Where Does Israel Fall on World Health Scale? | 2/27/19

1. Iranian FM Zarif’s resignation is rejected

Iranian President Rouhani on Wednesday, officially rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation.

#JAVADZARIF #IRAN

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2. 2. Israeli PM arrives in Moscow
   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, arrived in Moscow for the Prime Minister’s 11th round of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2015.

#MOSCOW #NETANYAHU

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3. Release the details of the ‘Ultimate Deal’

Dr. Martin Sherman, Founder & Executive Director of the IISS joins us in the studio to speak about Jared Kushner, The Special Adviser to United States President Trump postponing the publishing of the so-called ‘Ultimate Deal.’

#JAREDKUSHNER #ULTIMATEDEAL

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4. Israel & Palestinian high school students engage

150 Israeli and Palestinian students were hard at work creating a peace plan of their own at the University of Haifa on Monday - the largest gathering of its kind in the Middle East.

#HAIFAUNIVERSITY #PEACEPLAN

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5. Otzma Yehudit may sit on judges selection panel

The Jewish Home/Otzma Yehudit merger includes a clause stipulating that the latter party would work to be represented in a Knesset Parliamentary Committee that selects judges.

#OTZMAYEHUDIT #JEWISHHOME

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6. Facebook Ad transparency to roll out by mid-march

Facebook announced that it will launch a political ad transparency tool, which will force advertisements to identify their sources by mid-March.

#FACEBOOK #FAKENEWS

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7. Israeli Forces arrest dozens overnight

Israeli Police again arrested the Palestinian Authority-appointed Mayor of Jerusalem, Adnan Geith, as well as his attorney.

#ADNANGEITH #PA

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8. Argentine Rabbi assaulted and robbed

An attack against the Chief Rabbi of the Amia Jewish Center Gabriel Davidovich in Buenos Aires. People are starting to question the motive of the attackers, if Anti-Semitic or not.

#GABRIELDAVIDOVICH #BUENOSAIRES

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9. 9. Amnesty International backs Gazan journalist’s appeal
   Hajar Harb faces criminal charges for report on corruption in Gaza’s Health Ministry, making her the first journalist to be persecuted by the Sunni-Islamist political party over news coverage.

#AMNESTYINTERNATIONAL #GAZA

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10. Israel is ranked 10th healthiest country on earth

Israel has just been ranked the tenth healthiest country in the world according to a report by Bloomberg.

#BLOOMBERGINDEX #HEALTHY

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11. Israel uncovers 1,600-year-old Samaritan estate
    An estate belonging to a wealthy Samaritan individual some 1,600 years ago has just been discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

#IAA #SAMARITAN

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12. Hebrew word of the Day: הקדשה = INSCRIPTION / DEDICATION

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is ' HAKDASHA’ which means ‘INSCRIPTION OR DEDICATION.’

#LEARNHEBREW #HEBREWWORDOFDAY #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY

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13. The Weather Forecast

Tonight should be a bit rainy and cool, with a low of fifty-three or twelve degrees Celsius. Then tomorrow you can expect more rain and no change in temperatures. The high should be about fifty-eight or fourteen degrees Celsius.

#ISRAELWEATHER #ISRAELFORECAST

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Iranian President Rouhani refuses to accept Foreign Minister Zarif’s resignation, Israeli lawmakers look to bar the extremist Otzma Yehudit party from politics and the Israel Antiquities Authority unearths a rare 16,00 year old Samaritan estate.

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