ZION NEWS

1. Murdered Rabbi buried in West Bank Outpost
   Hundreds have gathered in the Jewish outpost of Havat Gilad, to lay to rest the Rabbi brutally murdered Tuesday, in a drive-by shooting terror attack.
2. Attacks in West Bank, Gaza; Jerusalem tripled

The Security Agency has now released alarming new statistics that show the rate of attacks have dramatically increased and in fact they’ve tripled since U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

1. Netanyahu speaks to foreign media
   Prime Minister Netanyahu has just reiterated his support for President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Speaking at the annual gathering of foreign press, Netanyahu says Jerusalem is a non-negotiable term for Israel.
2. Dealing with “Illegal Infiltrators” in Israel
   Asaf Weitzen, Human Rights Attorney and Ari Fuld, Assistant Director of Standing Together; Israel Advocate speaking at ILTV Studio about the issue that Israel is facing with Asylum seekers and refugees.
3. Details emerge in Delta Anti-Semitism Lawsuit

Disturbing new allegations are emerging in the now-multiple lawsuits, accusing Delta Airlines of discriminating against Jews and Israelis.
6. L.G.B.T. Community wins new fight

Thanks to a joint effort between the Israeli Magen David Adom blood services, the Israeli Aids Task Force, the Israeli LGBT Task Force, and Knesset member Meirav Ben-Ari, members from the LGBTQ+ community will now be happily invited to donate blood.

1. Israeli hospital sends delegation to Zambia

The East African Nation of Zambia is now struggling with an outbreak of Cholera, and now a small delegation of Israeli medical specialists from the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan has flown down to help take care of the problem.
8. Netflix scours Israel for the best food

The creator of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ has just come to Israel hunting for the world’s best food, and all-star comedian Chris Rock brought down the house in his first-ever appearance onstage in Tel Aviv.
9. Women promote Israeli-Arab coexistence

Rifi Lubna, Singer in the Rana Arabic-Jewish Women’s choir and Rakefet Lapid, Singer in the Rana Arabic-Jewish Women’s Choir speaking at ILTV Studio about using music to promote coexistence.

1. Gal Gadot signs with Revlon beauty products

American beauty brand Revlon, has just signed the Israeli wonder-woman actress, Gal Gadot, to become the global brand ambassador for their new ‘live boldly campaign.’
11. Top 5 volunteer programs

So many ways to lend a helping hand in the Holy Land, and here are this week's top 5.

1. Hebrew word Of The Day: EEPUR | = MAKEUP
   Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Eepur" which means "Makeup"

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Security Agency has now released alarming new statistics that show the rate of attacks have dramatically increased and in fact they’ve tripled since U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Disturbing new allegations are emerging in the now-multiple lawsuits, accusing Delta Airlines of discriminating against Jews and Israelis.
6. L.G.B.T. Community wins new fight

Thanks to a joint effort between the Israeli Magen David Adom blood services, the Israeli Aids Task Force, the Israeli LGBT Task Force, and Knesset member Meirav Ben-Ari, members from the LGBTQ+ community will now be happily invited to donate blood.

The East African Nation of Zambia is now struggling with an outbreak of Cholera, and now a small delegation of Israeli medical specialists from the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan has flown down to help take care of the problem.
8. Netflix scours Israel for the best food

The creator of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ has just come to Israel hunting for the world’s best food, and all-star comedian Chris Rock brought down the house in his first-ever appearance onstage in Tel Aviv.
9. Women promote Israeli-Arab coexistence

Rifi Lubna, Singer in the Rana Arabic-Jewish Women’s choir and Rakefet Lapid, Singer in the Rana Arabic-Jewish Women’s Choir speaking at ILTV Studio about using music to promote coexistence.

American beauty brand Revlon, has just signed the Israeli wonder-woman actress, Gal Gadot, to become the global brand ambassador for their new ‘live boldly campaign.’
11. Top 5 volunteer programs

So many ways to lend a helping hand in the Holy Land, and here are this week's top 5.

1. Rabbi killed in drive-by Terror Attack

Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a thirty-five year-old, has been murdered in the Northern West Bank, when driving his car near the Havat Gilad outpost when another car pulled up next to him and opened fire.

1. Widow of Terror victim responds to new attacks

Hadas Mizrahi, Widow of Baruch Mizrahi speaking at ILTV Studio about yet another devastating Terror Attack that happened in the West Bank.

