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[00:00:10] All they did was talk about Khamenei's
[00:00:13] enemies on Saturday night on Kan 11
[00:00:16] and on Kanbox with Ran Benyamini.
[00:00:43] Hello everyone, good morning, thank you for being with us here, Kan News on Reshet Bet
[00:00:46] and Kan 11, all the news of the morning, from now until eight,
[00:00:50] Thursday, 23rd of Av 5786, August 6th,
[00:00:54] 2026, and we are opening,
[00:00:57] unfortunately, with difficult news, painful news that the IDF Spokesperson is allowing
[00:01:00] to publish in the last few minutes. Two soldiers
[00:01:03] fell yesterday in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah violated the
[00:01:06] ceasefire and that is what led to the completion and attacks by the IDF in Lebanon.
[00:01:10] We are with you, Carmela Menashe, our reporter, hello Carmela.
[00:01:14] Hello Ram, Major (res.) Harel Ben Shatok,
[00:01:18] 34, from Nokdim, company commander in Battalion
[00:01:21] 2855, the Spearhead Formation,
[00:01:25] 55, fell in battle in southern Lebanon. Staff Sergeant (res.)
[00:01:28] Tamir Vaknin, 33,
[00:01:32] from Eilat, a soldier in Battalion
[00:01:34] 2855, Spearhead, fell
[00:01:38] in the same battle in southern Lebanon. Four
[00:01:41] IDF reserve soldiers were seriously wounded.
[00:01:44] The soldiers were evacuated to receive medical treatment, and their families
[00:01:47] were notified. Yesterday, near 12 o'clock, an IDF
[00:01:51] force from the 55th
[00:01:54] Divisional Combat Team operated in the Majdal Zun
[00:01:57] area in southern Lebanon, to
[00:02:00] secure the area and destroy terror infrastructure. During
[00:02:03] the operation, the force entered a site
[00:02:07] in the area. As the force entered the site,
[00:02:10] an explosion occurred. As a result of the explosion,
[00:02:14] Major (res.) Harel Biranstock and Staff Sergeant
[00:02:17] Tamir Vaknin fell, and
[00:02:20] four IDF reserve soldiers were seriously
[00:02:23] wounded. The soldiers, as mentioned, were evacuated to receive
[00:02:27] medical treatment. After the incident, the air
[00:02:30] and the fire complex of the Northern Command and the fire brigade
[00:02:34] of Division 91 attacked targets
[00:02:37] in the area. The IDF does not know at this stage when
[00:02:40] the explosive device was planted in the building that the soldiers
[00:02:44] entered, and whether it was a new device that was planted there
[00:02:48] recently. In any case, this is within
[00:02:51] the yellow line, where the IDF is located, and where
[00:02:54] these houses were
[00:02:57] during the last period. We
[00:03:01] are, as mentioned, in a ceasefire. Thank you
[00:03:03] Carmela. Major (res.) Harel
[00:03:06] Biranstock and Staff Sergeant (res.) Tamir
[00:03:09] Vaknin, may their memory be blessed.
[00:03:12] We will, of course, return and elaborate further.
[00:03:16] Now to Iran, agreement and escalation in Washington. They still hope for a deal
[00:03:19] to open the Strait of Hormuz to traffic this week. The proposals
[00:03:23] that came up in talks between Iran and Oman are now awaiting approval from
[00:03:26] Tehran, and meanwhile, in the United States, the shortage
[00:03:30] of missiles is increasing. If there is a need to return to fighting, our
[00:03:34] Washington correspondent Eitan Gutman reports. The United States believed that at this stage
[00:03:38] it would be possible to announce the full opening of the Strait of Hormuz, but
[00:03:41] the talks with Iran mediated by Oman are proving to be more
[00:03:45] complicated than promised. According to reports, the
[00:03:49] parties are now awaiting the approval of Iran's Supreme Leader for the agreements
[00:03:52] reached, and only then will the deal be finalized.
[00:03:56] President Trump, who constantly reminds everyone of the option to return to fighting,
[00:04:00] seems willing to give the diplomatic process more time for now.
[00:04:13] I prefer to make a deal because I don't want to kill people. We are currently
[00:04:17] talking to the Iranians and we'll see what happens. They respect us
[00:04:20] now, Trump said in a speech he gave last night in Las Vegas. The agreement
[00:04:24] currently being discussed is supposed to divide the routes in the Strait of Hormuz
[00:04:27] and recognize, even if only temporarily, some
[00:04:31] Iranian sovereignty over the strait. In recent days, relative calm
[00:04:34] has been maintained, but in the last few hours a ship passing through the area
[00:04:38] reported hearing explosion sounds. No damage or
[00:04:41] casualties have been reported. The American administration hopes that the deal will be finalized by
[00:04:44] the end of the week, and that immediately after that it will be possible to resume
[00:04:48] talks on the nuclear issue mediated by
[00:04:51] Pakistan. And despite the fact that the military option is still on the table
[00:04:54] for the United States, the Americans have not yet solved
[00:04:58] their problem of missile shortages. Long-range and interceptor missiles.
[00:05:02] The Washington Post reports that last Friday, on the sidelines of a cabinet
[00:05:05] meeting, the President rebuked Secretary of War Pete
[00:05:08] Hags, who, he claimed, misled him regarding armaments.
[00:05:12] He promised there was no longer a shortage. The administration does not admit
[00:05:15] that the supply has dwindled, but according to reports in the United States,
[00:05:19] the Americans lack both interceptor missiles for Patriot
[00:05:22] and THAAD systems, and long-range guided ballistic missiles.
[00:05:26] These two components are supposed to be used by the US military if a return
[00:05:30] to intense fighting is decided upon. Natan Gutman,
[00:05:33] Washington. The promises of governance are once again shattering
[00:05:37] on the ground of reality in the Negev. After our correspondent Assaf Pozayeff reported here
[00:05:40] that masked gunmen with M16 rifles prevented an Israel Electric Corporation
[00:05:43] team from repairing a transformer that was damaged by gunfire near two
[00:05:47] large police stations, it now turns out that the cumulative
[00:05:51] damage from shooting at electrical transformers amounts to millions
[00:05:54] of shekels. Where is the police? Where is the governance? Our correspondent Assaf
[00:05:58] Pozay is still following up. The main promise of the previous
[00:06:01] election campaign was governance and security, and this
[00:06:04] is governance in the style of the Negev. This is just one story. Near two large
[00:06:08] police stations, masked gunmen with M16
[00:06:11] IDF rifles block a street in Tel
[00:06:14] Sheva and threaten Israel Electric Corporation workers
[00:06:18] not to repair a transformer they shot at. One of the workers said: I've already
[00:06:21] experienced shooting incidents in the Bedouin sector, but I've never been a few meters
[00:06:25] away from masked armed men with a finger on the trigger. After
[00:06:29] a minute or two, a Skoda car approached us and the driver told
[00:06:32] us not to fix it there. The message was clear.
[00:06:36] Said Meital Harel, maintenance and operations manager at Israel Electric Corporation's South
[00:06:40] division. When the team arrived around the entrance to Tel
[00:06:43] Sheva, to actually go through the gate to fix
[00:06:46] the malfunction, they saw masked men with
[00:06:50] M16 weapons pointed at them. At that moment,
[00:06:54] when they arrived with the security guards of the Israel Electric Corporation, they simply made a U-turn
[00:06:58] and left the settlement quickly. Why did they shoot at the
[00:07:01] transformer in the first place? To damage the electricity of the rival
[00:07:04] family? A known practice among some of the feuding families
[00:07:08] in the Bedouin sector. Sometimes it also happens as a result of this.
[00:07:12] One doesn't have electricity, so he wants his neighbor
[00:07:15] not to have electricity either. And so, Khalil Al Baz, a resident of Tel
[00:07:19] Sheva, three days, cancer patients, sick
[00:07:22] elderly people in the August heat, we have no electricity, and most
[00:07:26] importantly, governance. Where
[00:07:29] is the governance they talk about? The Israel Electric
[00:07:32] Corporation recently calculated all the damages that the shooting at transformers
[00:07:35] in the sector causes to taxpayers, five million
[00:07:39] shekels every year. In the last year alone, they shot at.
[00:07:51] four times the legal electricity consumption. As I said, this
[00:07:55] has been happening for years. This is the governance of
[00:07:57] the Negev. The police response was received: an online complaint hours
[00:08:01] after the incident, by a person who was not present at the scene. The incident is under
[00:08:05] investigation at the Ayarot station.
[00:08:08] 6:12 exactly this morning on Reshet Bet. Now to the newspapers.
[00:08:14] Kan News on Reshet Bet, newspaper headlines.
[00:08:17] Let's start
[00:08:20] with Maariv. Casualties in IDF activity in southern Lebanon.
[00:08:24] This is the main headline. At the time the newspapers went to print, it was not
[00:08:27] yet allowed to publish the names of the casualties, but as mentioned, a few
[00:08:31] minutes ago, the IDF spokesperson allowed to publish that two soldiers fell
[00:08:35] in southern Lebanon yesterday: Major (res.) Harel Biranstock
[00:08:38] and Staff Sergeant (res.) Tamir Vaknin. May
[00:08:42] their memory be blessed. In Maariv it was written about the renewed escalation in southern
[00:08:46] Lebanon. The IDF announced that Hezbollah had blatantly violated the ceasefire, and
[00:08:50] it began a targeted attack. "We will act with force
[00:08:53] against the terrorist organization," says the IDF. Meanwhile, Beirut
[00:08:57] offers to expand the pilot
[00:09:00] zones for Benny and Elihai. Iran announced: We have reached agreements with
[00:09:03] Oman on the Hormuz outline. The detention
[00:09:06] of Ahmed Al Rajoub, suspected of murdering attorney Arbel
[00:09:10] Feldman, may his memory be a blessing, in his office, was extended.
[00:09:13] Lawyers held a two-minute silence in the courthouse plaza
[00:09:16] in protest of the violence. The court
[00:09:20] blocked the transfer of hundreds of millions to Haredim and to Strock's
[00:09:23] office. Netanyahu says about the petition to fire Minister Ben-Gvir, "I will
[00:09:27] not do it, it is not legal." So in the newspaper
[00:09:30] Maariv. In Yedioth Ahronoth, escalation in Lebanon is the main
[00:09:32] headline. In response to a severe violation of the ceasefire by
[00:09:36] Hezbollah, the army launched a series of attacks in the Tyre area and instructed
[00:09:40] residents to evacuate immediately. Due to the incidents,
[00:09:43] the talks between Israel and Lebanon in Rome were shortened.
[00:09:46] Reports: agreement on the Strait of Hormuz to be signed by tomorrow.
[00:09:50] This is also on the front page. The banner headline in Yedioth Ahronoth: IDF demanded
[00:09:53] to attack powerfully in Lebanon,
[00:09:57] the political echelon blocked it.
[00:10:00] So in Yedioth. Let's move to Haaretz. IDF attacked in southern Lebanon
[00:10:04] claiming Hezbollah violated the ceasefire
[00:10:07] agreement. Talks between Israel and Lebanon
[00:10:10] continued in Rome.
[00:10:15] Zvi Bar'el writes, the referral from the front page
[00:10:17] to page four, where the full column is. More headlines on the front page
[00:10:21] of Haaretz, destruction, roadblocks and arrests.
[00:10:25] Residents of Qalandiya fear that the operation will also
[00:10:28] lead to their expulsion.
[00:10:31] The High Court of Justice froze the transfer of hundreds of millions to Haredim and settlers
[00:10:34] due to concern of a flaw in the process. The Shadow, meaning
[00:10:37] the singer Yoav Eliassi, and three other police officers were interrogated on suspicion of breach of trust
[00:10:41] following the Haaretz investigation. The picture on the front page
[00:10:45] of Israel Hayom is a blurred picture of a young
[00:10:48] woman, and the quote is as follows: "I heard
[00:10:51] the soldiers' screams, their last moments.
