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Saudi Arabia Under Fire After Houthi Airport Attack · 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 tensions are heightened following a significant escalation in the
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  Speaker 1: conflict with Iran's proxies. Reports indicate a Houthi attack on
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  Speaker 1: Riyadh's airport killed 12 people and wounded 309. A significant
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  Speaker 1: escalation according to regional experts like Bernard Haeckel and former
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  Speaker 1: US Ambassador Michael Ratney. they suggest Saudi Arabia is unlikely
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  Speaker 1: to capitulate and may intensify its military campaign against the
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  Speaker 1: Iran-backed group. The attack, which targeted civilian infrastructure, is described
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  Speaker 1: as a new escalation for the Houthis, who had previously
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  Speaker 1: focused more on military installations. Another report notes 13 people
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  Speaker 1: were killed in a third Houthi strike on Sunday. In
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  Speaker 1: US policy news, Lieutenant General Sean M. Saleen, the US
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  Speaker 1: Security Coordinator, has voiced criticism of the Israeli government, alleging
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  Speaker 1: it is stalling aspects of a US-supported plan for Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: security mechanisms and training in Gaza. Speaking at Reichman University,
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  Speaker 1: Saleen emphasised that counter-terrorism requires addressing ideology, education and societal conditions,
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  Speaker 1: not solely military force, and noted a perceived low-risk tolerance
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  Speaker 1: and focus on capabilities within the Israeli defence establishment. On
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  Speaker 1: social media, A notable trend has emerged on X, formerly Twitter,
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  Speaker 1: where non-Jewish users are publicly declaring themselves Zionists using a
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  Speaker 1: consistent linguistic template. The Jerusalem Post's analysis identified over 600
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  Speaker 1: such posts from nearly 550 accounts within a week. Concurrently
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  Speaker 1: in the UK, a group called Our Fight launched a
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  Speaker 1: campaign titled Some People Are Zionist. Get over it, in
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  Speaker 1: response to the Green Party's recent motion declaring, Zionism is racism. Globally,
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  Speaker 1: Pro-Palestinian protests last week were reportedly coordinated in advance by
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  Speaker 1: the London-based Global Alliance for Palestine, which provided campaign slogans
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  Speaker 1: and protest tactics. Domestically, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett unveiled
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  Speaker 1: his plan, the Servants' Revolution, pledging to redirect NIS 30
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  Speaker 1: billion from draft evaders to IDF service members and proposing
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  Speaker 1: benefits for reservists. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also reportedly
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  Speaker 1: demanded the justice system prosecute participants of a documentary that
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  Speaker 1: alleges systematic Israeli military misconduct. Separately, former Attorney General Mandelblit
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  Speaker 1: testified in court regarding the investigation into the Netanyahu indictment,
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  Speaker 1: stating he authorised the probe, but was furious about certain
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  Speaker 1: police actions. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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