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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 24, 2026, 11 AM 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: We begin with developments on the international stage. Palestinian Authority
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  Speaker 1: President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly via
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  Speaker 1: video link. Speaking after being denied a US visa, Abbas
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  Speaker 1: made significant accusations, alleging Israel is destroying the two-state solution
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  Speaker 1: and waging a genocidal war in Gaza. while pursuing displacement
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  Speaker 1: in the West Bank, according to reports from UNIT. He
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  Speaker 1: also denounced extremist settler violence and the E1 settlement plan.
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  Speaker 1: Abbas called on Washington to lift restrictions. Source, UNIT, jpost.com,
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  Speaker 1: turning to domestic politics. Gadi Eisenkot, a leading opposition candidate
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  Speaker 1: and former IDF chief of staff, has outlined his vision
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  Speaker 1: for Israel in his first English interview. Eisenkot is positioning
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  Speaker 1: himself to potentially replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. citing deep negligence, arrogance, contempt,
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  Speaker 1: first of all by the military echelon, and afterward by
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  Speaker 1: the political echelon, as causes for the October 7th failures,
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  Speaker 1: rather than betrayal. Source, jpost.com. Meanwhile, the Central Elections Committee
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  Speaker 1: has been active ahead of the October 27th election. On Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: the committee rejected two attempts to disqualify the Yehudit Yehudit party.
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  Speaker 1: This decision followed Wednesday's vote to exclude Arab slates Ra'am
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  Speaker 1: and the Joint List. along with joint-list candidate Ofer Kasif,
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  Speaker 1: under Section 7a of Basic Law, the Knesset. This section
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  Speaker 1: prohibits parties from rejecting Israel's existence as a Jewish and
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  Speaker 1: democratic state, inciting racism, or supporting armed struggle against Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Yehudit Yehudit's political platform emphasises hardline security policies and opposition
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  Speaker 1: to a Palestinian state. Sources, jpost.com, The Times of Israel
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  Speaker 1: in US Policy Developments, Lawmakers in the Michigan House of
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  Speaker 1: Representatives have introduced House Resolution 372. The resolution urges the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: government to support Israel's right to statehood and take action
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  Speaker 1: against Hamas, framing these actions as a fight against antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: It also calls for a review of State Department policies
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  Speaker 1: to ensure they are free from antisemitism. Source, jpost.com, on
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  Speaker 1: the International Diplomatic Front. France has defended its decision to
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  Speaker 1: allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plane to cross its
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  Speaker 1: airspace en route to the United Nations. A French foreign
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  Speaker 1: ministry spokesperson stated that international law did not require action
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  Speaker 1: against him, despite an international criminal court arrest warrant. Source,
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  Speaker 1: AL Monitor. Separately, during a town hall event, US Senate
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  Speaker 1: candidate Abdul El-Sayed deflected a direct request from an audience
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  Speaker 1: member to condemn the Iranian regime and the IRGC. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: El-Sayed shifted the discussion to broader foreign policy and military intervention. Source, jpost.com,
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  Speaker 1: in a sign of resilience, the population of the Gaza
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  Speaker 1: envelope has grown to approximately 66,000 residents. Reports indicate that
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  Speaker 1: over 90% of evacuated residents have returned, and new families
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  Speaker 1: are settling in the region three years after the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 massacre. This period has also seen a noted baby
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  Speaker 1: boom in the area. Source, reddit r slash Israel. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: a security update from the West Bank. Conflicting accounts have
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  Speaker 1: emerged between the IDF and police regarding a reported 25-metre-deep
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  Speaker 1: passage discovered near Kalkalia. While police reported the passage, military
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  Speaker 1: engineers stated they found no tunnel or route toward Israel,
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  Speaker 1: a discrepancy that has raised concerns among communities along the
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  Speaker 1: security barrier. Source UNIT, for continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find
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  Speaker 1: it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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