[00:10:55] In my mind, I see dead children in Gaza,
[00:10:58] crying mothers, it's on me." Her service
[00:11:01] in the war left the speaker shattered. The army abandoned
[00:11:05] her time after time. This is an article by Tom Levinson with a reference
[00:11:09] to page three, so maybe we'll read a little more. As mentioned,
[00:11:13] the headline is, "I see dead children, it's on me." She heard the
[00:11:16] screams on the radio, she
[00:11:19] heard, she heard the screams and
[00:11:23] the shooting on the radio, she saw the rockets explode, and today she knows about
[00:11:26] the children who died in Gaza in attacks she participated in, even after
[00:11:30] she was diagnosed with PTSD and started receiving
[00:11:33] psychiatric treatment, the recognition by the Ministry of Defense for her
[00:11:37] was delayed and was only given after a request from
[00:11:40] Haaretz. The full story is on page three
[00:11:43] of the newspaper. Let's move to Israel Hayom. The main
[00:11:46] headline: "Respond with extensive attacks in Lebanon."
[00:11:50] This is an unclear quote from whom, perhaps
[00:11:53] a military source. Because the political echelon, it is written, did
[00:11:57] not rush to approve the IDF's recommendation to give a chance to contacts with
[00:12:00] Lebanon. First publication in Israel Hayom: Israel and Gulf states
[00:12:04] in talks to establish an energy pipeline
[00:12:08] that will bypass the Strait of Hormuz
[00:12:11] and the Bab el Mandeb Strait. So
[00:12:13] in Israel Hayom. Let's move to the Haredi newspapers. The
[00:12:16] HaMevaser newspaper. Here, if you look for
[00:12:20] the escalation in southern Lebanon, it's only at the bottom of the page, because there's
[00:12:24] a much, much larger headline, and probably much more important
[00:12:27] in the eyes of the editors of HaMevaser newspaper. "The
[00:12:31] continued persecution of the Torah world: the High Court froze hundreds of millions
[00:12:34] allocated for Haredi education." This is
[00:12:37] the main and very important headline in HaMevaser newspaper.
[00:12:41] In Yated Ne'eman, at least here on the front page, the
[00:12:44] main headline is "Escalation on the Northern Border, Winds of War
[00:12:47] in Lebanon." These are the
[00:12:50] newspaper headlines. 6
[00:17:38] May their memory be blessed. We will
[00:17:40] continue to deal with this later. Now this morning
[00:17:44] here on Kan News on Reshet Bet, the weather forecast. Oren
[00:17:47] Dudov, duty forecaster at the Meteorological Service. Hello Oren.
[00:17:51] Hello, good morning. So let's start the morning with partly
[00:17:54] cloudy weather. Later today it will become fair to clear.
[00:17:58] We will feel a slight drop in temperatures, mainly in the cities
[00:18:01] and inland. They will still be slightly higher than usual
[00:18:05] for the season, but not far from the seasonal
[00:18:07] average. Still heat stress, mostly moderate
[00:18:11] to heavy in most areas, as is typical for the Israeli summer.
[00:18:14] Towards the end of the week, and tomorrow,
[00:18:17] temperatures will continue to drop slightly, but still,
[00:18:20] as mentioned, heat stress that is classic
[00:18:23] for the Israeli summer. From Saturday onwards into mid-
[00:18:27] next week, we will begin a renewed gradual warming
[00:18:29] towards another summer heat wave
[00:18:33] that will accompany us from the beginning of next week
[00:18:37] towards. Mid-next week, but it won't be as extreme as it was
[00:18:40] last week, at the beginning of the month. We will
[00:18:43] continue to monitor. Meanwhile, stay cool as
[00:18:46] much as possible. Absolutely, drink water,
[00:18:49] and as usual, we will also make sure to provide water in
[00:18:52] bowls for cats, dogs,
[00:18:55] and birds, animals that also
[00:19:08] with the next news, murder, again murder, this time
[00:19:11] in Tayibe. Last night a 57-year-old resident of Tira
[00:19:15] was murdered in his car. This is the 154th
[00:19:19] murder in the Arab community since the beginning of the year. Our correspondent Hadas
[00:19:22] Greenberg with the details. Murder in Tayibe. Around 10
[00:19:25] PM last night, a 57-year-old man was shot at close range while sitting
[00:19:29] in his car. MDA teams that arrived at the scene were forced to pronounce him dead
[00:19:32] on the spot. The deceased is Khuziyyat Bishara, a 56-year-old
[00:19:36] resident of Tira.
[00:19:38] His wife, Susan Bishara, was murdered a year ago in April last
[00:19:42] year, after she was threatened. After the murder
[00:19:45] of his wife, Ziyad Bishara said that
[00:19:49] he feared he was next in line. Just a week ago,
[00:19:52] Bishara's son was accused of murdering a young
[00:19:55] man in Tayibe and attempting to murder another young man.
[00:19:59] The police, as mentioned, opened an investigation into the circumstances of Ziyad
[00:20:02] Bishara's murder. Since the beginning of the year, 154 people
[00:20:05] have been murdered
[00:20:08] in the Arab community. Yes, terrible. This is also related
[00:20:11] to the governance we talked about earlier. This morning, now
[00:20:15] a short break, back soon.
[00:20:18] Back soon with Ran
[00:20:21] Benyamini. Kan News, on Reshet
[00:20:25] Bet. Playing with
[00:20:27] the children.
[00:20:31] All that was forbidden to tell about Khamenei.
[00:20:35] Enemies, Saturday night. 11 and Kanbox.
[00:20:49] One day he called. It's
[00:23:08] 6:27 this morning on Reshet Bet. Now the morning
[00:23:11] headlines. A short while ago, the IDF Spokesperson allowed to publish that
[00:23:15] two IDF soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade fell in southern Lebanon
[00:23:19] yesterday. In an explosion of an explosive device in a
[00:23:22] booby-trapped building in the village of Majdal Zun. Major
[00:23:25] (res.) Harel Biranstock, company commander in Battalion
[00:23:28] 2855, Spearhead Formation, 34
[00:23:32] years old from Nokdim, and Staff Sergeant (res.)
[00:23:36] Tamir Vaknin, 33 years old from Eilat. May
[00:23:39] their memory be blessed. In the incident, four soldiers were seriously
[00:23:43] wounded, and their families were notified. Our correspondents Carmela
[00:23:46] Menashe and Itai Blumental report that the area where
[00:23:50] the booby-trapped building was located has been under IDF control for a long time,
[00:23:54] and it seems the army was not aware of the booby-trapped
[00:23:57] building.
[00:23:59] The tension in the Persian Gulf. President Trump reiterates that Iran must
[00:24:03] not have nuclear weapons and he prefers to reach
[00:24:06] a deal with Tehran because he does not like to kill
[00:24:10] people.
[00:24:21] They respect us, our correspondent Natan Gutman reports that at the event in Las Vegas
[00:24:25] last night, the American President stated that the administration
[00:24:28] is in contact with the Iranian regime. "We'll see what
[00:24:31] happens," he said. "Once the issue with Iran is resolved,
[00:24:35] fuel prices will drop," the President promises.
[00:24:39] The question is when this issue with
[00:24:42] Iran will be resolved. These are the
[00:24:43] morning headlines.
[00:24:48] Returning to the escalation in Lebanon. In Lebanon, they are trying to take advantage of the round of negotiations
[00:24:52] that has been taking place for two days in Rome to at least
[00:24:55] reduce the Israeli response to Hezbollah's
[00:24:58] violations. Head of the Arab World department, Roie Kais, we are with you Roie.
[00:25:02] It seems that the leadership in Beirut is pinning hopes on the Americans. Hello
[00:25:05] Roie. Yes, so on the Lebanese side, they are trying to take advantage
[00:25:09] of the fact that this escalation is happening in the midst
[00:25:12] of a direct round of talks between Israel and Lebanon
[00:25:16] that is taking place in Rome under American auspices, to try and
[00:25:20] do what, from their perspective, is damage control. In other
[00:25:23] words, to restrain the Israeli response as much as possible,
[00:25:27] with the Lebanese, of course, wanting to enlist
[00:25:30] the Americans to put pressure on Israel regarding
[00:25:34] this issue. It's no coincidence that yesterday, in the midst of the talks and immediately
[00:25:38] after Israel and the IDF issued an evacuation order for the village of Al
[00:25:42] Mansouri, a Shiite village in southern Lebanon, following Hezbollah's
[00:25:45] violation, the Lebanese delegation told the Israeli
[00:25:48] delegation, "Come on, cancel it, we are still in negotiations."
[00:25:52] The Lebanese are counting on the fact that ultimately
[00:25:55] the Americans, who are sponsoring this whole thing, want
[00:25:59] the talks to succeed, which are currently progressing quite slowly.
[00:26:02] And the understanding that if there is too significant an escalation
[00:26:06] in the Lebanese arena, it will naturally harm
[00:26:09] the talks. The one who is in the middle, of course, is the Lebanese
[00:26:12] Hezbollah organization. Sheikh Na'im Qassem, who leads
[00:26:16] it, has been issuing very militant statements in recent
[00:26:20] days and in the last 24 hours against these negotiations. He even says
[00:26:23] himself that he needs to put a spoke in the wheels, accusing the Lebanese
[00:26:27] leadership of very serious accusations. And therefore, his
[00:26:30] interest is naturally to continue
[00:26:32] with provocations and attempts to harm our
[00:26:36] forces on the ground, because from Na'im Qassem's perspective, and they do
[00:26:39] not hide this in Hezbollah, the preferred path for resolving
[00:26:43] the Lebanese issue is not the direct path between the Lebanese state
[00:26:47] and Israel, because that takes away Hezbollah's power. It is actually
[00:26:50] the path between the United States and Iran, because
[00:26:53] there the Iranians remain in the picture of the Lebanese
[00:26:56] arena, and that naturally strengthens Hezbollah against
[00:27:00] the Lebanese state. Thank you.
[00:27:04] Now to a completely different matter. We are in August, the big
[00:27:07] holiday, also a period between times, many go out to hike in nature.
[00:27:10] The question is what does nature look like? This morning we are reporting that forest rangers of
[00:27:14] the Jewish National Fund were shocked to discover in the Nahshon
[00:27:18] Forest in the Judean lowlands, huge piles of garbage
[00:27:21] that were probably unloaded from garbage trucks in the heart of the
[00:27:25] natural area. It is estimated that 40 cubic meters of concentrated
[00:27:28] waste were dumped in the forest, which causes real damage to the
[00:27:33] environment. Not to mention the disgust that awaits anyone who comes to hike
[00:27:37] in the forest or have a picnic. Haim Teperberg, director of the Jewish National Fund's
[00:27:40] inspection unit. Hello Haim.
[00:27:43] Good morning. On the radio, you can't convey the smell, but we'll try to convey the sights.
[00:27:47] What does it look like on the ground?
[00:27:50] Look, we are talking about a much broader phenomenon,
[00:27:54] not a specific point. Here in
[00:27:57] Mateh Yehuda, they saw a pile of 40 cubic meters, we are talking
[00:28:00] about hundreds of thousands of cubic meters
[00:28:04] that are being dumped today in open areas and on JNF
[00:28:07] lands, not just one point, like
[00:28:11] this, freely, turning our nature into a garbage dump.
[00:28:14] Yes, it's easiest today to, look,
[00:28:17] dumping waste at authorized sites costs
[00:28:20] a lot of money today. Entering an authorized site to dump
[00:28:23] mixed waste costs between 150 and 400
[00:28:27] shekels per ton of waste. That's
[00:28:30] not a small amount. It's better. Or a contractor to take
[00:28:34] the risk and go down some
[00:28:37] side road into the open areas where no one sees them
[00:28:40] and dump it.
[00:28:43] And you, as the director of the KKL-JNF enforcement unit,
[00:28:46] sometimes see this in real time,
[00:28:49] as it happens.
[00:28:51] Look, we are the KKL-JNF enforcement unit.
[00:28:55] The KKL-JNF invests
[00:28:59] many resources
[00:29:02] in this issue. In enforcement.
[00:29:05] If it's with technological means, we have today
[00:29:09] a visual array, one of the most advanced
[00:29:11] in the world, and we
[00:29:15] control the area quite,
[00:29:18] quite well and fully. But we should not forget
[00:29:22] that we currently manage about two million dunams of forest lands,
[00:29:26] and that's a lot. But
[00:29:28] you have enforcement powers. What can you do when you see something like this?
