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Carice Witte is the founder and Executive Director of SIGNAL, the Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership organization based in Israel. She said that China sees the action by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as provocative but, she told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan, China was not interested in escalating the matter into an armed conflict at this stage. She said that Israel needed a comprehensive China policy. (photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Ely Karmon, a Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University, said that the targeting of the al-Qaeda leader would boost US president Biden after the disastrous American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Karmon also told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the Israeli crackdown on the Islamic Jihad and others in the West Bank city of Jenin was because it had become a den of terror that even the Palestinian Authority security forces were unable to enter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IDF bolsters troops in Gaza periphery amid concerns of Islamic Jihad attack. Security work discusses planned activities on Karish gas rig, amid efforts to resolve Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute. Likud leader Netanyahu unveils campaign economic planSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High security alert in Gaza border area after arrest of senior Islamic Jihad operative. US mediator in Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute talks meets with Israeli officials. In price hike battle, trade federation calls on workers' committees of large institutions to boycott food importersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new public transit pricing framework aimed at encouraging Israelis to use public transportation came into effect this week. How does it work and will it achieve its aim? KAN reporter Naomi Segal asked Zohar Galil, manager of community relations and activism at the public transportation advocacy NGO 15 Minutes. (Photo: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A demonstration was held today in Jerusalem outside the National Planning and Building Council by activists and lawmakers who are seeking a more transparent planning process in order to preserve natural gems and sites from construction. MK Alon Tal of the Blue and White Party was there and told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the ancient village of Lifta as well as the forests around the capital need to be preserved for the sake of the environment. (photo: Yonatan Sindel/flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seven people injured in house fire sparked by bike battery, IDF forces arrest 39 suspected terrorists in West Bank sweep, new public transportation reform launched todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Court places woman in battered shelter against her will. Gilboa jail judge accuses warden of spin over rape affair. PM Lapid: Violence against women cannot continue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have stormed the Baghdad parliament for the second time in a week. The protesters again breached the high-security Green Zone in the capital, as they oppose the nomination of a pro-Iran rival candidate for prime minister. Over 120 people were injured in the latest unrest over the weekend.  Sadr's block won the most seats last October, but it is not in power due to a political deadlock. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Iraqi specialist  Dr Ronen Zeidel from Tel Aviv university’s Moshe Dayan Center about the unrest in Iraq. (Photo:Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swarms of jellyfish along Israel's coast have banished summer bathers from the Mediterranean waters and raised warnings about the dangers of ecological imbalance due to climate change. Beyond stinging swimmers  the translucent invertebrates have also been clogging desalination plants and industrial fishing nets as their seasonal numbers grow, authorities say. KAN's  Mark Weiss spoke with jellyfish expert Hila Dror from the university of Haifa’s Department of Maritime Civilizations. (Photo:Guido Gautsch)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Settlers protest  after death of 6-year-old Matan Zinman. Moscow court discusses Jewish Agency activity. Electricity price to rise by 8.6%.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The High Court has  ruled that settlers living in the outpost Mitzpe Kramim on the West Bank, and whose homes were built on privately owned Palestinian owned land, will not be evacuated.  The court relied on a provision of the law that specifies that if land was purchased in good faith and its true ownership was not known, the purchase remains in place. Mauricio Lapchik , the External Relations Coordinator of Peace Now condemned the High Court ruling and told KAN's Mark Weiss it could act as a dangerous precedent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The High Court has ruled that settlers living in the outpost Mitzpe Kramim on the West Bank, and whose homes were built on privately owned Palestinian owned land, will not be evacuated.  The court relied on a provision of the law that specifies that if land was purchased in good faith and its true ownership was not known, the purchase remains in place.  In the ruling, the judges said the homes will not be demolished but new homes in the outposts were not to be built.  The decision reversed an earlier court ruling that the  45 homes in the outpost  must be demolished. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Mitzpe Kramim resident Binyamin Kop. (Photo: Noam Moscovitz/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grave exhumed in Yemenite children's affair. Germany offers compensation to families of Israeli athletes murdered in 1972 Munich Olympics. Unarmed Palestinian injured by IDF fire near NablusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eli Cohen, CEO of Pitchon Lev, a non-profit that fights poverty and hunger, says the government decision limiting a planned price hike is bread deceptive; and he criticized the decision to lift price controls on bread in 2023. He told KAN reporter Naomi Segal that the government needs to do more to help those in need. (Photo: Noam Moscowitz/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has implemented measures that could turn the PA into a dictatorship, according to a new Palestinian Media Watch report published just two weeks before the 29th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with the author of the report, attorney Maurice Hirsch, the head of legal strategies for Palestinian Media Watch, and asked him why he concluded that Abbas has turned the PA into a  dictatorship. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kremlin: Moves against Jewish Agency legal matter, should not be politicized. Former IDF intelligence chief says Hezbollah threats on Israeli offshore resources should be taken seriously. IDF demolishes homes of 2 terrorists who murdered security guard in Ariel attack.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prof. Jonathan Dekel-Chen, an expert on Russian history and Israel-Russia relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal about what in his view is behind the current crisis between Israel and Russia over Jewish Agency activities in that country. (Photo: Jewish Agency for Israel branch office in Moscow. Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israeli delegation's departure to Moscow delayed in Jewish Agency crisis. Nine East Jerusalem residents arrested for suspected membership in terror organization. Health Ministry determines priority population for monkey pox vaccineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

100 days to elections. As the parties and politicians continue to position themselves ahead of the November 1 ballot, Dr. Gayil Talshir, a researcher in the political science department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, told KAN reporter Naomi Segal that voter turnout will be critical in determining whether or not Israel's political gridlock is broken.  (Photos: Yonatan Sindel, Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.