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

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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

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3. 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

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4. 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

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5. 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

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6. 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

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7. 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

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8. 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

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9 Eurovision contestant getting death threats

The 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

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10. 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

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11. 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

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12. 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

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13. 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.