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Israel's President Launches Coalition Talks · 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 Isaac Herzog is beginning consultations this week to form
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  Speaker 1: Israel's next government. In an unusual departure from past practice,
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  Speaker 1: these meetings with party representatives will proceed in ascending order
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  Speaker 1: of Knesset seats, a move intended to encourage unconventional coalition arrangements. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the opposition bloc, including the Democrats' party, has announced it
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  Speaker 1: will recommend Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to President Herzog as
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  Speaker 1: its candidate for Prime Minister. Other opposition leaders have also
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  Speaker 1: indicated they will support Eisenkot. Both Eisenkot and incumbent Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu face significant challenges in assembling a 61-seat
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  Speaker 1: majority government. Key dividing issues remain the Haredi draft exemption,
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  Speaker 1: with opposition parties advocating for equal service, and the establishment
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  Speaker 1: of a state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding
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  Speaker 1: the October 7th attack, which Eisenkot champions and Netanyahu's government
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  Speaker 1: has resisted. Separately, sources close to Israel Police Commissioner Daniel
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  Speaker 1: Levi allege that a political figure is orchestrating a campaign
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  Speaker 1: through anonymous media briefings to undermine his position. This comes
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  Speaker 1: amidst ongoing tensions between Commissioner Levi and National Security Minister
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  Speaker 1: Itamar Ben-Givia. Turning to regional diplomacy, Indirect contacts between Iran
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  Speaker 1: and the United States continue in an effort to end
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  Speaker 1: their eight-month conflict. Tehran's foreign ministry confirmed that Qatari mediators
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  Speaker 1: are involved in exchanging messages and proposals, though talks have
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  Speaker 1: not yet yielded a breakthrough. The source material notes this war,
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  Speaker 1: launched on February 28, has led to Iran's closure of
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  Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz and other impacts. Both China and
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  Speaker 1: Russia have urged a focus on political solutions rather than
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  Speaker 1: renewed military action. Iran has stated it will respond aggressively
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  Speaker 1: to any resumed attack. In US politics, the role of
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  Speaker 1: Israel policy is surfacing in domestic races. The Ohio Senate
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  Speaker 1: race is described as a proxy battle for pro-Israel lobbying
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  Speaker 1: groups AIPAC and J Street. In Michigan, 250 rabbis urged
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  Speaker 1: Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to publicly address their concerns regarding
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  Speaker 1: his stance on Israel and support for Jewish statehood. On antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: A Jewish conservative activist was assaulted and threatened with death
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  Speaker 1: by a student at the University of Michigan in Ann
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  Speaker 1: Arbor during a political event, with videos of the confrontation circulating. Additionally,
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  Speaker 1: a report by Israeli researchers on religious extremism and antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: in Syrian textbooks has sparked outrage across the Arab world.
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  Speaker 1: For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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