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Trump Endorses Netanyahu for Israeli Election · 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 concerning US-Israel relations and the upcoming Israeli elections,
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump issued a complete and total endorsement of
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, October 18, ahead of
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  Speaker 1: the October 27 vote. Trump, in statements reported by Jewish
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  Speaker 1: News 24 and Jpost.com, praised Netanyahu as a strong wartime
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  Speaker 1: leader and an essential partner in confronting Iran, warning that
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  Speaker 1: electing someone else could lead to America confronting Iran alone.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu responded with gratitude, stating, Thank you, President Trump,
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  Speaker 1: for the tremendous support and the joint work. Together we
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  Speaker 1: will complete the mission. Political commentators note this as a significant,
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  Speaker 1: unprecedented public endorsement. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Saar met with US
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  Speaker 1: Senator Rick Scott in Jerusalem, who reiterated his strong opposition
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  Speaker 1: to boycott movements and economic pressure against Israel. Heightened security
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  Speaker 1: preparations are also underway for the October 27 elections. The
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  Speaker 1: IDF is reportedly considering cancelling soldiers' leave and placing additional
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  Speaker 1: ground forces on standby as a precautionary measure, not prompted
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  Speaker 1: by specific imminent threats. Mobile and early voting arrangements are
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  Speaker 1: being prepared for soldiers on duty. Turning to Iran, The
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  Speaker 1: country's parliament approved Mehdad Akhlaqi Ketabchi as the new defence
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  Speaker 1: minister on Sunday. Ketabchi replaces Aziz Nasserzadeh, who was reportedly
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  Speaker 1: killed in US-Israeli strikes in February. With over 40 years
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  Speaker 1: of experience in Iran's defence industry, including in ballistic missile
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  Speaker 1: production and aerospace programmes, Ketabchi is expected to focus on
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  Speaker 1: rebuilding the nation's missile capabilities. In Gaza, the UN's World
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  Speaker 1: Food Programme reports that 1.4 million people are suffering from
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  Speaker 1: acute food shortages. According to the WFP, funding gaps are
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  Speaker 1: forcing cutbacks in critical aid, despite a US-brokered ceasefire. Developments
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  Speaker 1: in the West Bank include reports of attacks on a
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  Speaker 1: Washington Post journalist and Western diplomats. This comes amid what Jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: describes as a spike in Jewish extremist violence, an investigation
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  Speaker 1: by Time magazine, as reported by Jpost. reveals that successive
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  Speaker 1: Israeli governments helped establish and operate Qatar's funding mechanism for
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  Speaker 1: Hamas-controlled Gaza for years, including private requests to maintain aid.
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  Speaker 1: On security matters, the IDF and Shin Bet have previously
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  Speaker 1: accused National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givir of pressuring police to
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  Speaker 1: avoid cracking down on Jewish extremist violence. Warnings from the
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  Speaker 1: defence establishment to Defence Minister Israel Katz and Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu regarding administrative detention for violent extremists have reportedly been unheeded,
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  Speaker 1: with decisions postponed until after elections contributing to a perception
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  Speaker 1: of lawlessness. In Jerusalem, work has begun to convert the
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  Speaker 1: former UNRWA headquarters into an IDF recruitment office and IDF museum,
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  Speaker 1: according to Deputy Mayor Ari King. Globally, a synagogue in
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  Speaker 1: Paris was among several Jewish-affiliated sites reportedly damaged over the
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  Speaker 1: weekend amid widespread riots across France. The Jewish Community Security Organization, SBCJ,
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  Speaker 1: urged caution due to misinformation. While congregants suggested the incident
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  Speaker 1: appeared to be an attempted robbery, they acknowledged the possibility
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  Speaker 1: of an antisemitic motive, noting the synagogue was specifically targeted.
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