1. Israel to approve new W.Bank homes
   The Knesset is convening shortly on a plan to boost the Jewish presence in the West Bank. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has confirmed that Israel is planning to start construction for over twelve hundred new housing units in the region.
   4. U.N. begs Israel reconsider African deportations

The U.N.’s Refugee Agency is begging Israel to reconsider its plan to either deport or jail thousands of African Asylum Seekers in the country.
5. Netanyahu touts Israeli Intelligence

Prime Minister Netanyahu has just addressed a council of Nato Ambassadors in Israel, reiterating Israel’s immense contribution in the fight against global terror.
6. Czech tourists accidentally enter West Bank

A pair of tourists from the Czech Republic were on their way to visit the Dead Sea, when they accidentally took a wrong turn, and ended up in a Palestinian village in the West Bank.
7. Sealantis surgical adhesives

Tomer Fuchs, CEO of Sealantis speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israel Start-Up that has come up with a revolutionary new solution, an adhesive bandage that is made out of Algae to help with leakage during surgery from the internal wounds.

1. Tragedy strikes conjoined Gaza twins

After grueling separation surgery of the conjoined twins that took place in Saudi Arabia, tragedy strikes and only one infant survived.

1. Intel rolls out first autonomous car

Intel has just revealed its first self-driving, full autonomous car, which is fueled by cutting-edge technology from Israel’s Mobil-eye company.

1. Lebanese-Israeli encourages peace through song

Shulamit Turbiner, Singer & Musician @Shulamit555 speaking at ILTV Studio about her fostering goodwill between the Arab world and Israel through her Arabic, English, and Hebrew-language music.
11. Israel’s 1st annual African film festival

What better way to start the New Year than to stop by at the first Annual African Film Festival, which is set to begin next week in Israel. The event will be showing a wide range of African films.

1. Hebrew word Of The Day: P’TSATSA | פצצה = DA BOMB (SLANG)
   Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "T’tsatsa" which means "Da Bomb (slang)"
2. The Weather Forecast

Tonight should be clear with little change in temperatures and a low of about fifty-three, or twelve degrees Celsius. Tomorrow you can expect clear-sunny skies and a rise in temperatures, to a high of roughly seventy-two, or twenty-two degrees Celsius.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1. Israeli Airstrikes Reported In Syria

Syria has just accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes on Syrian missile depots near Damascus. Israel doesn’t comment on any alleged military action, but sources say Israeli jets were in the area at the time of the attacks.

1. Knesset Shuts Down Businesses On Shabbat

After an intense debate that split both the government and the public, the Knesset has passed a controversial law to shutter most businesses in Israel that operate during the Shabbat weekend.

1. Israel Releases 2019 Budget Proposal
   The Israeli government are working on 2019s budget, the proposal boosts government expenditure and adds money to the education ministry, the budget includes massive slashes to the foreign ministry, immigrants, and the country’s handicapped.
   4. Netanyahu’s Son Recorded Outside Strip Club
   Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Netanyahu, had made headlines in the past for posting allegedly Anti-Semitic social media posts, and now Israeli media has just broadcast an explosive recording made of the young Netanyahu, when he was out with friends visiting a series of strip clubs.
   5. Germany Proposes Deporting Anti-Semitic Migrants

Germany is proposing a new Legislation that takes dead aim on Anti-semitism. the bill would allow the government to deport any foreign migrants in the country who make blatantly Anti-Semitic statements.
6. Seeing Things His Way

Tony Giles, Author - www.tonythetraveller.com speaking via Skype at ILTV Studio about his incredible journey traveling around the world, visiting over 115 countries without the ability of seeing or hearing.
7. Lesbian Israelis Win Massive Court Victory

A huge victory today for Lesbian couples, after years of fighting in court, a judge has just ruled that the female partner of a woman who gives birth to a child, can now be legally registered as the child’s parent.

1. Pairing Investors And Quality Investments

Itay Sagie, Co-Founder & Chairman of Vcforu.com and Nilli Donner, Co-Founder & CEO of Vcforu.com speaking at ILTV Studio about how to help investors make the right decision of where to spend their money.

1. Conjoined Gaza Twins Get Separated

Twin baby girls born in Gaza Strip have just been transferred to Saudi Arabia. Israel quickly approved their emergency flight because the twins were conjoined, and require immediate medical attention to save their lives.
10. Israel Creates First Rapid-Diagnosis Cancer Unit

Waiting on test results to tell you whether or not you have Cancer usually takes around three months. Israel’s just opened up the first-ever unit of its kind, that shortens that waiting time down to less than two weeks.
11. Get The Right Shade For Your Mouth

Shlomo Emanuel, CEO of Dentalics speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israeli Start-Up that developed a product that makes pairing colors for dental implants a snap.
12. This Might Be The ‘Coolest’ Paint Ever Invented

An Israeli company has just developed an incredible paint that actually cools down buildings, using the power of the sun.
13. Hebrew word Of The Day: TZEVA | צֶבַע = PAINT OR COLOR
Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Tzeva" which means "Paint or color"

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a thirty-five year-old, has been murdered in the Northern West Bank, when driving his car near the Havat Gilad outpost when another car pulled up next to him and opened fire.

