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Egypt Backs Saudi Arabia in Yemen Conflict Escalation · 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 developments in the ongoing conflict with Iran
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  Speaker 1: and its regional proxies. In Yemen, Egypt's top security body
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  Speaker 1: has agreed to provide support to Saudi Arabia amid a
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  Speaker 1: major escalation of fighting with Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. This decision
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  Speaker 1: comes as Houthi forces continue to attack Saudi airports and
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  Speaker 1: oil infrastructure with drones and missiles. affecting global markets. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: in Iran, Mehdad Akhlaqi Khatabchi was approved by Parliament as
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  Speaker 1: the country's new defence minister. Khatabchi, who has a background
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  Speaker 1: in Iran's defence industry and is subject to US and
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  Speaker 1: EU sanctions, has pledged to rebuild the nation's military-industrial infrastructure
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  Speaker 1: and accelerate defence technology. He also issued assertive statements towards
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  Speaker 1: the United States, warning of extensive retaliation should America miscalculate.
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  Speaker 1: turning now to the rise in antisemitism globally. In Paris,
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  Speaker 1: a synagogue was reportedly broken into and damaged over the
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  Speaker 1: weekend amidst widespread riots across France. The Jewish Community Security Organization, SBCJ,
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  Speaker 1: urged caution and responsible information sharing. Separately, Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu stated that Russia is assisting Iran through bot networks
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  Speaker 1: conducting an antisemitic campaign against Israel. Describing this as a
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  Speaker 1: significant point of disagreement, raised directly with Moscow. In the
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  Speaker 1: United Kingdom, the Green Party's recent motion to equate Zionism
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  Speaker 1: with racism has drawn sharp criticism, prompting a North London synagogue,
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  Speaker 1: Highgate United, to take a proactive stance against such actions.
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  Speaker 1: And an anonymous bomb threat forced an Austrian airline's flight
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  Speaker 1: from Tel Aviv to Vienna to divert to Sofia, Bulgaria.
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  Speaker 1: The flight was carrying a delegation of young people scheduled
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  Speaker 1: to address the United Nations. In the disputed territories, Reports
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  Speaker 1: from the West Bank highlight concerns over escalating violence. Assaults
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  Speaker 1: on a Washington Post, journalists and Western diplomats have been noted,
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  Speaker 1: with criticism levelled at the Israeli government's perceived inaction regarding
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  Speaker 1: Jewish extremist violence. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia and Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu have faced accusations of contributing to this dynamic.
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  Speaker 1: In a separate development, Rabbis for Human Rights has filed
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  Speaker 1: a police complaint against Rabbi Dov Lior, over his religious
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  Speaker 1: ruling that permits Jews to harvest olives from Palestinian groves.
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  Speaker 1: The organisation alleges incitement to racism, violence and theft, though
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  Speaker 1: other rabbinical groups have also opposed Lior's position, calling it theft. Additionally,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli civilians entered a Palestinian village in the Hebron area,
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  Speaker 1: spraying graffiti and setting fire to a container, prompting an
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  Speaker 1: investigation by IDF and police forces. Security forces also evacuated
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  Speaker 1: an illegal outpost in the area. On the international policy front,
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  Speaker 1: former US President Donald Trump has publicly endorsed Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu for re-election. In an interview, Trump stated he
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  Speaker 1: deliberately waited to make his support public, explaining that electing
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  Speaker 1: any leader other than Netanyahu would require greater effort from America,
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  Speaker 1: and urged Israelis not to take a chance. Domestically, an
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  Speaker 1: analysis criticises Israel's public relations strategy in defending against war
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  Speaker 1: crimes allegations. The report argues that Israel's current approach, particularly
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  Speaker 1: following the release of the NAZA film and BBC reporting,
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  Speaker 1: is self-defeating and harming its long-term national security and economic strength,
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  Speaker 1: suggesting a missed opportunity for a more comprehensive and transparent defence. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: in southern Israel, residents are describing relentless gunfire from arms
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  Speaker 1: dealers testing weapons for prospective buyers. Families express fears for
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  Speaker 1: their children, while local leaders call for tougher enforcement, contrasting
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  Speaker 1: with police claims of declining shootings. 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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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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