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US Sanctions ICC Amid International Scrutiny · 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 international affairs, the United States has imposed sanctions on
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  Speaker 1: the International Criminal Court. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced
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  Speaker 1: the measures, stating the US will ban transactions with this
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  Speaker 1: rogue court, cutting off its resources and crippling its ability
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  Speaker 1: to operate. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended President Trump and
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  Speaker 1: Rubio for this critical decision. The sanctions came hours after
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  Speaker 1: one of the court's judges was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. However,
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  Speaker 1: the EU's Foreign Minister Kaja Kalas defended the ICC, calling
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  Speaker 1: it a cornerstone of international law and suggesting a six-month
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  Speaker 1: window before the sanctions take effect as an opportunity for dialogue. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: new claims have emerged regarding the events leading up to
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  Speaker 1: October 7. Former senior Shin Bet official Ilan Segev alleged
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  Speaker 1: that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined the exact scenario of
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  Speaker 1: the attack in an April 2017 State Control Committee meeting,
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  Speaker 1: describing commandos, drones, the takeover of communities, the kidnapping of
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  Speaker 1: civilians and soldiers. Segev also claimed Netanyahu repeatedly rejected Shin
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  Speaker 1: Bet recommendations to assassinate senior Hamas officials, including a planned
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  Speaker 1: operation against military chief Ahmed Jabari. These assertions follow revelations
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  Speaker 1: from Netanyahu's former military secretary, Avi Gill, who alleged attempts
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  Speaker 1: to alter official records of the prime minister's schedule and
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  Speaker 1: circulation of intelligence reports. In antisemitism news, two Jewish schools
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  Speaker 1: in Brooklyn, New York, were evacuated following bomb threats received
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  Speaker 1: just minutes apart. The threats targeted Joel Braverman High School
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  Speaker 1: at Yeshiva of Flatbush and the United Talmudical Academy in Williamsburg.
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  Speaker 1: NYPD emergency units and bomb-sniffing dogs searched both buildings, which
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  Speaker 1: were later cleared and found to be safe. Police are
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  Speaker 1: investigating the source of the threats, which fortunately proved to
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  Speaker 1: be false. As one report stated, Jewish children should never
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  Speaker 1: have to fear for their safety simply because they are Jewish.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to security, the United Arab Emirates has reported that
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  Speaker 1: an Omani fly-Jubai pilot planned a suicide attack targeting a
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  Speaker 1: Ben-Gurion airport passenger terminal. According to UAE Attorney General Hamad
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  Speaker 1: Saif al-Shamzi, the pilot Hammam al-Hammami drew inspiration from the
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  Speaker 1: September 11 attacks and intended to cause maximum casualties. Investigators
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  Speaker 1: indicate Hammami began his radicalisation in Australia in 2017. The
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  Speaker 1: attack plot was uncovered after he attempted to hijack flight
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  Speaker 1: FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. In Jerusalem, a controversy
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  Speaker 1: erupted over the opening of Café Basimta on Shabbat. The cafe,
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  Speaker 1: operated by an Israeli associated with Jews for Jesus, began
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  Speaker 1: serving customers on the Sabbath, leading to protests from ultra-Orthodox
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  Speaker 1: groups against Shabbat desecration. This was met with counter-protests from
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  Speaker 1: secular Israelis expressing opposition to religious coercion, highlighting deeper societal
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  Speaker 1: debates over religious observance in Israel's public sphere. On security
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  Speaker 1: matters within Israel, an indictment has been filed against three
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  Speaker 1: men who filmed themselves with a stolen IDF Matador shoulder-fired missile.
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  Speaker 1: One of the suspects is a Palestinian resident of the
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  Speaker 1: West Bank who had entered Israel illegally. Police noted this
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  Speaker 1: as a highly unusual case among the over 700 deadly
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  Speaker 1: weapons confiscated in 2026, emphasising the potential threat posed by
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  Speaker 1: such stolen military equipment. Regarding the conflict with Iran... Democrats
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  Speaker 1: party leader Yair Golan characterized the assassination of former Iranian
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February 2026 as a
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  Speaker 1: strategic mistake for Israel. Speaking to Yediot Aranot and I-24 News,
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  Speaker 1: Golan argued the action. An IAF strike on his Tehran
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  Speaker 1: bunker resulted in the strengthening of even more extreme and
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  Speaker 1: violent elements within Iran, as opposed to the elderly and
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  Speaker 1: veteran leader. Khamenei was succeeded by his son, Majtaba Khamenei,
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  Speaker 1: For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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