Presidential Term Limits Extended in Vote? | 2/17/19

20/02/2019 24 min
Presidential Term Limits Extended in Vote? | 2/17/19

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Israeli Security Forces respond to weekend terrorA man in his 40’s was reportedly stabbed in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem, Sunday morning. The suspect fled the scene and is still reportedly on the run. #WESTBANK #STABBING __________________ Warsaw Conference comes to a close The Polish and American-hosted Warsaw Conference on Iran and the Middle East came to a close Thursday night; Prime Minister Netanyahu initiated more ties within the Arab-Muslim world, many are criticizing the conference for its lack of direction or action, among other things. #BIBI #SECURITYCONFERENCE ____________________ 3.Munich Security Conference 2019 opens Dozens of world leaders convened again, to discussed the Middle East, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict– among many other issues. But as is often the case, what was said doesn’t exactly line up with what Israeli officials were hoping for. #MUNICH #ISRAEL ___________________   4. Egypt votes to extend presidential term limits MARTIN SHERMAN, FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE IISS joins us in the studio to speak about Egyptian President Sisi potentially to continue in power until 2034 #SISI #EGYPT ___________________ UNHRC to release ‘record’ Anti-Israel ResolutionsThe United Nations Human Rights Council is now set to release a number of damning reports about Israel in March. According to Pro-Israel NGO, UN-Watch all the reports accuse Israel of war crimes and human rights violations. #UNHRC #ANTI-ISRAEL ___________________ UTJ head allegedly interfered in sex assault caseDeputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman met with Jerusalem psychiatrist Jacob Charnes in order to attain false assessments for an accused sexual offender; thereby saving the suspect from extradition to Australia. #YAAKOVLITZMAN #SEXUALASSAULT ___________________ Israeli backpacker drowns in Zimbabwe Israeli backpacker, Ofer Cohen, was killed in an accident in Zimbabwe last week near Victoria Falls. #OFERCOHEN #ZIMBABWE ___________________ Israelis flock to International Medical Universities ILTV’s Natasha Kirchuk joins us in the studio to speak about how Romania, Hungary, Ukraine & Italy are popular medical-school destinations for Israeli’s. #STUDYABROAD #MEDICINE ___________________ Israeli-French film director wins ‘Golden Bear’‘Synonyms’ a film by Israeli French director by Nadav Lapid takes top prize at berlin international film festival, the first golden bear for the Jewish State. #NADAVLAPID #SYNONYMS ___________________ Hebrew word of the Day: NIRDAHF | נרדף = SYNONYMOUS Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is ‘NIRDAHF’ which means SYNONYMOUS  #LEARNHEBREW   #HEBREWWORDOFDAY   #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY  ___________________ The Weather Forecast Tonight you can expect light and scattered showers with a low of forty-eight or nine degrees Celsius. Then tomorrow should also have some rain, and a slight drop in temperatures to a high of sixty or sixteen degrees Celsius. #ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.