Israelis Return To Calm In Jerusalem For Tisha B’av

02/08/2017 25 min
Israelis Return To Calm In Jerusalem For Tisha B’av

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Israelis Return To Calm In Jerusalem For Tisha B’av   Thousands of Israelis have taken the day to pray in Jerusalem’s old city to observe Tisha B’av, which commemorates the five catastrophes of the Jewish people, two of which are the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.   #TishaBav #Jerusalem ____________________ Iran Accused Of Sending Aid To Fuel Temple Mount Crisis   The Iranian government is now being accused of fueling the Temple Mount crisis by sending millions of shekels of aid in the form of food packages to protesters at the Temple Mount.   #Iran #TempleMount #Aid ____________________ Is Iran Getting A Foothold In The West Bank?   Sharren Haskel, Knesset​ ​Member,​ ​Likud Party speaking at ILTV studio to discuss the aftermath of the Temple Mount crisis.   #SharrenHaskel #TempleMount ____________________ Azaria Must Express Remorse If He’s To Seek Pardon   Former IDF soldier Elor Azaria has lost his appeal and will face eighteen months in jail. He now has to decide whether to file for another appeal or seek a pardon from President Rivlin. Elor Azaria must show remorse for what he did to the only man who can lessen his sentence, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot.   #ElorAzaria #Appeal #Remorse ____________________ Amnesty International Demands Hamas Free Israeli Hostages   The human rights organization Amnesty International is speaking out against the terror group Hamas, and is demanding the release of two Israeli prisoners in Gaza.   #HumanRights #Hamas #Hostages ____________________ Ex-Prisoner Freed In Shalit Deal Gets Life Sentence In Austria   One of the Hamas operatives released in the Gilat Shalit prisoner exchange has been rearrested for planning a terror attack in Jerusalem but this time in Austria. An Austrian court has just given the man a life sentence in prison.   #Hamas #Shalit #Austria ____________________ P.A. Chief Negotiator Awaits Israeli Lung Transplant   The Palestinian Authority’s Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat, one of the most publicly outspoken critics of Israel, is now awaiting a critical lung transplant in an Israeli hospital.   #PA #SaebErekat #Hospital ____________________ Mortar Shell Is Israeli Fisherman’s Catch Of The Day   A fisherman made a surprise catch in central Israel’s Yarkon waters over the weekend by pulling up a fully-intact mortal shell. Police have given no word on where it might’ve come from. #Fisherman #Mortar ____________________ Israeli Team Finds Gene Responsible For Male Infertility   A team of Israeli researchers have just identified a gene that causes infertility in men. Mutated ‘tdrd9’ gene is linked with sperm production in men. #Research #Infertility ____________________ Holon Kid’s Museum Creating A ‘Dialogue With Time’   Valeria Buzdygar, Supervisor from the ‘A Dialogue With Time’ Exhibition speaking at ILTV studio about the children's museum in Holon that created a new exhibition called 'A Dialogue with Time'.   #ValeriaBuzdygar #Museum ____________________ Warner Bros. Unveils Wonder Woman Exhibit IN L.A.   Warner Brothers has just opened an exclusive Wonder Woman exhibit in its studios in California.   #WarnerBrothers #WonderWoman ____________________ Hebrew word Of The Day, PORIUT | פוריות = FERTILITY   Learn a new Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "poriut" which means "fertility"   #Learnhebrew   #Hebrewwordofday   #Iltvhebrewwordofday _____________________ The Weather Forecast   Tonight should be partly cloudy with a low of seventy-seven or twenty-five degrees Celsius. Tomorrow you can expect it to be sunny but with a slight drop in temperatures to a high of eighty-nine or about thirty-two degrees Celsius.   #Israelweather   #IsraelforecastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.