Tel Aviv’s “City Council” was lit up by images of the Israeli flag and the union jack in solidarity with Britain after an ‘Islamist-related terror attack’ in London.
____________________ 2. JCC Bomb Threat Caller Caught With Help From Israeli Intel
A dual US-Israeli citizen has been arrested on suspicion of being the perpetrator behind almost all the bomb-threats targeting Jewish communities in the U-S, Europe, Australia and New Zealand over the past 6 months.
____________________ 3. West Bank Settlement Construction Rose By 40% In 2016
According to the “Central Bureau of Statistics,” last year’s approval of 2,630 housing units in the West Bank reflects a 40-percent increase in building from 2015.
____________________ 4. Israel And U.S. Negotiating On Settlement Building
Reports are emerging that the recent demands by Washington to partially freeze Israeli settlement building has been rejected by Israel.
____________________ 5. Court Ruling Protects Rights Of Arab East Jerusalemites
ILTV’S Steve Leibowitz sat down with Times of Israel Arab affairs reporter Dov Lieber to talk about the Israeli court ruling to protect rights of Arab east Jerusalemites.
____________________ 6. Knesset Calls For Combatting Prostitution Among Soldiers
Both the Israeli army and the Knesset are concerned over reports that some of the nation’s young servicewomen feel compelled to become prostitutes out of financial-distress.
____________________ 7. Venezuelan Jews Finally Make It To Israel
Nine Venezuelan Jews have arrived to Israel after getting their conversions to Judaism accepted by the state.
____________________ 8. Knesset Forbids Sex Offenders From Entering Victims’ Schools
The Israeli Knesset has taken unanimous-action to extend even greater protection of anyone who was victimized by sex crimes by excluding any offenders from living or working near the targets of their abuse.
____________________ 9. Israeli Law To Provide Income To Battered Women At Shelters
Battered women seeking refuge at the nation’s shelters will now start receiving income-supplements to gain financial security and hope.
____________________ 10. Take The ‘Greenest’ Shower Of Your Life
Ilan Friedman, SmarTap VP of Marketing and Sales speaking at ILTV studio about SmarTap that regulates and automates every step of your rinse in the shower.
____________________ 11. New Law Aims To Neuter Strays Rather Than Put Them Down
The Knesset just passed a new law that will keep stray dogs from being put down if they’re caught living on the streets. 1.25 million-dollars have now been allocated to pay for homeless dogs to be neutered, instead of killed.
____________________ 12. Restoration Of Jesus’ Tomb In Jerusalem Completed
Restoration of Jesus' tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepul-kur in Jerusalem has been completed.
____________________ 13. Hebrew word Of The Day, PIRSOMET | פרסומת = A COMMERCIAL
Learn a new Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "pirsomet" which means "a commercial"
_____________________ 14. The Weather Forecast
Tonight is expected to be partly cloudy with a chance of light rain and a low of fifty four, or twelve degrees Celsius. The weekend should be fairly clear and with a slight rise in temperatures to a high of sixty-six, or nineteen degrees Celsius.
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