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Flight Risk: Israel Boosts Crew Security Amid Infiltration Fears · 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: We begin today with critical aviation security developments and a
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  Speaker 1: reported major security breach at Ben Gurion Airport. According to
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  Speaker 1: reports citing a Knesset intelligence subcommittee and N12 News, over 1,200
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  Speaker 1: aviation crew members from countries without diplomatic relations with Israel,
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  Speaker 1: including Iran, Syria and Lebanon, may have entered the country.
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  Speaker 1: This follows an attempted hijacking of a FlyJuby flight by
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  Speaker 1: its Omani copilot, revealing what Mariv News Flash described as
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  Speaker 1: a significant security breach related to foreign crew members. The
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  Speaker 1: Transportation Ministry, responsible for screening, reportedly had not enforced necessary checks,
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  Speaker 1: leading to calls for a government inquiry, as demanded by
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  Speaker 1: the Movement for Quality Government. In response, Israel has tightened
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  Speaker 1: security rules, barring foreign airline crews holding citizenship from 27
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  Speaker 1: restricted countries. Turning to military readiness and accountability three years
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  Speaker 1: after the October 7 attacks, analysis suggests the IDF has
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  Speaker 1: improved its human intelligence capabilities and utilises advanced, red teams
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  Speaker 1: for threat assessment, though vulnerabilities persist. This analysis comes as
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  Speaker 1: a former Nova Festival security chief, Elkanah Federman, has filed
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  Speaker 1: a 2.5 million shekel lawsuit against former Shin Bet Director
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  Speaker 1: Ronan Barr, alleging negligence in handling critical intelligence before the attack.
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  Speaker 1: The Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee has also approved
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  Speaker 1: new legislation allowing IDF headstones to indicate the date of
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  Speaker 1: abduction for fallen soldiers. However, reports indicate Israel's fractured public
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  Speaker 1: life and political divisions hinder the translation of security lessons
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  Speaker 1: into shared national obligations. On the diplomatic front, former White
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  Speaker 1: House coordinator Brett McGurk revealed in an interview with the
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem Post that neither Washington nor Jerusalem had advance warning
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  Speaker 1: of the October 7th Hamas attack. He stated that after
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  Speaker 1: reviewing intelligence, no warnings or indicators were found, and the
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  Speaker 1: attack immediately halted significant diplomatic efforts, including progress toward a
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  Speaker 1: normalisation agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Aliyah and
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  Speaker 1: Integration Minister Ofia Sofa urged Israel to prepare a plan
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  Speaker 1: for absorbing a potential mass wave of immigration by French Jews,
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  Speaker 1: citing escalating unrest across France. Finance Minister Beit Sarlel Smotrich
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  Speaker 1: discussed allocating funding for immigrant assistance, and Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu asked for a joint plan. National Missions Minister Orit
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  Speaker 1: Strock warned that protesters could begin targeting Jews in France,
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  Speaker 1: emphasising the need for an emergency plan. This comes as
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  Speaker 1: Israel has already seen a record number of immigrants from
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  Speaker 1: France this year. In the United States, New York City
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Zoran Mamdani unveiled what is described as the nation's
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  Speaker 1: first municipal strategy to combat antisemitism, allocating $ 7. 4 million for
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  Speaker 1: measures including grants to community organizations and security upgrades. However,
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  Speaker 1: the strategy has drawn criticism from Jewish organizations for not
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  Speaker 1: adopting a formal definition of antisemitism and for omitting discussion
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  Speaker 1: of anti-Zionism. Finally, travel disruptions persist. An Israel rescue flight
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  Speaker 1: from Dubai to Tel Aviv was cancelled after the airline
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  Speaker 1: failed to secure necessary Emirati approvals, with an El Al
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  Speaker 1: flight also cancelled. This follows the suspension of flights by
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  Speaker 1: Emirati carrier FlyJubai between the UAE and Israel after the
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  Speaker 1: earlier attempted hijacking, though the Transportation Ministry is working to
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  Speaker 1: conclude its operation to rescue Israelis stranded in Dubai. For
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  Speaker 1: continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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