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Trump Endorses Netanyahu Amid Iran Threat · 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: Turning to US policy and the upcoming Israeli election, former
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump has issued a strong endorsement of
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a message posted on social media,
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  Speaker 1: Trump called Netanyahu a great warrior prime minister and an
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  Speaker 1: even greater partner for peace. He warned that if Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: were not re-elected, the United States might have to confront
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  Speaker 1: the Iranian threat alone. Prime Minister Netanyahu, quoting Trump, stated
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  Speaker 1: that their joint efforts have been essential to combating Iran
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  Speaker 1: and its Axis, emphasising that this partnership is critical for
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  Speaker 1: Israel's existence and to complete the mission of eliminating the
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  Speaker 1: Iranian threat. This endorsement plays a significant role in Netanyahu's
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  Speaker 1: election campaign strategy, as he seeks to mobilise voters by
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  Speaker 1: highlighting his close relationship with Trump and framing the election
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  Speaker 1: as a choice between his right-wing government and an opposition
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  Speaker 1: coalition he claims would be dependent on Arab parties. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot responded to Trump's remarks, affirming that
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  Speaker 1: only Israeli citizens will determine who becomes prime minister, asserting
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  Speaker 1: national sovereignty in leadership selection. In the West Bank, Democrats
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  Speaker 1: leader Yair Golan and MK Gilad Kariv have condemned the
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  Speaker 1: government's response to an attack on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine,
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  Speaker 1: reportedly by Jewish settlers. After visiting Levine in the hospital,
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  Speaker 1: Golan described the incident as a moment of terror for
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  Speaker 1: the 65-year-old journalist, and Kariv characterized the attack as attempted murder.
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  Speaker 1: Both lawmakers criticized what they called total systemic breakdown in
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  Speaker 1: government and military handling of the aftermath, noting a lack
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  Speaker 1: of official visits and delayed testimony collection. They blamed the
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  Speaker 1: current government for fostering an environment where such violence, described
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  Speaker 1: by Golan as Jewish terror, can occur. Golan vowed that
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  Speaker 1: if elected, he would personally take responsibility for restoring order
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  Speaker 1: in the West Bank, combating both Palestinian and Jewish terror
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  Speaker 1: with determination, an iron fist and zero leniency. In the UK,
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  Speaker 1: the Charity Commission has opened a regulatory compliance case into
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  Speaker 1: the human rights charity Restless Beings, following a complaint by
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  Speaker 1: UK lawyers for Israel. The complaint details extensive evidence of
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  Speaker 1: cooperation and direct funding between Restless Beings and Merciful Hands Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: an organisation the US Treasury designated as controlled by Hamas's
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  Speaker 1: military wing. Restless Beings has also produced reports critical of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Separately in London, pro-Palestinian student activists disrupted a lecture at Citi,
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  Speaker 1: University of London, featuring human rights barrister Adam Wagner KC. Wagner,
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  Speaker 1: who represented British hostages taken by Hamas, was met with
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  Speaker 1: chants and accusations from protesters who claimed responsibility for the disruption.
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  Speaker 1: The Israeli government has approved NIS 2.6 billion, approximately 840
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  Speaker 1: million US dollars, in across-the-board budget cuts to finance urgent
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  Speaker 1: defence procurement. The decision involves reductions in funding for ministries
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  Speaker 1: such as education, healthcare, welfare and transportation, bypassing a finance
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  Speaker 1: ministry recommendation to cut coalition allocations instead. Opposition lawmakers have
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  Speaker 1: criticised the move, accusing the government of prioritising political partners,
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  Speaker 1: over essential public services. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also commented
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  Speaker 1: on Russia's growing cooperation with Iran. He stated that such collaboration,
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  Speaker 1: including Russia's alleged aid to anti-Semitic bot networks targeting Israel
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  Speaker 1: and the provision of military technology, runs counter to Russia's
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  Speaker 1: own interests. Netanyahu emphasised that while Israel and Russia pursue
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  Speaker 1: shared interests where possible, the state will always stand by
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  Speaker 1: and defend its own. In other news, One person sustained
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  Speaker 1: light injuries in a shooting incident in Jaffa earlier this evening.
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  Speaker 1: Medical teams provided treatment and transporting the individual to hospital.
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  Speaker 1: Police have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the shooting,
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  Speaker 1: with the motive remaining unclear. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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