Polish Mayor Murdered on Stage at Charity Event | 1/15/19

1Lt.-Gen. Kochavi sworn in as 22nd Chief of Staff
Lt.-Gen Aviv Kochavi officially took over as the next IDF chief of staff on Tuesday morning at a ceremony at the IDF’s kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. Kochavi replaces outgoing chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot.

2. Iranian ‘Payam’ satellite fails to reach orbit
Iran has just launched the Payam satellite into space, one of the two scheduled satellites set to launch. The Payam however, did not make it into orbit.

3. Lt.-Gen. Kochavi sworn in as 22nd Chief of Staff
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amos Yadlin, former IDF Intelligence Chief, Director of INSS speaking at ILTV studio about the IDF's new Chief of Staff.
4. PA President steps into office as head of G-77
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is set to take leadership of the group of 77, or G77, and China, today.

5. PMO releases plans for trips abroad in 2019
The Prime Ministers office has just announced three major trips abroad starting in the coming weeks, to Switzerland, Chad, and the United States.

6. Polish Mayor murdered on stage at charity event
Pawel Adamowicz, the Mayor of Gdansk, passed away Monday; just one day after he was stabbed on stage at a charity event.

7. Dive teams search Danube for Holocaust victims
Israeli divers and victim identification experts from emergency response group Zaka, has now set off for Hungary in order to assist in the recovery of the remains of Hungarian Jews who were murdered in the holocaust and tossed in the Danube river.
8. Women’s March leaders confronted on ‘The View’
Women’s March co-president Tamika Mallory was confronted with her ties to anti-semitic nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan on 'The View'.
9. Omer Adam declines offer to perform at Eurovision
Famous Israeli singer ‘Omer Adam’ declined the offer to perform as the opening act for the final because he doesn’t work on Shabbat.

10. New gemstone, Carmeltazite, discovered in Israel
A new mineral gemstone now known as “Carmel-tazite” has just been discovered in the Israeli Carmel region.

11. IKEA announces a new branch in the Tel Aviv port
IKEA is opening a branch at the Tel Aviv port.
12. Hebrew word Of The Day: MAKH-TZAV | מחצב= Ore / Mineral
Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "‘Mahtzav’ meaning a mineral or ore.

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