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Netanyahu's Birthday: Bottle Incident and Hostage Family Protests · 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's 77th birthday events this week were
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  Speaker 1: marked by both public celebration and significant protest. On Thursday evening,
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  Speaker 1: as his motorcade passed near Jerusalem's Mahen Yehuda market, a
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  Speaker 1: glass bottle was reportedly thrown, prompting a swift response from
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  Speaker 1: security personnel. Later, during a visit to tell OVIV's Har
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  Speaker 1: Tikva Market, bereaved families of hostages, seeking to protest the
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  Speaker 1: government's handling of the crisis, and call for leadership changes,
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  Speaker 1: encountered confrontation. Reports indicate these protesters were verbally abused, spat
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  Speaker 1: on and physically assaulted. Mitchell Illers, father of hostage Guy Illers,
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  Speaker 1: described being attacked and called names, emphasising that those in
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  Speaker 1: power on October 7 must step down from government. Democratic
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  Speaker 1: MK Gilad Kariv condemned the violence against the bereaved families. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Jivar is actively campaigning with
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  Speaker 1: controversial tactics. His campaign includes distributing gun-shaped kichins to students
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  Speaker 1: and promoting policy pledges such as encouraging Palestinian departure from
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank and Gaza and enforcing the death penalty
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  Speaker 1: for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. Polls suggest his party,
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  Speaker 1: Yehudit Yehudit, is set to win a significant number of
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  Speaker 1: seats in the upcoming Knesset elections. In antisemitism news, a
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  Speaker 1: Florida man was arrested in Boca Raton for allegedly threatening
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  Speaker 1: the life of Jewish U.S. Representative Jad Moskovitz. Law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: reportedly discovered firearms, body armor, and a manifesto containing antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: rhetoric during the arrest. The representative and his family are
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  Speaker 1: said to be under increased security. From the International Front,
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  Speaker 1: Canada has ordered the deportation of Amin Yousafijam, a former
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  Speaker 1: Tehran police lieutenant residing in Toronto. Yousafijam had previously pleaded
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  Speaker 1: guilty in the United States in 2021 for his role
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  Speaker 1: in an operation to illegally export Julius materials to Iran
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  Speaker 1: through his brother's network. And in an uplifting report, former
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  Speaker 1: Hamas hostage Elkana Bobot has described how his faith and
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  Speaker 1: a strong determination to reunite with his family, including his
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  Speaker 1: son Rehm and wife, were crucial factors in surviving his
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  Speaker 1: captivity in Gaza. He shared his experience in an IDF podcast,
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  Speaker 1: also highlighting the multi-year support he and his family received
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  Speaker 1: from IDF officer Tamar Oviv. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: around the world, listen to Antisemitism 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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