Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Smotrich's Court Defiance and Braverman Timestamp Allegations
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Finance Minister Beit Sarlel Smotrich has called on Prime Minister
- 0:15Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz to instruct the
- 0:20Speaker 1: IDF not to cooperate with a High Court of Justice decision.
- 0:24Speaker 1: The ruling requires the state to provide further details on
- 0:26Speaker 1: steps toward allowing Palestinian residents to return to their homes
- 0:30Speaker 1: in the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nersham's refugee camps. Smotrich accused
- 0:35Speaker 1: justices of endangering security and warned that allowing residents to
- 0:39Speaker 1: return would lead to the rebuilding of terrorist infrastructure in
- 0:43Speaker 1: the northern West Bank. The state has until November 23,
- 0:47Speaker 1: 2026 to respond. In Gaza, the Gazan Board of Peace
- 0:51Speaker 1: anticipates that post-war governance and reconstruction groundwork will transition into
- 0:56Speaker 1: full-scale execution after the upcoming Israeli and US elections. However,
- 1:01Speaker 1: a report by The Telegraph has raised concerns about potential
- 1:04Speaker 1: conflicts of interest, involving key figures like Jad Kushner, and
- 1:08Speaker 1: others involved with the affinity partner's firm in shaping Gaza's future. Domestically,
- 1:13Speaker 1: a report from N12 alleges that former Prime Minister's Office
- 1:17Speaker 1: Chief of Staff Tzakai Braverman asked to change a timestamp
- 1:20Speaker 1: on a debrief call log from October 7, 2023, from 6.40am
- 1:22Speaker 1: to 6.29am. purportedly to suggest earlier awareness by Prime Minister Netanyahu.
- 1:31Speaker 1: Braverman's representatives have stated the transcript is false. Separately, Braverman
- 1:36Speaker 1: is also suspected of systematically collecting classified protocols without authorisation
- 1:41Speaker 1: in the month following the October 7 massacre. Also in
- 1:45Speaker 1: domestic politics, the mayor of Kwasaba, Rafi Sayar, and his
- 1:49Speaker 1: wife have been arrested along with 15 others in a
- 1:51Speaker 1: public corruption scandal involving bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
- 1:56Speaker 1: with investigators suspecting manipulation of public tenders, an unusual confrontation
- 2:01Speaker 1: between prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh and ADV. Amit Ha-Dard, during the
- 2:05Speaker 1: testimony of former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, reportedly caused the
- 2:10Speaker 1: hearing to be stopped. In regional affairs, Yemen expert Inbal
- 2:14Speaker 1: Nisamluftan warned of a growing regional threat from the Houthis,
- 2:17Speaker 1: following a missile strike on a terminal in the Saudi capital.
- 2:21Speaker 1: She highlighted their capabilities. and noted that striking Houthi-controlled ports
- 2:25Speaker 1: presents humanitarian challenges. The Israeli security establishment understands that any
- 2:31Speaker 1: potential Iranian attack may be postponed until after the upcoming elections. Separately,
- 2:36Speaker 1: a missile was launched towards a suspicious aerial target identified
- 2:40Speaker 1: in southern Lebanon, where IDF forces are operating, with details
- 2:44Speaker 1: under investigation. In antisemitism news, a 67-year-old shopkeeper in Berlin
- 2:50Speaker 1: was repeatedly attacked by youths, after displaying posters opposing antisemitism.
- 2:56Speaker 1: Police are investigating a possible antisemitic motive for the assaults,
- 3:00Speaker 1: which come amid a reported surge in antisemitic offences in
- 3:03Speaker 1: the city. On the economic front, Amazon is reportedly in
- 3:07Speaker 1: talks to acquire the Israeli AI startup Descartes for approximately
- 3:10Speaker 1: $ 7 billion. Descartes' AI models, Lucy and Oasis, are known
- 3:16Speaker 1: for real-time video editing and generating simulated environments for robotics
- 3:20Speaker 1: and autonomous driving. Finally, in European news, reports indicate that
- 3:25Speaker 1: some European countries are employing desperate measures in response to
- 3:28Speaker 1: Muslim immigration. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
- 3:34Speaker 1: listen to Antisemitism, watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org
- 3:39Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
- 3:42Speaker 1: Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay informed and stay safe.
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