Hadas Mizrahi, Widow of Baruch Mizrahi speaking at ILTV Studio about yet another devastating Terror Attack that happened in the West Bank.

The U.N.’s Refugee Agency is begging Israel to reconsider its plan to either deport or jail thousands of African Asylum Seekers in the country.
5. Netanyahu touts Israeli Intelligence

Prime Minister Netanyahu has just addressed a council of Nato Ambassadors in Israel, reiterating Israel’s immense contribution in the fight against global terror.
6. Czech tourists accidentally enter West Bank

A pair of tourists from the Czech Republic were on their way to visit the Dead Sea, when they accidentally took a wrong turn, and ended up in a Palestinian village in the West Bank.
7. Sealantis surgical adhesives

Tomer Fuchs, CEO of Sealantis speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israel Start-Up that has come up with a revolutionary new solution, an adhesive bandage that is made out of Algae to help with leakage during surgery from the internal wounds.

After grueling separation surgery of the conjoined twins that took place in Saudi Arabia, tragedy strikes and only one infant survived.

Intel has just revealed its first self-driving, full autonomous car, which is fueled by cutting-edge technology from Israel’s Mobil-eye company.

Shulamit Turbiner, Singer & Musician @Shulamit555 speaking at ILTV Studio about her fostering goodwill between the Arab world and Israel through her Arabic, English, and Hebrew-language music.
11. Israel’s 1st annual African film festival

What better way to start the New Year than to stop by at the first Annual African Film Festival, which is set to begin next week in Israel. The event will be showing a wide range of African films.

Tonight should be clear with little change in temperatures and a low of about fifty-three, or twelve degrees Celsius. Tomorrow you can expect clear-sunny skies and a rise in temperatures, to a high of roughly seventy-two, or twenty-two degrees Celsius.

Syria has just accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes on Syrian missile depots near Damascus. Israel doesn’t comment on any alleged military action, but sources say Israeli jets were in the area at the time of the attacks.

After an intense debate that split both the government and the public, the Knesset has passed a controversial law to shutter most businesses in Israel that operate during the Shabbat weekend.

Germany is proposing a new Legislation that takes dead aim on Anti-semitism. the bill would allow the government to deport any foreign migrants in the country who make blatantly Anti-Semitic statements.
6. Seeing Things His Way

Tony Giles, Author - www.tonythetraveller.com speaking via Skype at ILTV Studio about his incredible journey traveling around the world, visiting over 115 countries without the ability of seeing or hearing.
7. Lesbian Israelis Win Massive Court Victory

A huge victory today for Lesbian couples, after years of fighting in court, a judge has just ruled that the female partner of a woman who gives birth to a child, can now be legally registered as the child’s parent.

Itay Sagie, Co-Founder & Chairman of Vcforu.com and Nilli Donner, Co-Founder & CEO of Vcforu.com speaking at ILTV Studio about how to help investors make the right decision of where to spend their money.

Twin baby girls born in Gaza Strip have just been transferred to Saudi Arabia. Israel quickly approved their emergency flight because the twins were conjoined, and require immediate medical attention to save their lives.
10. Israel Creates First Rapid-Diagnosis Cancer Unit

Waiting on test results to tell you whether or not you have Cancer usually takes around three months. Israel’s just opened up the first-ever unit of its kind, that shortens that waiting time down to less than two weeks.
11. Get The Right Shade For Your Mouth

Shlomo Emanuel, CEO of Dentalics speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israeli Start-Up that developed a product that makes pairing colors for dental implants a snap.
12. This Might Be The ‘Coolest’ Paint Ever Invented

An Israeli company has just developed an incredible paint that actually cools down buildings, using the power of the sun.
13. Hebrew word Of The Day: TZEVA | צֶבַע = PAINT OR COLOR
Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Tzeva" which means "Paint or color"

1. Israel releases B.D.S. ‘blacklist’
   Israel has just published a list of groups linked with the B.D.S. movement to boycott the Jewish state, and members and affiliates from these organizations will now officially be banned from entering the country.
2. ‘Minimarket bill’ comes up for final votes

Israel’s controversial ‘Minimarket bill’, which would effectively shutter most commercial business conducted during the Shabbat weekend, is up for its final two votes today.

