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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 16, 2026, 08 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: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted this week that Israel is
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  Speaker 1: currently facing a global propaganda attack, accusing adversaries of falsely
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  Speaker 1: portraying the nation as persecuting minorities. Speaking at a ceremony
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  Speaker 1: for Arabic-speaking Christian soldiers, Netanyahu described Israel as a unique
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  Speaker 1: island of tolerance in the Middle East. emphasising that its
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  Speaker 1: Christian community flourishes and grows, unlike in many other regional
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  Speaker 1: nations where they face persecution or emigration. He warned that
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  Speaker 1: repeated falsehoods about Israel risk being accepted as truth, and
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  Speaker 1: stated that events like the ceremony serve to shatter that lie.
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  Speaker 1: This according to jpost.com. In the region, Saudi Arabia is
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  Speaker 1: reportedly seeking urgent assistance from its allies for its defences.
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  Speaker 1: According to UNIT, This comes as Houthi military capabilities have
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  Speaker 1: advanced rapidly over the past five years, with developments that
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  Speaker 1: reportedly took Hezbollah two decades. Saudi Houthi fighting continues, and
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  Speaker 1: the report notes dwindling US interceptor stocks. Shifting to US policy,
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  Speaker 1: the State Department has rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' request
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  Speaker 1: for a US visa. The Times of Israel reports that
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  Speaker 1: a notice from the State Department cited alleged association with
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  Speaker 1: a terror group as the reason for the rejection. though
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  Speaker 1: further details were not elaborated upon. This denial means President
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  Speaker 1: Abbas will again address the United Nations virtually. Domestically, a
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  Speaker 1: recent TV poll cited by the Times of Israel suggests
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  Speaker 1: the bloc led by Prime Minister Netanyahu holds a slight
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  Speaker 1: advantage over opposition parties. However, the survey indicates that even
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  Speaker 1: with his allies, the Prime Minister would still fall significantly
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  Speaker 1: short of the 61 seats required for a majority in
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  Speaker 1: the Knesset if elections were held now. In other news,
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  Speaker 1: Residents in Netanya reported hearing an explosion, and a tear
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  Speaker 1: gas grenade was found thrown at a house on a
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  Speaker 1: residential street. Jpost.com reports that security and rescue forces were dispatched,
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  Speaker 1: and initial findings indicate no injuries were sustained in the incident.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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