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October 7th's Long Shadow: Blame, Threats, and Global Scrutiny · 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: Three years after the Hamas-led October 7th invasion, media coverage
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  Speaker 1: reflects starkly different narratives. Arab media has largely focused on
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  Speaker 1: the devastation in Gaza, often omitting the Israeli civilians killed
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  Speaker 1: and sometimes even celebrating the attack, according to the Jerusalem Post.
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  Speaker 1: Hamas continues to deny targeting civilians or carrying out sexual assaults,
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  Speaker 1: despite a UN mission finding reasonable grounds to believe conflict-related
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  Speaker 1: sexual violence occurred during the massacre and that hostages were
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  Speaker 1: subjected to it in captivity. Former hostages have also detailed
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  Speaker 1: severe abuse. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged the brutal killings
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  Speaker 1: and sexual assaults by Hamas, while also addressing the suffering
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  Speaker 1: of Palestinians in Gaza. and calling for both sides to
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  Speaker 1: enter the next stage of a ceasefire agreement. In Israel,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that a weakened Hamas
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  Speaker 1: might attempt attacks ahead of the October 27 Knesset election.
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  Speaker 1: He stated Israel is prepared to thwart such efforts and
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  Speaker 1: respond with tremendous force. The IDF Chief of Staff and
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  Speaker 1: Shin Bet Director have also highlighted the sensitivity of the
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  Speaker 1: coming period. The IDF has increased its presence in the
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  Speaker 1: West Bank and maintained security zones in Gaza. though questions
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  Speaker 1: remain about overall readiness against future surprises. Domestically, a recent
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  Speaker 1: poll indicates nearly half of Israelis blame both the government
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  Speaker 1: and the IDF, equally for the October 7th failures, with
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  Speaker 1: a majority believing Prime Minister Netanyahu bears significant personal responsibility.
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  Speaker 1: Public support for a state commission of inquiry into the
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  Speaker 1: events of October 7th is also high. Amid these reflections,
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  Speaker 1: security concerns are being scrutinised. Following an attempted hijacking on
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  Speaker 1: a FlyJuby flight, a review is underway into the screening
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  Speaker 1: of foreign aircrews. Reports highlight that over 1,200 aircrew members
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  Speaker 1: from countries without diplomatic ties to Israel have entered the
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  Speaker 1: country this year. The National Security Council has also issued
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  Speaker 1: a warning about increased threats against Israelis and Jews abroad,
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  Speaker 1: noting that terrorist organisations view the anniversary as a significant milestone.
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  Speaker 1: In international political developments, The UK Green Party has adopted
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  Speaker 1: a controversial Zionism is racism motion, which Israel's foreign ministry
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  Speaker 1: described as a clear anti-Semitic text, leading to resignations within
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  Speaker 1: the party. Meanwhile, New York City's $ 7. 4 million strategy to
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  Speaker 1: combat anti-Semitism has drawn criticism for not adopting a formal
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  Speaker 1: definition of the term and for potentially allocating funds to
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  Speaker 1: organisations with anti-Israel advocacy. For continuing coverage of anti-Semitism around
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