Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes on the Rise in U.S. | 11/6/18

Palestinian attempts to stab soldier in West BankA Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at the entrance to Kiryat Arba near Hebron Monday. The Palestinian was shot and lightly wounded and no Israelis were injured in this attack. Israel to divert P.A. tax revenues to Gaza? Egyptian intelligence officials returned to Gaza to continue moderating ceasefire talks between Israel and the Hamas terror group in the strip.  Early details of the agreement in progress were recently released, and as part of it, the Palestinian authority would need to return to paying at least 80% of Palestinian government salaries in Gaza. Midterm elections begin in the U.S. Prof. Eytan Gilboa, Bar Ilan University speaking at ILTV Studio about U.S. jewry anxious in the wake of increasing anti-sematic rhetoric. Anti-Semitic hate crimes on the rise in U.S.In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, a number of Anti-Semitic hate crimes have come to light in the U.S.a man in Cambridge, Massachusetts assaulted a 66-year-old Jewish woman by reportedly pushing the victim and putting his fist on her throat, all while screaming Anti-Semitic statements at her. 5. Anti-Semitic hate crimes on the rise in U.S.Now aside from Pittsburgh, Anti-Semitic hate crimes around the world have been on the rise and ILTV correspondent Yael Shir has been following the trend. U.K. labor votes not to condemn Pittsburgh massacre On a related note, the British labor party has just voted against a draft motion to condemn the murder of 11 Jews at the Pittsburgh tree of life synagogue. Only two labor party members backed the proposal, as it was ultimately voted down last week. U.S. backs ‘tracks for regional peace’ The United States has now offered its support for Israel’s plan to link Haifa to the Arab Gulf nations via transportation and intelligence minister Israel Katz’s “tracks for regional peace” plan. 8. Culture loyalty law clear first Knesset readingAfter hours of long furious parliamentary debate, the Knesset cleared for its first reading a draft of the culture loyalty law that would enable the culture ministry to withhold public funds from organizations that are “working against the principles of the state”. 9. Bill legalizing poker in Israel advancesPending the passage of a recently proposed bill for the first time in Israeli history, poker tournaments will finally become legal. The draft was initiated by Likud Knesset member Sharren Haskel and if adopted it would change poker’s legal definition to a game of skill as opposed to simple gambling.   10. Plan to help fight drought approvedAccording to the Israel water authority, we are now in the sixth long year of drought that has plunged local water tables to the lowest they’ve been in 98 years. So now the government has just approved a plan to pump desalinated water into the Sea of Galilee in efforts to offset some of the damage. Hebrew word Of The Day: TURNIR | טורניר= TOURNAMENTLearn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "turnir" which means "tournament" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.