1. Religious coercion or identity protection?
   Rabbi Dov Halbertal, Former Head of the Office of the Chief Rabbi of Israel and Rabbi Meir Azari, Senior Rabbi at Bet Daniel, Tel Aviv speaking at ILTV Studio about the two sides of the recently proposed ‘Minimarket bill’
2. Israel resupplies full power to the Gaza Strip
   After a long-endured shortage, and at the behest of the Palestinian authority, Israel has now agreed to restore its full share of power to the Gaza Strip today.
3. Israel dreams of Man-Made Islands

Israel has considered its own Man-Made Islands for a variety of reasons in the past, but now Netanyahu has just summoned a new committee to reopen the idea once and for all.
6. Security Cabinet discusses Northern threat

The Israeli Security Cabinet has been regularly meeting recently, to discuss the mounting threat in the North. A discussion described Sunday as “Extremely Significant.”
7. Dutch tax authority hounds Holocaust survivor

An elderly Holocaust survivor collects a small monthly stipend from Germany as reparations for Forced Child Labor she endured during Nazi rule, but now the Dutch tax authority is coming after her.

1. Keep an eye on Israel’s technology sector

Adv. Dan Shamgar, Partner with Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal speaking at ILTV Studio about High-Tech Startups are looking abroad to sell their incredible innovations.
9. Tiny tomato; Big potential

An Israeli company might have just redefined the modern salad as we know it, by inventing what is perhaps the world’s smallest cherry tomato of all time.

1. Israel sends helping hands to South Africa

Israel’s ‘Zaka’ organization lends helping hands to disaster relief efforts all over the world, and lately their volunteers have been working around the clock helping to clean up following deadly storms in South Africa.

1. Gal Gadot rules at the Golden Globes

Israeli superstar, Gal Gadot, made an amazing splash at the Golden Globe Awards, and also went on the Red Carpet with a message, dressing in all black to symbolize Hollywood women's stand against Sexual Harassment.

1. Dutch celeb gets backlash for visiting Israel

Fans unfollow one of the Netherlands’ best-known actresses after she posted pictures of her visit to the Holy Land on social media.

1. Israelis bare it all for ‘No Pants Day’

Dozens of Jerusalem citizens have just participated in international ‘No Pants Day’, which is the day when people all over the world say “so long!” to their pants.
14. Hebrew word Of The Day: MIKHNASSAYIM | מכנסיים = PANTS
Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Mikhnassayim" which means "Pass"

1. The Weather Forecast

Tonight and tomorrow are both supposed to have clear skies and a rise in Temperatures. The low tonight will be about fifty, or ten degrees Celsius. Tomorrow’s high is expected to be about sixty-seven, or nineteen degrees Celsius.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1. U.S. mulls slashing aid to Palestinians
   Israeli media claims the United States has frozen nearly a hundred and twenty-five million dollars of aid to the U.N.’s refugee agency for Palestinians, reports that the U.S. State Department fully denies.
2. U.S. mulls slashing aid to Palestinians

Amb. Ido Aharoni, Former Consul General of New York speaking at ILTV Studio about the fact that State Dept. denies cutting $125m to UNRWA, and Israel wary of consequences.

1. Report: Hamas might be ready to give up its army
   A bombshell report has just quoted a top Hamas official, who says the Terror group is ready to give up its weapons in exchange for official membership in the P.L.O.
2. Jewish convert with valid visa deported
   The case of a Jewish convert from Kenya has fiercely divided political and religious leaders, after the man was deported from Israel just hours after landing in Ben Gurion Airport.
3. Beloved Israeli Author passes away at 85 y.o.

Author Aharon Appelfeld wrote some of the most defining Holocaust novels of the twentieth century. The beloved author has just passed away at age eighty-five.
6. Israel sets Nanosatellite launch

Scientists hope for first-ever successful ‘formation’ in Orbit, Israel is set to launch an amazing new fleet of Nano-Satellites into space.
7. Find Cancers sooner than ever

Shani Toledano, CEO of HT Bioimaging speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israeli Medical Company that is on a mission to create a device that will help find and treat Cancer at an early stage.

1. Israeli ‘Smart Socks’ are on the way!

An Israeli Startup has just sunk a million dollars into a brand new medical invention, the incredible, battery-powered ‘Smart Socks’! They’re wearable leg-wrappers that you wear like socks, and they give you a constant massage throughout the day.

1. Redesign your favorite spaces in a snap

Galit Avinoam, Founder & Chief Design Officer at Myvinchi speaking at ILTV Studio about the platform that marries Interior Design with V.R. Technology.

