Labor’s Dark Horse Candidate Eeks Out Narrow Primary Victory Avi Gabbay has won the Israeli Labor party's primaries, and has become the leader of the center left opposition party. Gabbay narrowly defeated former Labor party leader and Defense Minister Amir Peretz by just over 1000 votes for leadership. #AviGabbay #Primaries ____________________2. Israeli; Palestinian Officials Open P.A.-Owned Power Plant Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a historic agreement on West Bank electrical infrastructure. The new Al Jalameh electrical sub-station near Jenin in the northwestern bank will provide at least 60 more megawatts of power to the area. #PA #Electricity #Agreement ____________________3. Is There A Floating Future For The Gaza Strip? Israel’s Intelligence and Transport Minister Yisrael Katz tackles humanitarian needs of the Gaza Strip with an idea of an artificial island just 3 miles of the coast of enclave that would home to cargo and passenger ports, operation and management facilities, gas installations and a water desalination plant. #YisraelKatz #Gaza #Island ____________________4. Family Of Deceased IDF Soldier Calls For New Approach In Gaza The family of an Israeli soldier whose body is being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has now launched a new media campaign to push the government to put more pressure on Hamas. #Gaza #Campaign ____________________ 5. Second Fire In Two Days Breaks Out At IDF Ammunition Base A fire has broken out for the second day in a row on a key Israeli army base and investigators are suspecting arson.#Fire #IDF ____________________6. Why Is Aliyah On The Decline In 2017? What’s The Answer? Naphtali Bensimon, Likud Party Member speaking at ILTV studio to discuss what Israel is doing to integrate the growing population of immigrants.  #NaphtaliBensimon #Immigrants ____________________7. Palestinians Loot Columns From Ancient Byzantine Church 
The IDF'S civil administration has announced that it has arrested two Palestinians near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, for antiquities thievery as they were transporting columns from an ancient Byzantine church.  #IDF #Antiquities #Arrest ____________________ 8. Archaeologists Find Venetian Cannons From 16th Century Shipwreck Archaeologists have found three long barreled bronze 16th century cannons from a Venetian weapons manufacturer in a shipwrecked boat off the coast of Haifa. #Archaeology #Cannons ____________________9. Landscape Paintings Of The Land Of Israel Bring Scenery To Life Shay Avivi, artist speaking at ILTV studio to share his beautiful paintings of the holy land. ’An Israeli journey’ now being exhibited in northern Israeli gallery. #ShayAvivi #Art ____________________10. Israeli Company Develops Award Winning Cyberbullying App An Israeli tech company has developed an app that they say can alert parents when their children are being cyber attacked on their smartphones. #App #Cyberbullying ____________________11. First Half Of 2017 Sets New Record For Tourism The Central Bureau of Statistics reported that there was a 26% jump in tourist arrivals to Israel in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. The biggest jump in tourism came from Russia, with a rise of 31 percent. #Statistics #Tourism ____________________Learn a new Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "matos" which means "plane"#Learnhebrew   #Hebrewwordofday   #Iltvhebrewwordofday_____________________13. The Weather ForecastTonight should be clear to partly cloudy with a low of seventy-seven or twenty-five degrees Celsius. Tomorrow is expected to be partly cloudy and the heat-wave cool off a bit too but the high will still sit around ninety or thirty-two degrees Celsius. #Israelweather   #Israelforecast

Labor’s Dark Horse Candidate Eeks Out Narrow Primary Victory Avi Gabbay has won the Israeli Labor party's primaries, and has become the leader of the center left opposition party. Gabbay narrowly defeated former Labor party leader and Defense Minister Amir Peretz by just over 1000 votes for leadership. #AviGabbay #Primaries ____________________2. Israeli; Palestinian Officials Open P.A.-Owned Power Plant Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a historic agreement on West Bank electrical infrastructure. The new Al Jalameh electrical sub-station near Jenin in the northwestern bank will provide at least 60 more megawatts of power to the area. #PA #Electricity #Agreement ____________________3. Is There A Floating Future For The Gaza Strip? Israel’s Intelligence and Transport Minister Yisrael Katz tackles humanitarian needs of the Gaza Strip with an idea of an artificial island just 3 miles of the coast of enclave that would home to cargo and passenger ports, operation and management facilities, gas installations and a water desalination plant. #YisraelKatz #Gaza #Island ____________________4. Family Of Deceased IDF Soldier Calls For New Approach In Gaza The family of an Israeli soldier whose body is being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has now launched a new media campaign to push the government to put more pressure on Hamas. #Gaza #Campaign ____________________ 5. Second Fire In Two Days Breaks Out At IDF Ammunition Base A fire has broken out for the second day in a row on a key Israeli army base and investigators are suspecting arson.#Fire #IDF ____________________6. Why Is Aliyah On The Decline In 2017? What’s The Answer? Naphtali Bensimon, Likud Party Member speaking at ILTV studio to discuss what Israel is doing to integrate the growing population of immigrants.  #NaphtaliBensimon #Immigrants ____________________7. Palestinians Loot Columns From Ancient Byzantine Church <br>The IDF'S civil administration has announced that it has arrested two Palestinians near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, for antiquities thievery as they were transporting columns from an ancient Byzantine church.  #IDF #Antiquities #Arrest ____________________ 8. Archaeologists Find Venetian Cannons From 16th Century Shipwreck Archaeologists have found three long barreled bronze 16th century cannons from a Venetian weapons manufacturer in a shipwrecked boat off the coast of Haifa. #Archaeology #Cannons ____________________9. Landscape Paintings Of The Land Of Israel Bring Scenery To Life Shay Avivi, artist speaking at ILTV studio to share his beautiful paintings of the holy land. ’An Israeli journey’ now being exhibited in northern Israeli gallery. #ShayAvivi #Art ____________________10. Israeli Company Develops Award Winning Cyberbullying App An Israeli tech company has developed an app that they say can alert parents when their children are being cyber attacked on their smartphones. #App #Cyberbullying ____________________11. First Half Of 2017 Sets New Record For Tourism The Central Bureau of Statistics reported that there was a 26% jump in tourist arrivals to Israel in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. The biggest jump in tourism came from Russia, with a rise of 31 percent. #Statistics #Tourism ____________________Learn a new Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "matos" which means "plane"#Learnhebrew   #Hebrewwordofday   #Iltvhebrewwordofday_____________________13. The Weather ForecastTonight should be clear to partly cloudy with a low of seventy-seven or twenty-five degrees Celsius. Tomorrow is expected to be partly cloudy and the heat-wave cool off a bit too but the high will still sit around ninety or thirty-two degrees Celsius. #Israelweather   #Israelforecast

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