[00:29:32] First of all, we never work alone, okay, always
[00:29:36] in incidents where we go out
[00:29:38] for enforcement operations and enforcement activities, covert
[00:29:42] investigations, we collaborate with enforcement
[00:29:44] bodies. In such cases of waste, whether it's green
[00:29:48] police and green patrol, and the Ministry of
[00:29:51] Environmental Protection, we work together, and there is enforcement, there
[00:29:54] are arrests, there are indictments. Look, I have
[00:29:57] to tell you that in the last year and a half, two
[00:30:00] years, uh, there are indictments,
[00:30:03] dozens of trucks have been confiscated
[00:30:06] and bulldozers,
[00:30:08] and private cars and Jeeps of the contractors. The
[00:30:11] contractors, it's a very organized thing, they come and block
[00:30:15] the entrances to the forest. The trucks come in, they actually
[00:30:18] build landfills, illegal landfills,
[00:30:21] in the forests, in the open areas. So here,
[00:30:25] despite all that, you say there is enforcement activity, yet it
[00:30:28] continues, so what's not working here? Look.
[00:30:32] At the point you brought up at the beginning in Mateh
[00:30:35] Yehuda, it's obvious, you know, it's in an area where people
[00:30:39] walk around and see. Most of these landfills are in hidden
[00:30:42] places that you can't see. Only with
[00:30:46] information and only with aerial surveillance can we locate
[00:30:49] them, and then we start dealing with them. In these
[00:30:53] two years, we have invested thousands of hours, thousands
[00:30:56] of working hours in collecting material,
[00:30:59] in incrimination, until we reach. So what else do you
[00:31:03] need to get to a point where you have a full
[00:31:06] picture of all these law violations? Do you need more manpower,
[00:31:10] more technological means? What's missing,
[00:31:12] Haim? Look, technological
[00:31:16] means,
[00:31:18] We usually advance with progress there,
[00:31:22] okay, that technology is advancing, we are advancing
[00:31:25] with it, we can be, the quality
[00:31:28] of our enforcement can be,
[00:31:31] very good, even excellent, and we work and we catch and we
[00:31:35] eradicate, but let's be, Ran, let's be fair
[00:31:38] to ourselves and to the public, enforcement is not
[00:31:41] a solution, enforcement is a means, we can reduce. The
[00:31:45] phenomenon, we can hurt the pockets
[00:31:48] of the ... spouts, of
[00:31:51] the contractors, of the owners of the trucks. The solution is
[00:31:54] of the state. That is, we are
[00:31:57] at waste disposal sites, today, today, look, today,
[00:32:01] in order for them to get form four for a house, they have to give
[00:32:05] approval for disposal at regulated disposal sites, so the contractors
[00:32:08] get approval for disposal, but they don't dispose at the site, they throw
[00:32:12] in the forest. We are talking about something complex. Today we
[00:32:15] need, the state needs to encourage the contractors,
[00:32:19] to dump at their sites, why
[00:32:21] should they pay 5, 6,000 shekels for a truck,
[00:32:25] so it's clear that they will look for the open areas, and what body is a governmental ministry
[00:32:29] needs, needs to ensure that the law
[00:32:32] is preserved,
[00:32:35] that the law is preserved or to strengthen the law, that the law
[00:32:37] is preserved, both and also enforcement units, okay,
[00:32:41] that there are enforcement units to uphold the law, and the enforcement units.
[00:32:45] All of them do their work faithfully
[00:32:48] and indeed so. The state, the government ministries
[00:32:51] need to strengthen the law. The Ministry of Environmental
[00:32:54] Protection, the Ministry of National Security, the Ministry of
[00:32:57] Justice. You, you as the head, as the head of the
[00:33:00] inspection unit of Keren Kayemet LeIsrael, are in contact with
[00:33:03] these ministries, not getting enough assistance? Let's, let's open this up,
[00:33:07] Haim. No problem opening, everything is open,
[00:33:11] Ran, we work as one. As soon as we
[00:33:15] work together with several hats, then the quality of our enforcement,
[00:33:18] our professionalism, is maximized,
[00:33:22] but again, as soon as there is no, no, no
[00:33:26] law or no tightening of the law, that they will be tougher with
[00:33:29] these people, and that they will encourage
[00:33:32] them to come and dump at the regulated sites, then why would
[00:33:36] that happen?
[00:33:38] Tell me, finally, Haim, what, now we talked about
[00:33:42] contractors who really do this with large quantities of'. And trucks and so on, what
[00:33:46] about the lone hiker at this
[00:33:49] time? How, uh, how is the awareness of Israeli
[00:33:53] citizens, their
[00:33:54] education?
[00:33:58] It is clear that the issue of environmental
[00:34:01] quality, it is an educational issue, it needs to be instilled
[00:34:04] in the education system,
[00:34:07] like many other things, and this way in the next generation maybe we will
[00:34:11] somewhat reduce this
[00:34:14] issue. Keren Kayemet with its public relations
[00:34:17] system, as everyone sees on television,
[00:34:20] on the radio, we do indeed communicate this
[00:34:23] outwards, whether it's about waste or about fire,
[00:34:27] or about receiving public that Keren Kayemet
[00:34:30] invests many millions to
[00:34:33] maximize the public's enjoyment at its
[00:34:37] sites, and
[00:34:40] yes, we just need to implement this and protect our
[00:34:44] nature. Especially Haim Tepperberg, director of the inspection unit
[00:34:47] of JNF, thank you very much Haim, thank you Ran,
[00:34:51] but if I may add one more small thing, we,
[00:34:54] we are in extreme weather days, we
[00:34:57] invite the public to enjoy our sites always
[00:35:00] and at all times, and we ask everyone to be our
[00:35:04] eyes and our ears in the field and to protect against
[00:35:08] fire and waste and to report anything that is
[00:35:11] not in order to the public, thank you very much Ran, thank you.
[00:35:16] This morning on Reshet Bet, almost 6:40,
[00:35:19] a little politics in the next few minutes, a little over 80 days
[00:35:23] until the elections, October 27th, that's the day, we are
[00:35:26] getting closer, here with us in the studio is Yair Ettinger, our commentator
[00:35:30] on religion and state, hello Yair, good morning, so let's
[00:35:34] talk about religion and politics with the news published just
[00:35:37] for the first time by our political reporter Shahar
[00:35:40] Glick about the fact that associates of Chairman of the Yesh Atid party Gadi
[00:35:43] Eizenkot. Behind the scenes, the establishment of
[00:35:47] the ultra-Orthodox public party that appeals to the liberal
[00:35:50] ultra-Orthodox public, they were also involved in forming
[00:35:54] its infrastructure and strategy. Yes,
[00:35:57] so many people saw in the last two or three
[00:36:00] weeks across the country a huge
[00:36:03] campaign on buses, billboards.
[00:36:06] The ultra-Orthodox public, Moti Litner, someone a rather
[00:36:10] unknown person, and two headlines
[00:36:13] are somehow connected. About Moti Litner this morning, so indeed
[00:36:17] the first one concerns Aizenkot because people working
[00:36:19] with Aizenkot behind
[00:36:23] the scenes were involved, as our reporter Shahar Glick published yesterday.
[00:36:28] They were involved in the establishment of that party. Let's say a word about
[00:36:31] this party. This is basically a party, currently the campaign is focused on Litner
[00:36:35] wanting a reserved spot
[00:36:38] in the party, in the monopoly called
[00:36:42] United Torah Judaism. But in fact, he is aiming for an independent
[00:36:45] run after his request will likely be rejected.
[00:36:49] And this is a politician from Beit Shemesh, he has a faction of
[00:36:53] two mandates in Beit Shemesh, he is even a member
[00:36:56] of the coalition, but... he challenges United Torah Judaism
[00:36:59] and he because he is not part, he is not part, not in terms
[00:37:02] of his messages, in terms of messages he goes on a delicate line
[00:37:06] says I represent the working
[00:37:08] Haredim, I represent the many American
[00:37:12] Haredim who also serve in the army more integrated into Israeli
[00:37:15] society, my line is not a separatist line, enlistment, he
[00:37:19] says yes, whoever doesn't study should enlist, he goes on
[00:37:22] a certain line, he is not in open rebellion against United
[00:37:26] Torah Judaism. Whoever pulls the strings, one can say, is Gadi
[00:37:30] Eisenkot, according to what Shahar Glick published
[00:37:34] yesterday, Gadi Eisenkot's advisors are involved
[00:37:36] in the matter, and yes, and were involved in all stages, they really
[00:37:40] want there to be a liberal ultra-Orthodox party, or do they want these
[00:37:44] votes to be wasted, wasted,
[00:37:48] burned because he won't pass the electoral threshold, so here it's already a matter of interpretation,
[00:37:52] what is really the intention behind this, is the intention really
[00:37:55] to thwart this attempt?
[00:37:57] This or the intention is perhaps also to integrate the Haredim, it could be that Moti
[00:38:01] Litner in some constellation hopes
[00:38:04] for a reservation in one of the parties, if not Haredi, perhaps not Haredi, because there
[00:38:08] is already a stage of speculation here, but it's very very
[00:38:11] interesting that these very very veteran political advisors
[00:38:14] are involved in the establishment of
[00:38:18] the party, that's one part. The second headline
[00:38:21] we promised is a new old name, a new old name, it
[00:38:25] was published in Channel 12 News.
[00:38:27] That the one who is in contact with Moti Litner
[00:38:31] is Eli Yishai, former chairman of Shas
[00:38:35] we know he has been on the bench for over
[00:38:38] a decade because after his removal when
[00:38:42] Aryeh Deri arrived at first there was some shared rule if
[00:38:45] you remember there was a triangle of several chairmen
[00:38:48] together with Ariel Attias at some point Eli Yishai
[00:38:52] simply resigned and he told us Eli Yishai in an interview
[00:38:55] three years ago. He said: I intend to return, I haven't
[00:38:59] gone anywhere, and now this publication
[00:39:02] that he is in contact with Moti Litner, would you define Eli
[00:39:06] Yishai as a liberal Haredi? No, but he
[00:39:09] is definitely a Haredi who is not part of this monopoly, he is not part
[00:39:12] of the establishment, of the power, and it should be remembered that the Haredi parties,
[00:39:16] ah, yes, indeed, anyone who runs against the parties, even if his messages
[00:39:20] are not rebellious against the parties and says the parties cause
[00:39:23] harm, anyone who runs outside, the very fact of running outside
[00:39:27] is... to cast doubt or to rebel
[00:39:30] against the parties, so Yair, as someone who knows both the leaders of the public and also
[00:39:34] the public itself, the ultra-Orthodox public, how much does this really reflect the sentiments within
[00:39:38] the ultra-Orthodox public? Excellent, so I would really not bet that these parties
[00:39:41] will pass, will reach the next Knesset, it's not a major split, but I
[00:39:45] would say that this is a breaking of a fear
[00:39:48] barrier against those large empires
[00:39:51] that are United Torah Judaism and Shas, which it should be remembered
[00:39:55] are not just parties but employers. Big ones, they
[00:39:58] churn out a lot of money, it's an establishment with a lot of power against
[00:40:02] these parties, suddenly how many, there are small
[00:40:05] parties, fragments of parties, attempts, and it seems
[00:40:09] to me
[00:40:12] that Litner's party is not the only one, there are two or three other such
[00:40:15] attempts, it seems to me that those people
[00:40:19] who criticize the establishment who say, we are willing to run outside, they are not currently
[00:40:23] so afraid, when Eli Yishai did this at some point there was his party
[00:40:27] that he.
[00:40:32] What are you doing running against the words of Rabbi Ovadia? I think that time has passed.
[00:40:35] Currently, the fear barrier is
[00:40:38] in one of the most difficult election campaigns
[00:40:41] in its history, it was right to define it this way. Yes, absolutely,
[00:40:44] because there are these winds of rebellion, and it's not
[00:40:48] just competing parties, it's also people who are unmotivated
[00:40:51] to vote, people who are disappointed with the party for Aryeh
[00:40:54] Deri. Opposition of all kinds comes
[00:40:58] to Shas conferences and boos him because there are all kinds of calculations
[00:41:01] with rabbis around Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and his appointment to the Council of Sages.
