Israel cracks top 10 most powerful nations | 7/9/18

Last night a major Syrian-Iranian stronghold came under fire, triggering Air Defense systems throughout the region. This base, the T-Four, is the same one that Israel has repeatedly targeted in the past due to its massive strategic importance to Iranian-linked proxy forces. For this reason, many have placed the blame on this latest round of airstrikes on Israel as well.2. Details of the ‘Nationality Bill’ released Nir Avishai Cohen, Political Advisor & Peace Activist and Adv. Simcha Rothman, Legal Advisor; Meshilut speaking at ILTV Studio about how Prime Minister Netanyahu is currently advancing the 'nationality bill' towards its second and third readings in the Knesset. Anne Frank’s family was denied Asylum in the U.S. Shocking new research has just illuminated what could be a difficult truth about Anne Frank. Leading Holocaust organizations have released documents that seem to indicate Frank and her family were actually seeking refuge in the United States in the years leading up to the Nazi takeover. Hamas strategy shifting? For the first time in nearly four months Hamas has instructed its Security Forces to resume policing the Gaza-Israel border. This comes after months of clashes with Israeli troops at the border, which often ended violently and sometimes, fatally. So could Hamas’ strategy be shifting here? Or is this just a sign of more unrest to come? ILTV’S Brett Allen smith is here with the analysis. Israel cracks top 10 most powerful nationsFor the second year in a row, Israel has cracked the top ten list of the world’s most powerful countries. This ranking comes courtesy of the ‘US news and world report’ magazine which makes those annual ‘best college’ and ‘best hospitals’ lists. So hopefully that means they know what they’re talking about! Gal Gadot dresses to impressThe power of wonder woman is second to none and it seems that real life Wonder Woman Gal Gadot is as dedicated to helping others off screen as she is in her films. Israeli actress Gal Gadot just visited the Inova Children’s Hospital in Virginia in full costume and the smiles on the faces of these kids are priceless. Jerusalem’s old city quarters get litIf you’ve never seen the insane spectacle of the Jerusalem light festival, it’s quite the site to behold and the tenth annual festival just wrapped up in the Holy City after eight spectacular days of more L-E-D screens, cinematic soundtracks, and high-key projections than your brain can probably process with attractions rigged up all over the city’s Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Armenian quarters, this year was one for the history books. The perfect A.I. organizerChristian Torres, CEO & Co-Founder Of Kriptos speaking at ILTV Studio about the Israeli company that automatically sorts and labels documents and reveals holes in security. Online shoppers’ dreams come trueOnline shoppers from around the globe have officially been granted their wish - well - one of them - the online giant Amazon - launched a special deal offering free worldwide delivery - with a catch of course - and ILTV’S Emanuelle Kadosh is eagerly here to tell us more details. Sacha Baron Cohen returnsThe genius, Oscar-nominated, Hebrew-speaking mind behind ‘Borat’, ‘Bruno’, and ‘Ali G’ has a new target in his crosshairs: American politics. Sacha Baron Cohen has just revealed that he may or may not have been filming a top-secret new series for Showtime for over a year now. Cryptic promos, billboards, and online spots have begun teasing the new show which will premiere next week on July 15th. Hebrew word Of The Day: L’HACHLIF | לְהַחלִיף = TO EXCHANGE Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "L'hachlif" which means "to exchange" The Weather Forecast Tonight should be clear and warm with a low of seventy-three or twenty-three degrees Celsius. Then, tomorrow you can expect sunny skies and little-to-no change in temperatures with a high of eighty-seven or thirty-one degrees Celsius.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.