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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 23, 2026, 11 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: We begin with a significant development in a case of
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  Speaker 1: hate-motivated threats. A Massachusetts man, 26-year-old Edwin Guerrero, has been
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  Speaker 1: sentenced to nine years and 11 months in federal prison,
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  Speaker 1: along with a $ 15, 000 fine for making anti-Semitic threats via
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  Speaker 1: social media against U.S. Representative Randy Fine and his two sons.
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  Speaker 1: the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida
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  Speaker 1: announced the sentencing. According to court documents cited by the
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  Speaker 1: Justice Department, these threats occurred between August 10 and August 15, 2024. Guerrero,
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  Speaker 1: located in Spain at the time, used social media to
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  Speaker 1: send messages containing violent threats and images targeting Representative Fine,
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  Speaker 1: who then served in the Florida House of Representatives, and
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  Speaker 1: his minor sons, explicitly referencing their Jewish identity. One post,
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  Speaker 1: originating from an IP address in Spain, suggested he was
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  Speaker 1: travelling to Brevard County with an image of an individual
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  Speaker 1: holding a firearm. During sentencing, US District Judge Anne-Lie Gaylord-Moe
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  Speaker 1: found that Guerrero's threats were motivated by hate. She emphasised
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  Speaker 1: the seriousness of threats against Jewish individuals and the need
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  Speaker 1: to deter such actions against elected officials and members of
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  Speaker 1: protected classes. Representative Fine described the profound impact on his children.
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  Speaker 1: telling the court that his boys had become victims of
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  Speaker 1: a federal felony, and that his son David returned from
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  Speaker 1: his first day of junior high to police officers, providing
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  Speaker 1: him protection following the threats. US Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe
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  Speaker 1: separately stated that threats against public officials or individuals targeted,
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  Speaker 1: due to their political or religious beliefs, will not be tolerated.
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  Speaker 1: After returning to the US, Guerrero admitted to sending the messages,
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  Speaker 1: and a search of his phone revealed a history of
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitic and anti-Israel content. Fine commented on xslash Twitter that
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  Speaker 1: the sentence should send a message to those who threaten
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  Speaker 1: elected officials or their families. For continuing coverage of anti-Semitism
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  Speaker 1: around the world, listen to Anti-Semitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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