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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 9, 2026, 07 AM 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: Tensions are high following the United Kingdom's decision to impose
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  Speaker 1: sanctions on West Bank settlements. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband
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  Speaker 1: defended the move, telling Sky News it was the right
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  Speaker 1: thing to do, and aligned with British values. In response,
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  Speaker 1: Israel announced it would close the UK's consulate in East
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem and and expel British representatives from the Civil Military
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  Speaker 1: Coordination Centre. Miliband acknowledged the closure would be damaging, but
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  Speaker 1: asserted the UK had weighed the costs. He also stated
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  Speaker 1: that holding British Jews responsible for Israeli government actions constitutes antisemitism. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: reports citing diplomatic officials suggest the Trump administration played a
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  Speaker 1: role behind the scenes. According to World Israel News, US
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  Speaker 1: officials privately warned London against going too far. concerned that
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  Speaker 1: sweeping sanctions could damage Britain's security relationship with Israel and
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  Speaker 1: trigger a confrontation with the Trump administration. These reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: that US pressure led Britain to scale back its initial plans,
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  Speaker 1: with Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirming the United States
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  Speaker 1: would not be following the UK's lead. In the digital realm,
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  Speaker 1: Israel remained the world's foremost target for hacktivist attacks in
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  Speaker 1: the first half of 2026, according to the Radwea Global
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  Speaker 1: Threat Report. the report revealed that Israel absorbed 16% of
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  Speaker 1: all such campaigns globally, with the gap between it and
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  Speaker 1: other nations continuing to widen. These attacks, carried out by
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  Speaker 1: non-state actors often sponsored by nations for geopolitical reasons, saw
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  Speaker 1: a spike during the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.
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  Speaker 1: Officials note that the digital arena has become an inseparable
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  Speaker 1: part of military conflict. The primary targets were infrastructure, industrial
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  Speaker 1: facilities and government institutions. with major cloud providers like Microsoft,
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  Speaker 1: Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud among those affected. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to domestic politics, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced it
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  Speaker 1: is filing a libel lawsuit against the newspaper Haaretz and
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  Speaker 1: journalist Shlomi Eldar. The action follows a Haaretz report alleging
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  Speaker 1: that the United Arab Emirates had warned Netanyahu about the
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  Speaker 1: Hamas October 7 attack. The Prime Minister's office has called
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  Speaker 1: the story completely fabricated. stating there was no communication between
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu and the UAE during the relevant period. They characterised
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  Speaker 1: the report as a sinister plot with clear political timing.
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  Speaker 1: Haaretz has stated it stands by its reporting. The PMO
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  Speaker 1: also directed blame towards Ronan Barr and Hersey Halevy for
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  Speaker 1: not informing Netanyahu in time about signs of the attack.
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  Speaker 1: In concerning news regarding antisemitism, a hair salon in Istanbul
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  Speaker 1: has reportedly been named October 7, referencing the Hamas massacre.
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  Speaker 1: The naming has been described by some as a grotesque
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  Speaker 1: display of Turkey's anti-Israel animus and a mockery of the victims.
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  Speaker 1: Also in Israeli politics, Yehudit Yehudit has formally requested the
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  Speaker 1: Central Elections Committee to ban the Arab Ra'am Party and
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  Speaker 1: its chairman, MK Mansa Abbas, from participating in the 2026 elections.
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  Speaker 1: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia characterised Ra'am as wolves in
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  Speaker 1: sheep's clothing and Hamas-supporting terrorists. alleging they deny Israel's existence
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  Speaker 1: as a Jewish state and support armed struggle. The request
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  Speaker 1: also cited claims that a Ram-affiliated non-profit transferred funds to
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  Speaker 1: terrorist organisations. Finally, some positive news from the Aliyah and
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  Speaker 1: Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency. Over 20,000 new immigrants,
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  Speaker 1: or Olim, arrived in Israel during the past Jewish year 5786.
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  Speaker 1: These newcomers came from more than 100 countries worldwide, with Russia,
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  Speaker 1: France and the United States being the top origin countries. Notably,
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  Speaker 1: 35% of these Olim are young professionals between the ages
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  Speaker 1: of 18 and 35, adding significant talent to Israel's economy
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  Speaker 1: and society. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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