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Iran's Election Interference Plans Uncovered · 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: Iran is reportedly preparing to interfere in the upcoming US
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  Speaker 1: midterm elections and had also attempted to disrupt Israel's general election,
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  Speaker 1: according to officials who described plans to infiltrate electoral processes
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  Speaker 1: and hack voting systems. These officials told The Telegraph that
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  Speaker 1: Tehran views the elections as an opportunity to to weaken
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  Speaker 1: its principal adversaries politically. Framing these operations as an extension
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  Speaker 1: of its confrontation with Washington and Jerusalem, aimed at destabilising
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  Speaker 1: both countries, the claims come after Israeli authorities raised concerns
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  Speaker 1: about Iranian attempts to influence the election. While the report
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  Speaker 1: did not establish that Iranian operatives had successfully penetrated voting
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  Speaker 1: systems in either country, Iranian officials are closely following Israel's
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  Speaker 1: election results. One Iranian official, suggested that Arab parties' potential
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  Speaker 1: influence over coalition negotiations could benefit Tehran by limiting Israel's
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  Speaker 1: ability to make major strategic decisions. In Israeli domestic politics,
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  Speaker 1: opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: of orchestrating a campaign to delegitimize the election results and
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  Speaker 1: prevent the timely swearing-in of the new Knesset. Meanwhile, the
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  Speaker 1: Shah's party is facing one of its worst electoral defeats
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  Speaker 1: in history. Party officials are blaming its increasingly hardline stance
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  Speaker 1: on Haredi military enlistment for the significant loss of voters,
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  Speaker 1: with some criticising party leader Arai Derry for mishandling the
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  Speaker 1: conscription crisis and alienating traditional voters. This decline could see
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  Speaker 1: shahs fall from 11 to 6 Knesset seats. Adding to
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  Speaker 1: the domestic tension, ultra-Orthodox demonstrators have engaged in severe public disorder,
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  Speaker 1: blocking Highway 4 near Bnei Brak, throwing stones at police
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  Speaker 1: and injuring one officer. Police declared the protest illegal and
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  Speaker 1: used stun grenades to disperse the crowds. In regional developments,
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  Speaker 1: a Syrian court has sentenced Abdul Jabbar Ghazi Arzik to
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  Speaker 1: life imprisonment after convicting him of joining the Liwa Alquids militia,
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  Speaker 1: a group linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for
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  Speaker 1: acts classified as war crimes. The militia has previously been
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  Speaker 1: linked to rocket fire toward the Golan Heights. From Egypt,
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  Speaker 1: the Interior Ministry has rejected a citizenship application by Asmar Hamad,
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  Speaker 1: the daughter of senior Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad,
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  Speaker 1: citing security grounds. Ghazi Hamad is a US-sanctioned figure involved
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  Speaker 1: in Hamas fundraising. Governments across the Middle East are closely
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  Speaker 1: observing Israel's political developments, as their perspectives are shaped by
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  Speaker 1: key issues such as the future of Gaza and regional
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  Speaker 1: normalisation efforts, according to analysis pieces. Economically, the Ministry of
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  Speaker 1: Finance's Infrastructure Coordination Committee has resolved a long-standing dispute between
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  Speaker 1: Israel Railways and government companies, allowing for the acceleration of
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  Speaker 1: the delayed coastal rail expansion project. Key agreements are expected
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  Speaker 1: to be signed within the next 30 days. Separately, Hamas
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  Speaker 1: celebrated Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's continuation in office,
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  Speaker 1: noting his left-wing views and perceived hostility toward Israel, as
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  Speaker 1: reported by Israel Hayem. In local news, A violence incident
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  Speaker 1: in Riene resulted in the fatality of a 40-year-old man
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  Speaker 1: and injuries to two others, one critically. For continuing coverage
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