Galilee to become new Israeli food hub | 7/5/18

1. Gonen Segev trial begins today

The trial of the Former Israeli Minister accused of spying for Iran begins today. Gonen Segev who served as Israel’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure for two years under Yitzhak Rabin and then Shimon Peres has already been convicted for a myriad of crimes including drug smuggling, forgery, and credit card fraud, but this latest charge of carrying out espionage for Iran certainly tops them all.

2. Netanyahu slams E.U. on Iran

Prime Minister Netanyahu has just delivered some sharp words for European leaders hoping to keep the JCPOA Iran ‘nuclear deal’ alive. According to Netanyahu, leaders need to look no further than the events of the past few days which saw an Iranian diplomat arrested in Europe for allegedly planning a bombing attack in Paris. This attack reportedly targeted an Iranian exile group but Iran denies any such plan.

3. Bedouin village to be demolished

A flash of violence has just erupted in a small village in the West Bank. Knan Al-Ahmar is home to about 180 Bedouin residents but last May Israel’s high court announced that the village had not been approved for construction and ordered it to be completely demolished. Well police, protesters and residents have just clashed violently at the site where eleven people have already been arrested.

4. Changing the discourse

Gregg Roman, Director of The Middle East Forum speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israeli Palestinian conflict that continues to rage on, seemingly without end and that the war is only over when the losing side admits defeat.

5. Germany reportedly mediating prisoner swap
   We’ve just learned that Germany is reportedly acting as a mediator between Israel and Hamas to negotiate a long sought-after prisoner swap. For many years now, Israel has been pushing for Hamas to release the bodies of two fallen I-D-F soldiers killed in the 2014 Gaza war. Well now, we may finally be seeing the first real indicator that a deal can indeed be made.
6. A slap on the wrist?
   It’s difficult to forget the gruesome incident in 2015 in which an African Asylum Seeker was mistaken for a terrorist in a Be’er Sheva bus station following a terror attack. The man was shot by a security guard and then lynched by a small mob, despite only being an innocent bystander. Well an Israeli court has just delivered a sentence on one of the men involved in that lynching with some saying that it doesn’t even qualify as a slap on the wrist.
7. Jewish cemetery in India is literal dump
   A historic Jewish heritage site in India has decayed into a literal garbage dump. Making that news all the more upsetting is the fact that this unique site is actually a 143 year-old Jewish cemetery. Unfortunately the entire area is currently overrun with waste and trash, much has been forgotten about this unique site over the years and clearly, it’s been terribly neglected as well.
8. Israeli students find Microsoft oversight
   Two Israeli’s might’ve just saved Microsoft a massive and potentially dangerous headache through a school project. The duo are students at Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology and they managed to find an oversight in Microsoft's ‘Cortana’ voice assistant feature which allows potential hackers the power to seize complete control of other people’s computers – and with relative ease.
9. Hassle-free regulations
   Melissa Koch, Founder & CEO of Infront Compliance speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israeli company that helps businesses navigate the ever changing rules.
10. Galilee to become new Israeli food hub
    When you think of the Galilee, the first thing that comes into your mind probably isn’t food. Maybe it’s the history of the area or the beautiful Kineret, but food? Not so much. Well, that’s changing thanks to a new Israeli initiative calling for food-tech companies to literally take a hike and move up North to become a new food hub.
11. Europe loves to hate ‘the chutzpah’
    Israelis traveling abroad don’t always make the best impressions but Israeli pro wrestler Leeor Brooks takes being the stereotypical rude and “ugly Israeli” to a new level with his in-ring alterego, ‘the chutzpah.’ and trust me, no one has as much chutzpah as “the chutzpah.”
12. Hebrew word Of The Day: D’MUT | דמות = CHARACTER/LIKENESS

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "D'mut" which means "character/likeness"

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