1. US Ends Waiver Program for Iranian Oil
   the US may now be considering drafting a new deal with Iran after it pulled out of the JCPOA last year.

#IRAN #OIL

____________________

1. US Offers $10-Mil for Info On Hezbollah’s Finances
   The United States is also now for the first time ever offering up to 10 million dollars in rewards for any information that could lead to the interruption of Hezbollah’s finances.

#HEZBOLLAH #USA

____________________

1. Washington Ups Sanctions On Iran; Iranian Proxies

Dr. Martin Sherman, The Founder & Executive Director of The IISS joins us in the studio to speak about the question looming over these latest actions of the United States’ sanctions on Iran and the Iranian regime’s proxies like terror group Hezbollah: Do these sanctions really even have a chance of being effective?

#SANCTIONS #IRAN

__________________

1. PM Allegedly Orchestrated Arab Voter Intimidation
   The saga of alleged elections tampering and voter fraud continues as a Channel 13 report Monday night revealed that the 1,200 hidden cameras found at Arab polling stations around the country, were personally orchestrated by PM Netanyahu.

#VOTER #ARABS

____________________

1. 5. IDF Soldiers Shoot and Injure Palestinian Teen
   Terrible yet conflicting reports are now coming out over how a hospitalized Palestinian teen was allegedly shot in his thighs by the IDF, while attempting to run away in handcuffs and a blindfold.

#IDF #PALESTINIAN

___________________

1. Passover Well-Wishes Cause Controversy

Both Polish nationalists and the UK Labour Party are now under fire for adding a dose of Anti-Semitism to their holiday well-wishes.  

#PASSOVER #ANTISEMITISM

___________________

1. Orthodox Rabbis Show Support For Trans Teen

As proof that there’s still compassion in the world, Orthodox Israeli rabbis have just sent a letter of support to a transgender Ashkelon teenager Osher Band.

#OSHERBAND #RABBIS

___________________

1. Bar Rafaeli Ordered To Pay $4.5-Mil In Back-Taxes

Being rich and beautiful apparently does not absolve you from the mundane act of dealing with the tax man.

#BARRAFAELI #TAXES

___________________

1. Technion Sues Sr. Prof for 50% of His Company

Haifa’s Technion Israel Institute of Technology is now suing one of its very own professors - Eli Ben-Sasson. This, as the university alleges he tried to monetize his academic research when he founded his own private company, Starkware industries.

#ELIBENSASSON #TECHNIONUNIVERSITY                

___________________

1. Israeli Startups Report Massive Q1 Successes

Israeli startups reported over 1.55 billion dollars in investments in the first quarter of 2019.

#STARTUPS #INVESTMENTS

___________________

11.First TLV Light Rail Car Unveiled
The long awaited Tel Aviv light rail system is still years away from operation. But in China, railway vehicle manufacturer, CRRC, has now revealed the first train destined for the Tel Aviv tracks.

#TELAVIV #LIGHTRAIL

___________________

1. 1 100k People Gather For Priestly Blessings

The Jewish Passover holiday is halfway through and in line with tradition over 100,000 people gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Monday for the biannual reading of the Birkat Hacohanim or the priestly blessing prayer services.

#WESTERNWALL #PRAYER

___________________

1. Today in History
   Today in History, on April 23, 1963… one of the founders of Zionism and modern Israel; the third President of the Jewish State, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, passed away.
   

#TODAYINHISTORY #ILTVTODAYINHISTORY #YITZCHAKBENZVI           

___________________

1. The Weather Forecast

Tonight should be partly cloudy and comfortable with a low of fifty-three, or twelve degrees Celsius. Then tomorrow you can expect clear to partly cloudy skies, and a rise in temperatures to a high of seventy-eight or twenty-six degrees Celsius.

 #ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECAST

 ___________________

The United States increases its sanctions in the Middle East; specifically targeting Iran, and Iranian-terror proxy Hezbollah. New evidence is revealed in the case of Likud cameras hidden in Arab polling stations and over 100,000 people from all over the world arrive in Jerusalem, for the biannual priestly blessings, or the Birkat Hacohanim.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.