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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 14, 2026, 01 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: In regional developments, Saudi Arabia is navigating significant threats. The
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  Speaker 1: kingdom faces escalating danger from the Houthi movement advancing along
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sea coast, potentially threatening the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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  Speaker 1: This comes as Iranian-backed militias in Iraq recently struck an
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  Speaker 1: east-west pipeline on September 10th and 11th. Crown Prince Mohammed
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  Speaker 1: bin Salman met with US Central Command Head Brad Cooper
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  Speaker 1: on September 14 to discuss regional developments and bilateral relations,
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  Speaker 1: with the US reportedly providing intelligence and targeting assistance amid
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  Speaker 1: the Houthi advances. Saudi authorities had briefly issued warnings for
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  Speaker 1: southern cities due to Houthi attacks, though these were later lifted. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: in Iran, a senior Sunni Muslim cleric, Mollavi Youssef Ghorjaj,
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  Speaker 1: was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southeastern Iran. The
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  Speaker 1: official IONA news agency quoted a local governor describing Gorgias
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  Speaker 1: as active in the fight against divisive elements and Zionism,
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  Speaker 1: suggesting a pro-government stance. Turning to the West Bank and
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  Speaker 1: East Jerusalem, Portugal's Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel stated that Israeli
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  Speaker 1: settlement expansion and economic pressure are undermining prospects for a
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  Speaker 1: viable Palestinian state. He described Israel's E1 settlement plan as
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  Speaker 1: extremely pernicious. for its potential to divide the West Bank
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  Speaker 1: and isolate East Jerusalem. Rangel also noted that Israel withholding
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian tax revenues amounts to brutal strangulation of the Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: Authority's finances. In a separate report, the Israeli rights group
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  Speaker 1: B'Tselem alleged in its The Elimination Project that Israeli actions
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  Speaker 1: in the West Bank form a deliberate project to make
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian existence impossible. citing tactics like violence, ethnic cleansing, movement restrictions,
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  Speaker 1: and economic strangulation. Bitzellem stated that violence by settlers and
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  Speaker 1: the military has resulted in 1,108 Palestinian deaths, both civilian
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  Speaker 1: and militant, since October 7, 2023, according to an AFP tally.
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  Speaker 1: The Israeli military rejected these accusations as false, baseless, and
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  Speaker 1: blatantly detached from reality. Tensions also rose in the Tulkiyam area,
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  Speaker 1: where Israeli special forces detained Fatah Secretary Mohammad Shahada after
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  Speaker 1: opening fire on his vehicle. Separately, Palestinian Authority security forces
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  Speaker 1: arrested former Israeli prisoner Adam Yunis. On the diplomatic front,
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  Speaker 1: US Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed direct contacts with the
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  Speaker 1: Houthis in recent days, stating the US intends to continue
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  Speaker 1: monitoring the situation. Separately, President Donald Trump remarked that the
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  Speaker 1: failed nation of Iran wants to reach a deal quickly
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  Speaker 1: and with determination, and indicated he would decide if the
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  Speaker 1: US would engage in talks, a concept he described the
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  Speaker 1: US as being open to. In reporting analysis and controversy,
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  Speaker 1: a new peer-reviewed study examining 1,559 New York Times articles
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  Speaker 1: published between October 7th of last year and June 7th
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  Speaker 1: of this year, found a dominant narrative portraying Palestinians as
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  Speaker 1: passive victims and Israel as the sole aggressor. The study,
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  Speaker 1: conducted by Edil Pinker of Yale School of Management, suggests
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  Speaker 1: this framing diminishes Hamas's role and could potentially influence readers'
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  Speaker 1: opinions contrary to reality. It noted frequent omissions of Israeli
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  Speaker 1: casualties after October 7 and Israeli hostages. In a separate development,
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  Speaker 1: IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamia has ordered
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  Speaker 1: legal action against the producers of the documentary, NAZA. Zamia
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  Speaker 1: accused the film, which explores IDF operations in Gaza and
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  Speaker 1: potential civilian casualties, of spreading blood libels, deliberate distortions of reality,
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  Speaker 1: and grave false accusations against IDF soldiers and commanders. Israeli
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  Speaker 1: officials have rejected these allegations. Domestically, a political debate is
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  Speaker 1: unfolding regarding the state budget. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met
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  Speaker 1: with opposition leader Yair Lapid, requesting the budget be reopened
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  Speaker 1: for increased IDF funding. Lapid conditioned his support on cancelling
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  Speaker 1: coalition funds allocated to Haredi draft evasion, rather than raising taxes.
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  Speaker 1: Likud party officials responded by calling Lapid's claims absurd and false,
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  Speaker 1: asserting that state revenues are higher than expected and that
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  Speaker 1: defence budgets can be increased without tax hikes or excessive
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  Speaker 1: coalition funding. Meanwhile, the Religious Zionism Party has released a
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  Speaker 1: new video introducing its candidates for the upcoming Knesset elections.
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  Speaker 1: In relation to the NAZA documentary controversy, the security apparatus
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  Speaker 1: is investigating a potential leak of classified military secrets and
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  Speaker 1: intelligence to its creators, citing concerns over a serious security
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  Speaker 1: breach and damage to Israel's national image. This follows strong
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  Speaker 1: public backlash and condemnation, with commentator Yehuda Schlesinger calling for
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  Speaker 1: filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachli Shaw to be pursued relentlessly
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  Speaker 1: for harming the reputation of IDF soldiers. For continuing coverage
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  Speaker 1: Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi,
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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