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West Bank Attacks, US Condemnation, and Iran Warnings · 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 in the West Bank this weekend during the
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  Speaker 1: annual olive harvest. Reports from jpost.com indicate that masked Israeli
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  Speaker 1: extremists attacked Palestinian farmers near Abu Fala. During the incident,
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  Speaker 1: Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, an American citizen wearing clearly
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  Speaker 1: marked press gear, was reportedly beaten and hospitalized. requiring surgery
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  Speaker 1: for a severe hand injury. Additionally, European diplomats from Belgium,
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  Speaker 1: France and Poland, visiting olive groves near the Palestinian Christian
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  Speaker 1: village of Tabor, were reportedly attacked. A Belgian consular vehicle
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  Speaker 1: was damaged, and a visiting French mayor, Bernard Bourdieu, was
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  Speaker 1: allegedly assaulted. The IDF condemned the attack, and Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu's office stated on X that any violence against
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  Speaker 1: diplomats is unacceptable. while also suggesting reports could reflect a
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  Speaker 1: campaign to smear Israel and West Bank residents, noting the
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  Speaker 1: French mayor's political background. However, President Isaac Herzog contacted Ms
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  Speaker 1: Levine to apologise. In response, US Secretary of State Marco
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  Speaker 1: Rubio stated on October 17 that the United States is
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  Speaker 1: very disturbed by these events and has repeatedly asked Israel
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  Speaker 1: to crack down on that stuff and deter settler attacks.
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  Speaker 1: According to AL Monitor, Rubio confirmed the US State Department
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  Speaker 1: has inquired about the event and expects an update from
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  Speaker 1: the US Embassy in Jerusalem. Yes Din, an Israeli settlements
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  Speaker 1: monitoring group, reports that Israeli settlers have been involved in
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  Speaker 1: at least 170 attacks on Palestinians since late September. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli military officers are reportedly expressing frustration, with one telling
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  Speaker 1: Mariv News Flash that anarchy rules in the West Bank
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  Speaker 1: and that the army is not being heeded by settler leaders.
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  Speaker 1: who bypass military commanders to influence government ministers. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: regional threats, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly reiterated his
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  Speaker 1: view of Iran's ruling regime as an existential threat. In interviews,
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  Speaker 1: as reported by World Israel News, he compared the regime
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  Speaker 1: to cancer, warning that if overthrown, Iran will rebuild its
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  Speaker 1: military and pursue nuclear weapons, ultimately threatening Europe and the
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  Speaker 1: United States. Netanyahu believes that while Israel and the US
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  Speaker 1: have weakened Iran, the danger persists. He expressed scepticism about
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic solutions, characterising the regime as untrustworthy and prone to deception,
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  Speaker 1: and stated that the only way to address the threat
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  Speaker 1: is through regime change. Domestically, with elections approaching on October 27th,
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  Speaker 1: political tensions are high. While most polls suggest Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu faces an uphill battle, his campaign focuses on the
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  Speaker 1: war of redemption, while attempting to downplay responsibility for the
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  Speaker 1: October 7th failures. The opposition, led by figures like Gadi Eisenkot,
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  Speaker 1: centres its message on these failures and the issue of
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  Speaker 1: Haredi conscription. The political discourse remains charged. Yair Golan recently
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  Speaker 1: criticised commentator Yenon Magal, calling him a slave to the
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  Speaker 1: poison machine and a dark racist, urging an end to
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  Speaker 1: divisive rhetoric by election day. The government is also preparing
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  Speaker 1: to approve significant budget cuts to education, health and welfare
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  Speaker 1: ministries to fund urgent military purchases. Having already diverted one
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  Speaker 1: billion shekels from Arab community development, Prime Minister Netanyahu and
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  Speaker 1: his right-wing partners are actively campaigning, sometimes competing against each
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  Speaker 1: other for mandates, even as they may need to form
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  Speaker 1: a coalition together. Current polls show Likud with 18 seats
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  Speaker 1: and Netanyahu's bloc with 51. In Yemen, the Arab coalition
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  Speaker 1: reported destroying an armed Houthi drone targeting Saudi Arabia. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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