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Nobel Peace Prize for UN's Navi Pillay Draws Israeli Condemnation · 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 with a significant escalation in regional conflict. Yemen's
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  Speaker 1: Iran-backed Houthis have launched deadly missile and drone attacks targeting
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia, striking Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and a
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Airlines aircraft. The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority confirmed three
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  Speaker 1: Saudi citizens were killed and others wounded. marking the deadliest
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  Speaker 1: incident in the kingdom since a major offensive against the
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  Speaker 1: Houthis began. Internationally, South African judge Navi Pillay has been
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  Speaker 1: awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay previously headed a UN
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  Speaker 1: commission that accused Israel of genocide and incitement, assertions Israel
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  Speaker 1: has vehemently rejected. Israel's foreign ministry called the award a
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  Speaker 1: grotesque weaponisation to legitimise anti-Israel hatred, viewing it as a
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  Speaker 1: rebuke to both Israel and the US. Domestically, Israel is
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  Speaker 1: marking the third anniversary of the October 7th attacks, a
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  Speaker 1: period of remembrance and reflection. Despite ongoing national trauma, Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu's political bloc is holding steady in polls ahead
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  Speaker 1: of the October 27th elections. Meanwhile, new research highlights the
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  Speaker 1: profound psychological impact, revealing a significant increase in children's psychiatric
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  Speaker 1: visits and daily functioning difficulties among Israelis. In Gaza, Hamas
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  Speaker 1: claims its continued ability to fight the IDF after three
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  Speaker 1: years proves it has not been defeated, despite Israel's control
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  Speaker 1: of 70% of the territory, and intelligence indicates active preparations
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  Speaker 1: for future conflict. Concurrently, organisations are reportedly recruiting international volunteers
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  Speaker 1: for West Bank programmes, including training in direct action. In parallel,
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  Speaker 1: two men in London have denied charges of conducting hostile
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  Speaker 1: surveillance on the Israeli embassy. and Jewish sites on behalf
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  Speaker 1: of Iran, amidst broader accusations of Iranian-backed espionage. And on
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  Speaker 1: the disturbing rise of antisemitism, Professor Norman Finkelstein, when asked
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  Speaker 1: about the issue in Europe, made the provocative statement that
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  Speaker 1: Hitler solved the Jewish problem. Finally, in a moment of
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  Speaker 1: community support, 10 of Israel's leading law firms participated in
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  Speaker 1: a charity basketball tournament, raising over 170,000 shekels for Leket
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  Speaker 1: Israel's Hot Meals programme. aiding residents in northern Israel recovering
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  Speaker 1: from displacement. 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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