Tel Aviv suburb gets 1st Gay Mayor, The Trump tax plan and you - 3/20/18

1. Israel braces for conflict on Passover
   The festival of Passover begins next week, and in Israel families are already stocking up on food to prepare for the festivities, and the I.D.F. is expecting massive-scale protests along the borders of Gaza and the West Bank this year.
2. Abbas slams reconciliation stall
   The Palestinian authority is in a very difficult position, with foreign aid dwindling and the attempted reconciliation with Hamas at a standstill, P.A. Leader Mahmoud Abbas has just lashed out with blame calling out both Hamas and U.S. Ambassador for the diminishing progress of the Palestinian agenda.
   3. The Trump tax plan and you
   Douglas Stransky, U.S. Tax partner at Zag S&W speaking at ILTV Studio about the wake of U.S. President Trump's major overhaul of the tax code.
   4. Data-gathering company under fire
   Cambridge Analytica is a data-gathering firm that customizes ads and online marketing based on information it gathers from your likes and views on social media, but the company has just come under fire for allegedly abusing that same data to sway the 2016 presidential election for the Trump campaign.
3. Azaria gets early release approved
   The controversial case of former I.D.F. soldier Elor Azaria has just taken another twist that’s already inciting new debate. The I.D.F.’s parole board has just announced that Azaria will go free from prison this may, after serving only two-thirds of his full prison sentence.
   6. Israel is...
   When people abroad hear the word “Israel” there is, sometimes, a lot of baggage that comes with it, and while the political issues in Israel are often under the worlds microscope, truth is that a lot of Israelis finishing the army and traveling abroad have almost nothing to do with it.
4. All is fair in love and soccer
   Iran maintains a strict boycott against any kind of diplomacy with Israel, the country even goes so far as to ban or punish its national athletes from competing against Israelis in international competitions, but an Iranian soccer captain and an Israeli soccer star have just posed alongside one another for a very rare photo opp.
   8. Argentina backs Embassy bombing memorial
   Twenty-six years ago, a deadly terror bombing completely destroyed the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, killing twenty-nine and injuring two hundred and forty-two more. This weekend at least some of those wounds started to heal – as for the first time ever, Argentina’s government actually co-sponsored a memorial for the Embassy bombing, alongside Israel.
5. Tel Aviv suburb gets 1st Gay Mayor
   Israel has enormous pride in being perhaps the only Middle East country where L-G-B-T-Q citizens can be free to live as they choose and Eitan Ginzburg has just become Israel’s first-ever openly gay mayor.
   10. Planning the future city, today
   Dr. Smadar Itzkovich, Head of Ashdod Municipality Industry Development Division speaking at ILTV Studio about the incredible innovations we can expect to see in the coming years.
   11. Welcome back, Ted!
   The ‘Ted-X’ series brings some of the world’s most innovative leaders in everything from tech to art and gives them the floor to talk about how they do their magic, well starting tomorrow, ‘ted-x’ returns to Tel Aviv for the second year.
6. Hebrew word Of The Day: MANCHEH | מַנחֶה = HOST; M.C.
   Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Mancheh" which means "Host"
7. The Weather Forecast

Tonight will be clear but with light dust in the winds, and a low of about fifty-four, or twelve degrees Celsius. Tomorrow you can expect warm and mostly sunny skies with a high of seventy-eight, or twenty-six degrees Celsius.

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