Israel's First Privately-Funded Mission Towards the Moon | 2/22/19

1. Gantz & Lapid merge parties ahead of elections

A new centrist-left joint list has been created; Benny Gantz of the Israel Resilience Party and Yair Lapid with Yesh Atid.

#BENNYGANTZ #YAIRLAPID

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2. 2. Israel Resilience & Yesh Atid parties merge

Zohar Tal, Political Analyst; Chairman of "OZZ - Zionist Foundation" joins us in the studio to speak about the last minute Gantz-Lapid unity block.

#ZOHARTAL #OZZ

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3. Gantz draws ire from English speakers

Gantz and his Israel Resilience Party are now coming under heavy fire from the immigrant communities in Israel, following remarks he and his affiliates made this week targeting Prime Minister Netanyahu.

#BENNYGANTZ #IMMIGRANTS

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4. Night-riots along the Gaza border resume
   In the West Bank, five suspects were detained by Israeli Security Forces for terrorist activities along route 60; 17 wanted suspects were arrested for violence and terrorist activities against civilians and soldiers.

#RIOTS #GAZA

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5. Al-Tamimi Et Al V Adelson Et Al
   A United States appeals court has just given new life to a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit launched by 18 Palestinians against Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson.

#SHELDONADELSON #LAWSUIT

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6. Thousands rally against Anti-Semitism in France

Following a recent series of increasingly aggressive acts targeting Jews and Jewish institutions in France, tens of thousands gathered in Paris and other select cities in the country to rally against Anti-Semitism and racism in the nation

#FRANCE #ANTISEMITISM

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7. Netanyahu & Putin postpone their Moscow meeting
   Prime Minister Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin postponed their meeting to a phonecall.

#BIBINETANYAHU #VLADIMIRPUTIN

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8. IDF offers free ‘Morning After Pills’

As part of continued efforts to lower the rates of abortions while still giving women in Israel a choice regarding contraceptives The Israeli Health Ministry authorized a few years ago the free availability of ‘Morning After Pills’ for female soldiers.

#CONTRACEPTIVES #ISRAELHEALTHMINISTRY

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9. Official Eurovision song ‘Home’ is announced

The official song for Israel’s 2019 contestant, Kobi Marimi, has just been chosen by a team of experts at the Kan public broadcaster and the name of the tune is ‘Home’.

#KOBIMARIMI #EUROVISION

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10. 10. Israeli police welcome new k-9 recruits

The Israeli Police welcomed 12 new police dogs this week that came all the way from the Czech Republic.

#ISRAELIPOLICE #CZECHREPUBLIC

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11. Beresheet Explorer is scheduled for launch

Israel will launch the world’s first privately-funded mission towards the moon from Cape Canaveral, tune in with the IAI at 8:45 pm (EST); 3:45 am (Israel time) for live broadcast.

#BERESHEET #IAI

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13. Hebrew word of the Day: BERESHIT | בראשית = GENESIS

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is ' BERESHIT ' which means GENESIS.

#LEARNHEBREW #HEBREWWORDOFDAY #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY

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13. The Weather Forecast

Tonight should be mostly clear and cool, with a low of forty-nine or nine degrees Celsius. then over the weekend you can expect cloudy skies and a slight rise in temperatures, to a high of sixty-four or eighteen degrees Celsius.

#ISRAELWEATHER #ISRAELFORECAST

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