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Israel Advises Iran Regime Change Near; Ohana Rejects Genocide Claims · 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: Ofer Falk, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign policy advisor, told
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  Speaker 1: the Jerusalem Post that Israel is very close to creating
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  Speaker 1: the conditions for regime change in Iran. He cited ongoing
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  Speaker 1: military and economic pressures as opening avenues for Iranians to
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  Speaker 1: challenge their rulers. Falk described operations like Rising Lion and
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  Speaker 1: Roaring Lion as highly successful, contributing to the weakening of
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  Speaker 1: Iran and its regional proxies, and emphasised that regime change
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  Speaker 1: ultimately rests with the Iranian people. Separately, Israel Hayem reports
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  Speaker 1: on growing signs of an impending strike on Iran, linking
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  Speaker 1: it to political transitions. Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana forcefully rejected
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  Speaker 1: allegations of genocide against Israel during a speech at the
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  Speaker 1: Council of Europe in Rome, as reported by jpost.com. Ohana
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  Speaker 1: called the accusations a despicable lie, stating that Israel is
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  Speaker 1: fighting against genocide, not committing it. He contrasted the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 massacre, which he described as a deliberate targeting of
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  Speaker 1: civilians including babies, with the concept of collateral damage. Ohana
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  Speaker 1: invoked the Holocaust, displaying a book containing the word, due
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  Speaker 1: six million times to illustrate its scale, and declared this
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  Speaker 1: is what real genocide looks like. He urged world leaders
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  Speaker 1: to stand on the right side of history. In the
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  Speaker 1: United States, legislative efforts targeting Israeli settlements are gaining momentum.
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  Speaker 1: According to jpost.com, the Stop the Settlements Act, introduced by
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  Speaker 1: Representative Joaquin Castro, has garnered 53 co-sponsors, including figures like
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  Speaker 1: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ro Khanna. The bill proposes sanctions and
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  Speaker 1: prohibits the import of goods from West Bank and Gaza settlements,
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  Speaker 1: aiming to halt their expansion and protect Palestinian land rights.
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  Speaker 1: The legislation has drawn support from groups such as J
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  Speaker 1: Street and the New Jewish Narrative. The report notes the
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  Speaker 1: bill's mention of Gaza settlements, where no Israeli civilian presence
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  Speaker 1: has existed since 2005. On the ground, tensions persist in
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank. Jpost.com reports a car ramming incident near
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  Speaker 1: the settlement of Atteret, prompting the dispatch of IDF soldiers.
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  Speaker 1: Further details from Telegram channels indicate that near Atteret, youths
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  Speaker 1: reportedly blocked Palestinian vehicles and threw stones. A driver attempting
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  Speaker 1: to flee struck one of the youths, and the IDF
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  Speaker 1: is pursuing the driver. Initial reports also detail a hit-and-run
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  Speaker 1: at the entrance to the Attaro settlement, with a suspected
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  Speaker 1: hostile act leaving one person injured. The IDF has released
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  Speaker 1: a letter written by the 10-year-old son of Hamas leader
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  Speaker 1: Yahya Sinwar at the start of the war, recovered in
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  Speaker 1: Gaza in 2024. As detailed by a telegram report, the
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  Speaker 1: letter expresses a desire to shoot Jews and includes drawings
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  Speaker 1: of weapons. The IDF presents this as evidence of how
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  Speaker 1: Sinwar's ideology and Hamas's values of hatred impact the younger generation. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his intention to file a
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  Speaker 1: defamation lawsuit for half a million shekels against Yoav Horovitz,
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  Speaker 1: described as a partner of Isingkot, for alleged incitement against
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  Speaker 1: the Prime Minister, according to Mariv News Flash. Separately, the
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  Speaker 1: Times of Israel reports that Netanyahu has stated far-right politician
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  Speaker 1: Itamar Ben-Givir will not hold defence or police minister roles
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  Speaker 1: after the election. Leading to anger from Ben Givir's Yehudit
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  Speaker 1: Yehudit party, who claim the Prime Minister is planning a
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