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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-09-06 at 12:02 · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: The time is now 12.01pm in New York. I'm Noah
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  Speaker 1: Levi and this is the latest Israel Today, ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: In regional impacts, Greek Premier, leaning into Israeli defence cooperation,
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  Speaker 1: courts Arab states as well. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis,
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  Speaker 1: days after signing a $ 3. 5 billion air defence deal with
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  Speaker 1: Israel amid concerns about Turkey, says he will visit Egypt
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  Speaker 1: this week. and is planning a Saudi trip soon. In
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  Speaker 1: the conflict with Iran and its regional proxies, Iranian-backed militias
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  Speaker 1: have targeted the Kurdistan region with more than 1,000 drone
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  Speaker 1: and missile attacks since February 2026, and a US withdrawal
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  Speaker 1: could leave the area vulnerable, according to Rudor. The United
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  Speaker 1: States has set a September 30 deadline to withdraw from Iraq,
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  Speaker 1: with reports that air defence systems in the Kurdistan region
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  Speaker 1: will be removed as part of the agreement with the
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  Speaker 1: Iraqi government. Iraqi security official Qasim al-Araji said the withdrawal
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  Speaker 1: includes all defence systems, including those in Erbil, and the
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  Speaker 1: phased pullback has begun. The US side has expressed readiness
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  Speaker 1: to implement the agreement and withdraw by that date. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli domestic politics, the Central Elections Committee voted to allow
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  Speaker 1: party representatives inside polling stations to report in real time
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  Speaker 1: which voters have cast ballots, aiding turnout operations ahead of
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  Speaker 1: the October 27 election. The information does not reveal how
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  Speaker 1: anyone voted and is intended to help campaigns focus outreach
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  Speaker 1: on undecided or unvoted supporters, under restricted conditions that the
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  Speaker 1: High Court will review on Wednesday. The committee approved the
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  Speaker 1: proposal by 19 votes to 11, with three abstentions, departing
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  Speaker 1: from the chair's earlier position that transferring identified voter information
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  Speaker 1: to parties was prohibited. Separately, MK Zedvika Fogel said he
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  Speaker 1: will not run with Otsma Yehudit in the October elections,
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  Speaker 1: saying the path to continuing his activities in the Knesset
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  Speaker 1: is not possible as he had planned. Otsma Yehudit leader
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  Speaker 1: Itamar Ben-Givia thanked him for his service and announced that
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  Speaker 1: Limassol Harmelech and Yitzhak Kruza would hold top slots on
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  Speaker 1: the party list. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's B Yachad
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  Speaker 1: party released its list of candidates ahead of the full
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  Speaker 1: slate reveal, with Yes Atids Yeh Lapid slated for the
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  Speaker 1: second slot after Bennett. The top slots after Lapid are
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  Speaker 1: to be held by women who previously served as senior
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  Speaker 1: director-generals in the public sector, including Keren Turner and Leran
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  Speaker 1: Avisar Ben-Horin. Mayor of Ben Ari, and yes Atid MK
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  Speaker 1: who serves as opposition coordinator, is also included on the slate.
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  Speaker 1: In antisemitism and anti-Jewish hate, new report flags widespread failures
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  Speaker 1: in Canadian universities' antisemitism response. BNI Brith Canada has launched
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  Speaker 1: its Canadian Campus Climate Report Card, part of Project Accountability.
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  Speaker 1: to evaluate the state of Jewish life and the climate
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  Speaker 1: for Jewish students as the new academic year begins. The
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  Speaker 1: pilot covers four universities, York University, the University of Toronto,
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  Speaker 1: Queen's University, and McGill University. Rather than catalog incidents, the
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  Speaker 1: report cards assess 28 criteria across administrative policies and actions,
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  Speaker 1: campus conduct and climate, and Jewish life on campus. Using
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  Speaker 1: student surveys and policy reviews to gauge anti-hate measures, course offerings,
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  Speaker 1: kosher dining and other factors, Chinese nationals accused of posing
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  Speaker 1: as descendants of Nazi victims to obtain German citizenship. The
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  Speaker 1: Dusseldorf Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating 32 people, many of
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  Speaker 1: them Chinese, who allegedly claimed dissent from Jews persecuted by
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  Speaker 1: the Nazis to gain citizenship, using falsified documents submitted to
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  Speaker 1: the German Federal Office of Administration in Cologne. The case
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  Speaker 1: centres on Germany's Article 116.2 provisions for restoring citizenship to
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  Speaker 1: former citizens and their descendants. One example involves Liu H.,
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  Speaker 1: reportedly obtaining German nationality under the name Derek Wang, as
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  Speaker 1: part of an international manhunt. Al-Aqsa be patient. Chance against
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  Speaker 1: Zionist scum, heard at Damascus International Fair, report. At Damascus's
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  Speaker 1: 63rd International Fair, themed Syria shines again. Participants from about
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  Speaker 1: 60 countries and nearly 1,000 entities heard chants declaring in
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  Speaker 1: Arabic that Palestine would be liberated from the Zionist scum
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  Speaker 1: and that Al-Aqsa would be patient. Conference of European Rabbis
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  Speaker 1: launch seven-point manifesto to combat antisemitism in the EU. The
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  Speaker 1: seven-point manifesto, titled A Call to End the Violent Hatred,
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  Speaker 1: was unveiled in Brussels before a gathering of politicians, policymakers
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  Speaker 1: and journalists. CER President-Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt warned against accepting
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  Speaker 1: a fortified state of Jewish life as normal and urged
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  Speaker 1: governments to address not only security, but the ideological and
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  Speaker 1: financial roots of anti-Jewish hatred, noting a rise in violence
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  Speaker 1: across Europe and citing incidents such as the torching of
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  Speaker 1: four Hatzola NW ambulances outside a synagogue. In Israeli economy
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  Speaker 1: and business, PayPal layoffs hit Israel as payment giant restructures
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  Speaker 1: global operations. About 70 employees in Israel are being cut
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  Speaker 1: from the Tel Aviv Development Center, which builds artificial intelligence
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  Speaker 1: systems to analyze transactions in real time, detect fraud, prevent
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  Speaker 1: money laundering, and monitor user experience and mobile apps. The restructuring,
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  Speaker 1: part of a broader efficiency plan announced by CEO Enrique Laws,
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  Speaker 1: aims to reduce PayPal's global workforce by about 20%, affecting
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  Speaker 1: more than 45 zero employees and aiming to save around $ 1. 5 billion.
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  Speaker 1: with other cuts reported in Ireland, India and San Jose.
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  Speaker 1: In uplifting news, we're broken parents who want a normal family.
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  Speaker 1: Nova survivors raise the next generation. Survivors of the music
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  Speaker 1: festival massacre describe babies born after October 7 as a
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  Speaker 1: triumph over death, even as nightmares, hypervigilance and fears for
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  Speaker 1: their children continue to shape everyday parenthood. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: tuning in to this Israel Today, ongoing war report update.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi. Stay safe and informed. Keep in mind
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  Speaker 1: that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies, so consult
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