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Trump Sees Israel-Saudi Normalization Closer Than Ever · 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: President Donald Trump has confirmed that Israel has been assisting
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia in its military confrontation with Iran-backed Houthi terrorists.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking to reporters, Trump suggested this security cooperation could pave
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  Speaker 1: the way for a historic normalisation agreement between Jerusalem and Riyadh.
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  Speaker 1: marking a rare public acknowledgement of such collaboration. While Israeli
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  Speaker 1: media has reported intelligence sharing between Jerusalem and Riyadh, Saudi
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  Speaker 1: Arabia has previously conditioned normalisation on progress toward establishing a
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian state, a demand rejected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
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  Speaker 1: The Houthis have continued to target Saudi oil facilities and infrastructure.
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  Speaker 1: In the West Bank, Attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters and
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  Speaker 1: international observers have exposed a failure of protection. Masked Israeli
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  Speaker 1: extremists reportedly attacked harvesters near Ramallah, and photojournalist Heidi Levine,
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  Speaker 1: wearing press gear, was beaten and hospitalised with a severe
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  Speaker 1: hand injury. A delegation of diplomats from Belgium, France and
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  Speaker 1: Poland also came under attack near the Palestinian Christian village
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  Speaker 1: of Tabor, with a diplomatic vehicle damaged and a French
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  Speaker 1: mayor reportedly assaulted. Police have opened investigations and the IDF
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  Speaker 1: has condemned the attack. Prime Minister Netanyahu's office stated that
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  Speaker 1: violence against diplomats is unacceptable and noted an ongoing investigation,
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  Speaker 1: while President Isaac Herzog has apologised to Ms Levine. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the 2026 elections, Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition is
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  Speaker 1: showing surprising resilience in polls. While the opposition, led by
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  Speaker 1: figures like Gadi Isenkot, focuses on the October 7th failures
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  Speaker 1: and Haredi conscription, Netanyahu is highlighting achievements from the ongoing conflict.
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  Speaker 1: Opposition lawmakers cite statements from Netanyahu's former military secretary as
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  Speaker 1: evidence of his responsibility for security lapses. Meanwhile, M.K. Yitzhak
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  Speaker 1: Kreuzer is expected to be investigated by Lahav 433 in
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  Speaker 1: connection with an incident in Ma'al Adumim. with Kreuser claiming
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  Speaker 1: that the Police Internal Investigations Department prevented him from filing
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  Speaker 1: a complaint about police violence. In a recent interview, Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu articulated his view on historical claims to the land, stating,
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  Speaker 1: We are not sitting on land we stole. This is
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  Speaker 1: our historical homeland. We are the indigenous people here. We
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  Speaker 1: are the original owners of our land. This is our land.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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