Listen "Are the Courts Leaning to the Left? | 1/31/19"
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1 Rally against police brutality freezes Tel Aviv The streets of Tel Aviv were brought to a near freeze Wednesday afternoon as a scheduled protest against alleged police brutality and racism blocked major intersections and access routes. #rally #telaviv __________________ 2 US Intel head says Iran may retaliate in Syria Top officials in the United States intelligence community are now warning Israel that the risk behind continued airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, may not be worth the reward. #US #intel ____________________ 14 injured along the Gaza border Along the northern Gaza border, around 1000 rioters were counted on Tuesday evening as violent clashes and riots against Israeli forces across the fence continued. #injured #gaza ___________________ PA institutions to remain closed in Jerusalem As security forces deal with Gazan citizens rioting across the Gaza-Israel border, Israeli public security minister prevented encroachment by the pa in Jerusalem– by extended the closure of various Palestinian institutions. #pa #Jerusalem ___________________ Gantz jumps in the polls after Wednesday speech In the day after his campaign-launching speech, former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz and his new Israel resilience party have jumped tremendously in the polls. #gantz #Wednesday ___________________ Majority of Israelis think courts are left-biased Ran Bar-Yoshafat, Attorney, Public Diplomacy Expert & Lecturer speaking at ILTV Studio about the poll by 'meshilut' that points to widespread damage to faith in Israeli democracy and law. #ranbaryoshafat ___________________ PM Netanyahu to fly to India Prime Minister Netanyahu is reportedly scheduled to return to India for his second trip to the country in just a little over a year. #pm #netanyahu ___________________ BBC rejects calls to boycott Eurovision In a joint-letter published by the guardian Tuesday, dozens of artists and creatives in the UK called on the BBC broadcaster to boycott the Eurovision 2019 song competition and to try to have it moved from Tel Aviv. #bbc #Eurovision ___________________ 9 Eurovision contestant getting death threatsThe anti-Israel boycott movement is targeting more than just the Eurovision contest itself. The French contestant for this year’s competition has reported receiving heavy pushback and even death threats over his participation in Israel. #eurovision #threats ___________________ Amar’e Stoudemire granted temporary residency As of Monday this week, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has reportedly granted temporary residency status to Hapoel Jerusalem basketball player and sports legend, Amar’e Stoudemire. #amare #basketball ___________________ Cybertech TLV 2019 The 2019 annual Cybertech conference in Tel Aviv has and ILTV’S Lidar Grave-Lazi was also fortunate enough to get into the conference this year #cybertech #tlv ___________________ Hebrew word Of The Day: BECHORAH | בחורה = PREMIERE Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is ‘bechorah’ meaning premiere. #LEARNHEBREW #HEBREWWORDOFDAY #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY ___________________ The Weather Forecast Tonight should be partly cloudy and cool, with a low of forty-nine, or nine degrees Celsius. Then over the weekend, you can expect clear to partly cloudy skies and little change in temperatures. The high should be about sixty-seven or nineteen degrees Celsius. #israelweather #israelforecast The streets of Tel Aviv are brought to a stand-still as Ethiopian-Israeli-led protests take over, new political polls put former IDF Chief Benny Gantz as the frontrunner against PM Netanyahu and the annual Cybertech conference returns to Tel Aviv.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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