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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-09-05 at 06:01 · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: The time is now 6am in New York. I'm Noah
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  Speaker 1: Levi and this is the latest Israel Today, ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: In US policy concerning Israel, US Ambassador to Israel Mike
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  Speaker 1: Huckabee met on Saturday with Palestinians, including families of US
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  Speaker 1: citizens killed by Israeli settlers, in a Palestinian town in
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  Speaker 1: the occupied West Bank that has been the target of
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  Speaker 1: repeated settler attacks. Settler violence in the West Bank, has
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  Speaker 1: risen sharply since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government, the
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  Speaker 1: most right-wing in Israel's history, took office in late 2022.
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  Speaker 1: Several settlements have been established around Termas Aya, the Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: town near Ramallah that Huckabee visited on Saturday. Its residents
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  Speaker 1: say that harassment by militant Israeli settlers is common and
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  Speaker 1: that they are unable to stop them from entering the
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  Speaker 1: town and damaging their homes. We have many issues that
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  Speaker 1: we will address. Norwaf Zaghul, the town's mayor, told reporters
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the meeting, describing what he said were constant
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  Speaker 1: attacks by settlers. He said that the town's residents would
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  Speaker 1: be asking the ambassador to help secure their safety and security.
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  Speaker 1: About 80% of the town's, roughly 3,000 residents were Palestinian Americans. Huckabee,
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  Speaker 1: a Baptist minister and longtime supporter of Israeli interests, visited
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  Speaker 1: Termas Ayer on Saturday. In Israeli domestic politics, former National
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  Speaker 1: Security Council chief major general, Reserve, Jura Island warned that
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  Speaker 1: Israel's diplomatic approach is harming vital interests, calling it stupid,
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  Speaker 1: childish and dangerous, and said the country must prioritise dialogue
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  Speaker 1: to protect its interests. He said world leaders lack trust
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  Speaker 1: in the government and that its conduct is pushing countries away,
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  Speaker 1: with statements by officials and Prime Minister Netanyahu's silence shaping
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  Speaker 1: international perceptions. Island argued that most world leaders do not
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  Speaker 1: believe the Israeli government, but do listen to voices like
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  Speaker 1: Smotrich and Ben-Givir. leading them to assume Netanyahu's silence reflects
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  Speaker 1: the true policy of the Israeli government. He stressed that
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  Speaker 1: a process of aligning positions is needed across the leadership
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  Speaker 1: to salvage relationships with key partners. In Israeli economy and business,
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  Speaker 1: Gal Gadot backed Mac and Cheese brand to be bought
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  Speaker 1: by Italian pasta giant Barilla. Terms of the deal were
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  Speaker 1: not disclosed, but the brand holds 7.8% of the US
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  Speaker 1: market and was valued at $ 88 million in 2023. Founded
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  Speaker 1: in 2020 as a healthier take on the food, Gadot
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  Speaker 1: was an early investor. In uplifting news in the kitchen
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  Speaker 1: with Henny, sweetness in every course, these recipes let us
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  Speaker 1: enjoy the simanim throughout the meal, not just at the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: Rosh Hashanah marks a new beginning and for Henny, the
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  Speaker 1: start of a career as a kitchen coach. In 2020,
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  Speaker 1: during months of quarantine, her daughter started first grade, and
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  Speaker 1: she planned menus, sharing ideas in a simple PDF that
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  Speaker 1: became the foundation for a new chapter. The approach weaves
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  Speaker 1: traditional simanim, using honey, silan, pomegranate, apples and other familiar flavours,
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  Speaker 1: into festive dishes, keeping the sweetness of the simanim present
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  Speaker 1: from the first bite to the last spoonful. By the
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  Speaker 1: time plates fill with sweet hala, apples and honey, dates
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  Speaker 1: and pomegranate, the meal feels purposeful and celebratory. Sweetening the
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  Speaker 1: new year. How Jewish food becomes family tradition opinion reflects
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  Speaker 1: on what makes Jewish food Jewish. It argues that Jewish
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  Speaker 1: food is not defined solely by what is eaten. but
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  Speaker 1: by its place in family life, memory, tradition, and the
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  Speaker 1: freedom to change what came before. Gil Marks's idea that
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  Speaker 1: Jewish food is almost become sanctified by its use in
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  Speaker 1: Jewish life is cited to differentiate living tradition from mere consumption.
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  Speaker 1: The piece notes that families bring simanim into Rosh Hashanah tables,
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  Speaker 1: including Beetz, Selek, and Leek's Kati, using their names as
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  Speaker 1: puns to express hopes for the year ahead. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for tuning in to This Israel Today, ongoing war report update.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi. Stay safe and informed. Keep in mind
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  Speaker 1: that this AI generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies, so
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