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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 26, 2026, 10 PM 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: We begin today with controversial remarks from UN Special Rapporteur
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  Speaker 1: Francesca Albanese. In a recent interview, Albanese claimed that during
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  Speaker 1: the Holocaust, Jews being transporting to gas chambers were referred
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  Speaker 1: to as the Muslims. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial clarifies that the
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  Speaker 1: term Muselman– German for Muslim– was used in Nazi camps
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  Speaker 1: to denote prisoners in a state of extreme exhaustion or
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  Speaker 1: severe starvation, not as a racial classification, and those so
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  Speaker 1: designated often died shortly after. Albanese also presented an argument
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  Speaker 1: that the term anti-Semitism was originally coined to encompass prejudice
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  Speaker 1: against all Semitic peoples, not solely Jews. However, the International
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  Speaker 1: Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, states the term was created
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  Speaker 1: in 1879 to specifically designate anti-Jewish campaigns and has referred
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  Speaker 1: to hostility towards Jews alone since its inception. Merriam-Webster offers
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  Speaker 1: a similar definition, defining antisemitism as hostility toward or discrimination
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  Speaker 1: against Jews as a religious, ethnic or racial group. Albanese
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  Speaker 1: has previously faced scrutiny over allegations of antisemitism and bias,
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  Speaker 1: including from UN Watch. In broader commentary on international bodies,
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  Speaker 1: a critique has emerged regarding the United Nations' perceived disproportionate
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  Speaker 1: focus on Israel. This perspective contrasts the welcome extended to
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  Speaker 1: Iran's president at the UN podium with the reportedly brief
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  Speaker 1: and at times hostile reception of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu during his recent visit to New York. The analysis
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  Speaker 1: suggests the UN frequently finds common ground only when targeting Israel,
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  Speaker 1: even while numerous other global crises persist. This has led
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  Speaker 1: some observers to suggest the institution is increasingly becoming the
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  Speaker 1: United Nations Against Israel, or UNAI. Turning to security matters,
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  Speaker 1: reports indicate that a Hamas-linked individual who had been granted
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  Speaker 1: asylum in the UK is now implicated in an alleged
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  Speaker 1: plot targeting Jewish centres, Israeli diplomats and pro-Israel rallies in
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  Speaker 1: Germany and Austria. This alleged plot was reportedly uncovered by
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  Speaker 1: the Mossad and German intelligence. These heightened threats alongside a
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  Speaker 1: general spike in antisemitic incidents and geopolitical tensions, including what
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  Speaker 1: Iran calls settling scores abroad, have prompted an expansion of
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  Speaker 1: the IDF's personal security branch mandate. The branch is now
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  Speaker 1: responsible for the security of IDF personnel domestically and internationally,
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  Speaker 1: covering a wide spectrum of threats. Officials noted that past incidents,
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  Speaker 1: such as the extraction of a lone soldier from Thailand
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  Speaker 1: due to threats and other antisemitic incidents abroad, and a
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  Speaker 1: critical emergency landing of a flight carrying an IDF soldier
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  Speaker 1: in Iran, have significantly shaped the branch's protective protocols. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: a report from Telegram channel Amir Tsarfati offers a different
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  Speaker 1: perspective on media coverage of Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent address
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  Speaker 1: at the UN General Assembly. The report challenges claims of
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  Speaker 1: a massive walkout, stating that while dozens of diplomats did depart,
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  Speaker 1: over 120 countries remained in the hall, including all five
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  Speaker 1: veto powers and most of Europe. The channel explains that
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  Speaker 1: the visual impact of such walkouts can be amplified by
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  Speaker 1: the fact that each country has multiple seats, and coordinated
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  Speaker 1: efforts can make a departure appear larger than the number
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  Speaker 1: of nations participating. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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