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Trump's Aid Cutoff Claim Dominates Israel Security Talk · 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: Former head of the US desk at the National Security Council,
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  Speaker 1: Dr Avner Golov, warned on Tuesday that a decision to
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  Speaker 1: end US aid to Israel by the end of 2026 risks,
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  Speaker 1: signalling a retreat from America's long-standing commitment to supporting Israel's
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  Speaker 1: national security. This follows a claim by US President Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump in an interview with Fox News that he and
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had reached an agreement to cut
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  Speaker 1: off the aid by December 2026. Golov described Trump's announcement
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  Speaker 1: as a serious and dramatic development in Israel-US relations, warning
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  Speaker 1: that the move may compromise Israel's priority status in receiving
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  Speaker 1: American arms in an already precarious security situation. He added
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  Speaker 1: that the cut-off of aid could also cause economic damage.
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  Speaker 1: An expert, cited by Mariv News Flash, explained the significance
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  Speaker 1: of stopping aid, noting it amounts to 430 shekels per
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  Speaker 1: month for each family. A newly elected senator also signalled
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  Speaker 1: their stance on Israel with the remark, Habibai, you will
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  Speaker 1: swear me in. In regional conflict news, the IDF has
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  Speaker 1: eliminated two terrorists in Lebanon. This action, following weeks of restraint,
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  Speaker 1: is seen as a message to Iran that Israel will
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  Speaker 1: not allow the unification of fronts between Iran and Lebanon.
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  Speaker 1: In the disputed territories, Jewish families, supported by the Nachala
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  Speaker 1: Movement and by Niyamin Regional Council, have moved into eight
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  Speaker 1: homes in Jericho. These homes were reportedly purchased covertly with
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  Speaker 1: full payment and ownership documents, aiming to dismantle the legacy
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  Speaker 1: of the Oslo Accords. Also in Gaza, the IDF and
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  Speaker 1: Shin Bet conducted strikes near Khan Yunis, killing several terrorists
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  Speaker 1: affiliated with Hamas, Jayish al-Islam and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Among
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  Speaker 1: those eliminated were former hostage-takers and Nakba operatives. An alarming
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  Speaker 1: incident occurred in Athens, Greece, where Israeli singer-songwriter Ilyor Zandani
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  Speaker 1: sustained facial fractures after being assaulted by individuals who overheard
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  Speaker 1: him speaking Hebrew. Zandani described the event as part of
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  Speaker 1: a broader rise in antisemitism and hostility towards Jews and
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  Speaker 1: Israelis in Greece. Domestically, entrances to the president's residence in
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem were temporarily suspended due to a security alert triggered
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  Speaker 1: by a screening machine. In a sensitive development, Reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: the Shin Bet requested to investigate Knesset members, with MK
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  Speaker 1: Ayman Odeh acknowledging, I am the suspect. Professor Dan Ben-David
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  Speaker 1: also argued that Israel risks squandering the growing economic potential
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  Speaker 1: of its Arab citizens by treating their elected representatives as
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  Speaker 1: illegitimate partners in government. Separately, Jura Island delivered a harsh warning, stating,
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  Speaker 1: Israel is a burden. 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 clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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