Hungarian Diplomatic Office in Jerusalem | 3/5/19

1. PM targets left; the media at campaign rally
   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that a vote for the Blue and White party will support a leftist government in Israel.

#NETANYAHU #BLUEANDWHITE

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2. Israel denies Russian-brokered peace summit
   An Israeli official is now denying Russian claims that Moscow offered to host a peace summit with the Palestinian authority in order to discuss making inroads in the long-stalled peace talks.
   
   

#PEACETALKS #RUSSIA

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3. 3. Hungary to open diplomatic office in Jerusalem
   Davidi Hermelin, President of the Int’l Center for Public Diplomacy in Israel and Prof. Shlomo shpiro, Director of the European Institute of Bar Ilan University are both in the ILTV studio discussing the idea of other nations following suit in recognizing Jerusalem as ISRAEL'S capitol.

#DAVIDIHERMELIN #SHLOMOSHPIRO

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4. Israel set to increase food-related plastic waste
   Israel is considered one of the most wasteful nations in the developed world. And now it seems as though things are going to get worse.

#ISRAEL #WASTE

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5. 5. Argentine court clears ex-president in Amia case
   President Menem was accused of obstructing investigations into 1994 bombing
   
   

#ARGENTINA #AMIABOMBING

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6. Dems seek to pass resolution against Antisemitism
   Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s comments implying that Jewish Americans have a dual loyalty to Israel has resulted in the democrats officially putting forth a resolution scheduled for Wednesday condemning Anti-Semitism.

#ILHANOMAR #ANTISEMITISM

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7. Vatican to release secret WWII records by 2020
   Pope Francis announced on Monday that the Vatican will fully open the church’s secret archives from the time of world war two.

#POPEFRANCIS #VATICAN

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8. Ukraine backs out of Eurovision
   It’s now been reported that Ukraine will not be sending a delegation to Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv this May. But it’s not for the reasons you might expect.

#UKRAINE #EUROVISION

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9. New Ramon Airport begins receiving Int’l traffic
   The brand new Israeli Ramon international airport near Eilat is finally open to the world

#RAMONAIRPORT #EILAT

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11. Hebrew word of the Day: RESHUMA | רשומה = RECORD

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is 'Reshuma', meaning a record.

#LEARNHEBREW #HEBREWWORDOFDAY #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY

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12. The Weather Forecast

Tonight should have some scattered showers and a cool low of about fifty-one or eleven degrees Celsius. But then tomorrow you can expect sunny skies, and a high of around sixty-six or nineteen degrees Celsius.

#ISRAELWEATHER #ISRAELFORECAST

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