Iran willing to remain in ‘nuclear deal’ | 7/4/18

1. Hamas hacks I.D.F. phones

Hamas cyber-spies have just managed to successfully hack hundreds of smartphones belonging to Israeli soldiers stationed near the Gaza border. According to the I-D-F, this operation was detected relatively quickly, and before it erupted into a major security breach.

2. 4.1 magnitude earthquake wakes up the North

Shlomi Adar, Global Crisis Professional speaking at ILTV Studio about the problem that Israel is terribly underprepared for the major earthquake coming our way.

3. Netanyahu to meet Putin next week

Prime Minister Netanyahu is taking Russian President Vladimir Putin up on his offer and will come to Moscow next week for a front-row seat to the world cup semifinals game but Netanyahu didn’t immediately accept the invite when it was made last week. That’s probably because of one of the other people confirmed on the guest list, Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

4. Iran willing to remain in ‘nuclear deal’

With the JCPOA Iran ‘nuclear deal’ still very much in limbo, Iran’s president has just announced that he is willing to stay in the deal as long as Iranian interests are still met. This would require Europe, Russia and China to offer a new economic deal to offset incoming American sanctions following President Trump’s withdrawal from the deal nearly two months ago.

5. Knesset approves law in Yemenite children affair
   The Knesset has just passed a new law with potentially groundbreaking implications for families involved in the Yemenite children affair. Families say that their infants were stolen from them in the hospital, after being told the child had suddenly died but according to the families, the children were actually given up for adoption to Jewish Ashkenazi immigrants and this bill allows families to access adoption records to see if this, indeed, was the case.
6. Israeli man makes first at the U.N.
   For the first time ever, an Israeli has been chosen to head the U.N.’s Human Rights Committee. This committee is different from U.N.’s Human Rights Council but still, this is a major benchmark, nonetheless. Law Professor Yuval Shany who is also a Deputy President of the Israel Democracy Institute will be making history as the country’s first head of the human rights committee.
7. Why invest in Israel?
   Shelly Hod Moyal, Founding Partner at Iangels speaking at ILTV Studio about the world's most capital-efficient startup ecosystem for early stage investors.
8. Seven nation Netta?
   The writer’s of Netta Bazrzilai’s Eurovision-winning song ‘Toy’ are being accused of plagiarizing the song! Not only that, they’ve just been hit with a letter from Universal Music saying that Universal is preparing to take this to court. The letter claims that ‘toy’ was copied from the well-known song by the white stripes, ‘seven nation army’.
9. Israeli tennis star knocked out of Wimbledon
   Going up against the world’s number 1 seed in tennis is quite the honor or a nightmare depending who you ask. For Israeli tennis star Dudi Sela, it was the latter as 17-time grand slam winner Rafael Nadal defeated him seemingly with ease, ending Sela’s hopes of advancing at Wimbledon.
10. 2,000-year-old pottery found in Galilee
    Israeli excavators have just uncovered an amazing find in the Western Galilee of a large cooking pot, wine jars, and other ceramic pottery vessels dating back over 2000 years. The discovery was made in a small cave off a sheer cliff in the nature reserve along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon.
11. Hebrew word Of The Day: P’GISHA | פְּגִישָׁה = MEETING

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Pgisha" which means "meeting"

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