[00:41:05] There are all kinds of fragments, all kinds of types
[00:41:09] of criticism that he
[00:41:12] receives, both from the more integrating direction and also from the more
[00:41:16] segregating direction. Aryeh Deri is in a difficult
[00:41:19] election campaign, and on the other hand, we know that he knows how to play politics and get back his
[00:41:23] mandates even at the last minute, so let's continue with playing politics and talk
[00:41:26] about the Prime Minister's U-turn this week, who just
[00:41:30] a few weeks
[00:41:33] ago promoted and pushed the exemption law, even though physically he was not
[00:41:37] there to be seen voting. In favor, but the
[00:41:41] coalition indeed promoted the detention law, and now this week,
[00:41:44] a turnaround, yes, not a turnaround and not a half turnaround,
[00:41:47] ah, let's just say, he said in closed-door conversations, in quotation marks,
[00:41:51] that he thinks the exemption law was a mistake, and now in the next
[00:41:54] government they will act to pass a conscription law that will really conscript, and whoever doesn't
[00:41:58] enlist will go to jail, even
[00:42:01] so, so there's some kind of message sheet that we hear, essentially
[00:42:05] it's a kind of dance that the Prime Minister is dancing with Yitzhak Goldknopf
[00:42:09] and with also. Factors within Haredi politics that say we are not together
[00:42:13] the match between us is doubtful it could be that we
[00:42:15] will look for a match outside, yes you are smiling
[00:42:19] because it sounds, how shall we put it delicately, not exactly realistic,
[00:42:23] somewhat staged, we know that in the end politicians
[00:42:27] are judged not by their statements but by their actions, we are already seeing
[00:42:31] in the past few weeks budgetary transfers, exactly, budgetary transfers
[00:42:34] by the way, also to what is called yeshivas for dropouts, where
[00:42:38] the students are.
[00:42:40] Those who don't study Torah, who dropped out of Torah
[00:42:43] study frameworks who could have enlisted according to the Likud. Yes, these are institutions
[00:42:47] whose purpose is to prevent those who don't study from
[00:42:51] enlisting, and therefore actions are much more interesting than
[00:42:54] statements. Ah, but nevertheless, I think we are
[00:42:58] about 80-something days before the election campaign, just two weeks
[00:43:02] ago we finished the big legislative blitz,
[00:43:05] that Netanyahu gave to Shas and United Torah Judaism, and these 80-something
[00:43:09] days. I think that one of the goals from the Likud's
[00:43:12] perspective is to make us forget those actions or
[00:43:16] that very close cooperation with the ultra-Orthodox
[00:43:20] parties, perhaps to appeal a little to the Likud
[00:43:23] audience who doesn't like this connection so much, or which Ettinger, is our
[00:43:27] memory really that short? I think so, no, yes,
[00:43:31] yes, I think the Israeli voter's memory is short,
[00:43:34] will it completely be forgotten? I don't know, but it might
[00:43:38] dull the sting of
[00:43:41] last month. Yes, good, a few words about the Religious Zionism
[00:43:44] party this week, developments on that front?
[00:43:47] Uh, not so much, I think there were primaries
[00:43:50] of, rather limited primaries of Religious
[00:43:53] Zionism, that was last week already, currently
[00:43:56] waiting to see, Bezalel Smotrich said he intends
[00:44:00] to bring another voice, another reserved spot, it's clear that this
[00:44:03] will happen in the higher places, he said he wants
[00:44:06] to improve the representation of the party because he understands
[00:44:10] very well that the
[00:44:13] team that was elected last week is
[00:44:15] made of one type, so they are waiting for that name
[00:44:19] that might appeal to a different
[00:44:23] audience or diversify the list, that's not
[00:44:26] happening yet, yes, so to conclude, apropos names,
[00:44:29] let's talk about the, ah, competition
[00:44:32] in a not very large area called the Third Bloc, many
[00:44:36] candidates there who today will launch.
[00:44:51] Can it really be defined as a center, neither here nor there, or
[00:44:55] does the tendency lean more to the right? Yes, no, it's
[00:44:58] the center, it's the center that hopes to be the center, but in connection
[00:45:02] with your previous question about religious Zionism, notice that all these parties have
[00:45:06] representation for MKs or
[00:45:09] for those who are want to be MKs who are Religious
[00:45:13] Zionists, and there it's actually this derby
[00:45:16] happening outside the party defined as Religious Zionism, meaning
[00:45:19] Ropper and Hendel, that's on the spectrum
[00:45:22] and you mentioned Edelstein, there's
[00:45:25] Winter there, they are all of course working in these areas outside
[00:45:28] the party called Religious Zionism, outside a sectoral party
[00:45:32] but with a very prominent presence within
[00:45:36] the sector. Ah, this is the next contest, and I think
[00:45:39] that there's a, there's truth in what whoever thinks
[00:45:43] that this could decide the elections, there's nothing to
[00:45:47] rely on, so is this a risk in your opinion as a commentator on religion and state? What were
[00:45:50] these elections about? About what they were last time, about
[00:45:54] Netanyahu, not only was there no October 7th, we were then before
[00:45:57] right 80, a little over 80 days
[00:46:00] until October 27th, it was very interesting. Ettinger, our commentator, thank you very much.
[00:46:04] Thank you, and again let's repeat the news
[00:46:08] we started the broadcast with. So the IDF spokesman allowed to publish today, allowed
[00:46:12] this morning to publish, that in southern Lebanon two IDF soldiers fell yesterday
[00:46:16] from the 55th Paratroopers Brigade in an explosion of an improvised
[00:46:19] explosive device in a booby-trapped building in the village of Majdal Zun. Major
[00:46:23] (res.) Harel Birnstock, company commander in Battalion
[00:46:25] 2855 of the Spearhead formation, 34 years
[00:46:29] old from Nokdim, and Staff Sergeant Major (res.) Tamir Vaknin,
[00:46:32] 33 years old from Eilat.
[00:46:35] In the incident, four soldiers
[00:46:38] were severely wounded. Their families were notified.
[00:46:42] The area, the incident, the clash was in an area where
[00:46:45] the IDF had long been in control.
[00:46:49] Apparently, the army did not know about the booby-trapped building.
[00:46:53] As a result of the explosion, Harel Birnstock
[00:46:57] and Tamir Vaknin, IDF soldiers, fell. May their memory
[00:47:00] be blessed. Now
[00:47:04] we are with you, Yoav Krakovsky,
[00:47:07] our political commentator. Yoav, are you with us? Hello Ran, good
[00:47:11] morning, hello, good, we talked a little politics with Yair, let's
[00:47:14] continue with you. You know, following the
[00:47:18] security escalation, Yoav, this
[00:47:22] is happening in the week when Defense Minister Haim Katz launches, excuse
[00:47:25] me, Yisrael Katz launches his campaign
[00:47:28] in prime time where it was quoted
[00:47:31] verbatim, a real defense minister, a powerful one, with an
[00:47:35] eloquent smile, a right-wing defense minister, very
[00:47:39] right-wing, very right-wing, and a powerful one, that was also true,
[00:47:42] and in fact we see what
[00:47:44] this defense minister wants to do, unlike the defense
[00:47:48] minister who didn't talk about it, it must be said, the former
[00:47:51] defense minister, Yoav Gallant, hardly gave interviews throughout
[00:47:55] his tenure, we hardly heard him, especially after
[00:47:58] October 7th, only after he resigned or
[00:48:02] was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
[00:48:05] from his position, what we see is a defense minister who has been
[00:48:09] Ran, throughout his entire term, throughout
[00:48:13] his entire term in prime time, and it started
[00:48:16] with the cancellation of
[00:48:19] the administrative detentions, which was. Direct
[00:48:22] communication with the base and continued throughout, also
[00:48:26] the appointment of Eyal Zamir, it's about
[00:48:30] a more aggressive Chief of Staff, you remember the
[00:48:32] expressions then of Eyal
[00:48:36] Zamir's floor being the ceiling of Herzi Halevi, this is basically
[00:48:39] perhaps the main message, constantly talking about a lot of power
[00:48:43] and if necessary even more power in order
[00:48:47] to try to demonstrate belligerence,
[00:48:50] initiative, this.
[00:48:55] And I saw in the video of the Minister of Defense bragging about military achievements,
[00:48:59] and it's nice, in quotation marks, that before October 7th, and certainly on that
[00:49:02] terrible day, all the failures were not
[00:49:06] related to the political echelon, it was only the army, but after military
[00:49:09] achievements, the army is not mentioned, it's only the Minister of Defense
[00:49:12] himself, that's right, that's exactly the point, and it's always been this
[00:49:16] way, by the way, it should be emphasized that both the Prime Minister and the current
[00:49:19] Minister of Defense actually say. Our main
[00:49:23] takeaway from the events of October 7th is
[00:49:27] that we make the decisions. There is no more political
[00:49:30] echelon, excuse me, there is no more military echelon, no more professional
[00:49:34] echelon. This is true for what is happening in the security establishment, this
[00:49:38] is also true for other ministers in the government, Shlomo
[00:49:41] Karhi who completely ignores any ruling or statement from
[00:49:45] the High Court or the professional echelon in the Ministry of Communications, this is true
[00:49:48] across the board in the government, this is ostensibly what we see. Short
[00:49:58] time and I want to hear your perspective on what is called the Third Bloc and those
[00:50:02] who will present their new party today,
[00:50:05] Gilden and Yuli Edelstein, two right-wing
[00:50:08] figures, two former Likud members, and this is suspicious in the eyes
[00:50:12] of many who say or suspect
[00:50:15] that perhaps they will eventually join Netanyahu.
[00:50:18] Is there a basis for this concern or
[00:50:22] suspicion? There are four parties developing in this bloc, the Third
[00:50:25] Bloc, the Zionist Home that launched yesterday, Gil Adradan and Edelstein
[00:50:29] today, Blue and White and Ofer Winter, I would place them on a type
[00:50:31] of spectrum, the Zionist Home
[00:50:34] is perhaps closer to the possibility
[00:50:38] of joining Eisenkot, but the Zionist Home reservists, that's Hendel and Trupper,
[00:50:42] Trupper exactly, but Gilad Erdan,
[00:50:45] Edelstein, Blue and White and Winter, much much
[00:50:48] more connected to the possibility of joining Benjamin Netanyahu, regarding
[00:50:51] Gilad Erdan. Let's say that they can be looked at exactly
[00:50:55] with the same eyes that we looked at or look at Kahlon and
[00:50:59] Gidon Saar, people who were harmed by Benjamin
[00:51:02] Netanyahu, and when they
[00:51:05] know that they are on Netanyahu's list in the Likud, they are not, they are not likely
[00:51:09] to get positions. The purpose of such a list is to improve
[00:51:12] their position against Netanyahu, and perhaps
[00:51:16] then when Netanyahu needs you for a coalition, he is the best
[00:51:19] legitimate suitor, when you are on his list. He doesn't really count
[00:51:23] you, so Edelstein and Erdan, who were very hurt
[00:51:27] by Netanyahu, want to perhaps improve their position in order
[00:51:30] to join him in the government after
[00:51:33] the elections, they are not ready to join
[00:51:36] a government with the participation of Yair Golan, Yoav, in 20
[00:51:39] seconds, a new name or an old new Likud member
[00:51:42] who moves to Yisrael Beiteinu, MK
[00:51:45] Dennis, in fact, you know, he takes his shares,
[00:51:49] very, very significant shares, in his struggle within
[00:51:52] the coalition against the Likud, against Prime Minister
[00:51:55] Benjamin Netanyahu, and tries to realize them in a realistic spot in Yisrael
[00:51:59] Beiteinu, leaving something of Yisrael Beiteinu, that still talks
[00:52:03] to the public of new immigrants, immigrants
[00:52:06] from France, so this is actually an attempt to realize
[00:52:09] a successful share for him, with many
[00:52:13] names that Lieberman brought in the last period, at least for Ayalon,
[00:52:16] a realistic spot is guaranteed in the top ten of Yoav, thank you very much,
[00:52:19] thank you, we're finishing the first hour, Guy writes,
[00:52:23] Huppert Hayut, Rachel Eli, Yossi Tenoury, I'm Ran Binyamini, commercials, news
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[00:52:28] here.
