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US Aid Cut Threatens Israel's Security · 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: Reports are emerging that US President Donald Trump has announced
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  Speaker 1: plans to halt American funding to Israel after the end
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  Speaker 1: of 2026. This potential end to over 75 years of
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  Speaker 1: assistance is drawing strong reactions. Yair Golan, leader of the
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  Speaker 1: Democrats and former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, denounced Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the announcement, calling it a massive
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  Speaker 1: failure and a severe blow to Israel's security needs. Golan
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  Speaker 1: argued that Israel's defence expenditures are enormous, requiring replenished weaponry
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  Speaker 1: and air defence capabilities, and warned that the burden of
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  Speaker 1: funding these critical needs will fall entirely on the Israeli public.
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  Speaker 1: Reports suggest this cessation of aid could cost Israel up
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  Speaker 1: to $ 8 billion. Domestically, political discourse remains intense. Gadi Eizenkot,
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  Speaker 1: chairman of Yesatid, has fiercely criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
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  Speaker 1: stating that the Prime Minister's conduct is a real danger
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  Speaker 1: and that we can no longer trust him and must
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  Speaker 1: replace him. Eizenkot linked these concerns to the shifting US-Israel relationship. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu accused opposition leaders of hypocrisy regarding the
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  Speaker 1: Haredi draft issue, claiming they abandoned years of criticism to
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  Speaker 1: court Haredi parties for coalition support. Likud has also attacked
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  Speaker 1: the opposition bloc, accusing them of seeking a dangerous government
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  Speaker 1: relying on terror supporters. In a separate development, the Attorney
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  Speaker 1: General's Office responded to allegations of delayed investigations, stating that
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  Speaker 1: the claim is false and that significant investigative actions have
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  Speaker 1: been approved for the Shin Bet, with a joint team
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  Speaker 1: established to expedite proceedings, emphasising anyone who needs to be
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  Speaker 1: investigated will be investigated. On a personnel note, Health Ministry
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  Speaker 1: Director-General Mosh Bar-Simon Tov will be stepping down in the
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  Speaker 1: coming weeks after approximately nine years in the role. During
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  Speaker 1: his tenure, he navigated Israel's healthcare system through the COVID-19 pandemic,
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  Speaker 1: the October 7 massacre, and the subsequent Israel-Hamas war, leading
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  Speaker 1: efforts to treat casualties and ensure continuity of services. He
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  Speaker 1: is set to join Columbia University as a research fellow. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: A report from the Jerusalem Post highlights growing global security
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  Speaker 1: challenges stemming from the proliferation of inexpensive drones. Brigadier General
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  Speaker 1: Yaron Rosen, executive chairman at Airways, describes this as the
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  Speaker 1: democratisation and commoditisation of airspace, where individuals, criminal organisations and
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  Speaker 1: hostile groups are gaining access to capabilities that previously required
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  Speaker 1: significant resources. This trend intensifies the need for effective control
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  Speaker 1: over low-altitude airspace. comparing the current situation to the emergence
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  Speaker 1: of cyber security, threats more than a decade ago. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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