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Netanyahu Targets Iranian Regime, Warns of Election Interference · 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: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has articulated a more assertive stance
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  Speaker 1: regarding the Iranian regime. He has shifted from promising to
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  Speaker 1: merely create conditions for its overthrow to pledging directly, the
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  Speaker 1: regime must fall and I will bring it down. Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: explained this directive to security agencies and stating that any
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  Speaker 1: accommodation leaving the regime in power would leave it determined
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  Speaker 1: to pursue nuclear weapons and its network of proxies. He
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  Speaker 1: believes the only way to prevent this is by bringing
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  Speaker 1: down the regime itself. The Prime Minister also warned that
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  Speaker 1: Iran and its regional proxies are actively considering ways to
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  Speaker 1: influence Israel's upcoming election. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post,
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  Speaker 1: he stated, We have clear warnings that Iran and its
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  Speaker 1: proxies are considering ways to influence the elections. If they do,
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  Speaker 1: it'll be a big mistake for them because we'll respond
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  Speaker 1: with force and might they can't even imagine. Netanyahu asserted
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  Speaker 1: that Israel has completed 90% of the job against Iran
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  Speaker 1: and its proxies, but faces the challenge of preventing them
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  Speaker 1: from rebuilding their capabilities. He added that about a year ago,
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  Speaker 1: Iran was on the verge of developing several atomic bombs,
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  Speaker 1: a danger Israel averted through operations he referred to as
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  Speaker 1: Rising Lion and Roaring Lion. He estimates Iran still possesses
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  Speaker 1: over 1,000 missiles, with the defence establishment assessing the number
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  Speaker 1: at 1,600. Netanyahu believes he and US President Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: share an understanding of the strategic stakes involved. Meanwhile, reports
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  Speaker 1: indicate Iran is employing a new tactic, allegedly using European
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  Speaker 1: street gangs to carry out terrorist acts against Israeli and
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  Speaker 1: Jewish targets. World Israel News reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary
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  Speaker 1: Guard Corps and Ministry of Intelligence are utilising networks like Foxtrot,
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  Speaker 1: run by Rawah Majid, for these operations. Incidents cited include
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  Speaker 1: a hand grenade discovered at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm
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  Speaker 1: in January 2024, a shooting near the Stockholm mission in May,
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  Speaker 1: grenade attacks on the Israeli embassy in Brussels, and twin
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  Speaker 1: grenade attacks in Copenhagen, along with sabotage attempts against Elbit
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  Speaker 1: Systems facilities, in October 2024. More recently, in March 2025,
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  Speaker 1: British and Norwegian authorities apprehended a 19-year-old in the UK
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  Speaker 1: armed with guns, linked to Foxtrot for a contract killing
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  Speaker 1: ordered by Iran, marking what prosecutors called the gang's first
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  Speaker 1: operation on British soil. This shift to outsourcing terror acts
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  Speaker 1: to local gangs is seen as a method to protect
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  Speaker 1: the Iranian regime and divert investigators. In the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani accused the Israeli government
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  Speaker 1: of genocide and occupation, following the IDF's detention of approximately
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  Speaker 1: 90 volunteers, including Jewish activists, during an olive harvest in Nehalin.
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  Speaker 1: Israel's Consul General in New York, Ofir Akounis, denounced Mamdani's comments,
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  Speaker 1: urging him to mind your business. The IDF stated the
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  Speaker 1: detention occurred because the Palestinian landowner did not coordinate security measures,
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  Speaker 1: though activists claim they had attempted coordination. Meanwhile, President of
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  Speaker 1: the Palestine Olympic Committee, Jibril al-Arjaoub, stated that over 1,000
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian athletes have been killed in Gaza and 85% of
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  Speaker 1: sports infrastructure has been destroyed, asserting that sports are being
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  Speaker 1: directly targeted. Al-Arjaoub is currently in Japan advocating for formal
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  Speaker 1: recognition of the state of Palestine and detailing the impact
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  Speaker 1: of Israeli occupation policies. Domestically, early voting for the 26th
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  Speaker 1: Knesset is underway for diplomats and IDF personnel serving in
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  Speaker 1: operational zones, including Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. IDF Chief of
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  Speaker 1: Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamia confirmed that the military has
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  Speaker 1: reinforced troops across all fronts to thwart threats and ensure
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  Speaker 1: secure elections. In a critical call for mental health support,
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  Speaker 1: the Israeli Trauma Coalition has written to party leaders urging
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  Speaker 1: them to protect budgets for resilience centres and treatment programmes.
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  Speaker 1: This comes amid a significant increase in trauma victims, with
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  Speaker 1: 46% of reservists' wives reporting moderate to severe psychological distress
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  Speaker 1: due to prolonged service periods. On the international stage, an
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  Speaker 1: analysis suggests Prime Minister Netanyahu's policies and actions may have
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  Speaker 1: led to the erosion of bipartisan US support for Israel.
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  Speaker 1: The piece argues that the next US Congress will likely
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  Speaker 1: see increased calls for restrictions on aid and weapon sales. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: Libya's ratification of a maritime boundary deal with Turkey is
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  Speaker 1: described as a very troubling development for Israeli security, potentially
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  Speaker 1: impacting underwater infrastructure connections, according to analysts like Colonel Reserve,
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  Speaker 1: Iran Lerman. Separately, at UCLA, the campus became a flashpoint
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  Speaker 1: in the debate over anti-Semitism and anti-Israel activism, with damage
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  Speaker 1: reported to buildings and property. In England, a recent report
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  Speaker 1: indicates nearly three in five Jewish students have experienced anti-Semitism,
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  Speaker 1: prompting the government to accept recommendations for improved student protection
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  Speaker 1: and teacher training. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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