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US Strikes Iran's Qeshm Island, Israeli Politics Shift · 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: In developments from the region, the United States carried out
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  Speaker 1: strikes on Iran's Keshem Island overnight Monday into Tuesday. According
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  Speaker 1: to reports citing US officials, the attacks targeted missile launchers
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  Speaker 1: and surveillance installations. Keshem Island, strategically located near the Strait
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  Speaker 1: of Hormuz, is a vital hub for Iran's surveillance capabilities,
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  Speaker 1: and its threats to maritime shipping. US officials indicated the
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  Speaker 1: strikes were limited in scope, and did not signal a
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  Speaker 1: resumption of large-scale combat operations. Both US and Iranian sides
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  Speaker 1: reportedly wish to avoid derailing diplomatic efforts, though this incident
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  Speaker 1: follows similar US strikes in June, after Iran launched drone
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  Speaker 1: threats from the area. Kesham's geography allows Iran to monitor
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  Speaker 1: the strait, but also makes its military infrastructure vulnerable to strikes. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Israel faces a political deadlock following recent elections. Opposition leader
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  Speaker 1: Gadi Eisenkot stated his bloc is prepared to swiftly form
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  Speaker 1: a national emergency government. This comes as neither the current
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  Speaker 1: government bloc nor the opposition secured the 61 seats needed
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  Speaker 1: for a majority in the Knesset. Eisenkot also outlined plans
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  Speaker 1: for parliamentary measures, including repealing laws he believes threaten democracy.
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  Speaker 1: He asserted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lacks a majority.
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  Speaker 1: and is functioning as a caretaker premier. On the policy front,
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump claimed that he and Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu had agreed months ago to end nearly $ 4 billion
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  Speaker 1: in annual US military aid to Israel by the end
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  Speaker 1: of this year. Trump made these remarks on Fox and Friends,
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  Speaker 1: linking the potential aid cut to domestic political considerations in
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  Speaker 1: the US. The article notes that it remains to be
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  Speaker 1: seen whether this aid package will indeed conclude by year's end.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to issues of antisemitism, South Africa has become the
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  Speaker 1: first country to officially ban the screening and distribution of
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  Speaker 1: the film, Hebrews to Negroes, Wake Up Black America. South
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  Speaker 1: Africa's film and publication board found the movie promotes conspiracy theories,
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  Speaker 1: Holocaust denial, and claims that Jews are not the real Jews,
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  Speaker 1: deeming it to advocate hatred and incite harm. The ban
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  Speaker 1: follows complaints from the local Jewish community. Separately, a report
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  Speaker 1: noted imbalances in German secondary school textbooks regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
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  Speaker 1: despite commendations for their coverage of Jewish history and the Holocaust. Elsewhere,
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli-owned cruise ship, the Crown Iris, was searched in
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  Speaker 1: Greece following a bomb threat. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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