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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 7, 2026, 07 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: Tensions flared Monday night following reports that the United Kingdom
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  Speaker 1: is planning to announce a ban on trade with Israeli
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  Speaker 1: settlements in the West Bank. In response, Finance Minister Beitzal
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  Speaker 1: El-Smotrich called for the UK's ambassador to Israel to be expelled,
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  Speaker 1: posting on X that the British mandate in the land
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  Speaker 1: of Israel is over. Smotrich further stated that Israel would
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  Speaker 1: not be a doormat trampled by an anti-Semitic government, characterising
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  Speaker 1: the UK as a country conquered by radical Islam. National
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  Speaker 1: Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia also reacted to the news, calling
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  Speaker 1: for Israel to recognise the Falkland Islands as Argentine territory
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  Speaker 1: under occupation. Ben-Givia urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to recognise
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  Speaker 1: Argentina's sovereignty over the islands and impose sanctions on Britain,
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  Speaker 1: for what he described as an ongoing occupation. The UK's
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  Speaker 1: announcement is reportedly expected Tuesday in Parliament, following a debate
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  Speaker 1: on Jewish safety. In domestic political news, Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's Likud party faced an internal deadline challenge. Likud's top
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  Speaker 1: internal court had ruled that the party must submit its
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  Speaker 1: proposal for reserved candidate slots by 9.00pm Monday. However, the
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  Speaker 1: deadline passed without the Prime Minister publishing the list. This
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  Speaker 1: dispute arose following a petition by MK David Bitton, who
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  Speaker 1: questioned a reserved slot for Defence Minister Israel Katz. The
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  Speaker 1: court had warned that publishing the proposal shortly before a
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  Speaker 1: vote could be interpreted as an improper fait accompli. The
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  Speaker 1: court's ruling stated that if an orderly resolution wasn't delivered
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  Speaker 1: by the deadline, the movement's legal adviser would need to
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  Speaker 1: explain why this shouldn't be seen as implied consent for
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  Speaker 1: a secret ballot. Prime Minister Netanyahu stated later Monday that
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  Speaker 1: that the slate would be submitted by Tuesday morning, which
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  Speaker 1: he claimed would provide sufficient time for review. Looking ahead
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  Speaker 1: to the upcoming elections, Israel's Pirate Party has filed its
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  Speaker 1: candidate list for the 26th Knesset. The party, known for
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  Speaker 1: its colourful tradition of wearing pirate hats, notably features Israeli-American
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  Speaker 1: behavioural economist and best-selling author, Professor Dan Ariely, in the
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  Speaker 1: third position on its slate. Ariely appeared at the Knesset
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  Speaker 1: in a pirate hat himself, and when asked about his
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  Speaker 1: motivation for joining, told the news site Keeper, politics is fun.
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  Speaker 1: The Pirate Party, founded in 2012, advocates for using technology
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  Speaker 1: to give citizens a more direct role in government decisions.
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  Speaker 1: While they have not historically come close to crossing the
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  Speaker 1: electoral threshold, their inclusion of Arily has certainly drawn attention.
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  Speaker 1: For those planning holiday travel, Israel Railways announced a special
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  Speaker 1: schedule for Rosh Hashanah. On the eve of the holiday, Friday,
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  Speaker 1: September 11th, Trains will operate from approximately 6 o'clock a.m.
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  Speaker 1: to 4 o'clock p.m., with enhanced service on the Hafer
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  Speaker 1: Tel Aviv line. Service will resume after the holiday on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: September 13th, starting around 9.30 p.m. additionally. During the Selichot days,
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  Speaker 1: from September 8th to 9th and again from September 15th
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  Speaker 1: to 16th, nighttime train service will be extended to Jerusalem's
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  Speaker 1: Yitzhak Navon station. That's our report for this hour. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi. Thank you for tuning into Israel Today Ongoing
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