Lazar Berman
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Sep 30, 2026
Chloe TilleyHOST
Well, the Israeli government says they will increase security checks and vetting on international pilots flying into Israel.
Chloe TilleyHOST
Well, we can speak now to Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel's diplomatic correspondent.
Chloe TilleyHOST
Uh, good evening to you.
Lazar BermanCORRESPONDENT
Good evening.
Chloe TilleyHOST
No, of course.
Lazar BermanCORRESPONDENT
Yep.
Chloe TilleyHOST
Uh, Lazar Berman, thank you so much, The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter.
Chloe TilleyHOST
The main headlines so far on The World Tonight, tributes have been paid to the broadcaster and assisted dying campaigner, Dame Esther Rantzen, who's died at the age of 86.
Janet JalilHOST
The blast at the Ali Taher Ridge, located within Israel's self-declared buffer zone in Lebanon, was so big that the US Geological Survey says it caused a four point one magnitude earthquake.
Janet JalilHOST
I've got more details from our global affairs correspondent, Ambrasan Ethirajan.
Anbarasan EthirajanCORRESPONDENT
The Israeli military says that it has, uh, destroyed a nearly two kilometers-long tunnel under this Ali Attahar Ri-Ridge, which is about fifteen kilometers from the Israel-Lebanon border.
Anbarasan EthirajanCORRESPONDENT
Now, this ridge itself is, uh, considered to be strategically important because the Israeli military was saying that it was used by the Hezbollah to fire missiles and drones from there into the Israeli territory.
Janet JalilHOST
Mr. Netanyahu's office has denied there was any warning, calling the report part of a, quote, "sinister plot".
Janet JalilHOST
Haaretz, which has long been a vocal critic of the Prime Minister, says it stands by its reporting.
Janet JalilHOST
The diplomatic correspondent for The Times of Israel, Lazar Berman, spoke to Jane Hill about the allegations.
Lazar BermanGUEST
There have been a series of, uh, questions about what Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- Netanyahu knew, what he didn't know, and his responsibility for the October 7th attacks.
Laser BermanHOST
And welcome back to Laser Focus.
Laser BermanHOST
I am your host, Laser Berman.
Laser BermanHOST
And I know I've been away for a couple of weeks.
Laser BermanHOST
I was in Scotland having a wonderful time.
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Yossi AbravanelGUEST
She told us that, of course, they understand that it's very important for the British army to have the lessons learned from the war, but also they have, you know, the election consideration that is more important for the Labour Party.
Yossi AbravanelGUEST
And the voters are the most important thing.
Yossi AbravanelGUEST
So they think that since they have a huge Muslim community in the UK, they think that it's a good move to show disrespect to Israel and to be openly hostile to Israel and to gain more voters.
Yossi AbravanelGUEST
She didn't frame it in those words, but that was basically what we understood.
Amanda Borschel-DanHOST
Today is Wednesday, September 9th.
Amanda Borschel-DanHOST
I'm Amanda Borschel-Dan here in our Jerusalem studio, joined by, once again, our diplomatic correspondent, Lazar Berman.
Amanda Borschel-DanHOST
Lazar, so happy you're back.
Lazar BermanGUEST
Well, remember me?
Naomi BrownsteinADVERTISER
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Amanda Borschel-DanHOST
[upbeat music] And we're back.
Amanda Borschel-DanHOST
I'm Amanda Borschel-Dan here in Jerusalem, again, and so happily with our diplomatic correspondent, Lazar Berman.
Amanda Borschel-DanHOST
Lazar, let's start with our UK Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband's announcement yesterday.