Listen "U.S.-Imposed Sanctions to Cripple Iran’s Economy | 11/7/18"
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U.S. midterm election results are inThe votes are in, and the ballot counts are nearly complete as the final results of the United States mid-term elections stream out and it looks like the democrats have retaken the House of Representatives while the republicans retained the senate. U.S. midterm election results are in Amb. Yoram Ettinger, Expert on U.S.-Israel Relations & the Middle East speaking at ILTV Studio via skype about the democrats that take House of Representatives and republicans expand majority in senate. 3. U.S.-imposed sanctions to cripple Iran’s economy The new list of renewed American sanctions against Iran have been imposed and publicly detailed now, much to the chagrin of the hardline Islamic regime and these sanctions particularly target Iran’s booming oil industry, which is a vital source of income for their struggling economy. The Iranian economy has sharply sunken over the past year causing massive inflation. Barkan terrorist’s home to be partly demolishedIDF is now setting up to partially demolish the home of Barkan industrial zone terrorist Ashraf Walid Suleiman Na’alwa a month after his deadly shooting attack claimed the lives of two Israelis. IDF forces reportedly raided the home of the terrorist and again arrested Naalawa’s father and sister. 5. Lev Leviev’s son; brother arrested for smuggling Israel is a world centre for diamond cutting and polishing, with one of the biggest exchanges in the world in Ramat Gan. But it isn’t our diamond prowess that’s making news this week- Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev’s son and brother are among six suspects arrested as part of a probe into suspected diamond smuggling. Snowden talks privacy in IsraelFormer CIA employee and whistleblower, Edward Snowden, spoke to a crowd of 150 Israelis at a software event on Tuesday; organized by the Israeli media consultancy firm “oh!.”.. Snowden claimed that Israeli technology was used to target and track murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. Body of Israeli pilot found after 56 year searchBringing an end to a 56-year-long search, the Israeli military has just announced the discovery of the remains of pilot Lt. Yakir Naveh who went missing in 1962 when his plane crashed into the Sea of Galilee.8. The Barclays accelerator, powered by TechstarsHilla Ovil Brenner, Managing Director Of Barclays/Techstars Accelerator speaking at ILTV Studio about bringing your ideas to life with Israel's foremost startup accelerator program. 9. Medicine of the futureNow speaking of high-tech, a new era of drug manufacturing and delivery may be on its way as Israeli scientists are now set to unveil a new technological platform for 3d printed, and personalized medicine.10. Nazareth-Illit to get a new nameIf you’ve ever confused the cities of Nazareth and Nazareth illit as the same place you’re apparently in good company, and the residents of Nazareth Illit, or Northern Nazareth are sick of it. so now, it appears that the mayor of Nazareth Illit, Ronen Plot, plans to change the name of the city, so that tourists will not be confused when they visit. 2000 year old roman-period carvings discoveredIt may not look like much to you or me but what you’re looking at are 2000-year old engravings left upon the walls of a roman period water cistern. The carvings were discovered by the Israel antiquities authority in Be’er Sheva during an archaeological dig in preparation for a construction project and they include images of ships and zoomorphism. 12. Hebrew word Of The Day: TLAT-MEYMAD | תלת-ממד= THREE-DIMENSIONALLearn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "tlat-meymad" which means "three dimensional" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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