[00:52:37] All they did was talk about Khamenei,
[00:52:40] Enemies, Saturday night on Kan 11 and Kan
[00:56:17] Hello and good morning, seven o'clock now with the news update. This morning
[00:56:21] it was cleared for publication that in southern Lebanon yesterday, two IDF
[00:56:25] soldiers from the 55th Paratroopers Brigade fell in an explosion
[00:56:28] of an improvised explosive device in a booby-trapped building in the village of Majdal Zoun. Major
[00:56:32] (res.) Harel Birnstock, commander of Battalion
[00:56:35] 2855 of the Spearhead formation, 34 years
[00:56:39] old from Nokdim, and Staff Sergeant Major (res.)
[00:56:42] Tamir Vaknin, 33 years old from Eilat. Notification was given
[00:56:46] to their families. May their memory be blessed. In the same
[00:56:50] incident, four reserve soldiers were severely
[00:56:53] wounded. The incident occurred yesterday around 12
[00:56:57] noon in the village of Btater which is located within the Israeli
[00:57:00] security zone. Paratroopers in reserve secured
[00:57:04] engineering works with mechanical equipment and entered
[00:57:07] a building that turned out to be booby-trapped. The IDF says
[00:57:10] that this is a violation of the ceasefire. And against the backdrop
[00:57:12] of the rising tension in Lebanon,
[00:57:15] Israeli sources say that the response to Hezbollah's violation
[00:57:19] of the ceasefire is not yet over, and that
[00:57:23] additional options are being considered. Last night, for the first time in
[00:57:26] many weeks, the Air Force attacked a series of targets in the Tyre
[00:57:30] area and in southern Lebanon. Itay Blumental, our military and security
[00:57:33] correspondent. Last night's attacks are a continuation of yesterday's
[00:57:36] IDF attacks. That's right, Yontan, for the first time in many
[00:57:40] weeks, the Air Force attacked yesterday afternoon, a series of targets in southern
[00:57:43] Lebanon, headquarters, weapons depots, and Hezbollah infrastructure.
[00:57:47] The IDF explained that this was a response to the terrorist organization's violation
[00:57:51] of the ceasefire. At this stage, we cannot elaborate on the incident
[00:57:55] that occurred yesterday afternoon. Israeli officials
[00:57:58] tell us that Israel's response to Hezbollah's violation is not yet
[00:58:01] over, and that additional options are currently being considered,
[00:58:05] including actions that were considered sensitive. Israel's response
[00:58:08] is subject to the approval of the political echelon. And beyond the IDF
[00:58:11] attacks, yesterday the IDF unusually issued an evacuation notice to the residents of the village of Al Mansouri
[00:58:15] in the western sector. The first evacuation notice in
[00:58:19] many weeks, the IDF explained that this is a village that is under
[00:58:22] Israeli control and that residents of the village returned inside
[00:58:26] under the guise of the Lebanese army, contrary to the agreement signed between
[00:58:29] Israel and Lebanon with US mediation.
[00:58:31] Regarding
[00:58:34] the escalation in the north, the negotiations between Israel and Lebanon
[00:58:37] were suspended. Our political correspondent Gili Cohen, you are reporting on the reason
[00:58:41] for the suspension of the talks, Gili, yes Yontan,
[00:58:44] hello, the negotiations are expected to resume today. To Rome between
[00:58:48] Israel and Lebanon, after
[00:58:50] they were suspended yesterday, the reason, according to a source in the Israeli
[00:58:53] negotiating team, is rooted
[00:58:56] in leaks,
[00:58:58] whose source, at least according to that source, is on the Lebanese side, but
[00:59:02] the truth is that there is also a kind of flexing of muscles by
[00:59:05] the Israeli delegation in light of the escalation
[00:59:09] and the violation of the ceasefire that
[00:59:11] was recorded. In Israel, there is great
[00:59:14] concern about this escalation.
[00:59:17] And they also intend to take additional
[00:59:21] steps after the incident
[00:59:24] in the north. Thank you, Gili. Now to the tension
[00:59:27] in the Persian Gulf. President Trump reiterated that Iran must not have
[00:59:31] nuclear weapons and that he prefers to reach a deal with Tehran because
[00:59:35] he doesn't like to kill people, as he put it. Nathan
[00:59:38] Guttman, our correspondent in Washington, with the report. The United States
[00:59:42] hopes to reach an agreement with Iran on opening the Strait of Hormuz as early as today
[00:59:45] or tomorrow. The talks are at
[00:59:52] a standstill, waiting for the Iranian side's approval and the Supreme Leader's agreement
[00:59:55] to understandings that have already been reached. Last night, a ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz
[00:59:59] reported hearing explosions, but beyond that, the relative calm
[01:00:03] in the strait has been maintained for several days. President Trump said
[01:00:06] yesterday that he prefers to make a deal over returning
[01:00:09] to war because he doesn't want to kill people, in his words.
[01:00:12] Trump reiterated that he is still waiting to see what the outcome of the negotiations with
[01:00:16] the Iranians will be. The intention of the United States is to return to direct talks with
[01:00:20] Iran on the nuclear issue immediately after an agreement is reached regarding the Strait
[01:00:24] of Hormuz. Yoav Horowitz, who was Netanyahu's confidant, Director-General
[01:00:28] of the Prime Minister's Office, reveals
[01:00:31] everything tomorrow in the Friday News Edition on Kan News,
[01:00:34] the full interview with our correspondent Gili
[01:00:36] Cohen.
[01:00:39] I really wanted to work with Netanyahu, and I knew a Netanyahu
[01:00:43] who I thought was statesmanlike.
[01:00:49] If I ever thought that was true, today I know it's not
[01:00:51] true. Power corrupts
[01:00:55] both moral values, but it corrupts the perception
[01:00:58] of reality.
[01:01:01] The State of Israel files an indictment against Benjamin Netanyahu, going
[01:01:04] to war against the State
[01:01:05] of Israel.
[01:01:10] And that's all for our news update for this hour. Immediately after us, this morning
[01:01:13] Emran Benyaminy on Kan News on Reshet Bet. Our next update is at 8:00.
[01:01:18] Have a good and quiet morning, see you in the meantime.
[01:01:34] 7:05. Hello and good morning from Jerusalem.
[01:01:37] This morning, the second hour. We continue until 8:00 on your radio
[01:01:41] and live on Kan 11. And we begin with the serious incident
[01:01:45] yesterday in southern Lebanon.
[01:01:47] The IDF Spokesperson allowed for publication this morning that two soldiers were killed
[01:01:51] and four were seriously wounded by an explosion in a
[01:01:54] booby-trapped building. We are now with Carmela Menashe, our correspondent, with the details. Hello
[01:01:58] Carmela. Hello Ran. Major (res.)
[01:02:02] Harel Biranstock, 34 from Nokdim, company commander
[01:02:06] in the 2855 spearhead formation
[01:02:10] of the 55th Brigade, fell in battle in southern
[01:02:13] Lebanon. Staff Sergeant (res.) Tamir Varkanin, 33
[01:02:16] from Eilat, a soldier in the 2855th
[01:02:19] Battalion, spearhead, fell
[01:02:23] also in the same battle in southern Lebanon. Four reserve IDF
[01:02:26] soldiers were seriously wounded. The soldiers
[01:02:30] received medical treatment. Their families
[01:02:33] were notified. Yesterday, near 12:00, an IDF
[01:02:36] force from the brigade's combat team, the 55th
[01:02:39] Brigade, operated in the area of Majdal Zoun in southern
[01:02:43] Lebanon, to clear the area and destroy terrorist
[01:02:47] infrastructure. During the operation, the force entered
[01:02:50] a site in the area. When the force entered the site,
[01:02:54] an explosion occurred. incident
[01:02:57] and they fall and give their lives, but in life itself, there are
[01:03:13] After the incident and for the first time in many weeks, the Air
[01:03:16] Force, guided by the Northern Command's fire complex
[01:03:19] and the 91st Division's fire brigade,
[01:03:23] attacked targets in the area. The village
[01:03:26] of Majdal Zoun is located within the yellow line and under IDF
[01:03:30] control. The IDF does not know at this stage when
[01:03:33] the explosive device was placed in the building that the soldiers entered, whether
[01:03:37] it was a new device that was placed there recently. The IDF
[01:03:41] is investigating the incident and in the meantime defines
[01:03:44] the incident as a flagrant violation of the ceasefire.
[01:03:47] Thank you, Carmela. Staff Sergeant (res.)
[01:03:50] Tamir Varkanin, and Major (res.) Harel
[01:03:53] Biranstock, may their memory be a blessing. And we now say hello to Michael
[01:03:57] Tomer, a childhood friend of Major Biranstock.
[01:04:01] Hello Michael, hello, thank you for speaking with us. First of all,
[01:04:05] we share your profound sorrow. Thank you.
[01:04:09] Tell us who he was to you?
[01:04:12] A childhood friend, we actually grew up together since I can
[01:04:16] remember myself, through all the stages
[01:04:19] of life, kindergarten, school,
[01:04:22] high school, guiding in the youth movement
[01:04:25] together, and later in life, through all the stages
[01:04:28] of life. He was a perfect father
[01:04:32] to four sweet children and a perfect
[01:04:35] man to his amazing wife Alia,
[01:04:38] and
[01:04:41] actually, what can I say, he was a person
[01:04:44] who gave himself 100%
[01:04:47] to protecting the country, to protecting
[01:04:50] us. Since the beginning of the war, he served
[01:04:54] countless days of reserve duty, many rotations, and even between
[01:04:57] rotations in the reserves in the brigade. A maneuverable
[01:05:01] brigade, he dedicated his entire self to reserve
[01:05:04] duty and to protecting us, and despite
[01:05:08] the costs, despite knowing what it entailed, both the personal
[01:05:12] costs concerning his family, as a family man
[01:05:16] and also as a civil
[01:05:19] engineer,
[01:05:22] the consequences for his profession, for his professional advancement, he just put everything
[01:05:25] aside, without, without thinking twice, he just put everything
[01:05:29] aside. And he dedicated his entire self to the reserves
[01:05:33] and to protecting us, and in the end he also gave
[01:05:36] his life. When did you last see him? When
[01:05:39] did you talk?
[01:05:41] So we were just messaging on the morning of the incident.
[01:05:45] Uh, we asked when, I asked him when we would ride again
[01:05:49] together. I hoped that as soon as he got out of reserve duty, we could
[01:05:53] meet, we could ride off-road bikes
[01:05:56] together. And so, just before he
[01:06:00] went into Lebanon, he sent a picture
[01:06:02] of himself and said, there's
[01:06:06] no time, we need to go into
[01:06:08] Lebanon.
[01:06:10] Uh, and when during the afternoon I realized something had happened
[01:06:14] in his sector, I sent him a message
[01:06:16] hoping that it wasn't him. He wouldn't
[01:06:20] get that message. But you were afraid
[01:06:24] it was him? I was afraid
[01:06:26] it was him, of course, because I knew that I knew it was in his sector, and I knew
[01:06:30] that he was a person
[01:06:34] who would not let any incident pass him by. He would always be
[01:06:38] at the center. I would always make sure to protect
[01:06:40] his soldiers and to protect those around him in the most professional way, in the
[01:06:44] most... an admired commander
[01:06:47] from his regular service until every stage of his
[01:06:50] reserve duty. A truly legendary
[01:06:53] person, a father of four children
[01:06:56] who was barely home in recent
[01:06:59] years. He was barely home because he was constantly rotating
[01:07:02] between duties, and even between duties, he was always
[01:07:06] every time we met, he had just finished a phone call
[01:07:09] related to reserve duty, another arrangement that needed to be made. His mind
[01:07:13] was always on reserve duty, or suddenly, even
[01:07:17] between duties, suddenly, "come for a day here and there."
[01:07:20] Absolutely not a minute
[01:07:23] of rest, he really
[01:07:26] gave his all. Yes, is there a phrase
[01:07:30] of his that resonates in your
[01:07:33] mind? What's most amazing
[01:07:37] about Harel is that with all this immense dedication
[01:07:40] and... 100% of the...
[01:07:44] and the understanding of exactly what
[01:07:48] was right to do, he just didn't take himself
[01:07:51] with such a bloated chest of "I'm the best in reserve duty, I do this and I do that."
[01:07:54] Everything was very clear to him,
[01:07:56] very
[01:07:59] simple. It was clear to him that he was here
[01:08:02] to protect the people of Israel, and that's what was required of him in this historical
[01:08:05] period. That's what the people of Israel needed from him, and he just did it without
[01:08:09] making a fuss, without taking himself too seriously.
