhatsApp just hours before the event, was sent too late
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  Speaker 1: for him to attend. He suggested two possibilities. Either the
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  Speaker 1: organisers were unaware it was Hoshana Rabah or the invitation
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  Speaker 1: was intentionally delayed to preclude his attendance. The session itself
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  Speaker 1: was dedicated to fallen soldiers, victims of terror and national unity.
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  Speaker 1: And in Aviation News, an eyewitness account describes an attempted
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  Speaker 1: hijacking aboard a FlyJuby flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
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  Speaker 1: The passenger, an Israeli businessman, recounted a period when the
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  Speaker 1: cockpit was empty, necessitating off-duty pilots from the cabin to
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  Speaker 1: regain control of the aircraft. The plane ultimately made an
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  Speaker 1: emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with all passengers reported safe.
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  Speaker 1: For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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