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Liberman Predicts US Recognition of Palestinian State · 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 significant political forecasts impacting the region. Yisrael
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  Speaker 1: Bey Teh, new chairman Avigdor Liberman, has warned that the
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  Speaker 1: United States is expected to recognise a Palestinian state within
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  Speaker 1: approximately two years. According to Liberman, he has spoken with
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  Speaker 1: US State Department and National Security Council officials who universally
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  Speaker 1: support such recognition, predicting a UN Security Council resolution that
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  Speaker 1: would make Palestinians a state in every sense. He claims
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is aware of this move and
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  Speaker 1: is allowing the process to advance, suggesting it will happen
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  Speaker 1: once Netanyahu is no longer Prime Minister. Turning to regional tensions,
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  Speaker 1: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have escalated their campaign of strikes. On Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: they claimed responsibility for firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh airport,
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  Speaker 1: causing flight disruptions and prompting some office staff in the
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  Speaker 1: Saudi capital to work from home. This comes as the
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  Speaker 1: war in Yemen has reignited after a 2022 pause, described
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  Speaker 1: by some as an overspill of the US-Iran conflict. Saudi
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  Speaker 1: authorities reported this week that three people were killed in
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  Speaker 1: strikes on Riyadh and Abha airports. Meanwhile, a Yemeni journalist
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  Speaker 1: reports that the Houthis are forcibly recruiting and indoctrinating children.
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  Speaker 1: using videos of the conflict in Gaza to incite them
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  Speaker 1: against Israel and Zionists, a practice that has reportedly escalated
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  Speaker 1: with recent developments. The journalist also noted Houthis shelling homes
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  Speaker 1: and schools, with the ideology of a divine right to
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  Speaker 1: govern the world underpinning their actions. Domestically, Foreign Minister Gideon
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  Speaker 1: Saar vowed that Israel will take revenge on countries taking
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  Speaker 1: hostile diplomatic actions, citing the closure of the British consulate
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  Speaker 1: in Jerusalem as a response to British sanctions. and the
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  Speaker 1: Labour government's perceived hostile policy. Saar stated that any country
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  Speaker 1: pursuing a one-sided policy against Israel will lose its influence.
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  Speaker 1: In judicial news, Jerusalem magistrates caught convicted anti-Israel Arab lawmaker
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  Speaker 1: Ofer Kasif of aggravated assault against a border police officer
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  Speaker 1: during a 2022 protest. Sentencing is scheduled for January 2027,
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  Speaker 1: and a finding of moral turpitude could cost him his
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  Speaker 1: Knesset seat. The court rejected Kasif's claims of accidental contact
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  Speaker 1: and self-defence. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Jiver commented on the conviction. Also,
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  Speaker 1: the individual who alerted Prime Minister Netanyahu at 6.29am on
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  Speaker 1: October 7 has broken three years of silence, citing a
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  Speaker 1: pattern of criminal behaviour and the public's right to truth
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  Speaker 1: amid the lack of a State Commission of Inquiry. Haredi
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  Speaker 1: demonstrations saw some disruption. including a lightly injured individual from
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  Speaker 1: a car ramming in Jerusalem and the blocking of Road 4.
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  Speaker 1: Police action during a protest also drew attention, with a
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  Speaker 1: report of an officer throwing a stun grenade contrary to procedures.
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  Speaker 1: The Jerusalem faction has since announced the conclusion of their demonstration.
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  Speaker 1: The Shin Bet revealed a plan to attack Beersheba, indicating
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  Speaker 1: a potential security lapse in the south. Finally, a school
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  Speaker 1: in Ofakim, scarred by the October 7th attacks, conducted an
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  Speaker 1: unannounced terror drill on the attack's anniversary, reportedly shocking elementary-aged
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  Speaker 1: children and drawing criticism from the Education Ministry. In the
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  Speaker 1: West Bank, Defence Minister Israel Katz has instructed officials to
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  Speaker 1: pursue administrative removal orders against activists whose activities are deemed
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  Speaker 1: a threat to public order or security. This directive comes
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  Speaker 1: as the annual Olive Harvest begins, a period when left-wing
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  Speaker 1: and foreign activists prepare to travel to the area. The
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  Speaker 1: Yessa Council chairman had appealed to the defence minister to
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  Speaker 1: prevent potential provocations during the harvest season. And in other news,
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  Speaker 1: following an incident in Dubai, another pilot has filmed El
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  Speaker 1: Al planes there, this time with a reportedly disturbing message.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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