[01:08:12] He just put
[01:08:16] himself there, and without overthinking
[01:08:20] it, and without considering the enormous price he was paying
[01:08:24] in his personal life. We owe so much to this
[01:08:27] person. What is important for you that the public knows about who he was
[01:08:31] as a person? It's important to me that they know there are people like this, that there
[01:08:35] are people who just put their whole lives aside,
[01:08:38] and that we should appreciate them, not only at a moment when there's an
[01:08:42] כזה ו והם נופלים והם מוסרים את
[01:08:46] people walking among us
[01:08:49] who put their whole lives aside, their personal lives, their connection
[01:08:53] with their children, their profession,
[01:08:57] and simply dedicate everything to protecting us
[01:09:00] and giving their all so that we can live our lives. We need to appreciate
[01:09:04] them. We need to know that this is something so not
[01:09:07] obvious. Michael Tomer, childhood friend of
[01:09:10] Major Harel Biranstock, who fell yesterday
[01:09:13] in Lebanon. Thank you very much for finding the
[01:09:17] strength to talk to us this morning about him and for allowing us
[01:09:20] to get to know him, even a little. Thank you very much and again, our condolences
[01:09:24] for the heavy loss. Thank you. Thank you. Major General (res.)
[01:09:27] Israel Ziv, former head of the IDF Operations Division. Hello
[01:09:30] Israel. Good morning. A difficult
[01:09:33] morning. Very difficult. Israel, what are your insights from the details
[01:09:37] published about this severe incident, a booby-trapped
[01:09:40] building in an area where the IDF has been in control for a long
[01:09:42] time?
[01:09:45] First of all, with your permission, I would like to express my condolences to the
[01:09:48] families and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.
[01:09:51] Of course. It is unclear whether
[01:09:54] the explosive device was indeed placed before the signing
[01:09:58] of the agreement or after the signing of the agreement. But one thing
[01:10:01] is clear, the further the talks progress, the
[01:10:05] motivation of Hezbollah and also Iran behind it
[01:10:09] to jeopardize the process is much higher.
[01:10:12] Therefore, we are likely,
[01:10:15] in my estimation, to see additional incidents of this kind or
[01:10:18] others, and there is a real trap here,
[01:10:22] a strategic trap and also a tactical
[01:10:25] one, because on the one hand, Israel cannot not respond, right? Because that would erode
[01:10:29] deterrence, it endangers the forces. On the other
[01:10:32] hand, when it's clear that the Lebanese army is not doing enough, it's necessary
[01:10:36] to understand that they also have a fear of being dragged
[01:10:39] into a civil war.
[01:10:42] But the question is, when was the explosive device placed? Was it during
[01:10:46] the recent ceasefire or before, and only discovered now?
[01:10:49] Does this question and the answer to it change anything
[01:10:52] regarding the Israeli response and the accusation
[01:10:56] that Hezbollah violated the ceasefire? Not really, because
[01:10:59] it's clear
[01:11:02] that if it was an isolated incident, then that question would be very
[01:11:05] relevant. But the underlying assumption should be that the more the talks
[01:11:09] progress, the motivation of the other
[01:11:12] side, of Hezbollah and Iran - Iran is pushing for this - is
[01:11:15] to thwart the agreement by dragging Israel into war.
[01:11:19] And how does Israel respond? Militarily, is the IDF's response that you've seen so
[01:11:23] far the appropriate and adequate response to what
[01:11:25] happened? So, look, that's the central
[01:11:28] question, because look, there are
[01:11:31] two things Israel needs to adopt, two conclusions
[01:11:35] Israel needs to adopt. One, you can't drag out
[01:11:39] the agreement, you have to go with it all the way decisively. Otherwise
[01:11:43] you're giving a very big prize, actually, to Hezbollah,
[01:11:47] if the agreement is canceled or the process is canceled or stopped, that's
[01:11:51] a big prize for Hezbollah and Iran.
[01:11:53] On the other hand, you have to start
[01:11:56] changing the situation on the ground, meaning pushing the Lebanese
[01:12:00] army to do more. And therefore, I think that
[01:12:03] in parallel, first of all, we need to quickly finalize the agreement, not
[01:12:07] to delay. The problem currently, the bone of contention, is
[01:12:11] the monitoring mechanism. So we need to decide on it. It's not something
[01:12:14] that if we stall for time, some solution
[01:12:18] will be found. But one thing is certain, in order
[01:12:21] to finalize the agreement, the demand is
[01:12:24] from Lebanon and perhaps also the United States,
[01:12:27] that the response will be more moderate. So
[01:12:31] I agree with that. I think that you can't not respond,
[01:12:34] on the other hand, you have to be very
[01:12:36] surgical and hit Hezbollah
[01:12:40] and less the civilian population. Because then you
[01:12:43] are actually punishing or harming the Lebanese government,
[01:12:46] and here we need to act very
[01:12:50] measuredly. That is, you are calling not to escalate the response.
[01:12:54] Definitely not to escalate the response, but on the other hand, it also needs to be clear to the Lebanese
[01:12:57] government that this is not some new status quo that is convenient for them, because
[01:13:01] we also need to exert some leverage on them, such as not advancing the
[01:13:05] economic aid they expect and so on and so forth. That is, they should understand
[01:13:09] that not all the time is in their hands.
[01:13:12] So when reports speak of the IDF demanding a powerful attack in Lebanon
[01:13:15] and the political echelon blocked it, then
[01:13:18] in your opinion, Major General (res.) Israel, is the political echelon
[01:13:22] here? Yes, because this
[01:13:25] already belongs more to the image and internal politics
[01:13:28] of but will not complete
[01:13:32] threatens more. And I think that in this case, it's really
[01:13:35] the wrong direction. We need to be much more
[01:13:39] focused here and give this strategic
[01:13:42] agreement a chance to succeed. So, interestingly enough, let's talk
[01:13:45] about Iran. The agreement forming between Oman
[01:13:48] and Iran might remove the issue of closing the Strait of Hormuz from the agenda
[01:13:52] and allow negotiations on the nuclear program. We've seen this before.
[01:13:55] This is not we are not out of that movie yet, it's
[01:13:58] a series. The problem here is, look,
[01:14:02] the separation between Hormuz and the nuclear program is not
[01:14:05] good, it reduces leverage, because let's assume
[01:14:09] that this move regarding Hormuz succeeds, there is still a dispute over
[01:14:13] control, this idea of creating a square
[01:14:17] where ships entering pass
[01:14:19] close to the Iranian coast so that they can even with rifles
[01:14:23] shoot at them and then send them back out on the other
[01:14:27] side, is in my opinion a very bad idea. It gives strength
[01:14:31] to the Iranians, because at any given moment, if the Revolutionary Guard
[01:14:34] feels like it, they can overturn the agreement. On the other hand, if it
[01:14:37] works, the Americans won't want to
[01:14:41] overturn the agreement to pressure on the nuclear program. You lose a nuclear
[01:14:45] leverage, the most important leverage that Hormuz also puts pressure on
[01:14:47] the Iranians. Therefore, my heart is not
[01:14:51] so happy and joyful about this Hormuz agreement. I'm very
[01:14:55] concerned that the nuclear issue will be pushed aside and we won't see
[01:14:59] it anytime soon, if at all. So what kind of period are we heading into regarding
[01:15:03] Iran, when the IDF is highly alert and President Trump changes
[01:15:06] his mind every moment? At the beginning of the week, last weekend, we were really
[01:15:10] on high alert. A second later, Trump again
[01:15:14] gives an opportunity for negotiations. How long can the IDF
[01:15:17] maintain such alertness?
[01:15:20] First of all, it must be said that there is
[01:15:24] an unreasonable
[01:15:25] attrition
[01:15:28] in maintaining readiness, where indeed
[01:15:32] people, entire families, truly have no
[01:15:35] life. This is, I meet these friends, these
[01:15:38] pilots, compared to other entities
[01:15:41] altogether. The country is not breathing because they are constantly jumping
[01:15:45] and waiting to run to Iran. We need leadership here that will calm things down.
[01:15:49] We can also tell the Americans, I don't think they even want us involved, that's
[01:15:52] a fact. But even if so, give us
[01:15:56] a week, it's not something that is so urgent right now that the IDF needs
[01:15:59] to be constantly
[01:16:02] open canopies and the entire state of Israel
[01:16:05] holding its breath, not going on vacations, not anything. We need to calm things down.
[01:16:09] The second thing is, look, Israel, on the other hand, needs to look
[01:16:13] soberly at the fact that it might be that the responsibility for overseeing
[01:16:16] the nuclear program and for the response will be ours as Americans. At some point,
[01:16:20] they will get tired. Yes, Israel, I want to conclude by talking to you for one more minute about another
[01:16:23] open front. The front of Gaza
[01:16:27] and Hamas and the road
[01:16:29] map of Trump's peace council with the possibility of Hamas disarming.
[01:16:33] I want to describe
[01:16:37] to you and our listeners a cartoon from recent testimonies
[01:16:40] from today. We see two Hamas members, two Hamasniks in front of lockers,
[01:16:44] yes, cells where weapons are stored, and one
[01:16:48] Hamasnik asks the other, "Do you remember the code to open
[01:16:51] it?" And the second Hamasnik says, "7 10 20."
[01:17:00] Is this what's happening? Did Hamas really disarm? Does
[01:17:04] this seem plausible to you? There are two
[01:17:07] very, very serious
[01:17:10] problems. One is that he is not really disarming. He is indeed storing, and storage is
[01:17:14] not disarmament. This is unequivocally clear. And the second
[01:17:17] thing is that there is no real
[01:17:20] mechanism here that guarantees this. On the contrary, the mechanism in question
[01:17:25] has very little chance of success, first because an international
[01:17:29] force will not do the job there. This is a type of
[01:17:32] UNIFIL repeating itself with different letters. And the second
[01:17:36] thing is this whole idea of a technocratic government.
[01:17:39] This is a bad joke,
[01:17:43] because who would give them authority? What power do they have
[01:17:47] Hezbollah has no problem putting on this show because
[01:17:50] he knows it's nothing, and he does a 'poof' and kicks them
[01:17:54] out. And also, the public there will not trust someone who is temporary and needs
[01:17:58] to go somewhere in two or three years.
[01:18:01] And therefore, this is a cluster, this is a kind of mask.
[01:18:05] There's no real thing there. The thing
[01:18:37] that IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon are also forced to chase
[01:18:41] Israelis who again and again cross into
[01:18:45] Lebanese territory. Yesterday, a group of boys and girls crossed the border
[01:18:48] to settle beyond the enemy
[01:18:51] line. Rubi Amar, our correspondent, continues to report on
[01:18:54] this phenomenon. While the IDF is looking into Lebanon, it was forced yesterday
[01:18:58] to deal once again with activists of the movement calling itself
[01:19:02] 'Ori Tzafon' who infiltrated Lebanon. This happened yesterday afternoon
[01:19:05] during a high alert while the IDF was attacking in Lebanon after
[01:19:09] a severe violation of the ceasefire by Hezbollah. Dozens of teenagers
[01:19:13] crossed the border in the village of Rajar into Lebanon. IDF forces
[01:19:16] chased them for several hours. This is what some
[01:19:20] girls sounded like in a video they circulated from within Lebanon. We are here
[01:19:23] in Lebanon near Hezbollah, sending a message to all the Sunni people of Israel
[01:19:27] and to the Hezbollah organization. You harmed us, you went to war with us. We will retaliate
[01:19:30] against you, we will defeat you, and we will take back the land you took from us, which is ours, and we will settle
[01:19:34] it, and we will return here after the war, and with God's help, we will be victorious here.
[01:19:38] In Israeli territory, supporters gathered and confronted police officers who tried
[01:19:42] to distance them from the
[01:19:43] border.
[01:19:50] This illegal activity, which troubles IDF forces who are supposed
[01:19:54] to protect the security of Israeli residents, is part of a larger wave.
[01:19:57] In recent weeks, we have been reporting almost daily on the crossing of the border
[01:20:01] into Syria by activists of the movement calling itself "Pioneers
[01:20:05] of the Bashan." They too are calling to settle the areas beyond
[01:20:08] the border, while ignoring the law. Security forces
[01:20:11] are struggling to stop the phenomenon, and law enforcement, or the teeth of
[01:20:14] the law, are hardly implemented. There are no indictments
[01:20:18] and very few arrests of
[01:20:21] the offenders. Yes, 7:24, and the
[01:20:24] upcoming report also fits the definition of lawlessness.
