IDF is the most vegan army in the world | 10/4/18

German Chancellor Merkel begins Israel tripGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel last night, beginning her two day visit with Israeli officials. Merkel is joined in her visit by over a dozen different German ministers and this will make the seventh such government to government meetings between Israel and Germany in the last decade. Haredi parties stall on army conscription billIt seems that the Haredi parties just cannot come to a conclusion regarding the controversial Haredi conscription bill. Leaders of United Torah Judaism’s Agudat Yisrael Party has announced that it will not decide whether to back the bill on the table until they know whether or not Prime Minister Netanyahu will initiate elections.3. IDF preparedness comes under question Dr. Martin Sherman, Founder & Executive Director of the IISS speaking at ILTV Studio via Skype about whether or not the IDF is as prepared for war as it claim to be.  4. Israel sends earthquake; Tsunami aid to IndonesiaFollowing the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia last week, Israel is reportedly sending aid. On Friday, the 7.5 magnitude quake hit the island of Sulawesi, in central Indonesia resulting in over 1400 people killed on this pacific island nation. Rabbinical court punishes woman for refusing getIn a very strange first, it seems that Israel’s Rabbinical Court in Haifa is now penalizing an Israeli Jewish woman for refusing to accept a divorce from her husband. ILTV’S Yael Shir has more on the story. 6. IDF is the most vegan army in the worldIn other news, Israel’s army radio declared Wednesday that the Israeli Defense Force is the most vegan army on earth with one in every 18 soldiers committed to the vegan lifestyle. That’s 20 times the number of vegans in the army just three years ago. 7. Meet albert, the Robo-marketing dynamo Ron Netzerel, CPO of Albert.Ai speaking at ILTV Studio about the fully autonomous A.I. system that connects you to your customers like never before. 8. ‘Jarhead’ installment wraps in IsraelThe American-Israeli war-saga “Jarhead: law of return” just wrapped in Israel and the fourth installment in this series of war movies will also boast some incredible footage in neighboring Syria. Still, according to producer Philip Roth, the biggest challenge faced by the production company was shooting in Israel during sukkot. 9. The Simpsons season 30 takes offThe critically acclaimed and award winning animated series, the Simpsons, kicked off its 30th season this week and the longest running sitcom in U.S history made a major cast upgrade to do it and by upgrade - it's obviously our NASA to help Israel’s space-il land on the moon Now speaking of stars, NASA has announced that they will help Israel firm Space-Il launch its unmanned spacecraft to the moon. NASA will be providing a laser reflector that will help the spacecraft find a spot to land on, as well as vital communication assistance. 11. Top 5 of the weekAnd up now, ILTV’S Emanuelle Kadosh with this week’s top 5 on the best sights to visit for animal lovers. 12. Hebrew word Of The Day: TIV’ONI | טִבעוֹנִי = VEGAN Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "tiv'oni" which means "vegas"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.