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Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
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Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter’s son, Neria, is hospitalized in serious condition after a car-ramming attack mowed down the reservist soldier at a checkpoint in the central West Bank yesterday. This morning, Leiter updated reporters that doctors have stabilized Neria’s condition overnight, but he’s still in danger. Horovitz tells us about the groundswell of support for the ambassador, who suffered the death of his elder son Moshe during the war in Gaza.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the United Nations General Assembly today at around 9 p.m. Israel time. Horovitz describes the secrecy surrounding the premier’s travel arrangements and what he is likely to focus on during his address. We also hear a sampling of the anti-Israel rhetoric and allegations from world leaders this week — so far.
The Central Elections Committee voted Wednesday in favor of petitions to disqualify the Joint List slate — made up of the Balad, Hadash, and Ta’al parties — as well as Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am party from running in the October 27 election, effectively barring all majority-Arab parties from the election. Horovitz weighs in on whether any of these disqualifications could be upheld by the High Court of Justice next week upon appeal.
It’s only five weeks until the elections and Horovitz wonders: Why hasn’t the Gadi Eisenkot campaign moved into high gear?
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Eisenkot does not have this election sewn up. So why is he barely campaigning?
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