Iraqi Official Calls for Probe into Israel Visits | 1/8/19

1. Givat Assaf terrorist arrested in West Bank

Completing a weeks-long search, Israeli security forces finally captured and arrested on Tuesday, Asam Barghouti, who is suspected of shooting dead two IDF soldiers last month at the Givat Assaf outpost in the West Bank.
2. PM demands to confront state witnesses against him
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu demanded Monday night a confrontation with the state's witnesses in the corruption cases against him.

3. Erdogan ‘can’t stomach’ Bolton comments on Kurds
   Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday harshly criticized statements made by US National Security Advisor John Bolton while in Israel to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
4. Erdogan ‘can’t stomach’ Bolton comments on Kurds

Amb. Dr. Alon Liel, Program for Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University speaking via skype at ILTV studio more on Turkish President Erdogan and the United Sates withdrawal from Syria.
5. 80 illegal residents detained outside Hebron
Just south of Hebron, Israeli border police forces located and detained 80 illegal Palestinian “infiltrators” from Yata, Ad-Dhahiriya, and Hebron in the West Bank.

6. Egypt closes Rafah border to Palestinians
   In the day after the PA pulled all its personnel from the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Egypt has indeed closed all entry through the gate to Gazan Palestinians.
7. Iraqi official calls for probe into Israel visits
   Iraq’s first deputy speaker of parliament Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, has now called for an investigation into officials who allegedly secretly visited Israel in three delegations this past year.
8. Soldier drowns in solo navigation exercise
   Tragic news came out Monday morning in Israel, young soldier, Sgt. Evyatar Yosefi of the Paratroopers Brigade Reconnaissance Battalion had drowned in northern Israel.
9. Israeli legend, Moshe Arens Z”L, passes away at 93
   Former Defense Minister, Foreign Minister and Designer Of The All-Israeli Lavi Fighter Jet, Moshe Arens, passed away in his home in Savyon at the age of 93 on Sunday.
10. 52% of Israelis think Asylum Seekers should stay
    A new poll has just been released revealing that over half of the Israeli public believes that the African Asylum Seekers in the country should be able to stay in Israel until a deal is made for their settlement.
    11. Rwandair to launch direct Tel Aviv-Kigali flights
    Rwandair, the national airline of Rwanda, will now launch a new direct route from the country's capital, Kigali to Tel Aviv.
11. TAU researchers say flowers can “hear” bees
    It seems gardeners who talk to their plants may now actually have even more legitimate reason to do so as a new study from Tel Aviv University finds that flowers not only hear the buzz of approaching bees, but respond to the sound by producing sweeter nectar.
12. Hebrew word Of The Day: L’HAVIQUE | להאביק= TO POLLINATE

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "L'havique" which means "to pollinate"

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