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Netanyahu Faces Probe Over Reported US Aid Deal · 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: The movement for the quality of government has called for
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  Speaker 1: a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reported initiative
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  Speaker 1: to end approximately $ 4 billion in annual US defence aid
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  Speaker 1: to Israel. According to an appeal submitted to law enforcement,
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  Speaker 1: the MQG is concerned this move reportedly agreed upon with
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump without the defence establishment's involvement, may be
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  Speaker 1: linked to Trump's endorsement of Netanyahu in the upcoming election.
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  Speaker 1: Attorney Yaniv Goldberg, head of the MQG's Economic Department, stated,
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  Speaker 1: Israel's security funds must not serve as compensation for personal
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  Speaker 1: political support. In US politics, Vice President J.D. Vance has
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  Speaker 1: sparked discussion by suggesting electoral losses were linked to the
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  Speaker 1: Iran war. and by mentioning a desire among some voters
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  Speaker 1: to change our relationship to Israel. While Vance did not
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  Speaker 1: state Israel alone caused the defeat, his remarks, alongside earlier
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  Speaker 1: warnings from figures like Rahm Emanuel about an America problem
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  Speaker 1: for Israel, indicate that US support for the nation is
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  Speaker 1: facing a more rigorous political test, with politicians responding to
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  Speaker 1: voter concerns about the costs and achievements of military commitments.
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  Speaker 1: On the ground, Israeli police demolished part of a compound
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  Speaker 1: in Jerusalem's Beit Hananah neighborhood, stating it had been used
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  Speaker 1: to house Palestinians from the West Bank living there without permits.
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  Speaker 1: This followed an operation that apprehended 155 individuals. During a follow-up,
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  Speaker 1: five more were found, questioned, and deported before the section
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  Speaker 1: of the compound was demolished. In the West Bank, Israeli
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  Speaker 1: NGOs Bimkam, Er Amim, and Peace Now reported that a
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  Speaker 1: Bedouin community is also reportedly being demolished in preparation for
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  Speaker 1: the E1 settlement plan. displacing about 20 residents. The UN
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  Speaker 1: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted that over 1,400
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian-owned structures have been demolished in the West Bank this year,
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  Speaker 1: leading to the displacement of more than 2,000 people, with
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  Speaker 1: most demolitions attributed by the OCHA to a lack of
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