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Colombia Opens Embassy in Jerusalem Amid Regional Tensions · 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: Regional experts anticipate Saudi Arabia will intensify its military campaign
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  Speaker 1: against the Iran-backed Houthis following a significant escalation. A deadly
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  Speaker 1: attack on Riyadh's airport that killed 12 people and wounded 309.
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  Speaker 1: The Houthis' targeting of civilian airports is described as a
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  Speaker 1: new and serious tactic. placing Saudi Arabia in a difficult
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  Speaker 1: position as it balances military objectives with avoiding wider regional escalation.
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  Speaker 1: In a significant diplomatic development, Colombia has officially opened its
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  Speaker 1: embassy in Jerusalem, recognising the city as Israel's capital and
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  Speaker 1: signalling a renewal of bilateral relations under Bogota's new administration.
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  Speaker 1: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called the move historic, noting
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  Speaker 1: it brings the total number of embassies in Jerusalem to 10.
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  Speaker 1: Separately in Gaza, The IDF reported that Hamas terrorists continue
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  Speaker 1: to operate around the Kamel Adwan Hospital, following a previous
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  Speaker 1: raid where weapons were seized and over 240 terrorists were detained.
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  Speaker 1: United States Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Sean M. Saleen has
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  Speaker 1: voiced criticism regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Saleen stated
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  Speaker 1: that key aspects of the Trump administration's Gaza plan, particularly
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  Speaker 1: concerning the training of a new Palestinian police force, have
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  Speaker 1: been stalled. He emphasised that counter-terrorism requires addressing ideology, education
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  Speaker 1: and societal conditions, not solely military force, and also commented
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  Speaker 1: on a perceived low-risk tolerance and potential politicisation within Israeli
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  Speaker 1: security thinking. A new campaign titled Some People Are Zionist,
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  Speaker 1: Get Over It, has been launched in the UK by
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  Speaker 1: the activist group Our Fight. This initiative, involving mainly non-Jewish activists,
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  Speaker 1: is a direct response to the Green Party's recent conference
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  Speaker 1: vote to declare Zionism is racism. Concurrently, a social media
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  Speaker 1: trend has emerged on X where non-Jewish users are publicly
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  Speaker 1: declaring themselves Zionists. An analysis identified over 600 such posts
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  Speaker 1: from nearly 550 accounts in just over a week, showing
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  Speaker 1: a rapid adaptation of a common declaration template. Domestically, former
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stated that Benjamin Netanyahu could serve
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  Speaker 1: as a minister in a future government, provided he accepts
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  Speaker 1: key principles like a State Commission of Inquiry, universal military enlistment,
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  Speaker 1: and a constitution for Israel. Bennett also criticised the current
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  Speaker 1: government's conduct and political discourse leading up to the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 attacks. In a separate political comment, Ofer Winter criticised
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu, suggesting he focus on reducing the flow
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  Speaker 1: of goods into Gaza and illegal weapons, and increasing IDF enlistment. Additionally,
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  Speaker 1: a sharp exchange has occurred between Democrats party leader Yair
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  Speaker 1: Golan and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia. Golan described Israel's
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  Speaker 1: assassination of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as
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  Speaker 1: a strategic error, while Ben-Givia strongly condemned Golan's remarks. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: the European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a
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  Speaker 1: coordinated EU approach to combat Islamist entryism and networks associated
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  Speaker 1: with the Muslim Brotherhood. The resolution, passed with a significant majority,
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  Speaker 1: also urges for the Muslim Brotherhood to be added to
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  Speaker 1: the EU's terror list, defining entryism as covert interference aimed
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  Speaker 1: at weakening democratic institutions. 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 clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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