Australian Jewish Group Wants Litzman Fired | 2/18/19

1. Iran says ‘Risk of war with Israel very possible’

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif issued a stark warning to the international community that the risk of war with Israel is great, and will only become greater.

#IRAN #MOHAMMADJAVADZARIF

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2. Yisrael Katz is named as interim Foreign Minister

At Sunday’s weekly cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu appointed Yisrael Katz to the position of interim Foreign Minister.

#YISRAELKATZ #FOREIGNMINISTER

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3. Should Israel stand for truth, or good relations?
   Ambassador Yosef Livne | Former Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand joins us in the studio to speak about the spat between Israeli and Polish leaders
   
   

#YOSEFLIVNE #POLAND

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4. ‘Conference of Presidents’ Leadership Mission begins
   Politicians on both the left and right spoke up against the rise of Anti-Semitism Monday, at the 45th leadership mission, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

#COP #ANTISEMITISM

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5. Cabinet Advances plan deducting payments from PA
   Jerusalem advanced plans on Sunday, to deduct 5%, or nearly 140 million dollars from annual taxes Israel collects for the Palestinian Authority.

#CABINET #PA

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6. Multiple terror attacks reported overnight
   IDF soldier and 19 Palestinian rioters are injured along the Gaza-Israel border, multiple attacks and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli Security Forces were reported overnight Sunday, and Monday morning.

#ATTACKS #GAZA

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7. IDF officer indicted for negligence

IDF Leuitenant charged with failure to stop subordinates from beating Palestinian detainees.

#IDF #INDICTED

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8. Australian Jewish group calls for firing Litzman

The Zionist Federation of Australia is today calling for Israeli Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to be fired from his post after allegedly obstructing justice in major pedophilia-rape case.

#LITZMAN #AUSTRALIANJEWS

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9. 
   Jewish WWII veteran's museum receives its budget

Prime Minister Netanyahu unveiled at this week’s Cabinet meeting the allocation of funds for the establishment of the long-awaited museum of Jewish World War II Veterans.

#WWII #VETERANS

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10. ‘Japanese Schindler’ Memorialized

The Jewish Empowerment and Educational Group – Limmud FSU, dedicated a very special memorial last month to Sugihara Chiune who saved over 6000 Jews from the Nazis in Lithuania, – the lesser known but no less important ‘Japanese Schindler.’

#SUGIHARACHIUNE #SAVIOR

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12. Hebrew word of the Day: ANDARTA | אנדרטה = MONUMENT

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is ‘‘ANDARTAF’ which means MONUMENT

#LEARNHEBREW #HEBREWWORDOFDAY #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY

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13. The Weather Forecast

Tonight you can expect some scattered showers and a cool low of fifty or ten degrees Celsius. then tomorrow should be partly cloudy and with a slight rise in temperatures, to a high of sixty-four or eighteen degrees Celsius.

#ISRAELWEATHER #ISRAELFORECAST

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