1. Gal Gadot says ‘#Timesup’ on harassment

Israeli Megastar, Gal Gadot, otherwise known as ‘Wonder Woman’, has been making nonstop waves in box office history. She has also just joined a coalition of Hollywood women, vowing to help fund a legal defense for victims of Sexual Harassment.

1. Prehistoric site found by the side of the road

An incredible archaeological discovery has just been revealed in the Holy Land, and it was hiding in plain sight! The finding dates back nearly half a million years ago, before homo sapiens walked the earth.

1. Hebrew word Of The Day: GARBAIM | גרביים = SOCKS
   Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Garbaim" which means "Socks"
2. The Weather Forecast

Tonight you can expect some scattered showers, but a rise in temperatures to a low of around forty-nine, or nine degrees Celsius. Tomorrow the skies should clear up, and there’s supposed to be another rise in temperatures to a high of sixty-nine, or twenty-one degrees Celsius.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel’s controversial ‘Minimarket bill’, which would effectively shutter most commercial business conducted during the Shabbat weekend, is up for its final two votes today.

Israel has considered its own Man-Made Islands for a variety of reasons in the past, but now Netanyahu has just summoned a new committee to reopen the idea once and for all.
6. Security Cabinet discusses Northern threat

The Israeli Security Cabinet has been regularly meeting recently, to discuss the mounting threat in the North. A discussion described Sunday as “Extremely Significant.”
7. Dutch tax authority hounds Holocaust survivor

An elderly Holocaust survivor collects a small monthly stipend from Germany as reparations for Forced Child Labor she endured during Nazi rule, but now the Dutch tax authority is coming after her.

Adv. Dan Shamgar, Partner with Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal speaking at ILTV Studio about High-Tech Startups are looking abroad to sell their incredible innovations.
9. Tiny tomato; Big potential

An Israeli company might have just redefined the modern salad as we know it, by inventing what is perhaps the world’s smallest cherry tomato of all time.

Israel’s ‘Zaka’ organization lends helping hands to disaster relief efforts all over the world, and lately their volunteers have been working around the clock helping to clean up following deadly storms in South Africa.

Israeli superstar, Gal Gadot, made an amazing splash at the Golden Globe Awards, and also went on the Red Carpet with a message, dressing in all black to symbolize Hollywood women's stand against Sexual Harassment.

Fans unfollow one of the Netherlands’ best-known actresses after she posted pictures of her visit to the Holy Land on social media.

Dozens of Jerusalem citizens have just participated in international ‘No Pants Day’, which is the day when people all over the world say “so long!” to their pants.
14. Hebrew word Of The Day: MIKHNASSAYIM | מכנסיים = PANTS
Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Mikhnassayim" which means "Pass"

Tonight and tomorrow are both supposed to have clear skies and a rise in Temperatures. The low tonight will be about fifty, or ten degrees Celsius. Tomorrow’s high is expected to be about sixty-seven, or nineteen degrees Celsius.

Amb. Ido Aharoni, Former Consul General of New York speaking at ILTV Studio about the fact that State Dept. denies cutting $125m to UNRWA, and Israel wary of consequences.

Author Aharon Appelfeld wrote some of the most defining Holocaust novels of the twentieth century. The beloved author has just passed away at age eighty-five.
6. Israel sets Nanosatellite launch

Scientists hope for first-ever successful ‘formation’ in Orbit, Israel is set to launch an amazing new fleet of Nano-Satellites into space.
7. Find Cancers sooner than ever

Shani Toledano, CEO of HT Bioimaging speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israeli Medical Company that is on a mission to create a device that will help find and treat Cancer at an early stage.

An Israeli Startup has just sunk a million dollars into a brand new medical invention, the incredible, battery-powered ‘Smart Socks’! They’re wearable leg-wrappers that you wear like socks, and they give you a constant massage throughout the day.

Galit Avinoam, Founder & Chief Design Officer at Myvinchi speaking at ILTV Studio about the platform that marries Interior Design with V.R. Technology.

Israeli Megastar, Gal Gadot, otherwise known as ‘Wonder Woman’, has been making nonstop waves in box office history. She has also just joined a coalition of Hollywood women, vowing to help fund a legal defense for victims of Sexual Harassment.

An incredible archaeological discovery has just been revealed in the Holy Land, and it was hiding in plain sight! The finding dates back nearly half a million years ago, before homo sapiens walked the earth.

Tonight you can expect some scattered showers, but a rise in temperatures to a low of around forty-nine, or nine degrees Celsius. Tomorrow the skies should clear up, and there’s supposed to be another rise in temperatures to a high of sixty-nine, or twenty-one degrees Celsius.