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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 17, 2026, 01 PM 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: Houthi advances in Yemen have reportedly taken Saudi Arabia and
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  Speaker 1: the wider Middle East by surprise, occurring as Riyadh works
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  Speaker 1: to cement a new defensive alliance with Turkey and Pakistan.
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  Speaker 1: Commentators are questioning if this pact, sometimes referred to as
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  Speaker 1: the Mecca Pact, is already in jeopardy or perhaps misunderstood.
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  Speaker 1: with some suggesting assumptions about its military commitment, might be
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  Speaker 1: a misreading of its defensive nature. In the United Kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: British Labour MP Tahir Ali has apologised after calling for
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  Speaker 1: military action against Israel during a House of Commons debate.
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  Speaker 1: Labour deemed his remarks unacceptable and issued a formal warning.
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  Speaker 1: Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amikai chickily sharply criticised Ali's comments. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the Israeli and Greek navies conducted a joint exercise in
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  Speaker 1: the Mediterranean, an event framed as a message to Turkey,
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  Speaker 1: highlighting regional military cooperation. Turning to the disputed territories, a
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  Speaker 1: tender for over 2,000 housing units in the E1 settlement
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  Speaker 1: plan has been announced. Reports also indicate settlers were seen
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  Speaker 1: setting fire to olive trees, while Palestinians in the Jordan
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  Speaker 1: Valley state that work on a new security barrier is
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  Speaker 1: impeding their access to their homes. Separately, a Palestinian resident
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  Speaker 1: of Hebron has been documented polluting the Hebron Stream, with
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  Speaker 1: the source alleging a pattern of Palestinians systematically destroying the
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  Speaker 1: environment and then claiming land ownership. In news concerning antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: a man in Brisbane, Australia, Matthew Alexander Donald de Campo,
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  Speaker 1: has been sentenced to six months in prison for ramming
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  Speaker 1: his vehicle into the gates of the Great Synagogue. He
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  Speaker 1: pleaded guilty to willful damage and drug offences and was
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  Speaker 1: released on a good behaviour bond, credited for time already served.
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  Speaker 1: The initial hate crime charge was removed during proceedings. The
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  Speaker 1: University of Toronto is facing public scrutiny over its new
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  Speaker 1: Jackman Humanities Institute working group, titled Bridging Theories of Anti-Zionism.
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  Speaker 1: This initiative, aimed at mapping anti-Zionist thought, has drawn criticism
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  Speaker 1: from experts like Deborah Lipstadt, who stated that anti-Zionism frequently
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  Speaker 1: functions as a proxy for traditional anti-Semitism, and Casey Babb,
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  Speaker 1: who described it as an existential risk. This comes shortly
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  Speaker 1: after the university hosted a conference on antisemitism. In the
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  Speaker 1: United States, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human
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  Speaker 1: Services have reached a settlement with Lincoln Memorial University to
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  Speaker 1: resolve an antisemitism civil rights complaint. The complaint alleged that
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  Speaker 1: LMU's policies prevented Jewish students from completing final exams on
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  Speaker 1: Jewish holidays. The settlement aims to establish clear protections for
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  Speaker 1: religious accommodations. This case highlights broader concerns about antisemitism in
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  Speaker 1: academic medical centres, with studies indicating a significant percentage of
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  Speaker 1: Jewish healthcare professionals encountering such issues in the workplace. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF confirmed the release from military service of Lieutenant-Colonel A,
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  Speaker 1: who served as the intelligence officer for the Gaza division
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  Speaker 1: during the October 7 massacre. The High Court of Justice
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  Speaker 1: has unanimously ruled to bar party representatives at polling stations
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  Speaker 1: from reporting voter turnout directly to their parties. This decision,
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  Speaker 1: which overturns a previous Central Elections Committee approval, is expected
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  Speaker 1: to impact election campaign strategies. In military aviation, an Israeli
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  Speaker 1: Air Force remotely piloted aircraft fell into the sea off
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  Speaker 1: the coast of Parmachim due to a technical malfunction. Navy
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  Speaker 1: forces have recovered the aircraft. and officials state there are
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  Speaker 1: no concerns about information leakage. The incident is currently under investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Beersheba is undergoing a significant transformation, evolving from what was
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  Speaker 1: once called a peripheral city of camels into a key
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  Speaker 1: centre for Israel's future development. The city is becoming a
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  Speaker 1: hub for technology, higher education and national defence projects. Ben-Gurion
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  Speaker 1: University of the Negev alone educates around 20,000 students, with
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  Speaker 1: roughly a third of Israel's engineers graduating from the institution.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF has begun moving units into its new technological campus,
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  Speaker 1: and the nearby intelligence campus is under construction. Tech parks
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  Speaker 1: like Gaviam are home to numerous companies, including NVIDIA, which
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  Speaker 1: is expanding its presence, and major players like Microsoft, Dell,
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  Speaker 1: IBM and Deutsche Telekom. City officials highlight this concentration of
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and infrastructure as central to the new Israeli dream
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  Speaker 1: and the future potential of the Negev region. Despite its
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  Speaker 1: small geographical size, Israel's strategic location and its role in
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  Speaker 1: ongoing global crises mean it is increasingly at the centre
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  Speaker 1: of geopolitical realignments in 2026. Developments in and around Israel
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  Speaker 1: impact the United States, Europe, Arab states, international trade routes
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  Speaker 1: and energy prices, demonstrating how this small nation can indeed
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  Speaker 1: shake the world. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockwickmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for joining us
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