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Netanyahu Links Re-election to Iran Policy · 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 significant regional developments, the Israel Defense Forces has been
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  Speaker 1: providing intelligence to Saudi Arabia to aid its military operations
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  Speaker 1: against the Houthis, reportedly through U.S. mediation. A defense official
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  Speaker 1: confirmed this initiative serves Israel's interests by weakening a potential
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  Speaker 1: future adversary, and allowing Israel to observe and learn from
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  Speaker 1: operational tactics. The context involves Sunni countries observing the Houthi escalation,
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  Speaker 1: which is reportedly supported by Iran. The IDF is also
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  Speaker 1: completing preparations across multiple domains for a potential multi-front scenario
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  Speaker 1: involving Iran, Hezbollah and Sheikh militias. This comes as preliminary
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  Speaker 1: warnings of a potential Houthi attack in Saudi Arabia were
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  Speaker 1: reportedly received. Domestically, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directly linked
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  Speaker 1: his re-election bid to his objective of confronting Iran. He
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  Speaker 1: stated his purpose is to break Iran's murderous regime and
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  Speaker 1: warned that Iran and its proxies are attempting to influence
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming October 27 election, suggesting any retaliation would be
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  Speaker 1: met with unimaginable force. Meanwhile, President Isaac Herzog marked the
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  Speaker 1: anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination by warning against
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  Speaker 1: political violence and dangerous rhetoric ahead of the elections, emphasising
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  Speaker 1: that democracy must not devolve into civil war. In the
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  Speaker 1: political landscape, Yoaz Hendel's Reservists' Economic Party is positioning itself
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  Speaker 1: to hold the deciding vote in coalition building, stating it
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  Speaker 1: will only join Zionist parties. The atmosphere is also marked
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  Speaker 1: by mandate polls and discussions of potential, election surprises, as
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  Speaker 1: the vote approaches. Turning to the West Bank, Nine of
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  Speaker 1: the ten suspects arrested for extremist settler attacks on a
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  Speaker 1: US journalist and European diplomats have been released from custody
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  Speaker 1: and placed under house arrest. This follows pressure from the
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  Speaker 1: United States and European nations for Israel to crack down
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  Speaker 1: on settler violence. Israeli rights groups like Yestin highlight that
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  Speaker 1: such arrests are rare and that the majority of extremist
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  Speaker 1: settler attacks, including those targeting Palestinian olive harvesters, often occur
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  Speaker 1: with impunity. According to the Palestinian Authority, Israeli settlers have
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  Speaker 1: killed at least 30 Palestinians since the beginning of the year.
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  Speaker 1: On security matters, an IDF spokesperson clarified an incident near
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  Speaker 1: Homush in the Samaria Brigade, stating initial investigations indicate an
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  Speaker 1: Israeli civilian heard shooting and identified a suspect, not a
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  Speaker 1: terror attack, and fired back. IDF forces are conducting searches
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  Speaker 1: for gunmen in the area. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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