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Golan on Khamenei Assassination; Palestinian Election Delay · 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: Democrats Party leader Yair Golan stated that the IDF's assassination
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  Speaker 1: of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026,
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  Speaker 1: was a strategic mistake for Israel. During an interview, Golan
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  Speaker 1: argued that the strike, part of Israel's Operation Roaring Lion,
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  Speaker 1: removed Iran's veteran leadership. potentially leading to the strengthening of
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  Speaker 1: more extreme elements. He added that Khamenei, who was 86,
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  Speaker 1: was succeeded by his son, Mujtaba Khamenei. Golan also criticised
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to the United States regarding
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  Speaker 1: the Iranian regime. In the Palestinian territories, legislative elections scheduled
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  Speaker 1: for November 28, 2026, have been postponed. PA Vice President
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  Speaker 1: Hossein al-Sheikh informed officials that anticipated political, security and economic
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  Speaker 1: conditions have not materialised. Key Palestinian factions, including the PFLP,
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  Speaker 1: Fatah and Hamas, have agreed with officials like al-Sheikh to
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  Speaker 1: push back the vote by several months, citing deteriorating conditions.
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  Speaker 1: This vote would have been the first legislative election in
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank in 20 years. Meanwhile, Hamas sources report
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  Speaker 1: final preparations for a joint list with Islamic Jihad and
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  Speaker 1: Mohammed Dahlan's faction, a move seen as potentially concerning for Fatah.
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  Speaker 1: The Trump administration has imposed sweeping sanctions on the International
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  Speaker 1: Criminal Court, threatening its access to US banking, insurance and
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  Speaker 1: software services. This action follows Washington's opposition to ICC arrest
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  Speaker 1: warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.
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  Speaker 1: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the ICC a
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  Speaker 1: rogue court, stating, Either the ICC will end its threats,
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  Speaker 1: or we will end the ICC. In Thailand, authorities raided
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  Speaker 1: three Jewish institutions in Bangkok, including the Harbod Bangkok Foundation,
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  Speaker 1: as part of an investigation into a network of businesses
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  Speaker 1: and assets linked to Israeli nationals. Officials suspect Thai nationals
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  Speaker 1: were used as nominees for operations and asset holdings in
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  Speaker 1: violation of local laws. Rabbi Nechamir Wilhelm of Harbod, Bangkok,
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  Speaker 1: stated that staff fully cooperated and have nothing to hide,
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  Speaker 1: emphasising they operate strictly within Thai law. In the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli settlers planted dozens of Israeli flags at the entrance
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  Speaker 1: of a Palestinian cafe in Luban al-Shakir. The cafe's owner
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  Speaker 1: described it as a blatant act of intimidation, fearing ongoing
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  Speaker 1: harassment aimed at forcing Palestinians off their land. Regionally, FlyDubai
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  Speaker 1: has announced the cancellation of flights to Saudi Arabia following
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  Speaker 1: Houthi attacks on Saudi airports. Separately, St George's Monastery in
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  Speaker 1: the Judean Desert has been inaccessible for three years since
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  Speaker 1: October 7, impacting tourism. Police are conducting searches near Shfaym
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  Speaker 1: Beach following an unconfirmed report of a suspected body spotted
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