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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 24, 2026, 09 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: At the United Nations General Assembly this week, Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a powerful address, warning of a global
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  Speaker 1: war for truth, targeting Israel, America and the West. He
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  Speaker 1: alleged that foreign countries are spending billions through media channels
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  Speaker 1: to spread lies and brainwash young minds into hating these nations.
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu directly confronted New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani, calling
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  Speaker 1: him anti-Semitic and accusing him of distorting facts and inverting
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  Speaker 1: the roles of victim and aggressor. He famously declared critics
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  Speaker 1: like Mamdani phony human rights protesters, questioning their silence on
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  Speaker 1: Iran's actions against its own citizens and Christians. This exchange
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  Speaker 1: follows Mamdani's earlier statements, including references to an international criminal court,
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  Speaker 1: arrest warrant and allegations of genocide. In his UN address,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu also highlighted Israel's unique position, noting the
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  Speaker 1: challenge of fighting a seven-front war for three years, stating,
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  Speaker 1: They all ganged up on us to wipe us off
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  Speaker 1: the face of the earth. He also pointed out the
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  Speaker 1: irony that Israel is defending many nations whose delegates walked out,
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  Speaker 1: adding that, Many of their leaders even thank us privately
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  Speaker 1: for taking out Iran's nukes. The Iranian delegation itself staged
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  Speaker 1: a protest during Netanyahu's speech, walking out and leaving behind
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  Speaker 1: a photograph of Qasem Soleimani. former commander of Iran's IRGC
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  Speaker 1: Quds Force. Turning to Iran, President Massoud Pazeshkian provided an
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  Speaker 1: update on the nation's leadership in a Fox News interview.
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  Speaker 1: Pazeshkian stated he had met with Iran's Supreme Leader Majtaba
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  Speaker 1: Khamenei approximately a month prior, and described Khamenei as completely,
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  Speaker 1: healthy and still directing the Iranian leadership. Khamenei has not
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  Speaker 1: been seen publicly since succeeding his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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  Speaker 1: President Peseshkian also reiterated Iran's stance on its nuclear programme,
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  Speaker 1: saying the country is willing to dilute its highly enriched
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  Speaker 1: uranium and has never sought nuclear weapons, citing religious prohibition.
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  Speaker 1: He attributed the lack of recent International Atomic Energy Agency
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  Speaker 1: inspections to US military activity. In antisemitism news, UC Berkeley's
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  Speaker 1: civil rights office concluded that Israeli dance scholar Yael Nativ
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  Speaker 1: was denied a teaching position due to her Israeli identity.
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  Speaker 1: The university settled a lawsuit in December 2025, agreeing to
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  Speaker 1: apologise and offer her a job, but has since delayed
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  Speaker 1: the offer. A university spokesperson attributed the delay to internal miscommunication,
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  Speaker 1: promising the job offer by the week of September 28.
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  Speaker 1: Nativ reported receiving an apology and a promise of an
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  Speaker 1: imminent offer. The university's investigation had found evidence of discrimination,
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  Speaker 1: with the Dance Department chair previously citing concerns about the hot,
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  Speaker 1: political climate, following the October 7th Hamas attack. Separately in Canada,
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  Speaker 1: police have declared a hate-motivated attack outside an Ontario synagogue
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  Speaker 1: during Yom Kippur. Belleville Police Chief Murray Rodd stated that
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  Speaker 1: a former Canadian soldier shouted, you're going to die for
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  Speaker 1: the Jews, before opening fire on a police officer. Authorities
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  Speaker 1: confirmed the suspect possessed the means, motive and mechanisms for
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  Speaker 1: mass casualty, and described the incident as a targeted attack
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  Speaker 1: against the Jewish community. Finally, on a travel note, Israel's
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  Speaker 1: official aircraft, the Wing of Zion, has departed New York
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  Speaker 1: carrying Prime Minister Netanyahu and his team, heading back to Israel.
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  Speaker 1: For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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