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Iran Expects US-Israeli Attack · 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 developments concerning Iran. An Iranian security official,
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  Speaker 1: speaking to Fars News Agency, stated that Iran is proceeding
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  Speaker 1: under the assumption that a US-Israeli attack is a foregone conclusion,
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  Speaker 1: and that American diplomatic efforts are untrustworthy. This official also
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  Speaker 1: indicated that Iranian leadership believes US policy in the Middle East,
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  Speaker 1: is dictated by Tal Araviv. The report notes growing pressure
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  Speaker 1: within Iran for decisive action, based on the right to self-defence,
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  Speaker 1: and warns that if a large-scale war breaks out, targeting
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  Speaker 1: American political entities and others involved would be considered legitimate.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to the West Bank, photojournalist Heidi Levine was severely
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  Speaker 1: injured over the weekend during an olive harvest by extremist
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  Speaker 1: Israeli settlers. She recounted that Palestinian youth intervened, putting themselves
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  Speaker 1: in front to protect her and keep the settlers away.
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  Speaker 1: US journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who assisted Levine, stated that the
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  Speaker 1: young Palestinians risked their lives. President Isaac Herzog called Levine
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  Speaker 1: to apologise, describing the attackers as thugs and a dark stain. However,
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  Speaker 1: a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office reportedly claimed
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  Speaker 1: that some video footage appeared to show one attacker helping
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  Speaker 1: her up, a claim Levine strongly refuted. Following the incident,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF, Shin Bet, and Israel police arrested 10 suspects
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  Speaker 1: in an operation dubbed Operation Olive Leaf. In American politics,
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  Speaker 1: the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, announced a significant
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  Speaker 1: shift in its electoral strategy. The pro-Israel advocacy group will
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  Speaker 1: stop funding and endorsing specific congressional candidates, moving to focus
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  Speaker 1: instead on encouraging direct contributions from individual Americans. AIPAC spokesperson
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  Speaker 1: Derin Sousa told NPR that this change would not alter
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  Speaker 1: the group's underlying mission to build support for the US-Israel relationship,
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  Speaker 1: noting that members still contribute heavily directly to candidates. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli domestic news, the Shin Bet security agency announced it
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  Speaker 1: has identified and removed numerous social media accounts involved in
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  Speaker 1: foreign influence operations targeting the country's upcoming elections, scheduled for
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  Speaker 1: October 27. This action, taken in cooperation with the State
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  Speaker 1: Attorney's Office Cyber Department and the Central Elections Committee, aims
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  Speaker 1: to preserve the integrity of the democratic process. Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu had previously warned that Iran and its regional
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  Speaker 1: proxies were considering ways to interfere with the elections. Also domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Defence Minister Israel Katz stated that future attacks on Israel
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  Speaker 1: would be blamed on opposition leaders who questioned the government's
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  Speaker 1: security warnings. Opposition leader Yair Lapid responded sharply, calling the
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  Speaker 1: statement a gift to Israel's enemies and an admission of
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  Speaker 1: the government's failure. Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party,
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  Speaker 1: accused Katz of laying the groundwork for the next disaster
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  Speaker 1: and shifting responsibility in advance. On the matter of antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli actress Sarai Jiviti is suing Francesca Albanese for $ 161, 000.
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  Speaker 1: Givity alleges that a 23-second clip from a 2025 interview
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  Speaker 1: was taken out of context, leading Albanese to liken her
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  Speaker 1: words to Nazi justifications for killing children. Givity is seeking
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  Speaker 1: damages for the alleged fallout from the viral post. In
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  Speaker 1: US political commentary, Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers of Michigan
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  Speaker 1: stated during a televised debate that some Jewish Democrats are
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  Speaker 1: literally afraid of his opponent, Abdel El-Sayed, and are defecting
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  Speaker 1: to his campaign because they find El-Sayed too extreme. Rogers
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  Speaker 1: claimed these voters expressed fears for their children's future. El-Sayed, meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: has previously criticised AIPAC and Rogers' stance on Iran. For
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  Speaker 1: 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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