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US, Israel Weigh Renewed Action Against Iran · 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 remain high as the United States and Israel reportedly
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  Speaker 1: consider renewed military action against Iran, potentially targeting its missile
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  Speaker 1: facilities and nuclear infrastructure. This comes amid ongoing disruptions in
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  Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz, from which a significant portion of
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  Speaker 1: the world's oil flows. Iran has threatened to target seven
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  Speaker 1: critical undersea internet cables passing through the strait, an action
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  Speaker 1: that would severely disrupt regional communications. Experts caution that without
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  Speaker 1: a diplomatic settlement, escalation is highly likely, with Dani Citrinovich,
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  Speaker 1: a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies,
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  Speaker 1: warning that conflict could be inevitable. Meanwhile in Syria, Damascus
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  Speaker 1: has voiced concerns over potential Druze-led offensives in the With
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  Speaker 1: a senior Syrian government official claiming, Israel is encouraging armed
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  Speaker 1: groups and providing support. Israeli aerial reconnaissance in the area
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  Speaker 1: has reportedly intensified. Separately, reports from Yemen indicate that at
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  Speaker 1: least 18 Yemeni government soldiers were killed and dozens more
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  Speaker 1: wounded following a Houthi missile and drone strike on a
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  Speaker 1: military camp. On the security front, Israeli counter-terrorism forces have
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  Speaker 1: arrested two suspects planning a terror attack against Israeli citizens.
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  Speaker 1: The joint operation by YAMAM and the Shin Bet took
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  Speaker 1: place on Highway 1 near the Latrun interchange. Forces located
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  Speaker 1: the suspects, who were unarmed, and they are now in
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  Speaker 1: custody for interrogation. Special forces continue operations to locate weapons
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  Speaker 1: and identify any additional suspects. In commentary regarding the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: an article in the Jerusalem Post critiques the Western media's
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  Speaker 1: portrayal of settlers, arguing that repeated negative coverage creates a
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  Speaker 1: demonisation of the population. It contrasts this with statistics indicating
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  Speaker 1: that only a small fraction of the roughly 750,000 settlers
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  Speaker 1: are involved in violence, while noting that Palestinian violence is
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  Speaker 1: less frequently reported. In Israeli domestic politics, Jonathan Yurich, a
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  Speaker 1: senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has admitted to
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  Speaker 1: investigators that he received hundreds of thousands of shekels for
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  Speaker 1: public relations work aimed at improving Qatar's image. Juric stated
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  Speaker 1: the work continued both before and after the October 7th attack,
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  Speaker 1: possibly into mid to late 2024. He maintained the work
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  Speaker 1: was conducted abroad, did not present a conflict, and was
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  Speaker 1: not reported to the Prime Minister. The integrity of sensitive
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  Speaker 1: political communications has also been called into question following the
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  Speaker 1: exposure of code for an air-assisted programme monitoring political figures,
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  Speaker 1: which had been publicly accessible on GitHub. In judicial news,
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  Speaker 1: a court has ruled there is no evidence to support
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  Speaker 1: murder charges against Agam T. S. Rafi and Shilat Kuter,
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  Speaker 1: though evidence for aiding the murder was found. Both defendants
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  Speaker 1: have been referred for assessment regarding release to alternative detention.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, in a satirical piece published online, comedian Larry
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  Speaker 1: David has taken aim at the Democratic Socialists of America,
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  Speaker 1: or DSA, critiquing what he perceives as hypocrisy and antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: within the group. His essay includes provocative proposals, such as
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  Speaker 1: renaming Jewish people the Bagel People, and satirises the DSA's
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  Speaker 1: positions on Israel and other social issues. For continuing coverage
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from
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  Speaker 1: Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi,
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