PM on Investigations: ‘I do not intend to resign’ | 01/01/19

1. PM on investigations: ‘I do not intend to resign’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he would not resign from office should the attorney general accept police recommendations to indict him before elections.

2.Avi Gabbay dismantles Zionist union party
In yet another shocking surprise this election season, labor party leader Avi Gabbay announced on Tuesday that he was ending his partnership with ‘Hatnua’ party leader Tzipi Livni, effectively dismantling the Zionist union faction.
3. Avi Gabbay dismantles Zionist union party

Binyamin Lachkar, Likud Candidate In Primary Election speaking at ILTV Studio about the ongoing upsets and announced party re-arrangements ahead of elections in the New Year.
4. PM to meet with US secretary of state in Brazil
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brazil, today to discuss the withdrawal of US troops from Syria and other regional security issues.

5. Israel may never find all Hezbollah tunnels
   Despite weeks of publicized successes along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, IDF intelligence Chief Maj. General Tamir Heyman confirmed to a conference on Monday one of Israel’s biggest fears.
   6. Israeli & the US officially leave UNESCO
   Israel as well as the United States have officially quit the United Nation's educational, scientific and cultural agency, or Unesco, today and with us to discuss this as well as additional developments at the UN is ILTV'S Lidar Grave'-Lazi.
6. IDF arrests two suspects in West Bank overnight
   While the world ushered in the New Year Monday evening, the IDF was operating as usual, preventing attempted terror attacks. Two Palestinian suspects in the West Bank village of Yatta were arrested in evening raids by the IDF and Israeli police and were taken in for questioning.
7. 3 Jewish minors arrested for ‘Jewish terror’
   As the Israeli courts sentence Palestinian attackers, a Rishon Lezion magistrate's court yesterday ruled to extend the detention of three Jewish minors who were arrested Sunday on suspicion of involvement in a terrorism case.
8. PA sentences Palestinian-American to life in prison
   The Palestinian authority’s higher offences court on Monday issued a life-long prison sentence with hard labor against Palestinian-American citizen, Issam Akel, for attempting to sell land to Jewish Israelis in Jerusalem.
9. Knesset passes anti-prostitution bill
   In one of the final acts of the Knesset in 2018, the Israeli parliament on Monday passed a new bill that makes soliciting prostitution and paying for it illegal. At the same time, the legislation establishes a plan to rehabilitate sex workers which is set to be approved soon as well.
   11. Nearly 23% of Latin America has Jewish ancestors
   A new genetic study found that almost a quarter of Latin Americans could have Jewish ancestry and ILTV’S Joy Gavillon, is here to tell us more.
10. New Ramon Int’l airport set to open late January
    Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz announced this week that the new Ramon international airport will be inaugurated later this month on January 22nd named for fallen Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon; and his son, fallen Israeli pilot Assaf Ramon.
11. Hebrew word Of The Day: LEFAZER | לפזר= TO DISSOLVE / SCATTER

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "lefazer" which means "to dissolve"

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