Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Trump Mulls Renewed Strikes on Iran Nuclear Program
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: President Donald Trump is consulting with defence officials on preparations
- 0:16Speaker 1: for renewed strikes against Iran's nuclear programme, with Fox News
- 0:20Speaker 1: reporting November 9th as a potential date due to favourable
- 0:24Speaker 1: night-time conditions. Trump warned that further destruction could follow if
- 0:27Speaker 1: deemed necessary. This comes as Iran has delivered a seven-point
- 0:31Speaker 1: diplomatic proposal to Washington through Qatari intermediaries, seeking sanctions relief
- 0:37Speaker 1: and other concessions, according to Reuters. Separately, Tehran University professor
- 0:42Speaker 1: Hamze Safavi threatened that Iran can make Israel uninhabitable with
- 0:45Speaker 1: various weapons, even without nuclear capabilities. Additional US forces, including
- 0:52Speaker 1: the Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit,
- 0:56Speaker 1: are deploying to the region. The US midterm elections are
- 0:59Speaker 1: signalling a shift in the US-Israel relationship, with experts suggesting
- 1:04Speaker 1: Israel can no longer take its alliance and defence support
- 1:07Speaker 1: for granted. According to jpost.com, President Trump announced that nearly
- 1:12Speaker 1: $ 4 billion in annual US military assistance to Israel is
- 1:16Speaker 1: set to end by December 2026, a move the Prime
- 1:19Speaker 1: Minister's office reframed as a transition to partnership. Former Ambassador
- 1:24Speaker 1: Michael Oren described the implications as the end of a
- 1:27Speaker 1: half-century of the US-Israel relationship, as previously known. Noting that
- 1:32Speaker 1: anti-Israel stances may gain political traction in the US, Israeli
- 1:36Speaker 1: defence and finance officials were reportedly unaware of the aid agreement,
- 1:40Speaker 1: according to UNIT. Domestically, a source familiar with Saudi diplomatic
- 1:45Speaker 1: agenda told KAN News that normalisation with Israel cannot occur
- 1:49Speaker 1: under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's current government. citing Saudi Arabia's
- 1:54Speaker 1: emphasis on a two-state solution. In coalition politics, Yisrael Beitinu
- 1:59Speaker 1: leader Avigdor Liberman stated his willingness to compromise on the
- 2:02Speaker 1: Haredi IDF draft law for a potential coalition with Gadi Eisenkot,
- 2:07Speaker 1: while opposing a rotational prime minister role. These political shifts
- 2:11Speaker 1: indicate potential fragmentation within the right-wing bloc. In other news,
- 2:15Speaker 1: three Arab men were reportedly killed within a 24-hour period
- 2:19Speaker 1: in northern Israel. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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- 2:28Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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