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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 27, 2026, 05 PM Eastern · 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: Israel is revoking the diplomatic credentials of Dutch diplomats operating
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  Speaker 1: in Ramallah. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced the move, citing
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  Speaker 1: the Netherlands' adoption of anti-Israel policies, specifically mentioning Dutch customs
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  Speaker 1: checks on passengers of El Al flights for goods from
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank and Golan Heights. The diplomats have been
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  Speaker 1: ordered to return their documentation within seven days. at which
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  Speaker 1: point their immunities and rights will expire. In sports news,
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  Speaker 1: the Irish national soccer team drew significant criticism for its
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  Speaker 1: actions during a recent UEFA Nations League match against Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Reports indicate the team wore black armbands and refused to
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  Speaker 1: shake the hands of Israeli players, with some players reportedly
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  Speaker 1: having previously demanded not to play due to the war
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  Speaker 1: in Gaza. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar strongly condemned the actions,
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  Speaker 1: tweeting that the Irish team stood on the side of
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian terrorism, and drawing historical parallels to past Irish actions
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  Speaker 1: concerning Nazi Germany. He wished good luck to the Israeli players.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to the United Arab Emirates
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday for a meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed
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  Speaker 1: bin Zayed al-Nahyan. The Prime Minister's office declined to comment
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  Speaker 1: on the specifics of the four-hour meeting, which took place
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  Speaker 1: on a private jet. This visit follows earlier reports that
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  Speaker 1: Sheikh Mohammed had warned Netanyahu about Hamas's planning before the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 attack, a report Netanyahu has denied. The Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister returned to Israel later Sunday evening. Domestically, a significant
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  Speaker 1: rift has emerged regarding plans for Gaza's future. Finance Minister
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  Speaker 1: Beit Salel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock sent
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  Speaker 1: a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday, urging him
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  Speaker 1: to reject a new Gaza recovery plan proposed by the
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  Speaker 1: Board of Peace. They argue the plan contradicts understandings reached
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  Speaker 1: with the United States, asserting that any reconstruction or deployment
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  Speaker 1: of foreign forces must not occur before the complete demilitarisation
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  Speaker 1: of Gaza. The ministers highlighted that the plan allegedly ignores
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  Speaker 1: Hamas's continued armament and fails to ensure full disarmament as
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  Speaker 1: a prerequisite. Looking at regional security, an analysis suggests Israel's
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  Speaker 1: current Red Sea security strategy is incomplete without an African component.
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  Speaker 1: citing escalating threats from Houthi attacks and rising piracy in
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  Speaker 1: the Gulf of Aden. The report argues that Iranian-backed forces
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  Speaker 1: continue to threaten shipping near the Bab el-Mandib Strait. The
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  Speaker 1: author stresses that while warships can escort vessels and destroy launchers,
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  Speaker 1: they cannot build legitimate institutions or settle disputes, calling for
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  Speaker 1: a deeper approach that addresses underlying regional failures. On policy
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  Speaker 1: concerning Iran, while US and Israeli interests have historically converged
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  Speaker 1: on preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon, past divergences have occurred.
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  Speaker 1: A report notes a proposed US deal with Iran, described
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  Speaker 1: by Israeli officials as detrimental due to its sequencing and
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  Speaker 1: omission of the ballistic missile threat, nearly led to diverging interests.
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  Speaker 1: This prompted a shift in US strategy towards severely harming
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  Speaker 1: Iran's economy through military power, rather than pursuing a deal
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  Speaker 1: or direct military intervention. In other news from Judea and Samaria,
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  Speaker 1: thousands of worshippers entered the village of Kifil Haris under IDF,
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  Speaker 1: and border police security to pray at the tomb of Joshua,
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  Speaker 1: son of Nun. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also
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  Speaker 1: ordered officials to prepare a legal case against Turkish President
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  Speaker 1: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, focusing on Turkey's treatment of its Kurdish
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  Speaker 1: minority and financial support for Hamas, reportedly as leverage against
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  Speaker 1: further Turkish legal action. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find
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  Speaker 1: it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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