[01:20:28] Again and again, murder in Arab society, this happened in the last hour. Orly Alcalay,
[01:20:31] our correspondent, with the first details. Hello Orly, yes, hello
[01:20:35] Ran, this is happening in the town of Mqably Shvut. Large
[01:20:49] police forces are at the murder scene and have opened an investigation. 12 hours, two murdered. Last night,
[01:20:55] Ziad Bashar, 57
[01:20:59] years old, a resident of Tayibe, was murdered, allegedly as part
[01:21:02] of a blood feud. Unknown individuals called him to come to the school
[01:21:06] yard, and there they opened fire and shot
[01:21:09] him. A year after his wife was murdered,
[01:21:13] he said, "I'll be next." And when she was murdered, he said:
[01:21:16] "I'll be next." He probably knew what he was talking about.
[01:21:20] 160 murders in Arab society since the beginning
[01:21:23] of the year. This is what we are talking about when they probably say
[01:21:27] governance, yes, governance that does not exist. Thank you Orly,
[01:21:30] thank you.
[01:21:37] Now, a little over 8 days before October 27th,
[01:21:41] election day, the minister, ambassador
[01:21:44] and former Likud senior figure, Gila Gamliel will officially launch her new party
[01:21:48] tonight. Alongside her, as number two, Yuli
[01:21:51] Edelstein, also a former Likud senior figure. Yaara Shapira, our political
[01:21:55] correspondent, has the details. Hello Yaara, yes Ran,
[01:21:58] finally, after quite a few delays, Erdan will officially launch
[01:22:02] his party tonight. Delays, by the way, stemming from both technical reasons and
[01:22:05] substantive reasons of listing the list and adding women.
[01:22:09] The only ones who will be there are Gilad Erdan and his number two, Yuli
[01:22:13] Edelstein, who will talk
[01:22:15] about the need for a liberal
[01:22:18] right-wing party, they will present themselves as a party that is indeed right-wing
[01:22:22] 61
[01:22:24] for Netanyahu, and will also advocate for equality of burden, which
[01:22:28] explains who they don't want in Netanyahu's coalition, the
[01:22:31] Haredim, they don't want them and will likely seek to include
[01:22:35] parties from the other bloc. This is
[01:22:38] more or less Erdan and Edelstein's platform. They have
[01:22:41] other people on the list who are already committed
[01:22:45] to them, such as Aliza Bloch and Chezi Nachama. But I assume they want
[01:22:49] to keep the suspense, and therefore tonight only Erdan
[01:22:52] and Edelstein will be present, and in the coming
[01:22:56] days, the other members will join. They are also in talks with
[01:23:00] other figures. And so, tonight, another
[01:23:04] party will be formed in the range of the blocs.
[01:23:07] Yes, it's a bit hard to count. Thank you very much, Yaara
[01:23:10] Shapira. We will now say hello to MK Naama Lazimi
[01:23:14] from the Democrats party. Hello.
[01:23:16] Hello. First of all, I must express my condolences.
[01:23:20] Two fallen soldiers this morning. A difficult
[01:23:23] morning indeed. How do you think we should act now in Lebanon? Deepen our
[01:23:26] presence there, or perhaps withdraw and let the Lebanese army act? What
[01:23:30] is your position? Look, ultimately, we need to create a settlement, but a real
[01:23:34] settlement, not a temporary settlement, and not a settlement that
[01:23:37] does not allow for any decision or any resolution. Netanyahu
[01:23:40] is incapable of doing this, and therefore
[01:23:43] the reality is still bloody and difficult. The residents of the north deserve
[01:23:47] peace, and all citizens of the country deserve
[01:23:50] a settlement that will allow for genuine security. This is not happening
[01:23:54] right now. A settlement with the Lebanese government is the solution. The presence of IDF
[01:23:57] forces, large IDF forces today in southern Lebanon, is an essential
[01:24:01] presence. First of all, it seems
[01:24:03] that in the near future, there will be an IDF presence. But
[01:24:07] this bloody reality that does not allow for anything, neither here nor there,
[01:24:11] for such a long time, this is not the way to live, neither for the residents of
[01:24:15] Lebanon, nor for the residents of
[01:24:18] Israel. We all see what is happening. Here, the Lebanese government wants
[01:24:21] an agreement with Israel. Israel is dragging its feet.
[01:24:25] The reality with Hezbollah is not a reality of defeat. This is not
[01:24:29] how you manage a normal
[01:24:31] reality. And also,
[01:24:35] we also deserve to know that there
[01:24:37] is a government that takes responsibility and understands that we need to close
[01:24:41] fronts and not leave them all open for a permanent
[01:24:44] state of emergency. Netanyahu will not do
[01:24:47] this, and you need to do it. The question,
[01:24:50] Naama. What part will you have in the Democrats party
[01:24:54] if you form the next coalition? What involvement will you have in security matters, because
[01:24:58] your party chairman, Yair Golan, is a former Deputy Chief of Staff. He
[01:25:02] wants the defense portfolio, but the other partners, how shall we put it delicately, are hesitant about
[01:25:06] this idea. They are taking it off the table. Listen,
[01:25:08] the other partners will sit with us at the negotiating
[01:25:12] table, and ultimately everything depends on mandates. What worries
[01:25:16] me much more than the distribution of portfolios, I want to say,
[01:25:19] is proxy parties like the party that Yaara Shapira
[01:25:23] reported on a moment ago, buffer parties for
[01:25:25] Netanyahu. When Netanyahu loses elections, he forms
[01:25:29] buffer parties, parties that complete his 61, even if they
[01:25:33] say they won't complete him. I
[01:25:36] remind you that ultimately, parties of former Likud members
[01:25:39] proved themselves to be Netanyahu's most loyal parties.
[01:25:42] See Gideon Sa'ar
[01:25:45] now. And I call on the Israeli
[01:25:47] public not to be dazzled by all the press conferences.
[01:25:51] Meanwhile, the electoral threshold also shows that they are not dazzled, but nonetheless,
[01:25:55] to understand that in the end, only those committed to democratic
[01:25:58] Israel and to the decisions that need to be made
[01:26:02] will do what needs to be done. But on what basis do you say they will return
[01:26:05] to Netanyahu? Based on the political reality
[01:26:09] that has always existed. Ultimately,
[01:26:12] these are former Likud members. Ultimately,
[01:26:15] a party that has direct
[01:26:17] responsibility for
[01:26:20] our current reality, whether it's the governmental coup or
[01:26:23] October 7th. Even Yuli Edelstein was not
[01:26:27] there for a state inquiry commission, and I
[01:26:30] remind you that he also dragged his feet in a very deliberate
[01:26:32] manner
[01:26:35] regarding the enlistment law. The fact that he is more
[01:26:38] enthusiastic about evasion than Yuli Edelstein
[01:26:42] does not erase the fact that during wartime, he dragged his feet
[01:26:45] in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. So I don't buy these
[01:26:48] things. He moved
[01:26:51] from the Likud to Yisrael Beiteinu, which is part of the change bloc,
[01:26:55] your bloc. Is he a legitimate partner
[01:26:57] for you, Danilo? Lieberman is, of course, a legitimate partner. I
[01:27:01] don't understand this connection. I don't
[01:27:04] understand this connection. We want people who do not support
[01:27:07] a regime coup, who support a state inquiry
[01:27:10] commission, and who are
[01:27:13] there for the day after to take the responsibility the country needs. The
[01:27:17] fact that after four years he voted against the law of the "empty" I... That doesn't impress
[01:27:20] me. The country deserves much more. Better than that. I understand that I am probably
[01:27:24] saying something that is strange to some of our partners, but I
[01:27:28] think that after four such difficult years, we deserve
[01:27:32] people whom we know exactly for whom
[01:27:35] they exist and that together we can fix and rebuild
[01:27:38] anew. There are also ideological gaps, and that's okay, but this country has
[01:27:42] decisions that we are obliged to implement and make. Let's
[01:27:46] talk about the High Court's decision yesterday. High Court Justice
[01:27:49] El Two. Receives partly your petition. More
[01:27:53] correctly, issues an order to show cause that freezes all the money transfers
[01:27:56] that were in the Finance and patiently. A short break
[01:27:59] the day before yesterday.
[01:28:01] So, from a principled, constitutional point of view, MK Lazimi, as a legislator,
[01:28:05] as an MK, does it seem proper and correct to you that one judge
[01:28:08] would cancel decisions made by members of the Knesset?
[01:28:12] First of all, it is not proper or correct to hold an unlawful and illegal discussion.
[01:28:15] What is happening here is that we, why is it not correct? The Knesset's legal advisor
[01:28:18] determined that according to the regulations and according to the Knesset Committee's decision, the Speaker
[01:28:22] of the Knesset is authorized to allow sessions to be held during the recess
[01:28:26] with the approval of the Agreements Committee, and if there are no agreements, then the Speaker
[01:28:29] of the Knesset can, in special cases, order a discussion even without it.
[01:28:47] of the Knesset, I will just say, this was not said this week, it was said four
[01:28:51] years ago in the previous
[01:28:53] Knesset, six days before the previous elections, you were a Member
[01:28:57] of Knesset in the coalition, a Member of the Finance Committee, you did exactly
[01:29:00] the same thing, copy-paste. Only then the procedure bothered
[01:29:04] you less. Absolutely not what you are saying here, I want
[01:29:08] to remind you exactly of the reality that existed at the time, a year after
[01:29:11] a budget passed, just for things that are
[01:29:15] completely not sectarian, sectoral,
[01:29:18] encouraging draft dodging. Is this also okay? I want to tell you that this
[01:29:22] is also not really okay, I have no intention of defending such a thing, but
[01:29:26] do not compare what was done here, election bribery
[01:29:28] from the highest level, the day before yesterday, election bribery.
[01:29:32] The Ministry of Religious Services 80 million, Strzok's Ministry
[01:29:36] 250 million, the Ministry of Education close to 900
[01:29:40] million for religious and Haredi education. The judge did not say what is allowed and what is not allowed,
[01:29:43] he spoke about the procedure, and you did exactly the same procedure six
[01:29:47] days before the elections. He said to include what
[01:29:50] was passed, some of what was passed is now in legal
[01:29:54] proceedings. Yes, we are fighting against
[01:29:57] the budgets for shirking, right?
[01:30:00] Budgets encouraging draft dodging 47 million
[01:30:03] for youth and yeshiva students who might drop out
[01:30:07] of yeshiva and enlist. Why
[01:30:09] fund this? Now during elections? And also, tell me, didn't Netanyahu
[01:30:13] say a week ago that he wants to recruit? So I don't
[01:30:16] understand, if he wants to recruit, why is he transferring tens of millions to keep
[01:30:20] yeshiva students from, God forbid, going there? Let's end
[01:30:23] with this question mark. Member of Knesset Naama wants
[01:30:27] to say,
[01:30:29] one must distinguish between things that are perhaps necessary.
[01:30:36] What happened the day before yesterday is exactly that, and we will stand guard. Member
[01:30:40] of Knesset Naama Zim from the Democrats party, thank you very much, thank you very much.
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[01:31:07] after which, among other things, more details
[01:31:11] about the 'Shadow' case. We'll be
[01:31:13] back soon.
[01:31:15] We
[01:31:20] want to say hello now to Tomer
[01:31:22] Marciano, the cousin of Sergeant First Class (res.)
[01:31:26] Tamir Vaknin, 33 years old from Eilat.
[01:31:29] Hello, Tomer. Hello, thank you very much for
[01:31:32] speaking with us, and we also share your sorrow. We spoke
[01:31:36] earlier with a childhood friend of Major (res.) Harel Biranstock.
[01:31:40] You are Tamir Vaknin's cousin.
[01:31:43] A very difficult morning, very difficult. Please tell us
[01:31:46] so we can get to know him a bit.
[01:31:50] Yes, we are still up from yesterday
[01:31:54] trying to digest this unbelievable news.
[01:31:57] Uh, we are cousins, but in our family,
[01:32:01] we all grew up like siblings.
[01:32:03] Tamir is like my younger brother.
[01:32:07] He grew up in our house and we in his
[01:32:10] house. Uh, Tamir is
[01:32:13] the funniest person in our group of cousins,
[01:32:17] the wittiest, with that cynicism
[01:32:20] that always knew how to come at the right time. A happy
[01:32:23] person, full of life. I think
[01:32:27] I sat from about 2 AM until just 15 minutes ago
[01:32:30] and read our WhatsApp messages. In the last three years, all our messages
[01:32:34] are "are you coming in? Are you leaving? When are you coming in?
[01:32:38] Where are you going?" For three consecutive years,
[01:32:40] he was at the forefront of the front. He started
[01:32:43] in Lebanon and went down to Gaza and returned to Lebanon
[01:32:46] and Syria and again
[01:32:48] to Lebanon.
[01:32:51] Uh, he didn't stop for a moment and didn't give up on being first,
[01:32:54] just like what happened in this case.
[01:32:58] Uh I
[01:33:01] there's no, there's really no way to describe how big his heart is
[01:33:05] and how much he is the definition of a king
[01:33:07] of the land.
[01:33:10] Tell us, Tomer, about his life,
[01:33:13] Tamir's life, when he wasn't in the army, during the time he wasn't
[01:33:17] on reserve duty. In the last three years, he worked
[01:33:21] at a cyber company.
[01:33:25] I had a conversation with their HR manager last night,
[01:33:28] and they were in shock.
[01:33:32] Totally. Tamir wasn't present much in the last three
[01:33:36] years, but he made a very serious impact on the people
[01:33:40] he
[01:33:43] worked with and touched.
[01:33:45] Uh,
[01:33:48] he lived in Tel Aviv, with his mother,
[01:33:52] for a period of time. In the last few years, he's been outside the city
[01:33:55] of Eilat.
[01:33:57] And Eilat is always home, and it's always such an anchor point that we all always
[01:34:01] go and come from.
[01:34:04] Tamir is simply a person who loves to live life, a funny person,
[01:34:08] easygoing, very, very, very easygoing, takes
[01:34:11] everything in good vibes.
[01:34:16] I really
[01:34:20] don't have much left to say. I feel inside that
[01:34:23] it doesn't matter what words come out of my mouth, it can't describe how big
[01:34:27] this thing is. It's mainly how unbelievable it is for any of us.
[01:34:31] When did you receive this difficult
[01:34:33] news? A small detail,
[01:34:37] when they entered the restaurant where
[01:34:40] my aunt works, the employees
[01:34:43] announced it outside, and I
[01:34:46] heard the announcement through friends. I received it, I heard the announcement
[01:34:50] on a friends' WhatsApp group, and I realized it was my aunt, and immediately
[01:34:53] we all
[01:34:54] went there as a family.
[01:34:58] Afterwards, everyone received
[01:35:00] the message.
[01:35:02] His mother and brother received the message in Tel Aviv. Another brother received the message here
[01:35:06] in Eilat with
[01:35:07] the father.
[01:35:11] That's it, and we, the whole family, are together.
[01:35:16] From that moment on,
[01:35:19] and there are no words that can comfort. Just sending you a big,
[01:35:23] strengthening hug. Tomer Marciano, cousin of Staff Sergeant (Res.)
[01:35:26] Tamir Vaknin, may his memory be a blessing. Thank you very much for talking
[01:35:30] to us. Thank you very much. In this incident, in the explosion
[01:35:33] of the booby-trapped building yesterday in southern Lebanon, Major (res.) Harel Biranstock
[01:35:37] was killed. May his memory
[01:35:41] be blessed.
[01:35:48] This morning, here are the news on Reshet B. 28.
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[01:36:07] with Ran Ben Yemini.
[01:36:10] Here is the news on Reshet B. All that
[01:36:14] was to tell about Khamenei,
[01:36:17] enemies, Saturday night,
[01:39:27] This morning, now to the case that casts a shadow of suspicion
[01:39:31] on singer Yoav Eliasi, whom Ben Gvir appointed as commander of an emergency response
[01:39:34] team in Tel Aviv. Eliasi, "The Shadow," is suspected of exploiting his connections
[01:39:38] with police officers from the district to facilitate concessions for a club in which he is a partner.
[01:39:42] And yesterday, he was interrogated by Machash, along with three other police officers. Our reporter,
[01:39:46] Andas Greenberg, has new details from the investigation and also brings, for the first time,
[01:39:49] the version of one of the suspected police officers. Yesterday, singer Yoav
[01:39:53] Eliasi, known as "The Shadow," and three police officers from the Tel
[01:39:57] Aviv district were interrogated by Machash. They are suspected of breach of trust.
[01:40:00] They were interrogated for about five hours, and at the end of the interrogation,
[01:40:04] it was decided to remove the officers for three days from police facilities and Eliasi
[01:40:07] for a week. We are now publishing for the first time the version of
[01:40:11] one of the suspected police officers. When the investigators accused
[01:40:14] him of influencing the hearing held for the club belonging to The Shadow's
[01:40:18] brother, in the conversation he had with another
[01:40:22] officer in the district, that officer replied to them as follows:
[01:40:24] "I didn't speak to him, I didn't interfere in any action for the club.
[01:40:28] I cannot interfere in my role, and I have no connection to this club.
[01:40:32] I also don't know all its owners." Last night we reported for the first time
[01:40:36] that The Shadow was summoned this morning for a hearing at the police, at the end of which
[01:40:39] it will be decided whether he will permanently end his role in the police as commander
[01:40:43] of an emergency response team of the Tel Aviv district. The hearing will be held before
[01:40:46] a district volunteer officer who will hear The Shadow's
[01:40:49] version, and at the end will forward her recommendation to the district commander
[01:40:53] regarding him. Regarding The Shadow, the investigators asked him yesterday during
[01:40:56] the interrogation: "Did you ask that your brother's club not be closed?"
[01:40:59] "Did you contact the station commander?" and he replied, "No."
[01:41:03] And then he was asked, "Who were the higher-ups you contacted?" The Shadow
[01:41:07] replied that the only contact he made was to find out who
[01:41:10] to talk to about the hearing held for his brother's
[01:41:13] club. When he was asked if he went out with
[01:41:16] police officers to party at his brother's club, he
[01:41:20] replied: "I didn't party with police officers. Police officers come
[01:41:23] to party at my brother's club regardless of me." Today,
[01:41:26] as mentioned, is the hearing for The Shadow at the police,
[01:41:30] which is expected to signal the known singer's departure,
[01:41:33] who is close to Ben Gvir. With us on the line is
[01:41:36] Yoav Eliasi's lawyer, Attorney Ariel Atri. Hello,
[01:41:40] Ariel. Good morning. What does The Shadow intend to say
[01:41:42] at the hearing? Tell the truth. I must note
[01:41:46] that I don't know the religion that likes the information according to which this is supposed
[01:41:49] to signal his departure, but the Israel Police definitely wanted
[01:41:53] from the first moment to know what
[01:41:57] The Shadow's version is. And today
[01:42:00] he intends, today he and I intend to be there and tell the full
[01:42:04] story. There is nothing to hide in this story. There's just a small problem,
[01:42:07] and these are recordings in Eliasi's voice and correspondence in the Haaretz
[01:42:11] newspaper from which it appears that he used police connections after
[01:42:15] violent calls in the complex where he was a partner, right? Ran, I believe, I
[01:42:19] need to understand why you believe the media. What
[01:42:21] to do? He says in a voice message, "I'm
[01:42:25] educating them there in the police. That you can't touch this club." What
[01:42:29] do you understand? Let's make a distinction and let's
[01:42:31] be precise. There is no
[01:42:34] offense in boastful and arrogant words.
[01:42:38] Okay? Those conversations were private
[01:42:40] conversations or private correspondences with
[01:42:43] a person who was a friend like a brother in every sense, okay? And that friend
[01:42:47] would turn to him, "Please, come and help me with this, help me with this."
[01:42:50] And Eliasi had two ways, one way to tell him: "I'm not willing to help you,
[01:42:54] get out of my sight," but you don't talk like that to someone who is... such a friend.
[01:42:58] Therefore, what he did was say, "I'll try to brush him off," and how
[01:43:01] do you brush off? "Yes, I will, I will definitely
[01:43:05] do it. Oh, of course, I did it thanks to me." Wait, I don't understand, who
[01:43:08] asked whom? The Shadow from the officer or the officer from The Shadow?
[01:43:12] No, what's happening is that The Shadow boasted,
[01:43:15] he bragged, but in practice, he did nothing. And this
[01:43:19] is the significant thing he says. Menashe, one of the officers, is a friend like a brother. I'll talk
[01:43:23] to him now. Yes, what do you understand from that? I understand from that
[01:43:26] that he...
[01:43:39] I have no doubt that this is what he said. Everyone who was interrogated in this case will say
[01:43:42] the same thing. He didn't turn to anyone and didn't ask anyone for help,
[01:43:46] and that's what actually happened. This club was closed more
[01:43:50] than other clubs in the same area. So to come and say that he
[01:43:53] came and received a favor, that's the furthest thing from it.
[01:43:57] Even if you read the article carefully, you will see that nowhere does it state
[01:44:01] that he received a benefit. All that is presented there are those boastful
[01:44:04] words that he came and said to the person who was
[01:44:08] at that time a person. Between
[01:44:15] that person and The Shadow's brother, and therefore
[01:44:19] he came and decided to come and harm
[01:44:20] him.
[01:44:23] Did The Shadow hand over his phone to the police?
[01:44:27] No, I told the police officers all the correspondence there, you need
[01:44:30] to understand, I also wouldn't want to hand it over and you wouldn't want to hand over the phone.
[01:44:34] All the correspondence that exists, they can get it from other interrogations. We
[01:44:38] are not willing to hand over the phone, for the simple reason that a phone that goes
[01:44:42] to Machash doesn't come back, and when the center of life is managed there,
[01:44:45] then there's no reason to come and hand it over. In fact, they took the phone and there's
[01:44:49] no problem, there's no problem. They won't find anything, they won't find
[01:44:53] exactly what I said, because if I understand, and you are a
[01:44:56] lawyer, in terms of words, you are much better than me, and an experienced
[01:44:59] lawyer, but if I understand your defense line correctly, you
[01:45:03] are saying he only boasted. The police, for
[01:45:06] the police, need more evidence than that, and they don't have it.
[01:45:10] This is not a defense line, this is
[01:45:11] reality.
[01:45:16] The reality is, that's what they found, there was no construction, in fact,
[01:45:19] in fact, even in those cases, say
[01:45:22] that those boastful words were said, the club
[01:45:26] was closed, and he intends to continue being a member of the emergency response team, to serve
[01:45:29] in the police, definitely, definitely, he aspires to return there and continue commanding
[01:45:33] this wonderful unit, and bring security to the residents of Tel
[01:45:37] Aviv and Israel. Attorney, of The Shadow, thank you very much. Good
[01:45:41] morning to you and the listeners. Good morning, Attorney
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[01:46:25] with Ran Benyemini.
[01:46:28] Here is the news on Reshet B. Tomorrow,
[01:51:49] to eight. We are concluding "This Morning" Thursday's edition. Written
[01:51:52] and produced by Ofel Hiyut and Rahel Levy. Edited by Yossi Tanuri. I am
[01:51:56] Ran Benyemini. Immediately after us, Gili Cohen and Chen
[01:51:59] Liberman. Have a good, quiet and safe
[01:52:03] day. Thank you for listening. Goodbye.
[01:56:16] Hello everyone, and good morning. It's eight o'clock now. We have a news
[01:56:18] update. This morning it was allowed to be published that in southern
[01:56:21] Lebanon, two IDF soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade 55 were killed yesterday.
[01:56:25] Major (res.) Harel Biranstock, commander of a company in Battalion
[01:56:29] 2855, Spearhead Formation, 34 years old.
[01:56:32] And Staff Sergeant (res.) Tamir Vaknin, 33
[01:56:35] years old from Eilat. Notice was given to the families. May
[01:56:39] their memory be a blessing. In the same incident, four reserve soldiers
[01:56:42] were seriously injured. The incident occurred yesterday
[01:56:46] around 12 noon in the village of Majdal Zoun
[01:56:50] within the Israeli security zone. Reserve
[01:56:53] paratroopers were securing engineering works and entered
[01:56:56] the area.