Israel's First Privately-Funded Mission Towards the Moon | 2/22/19

Gantz & Lapid merge parties ahead of elections  A new centrist-left joint list has been created; Benny Gantz of the Israel Resilience Party and Yair Lapid with Yesh Atid. #BENNYGANTZ #YAIRLAPID __________________ 2. Israel Resilience & Yesh Atid parties merge Zohar Tal, Political Analyst; Chairman of "OZZ - Zionist Foundation" joins us in the studio to speak about the last minute Gantz-Lapid unity block.  #ZOHARTAL #OZZ ____________________ Gantz draws ire from English speakers Gantz and his Israel Resilience Party are now coming under heavy fire from the immigrant communities in Israel, following remarks he and his affiliates made this week targeting Prime Minister Netanyahu. #BENNYGANTZ #IMMIGRANTS ___________________ Night-riots along the Gaza border resumeIn the West Bank, five suspects were detained by Israeli Security Forces for terrorist activities along route 60; 17 wanted suspects were arrested for violence and terrorist activities against civilians and soldiers. #RIOTS #GAZA ___________________ Al-Tamimi Et Al V Adelson Et AlA United States appeals court has just given new life to a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit launched by 18 Palestinians against Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson. #SHELDONADELSON #LAWSUIT ___________________ Thousands rally against Anti-Semitism in France Following a recent series of increasingly aggressive acts targeting Jews and Jewish institutions in France, tens of thousands gathered in Paris and other select cities in the country to rally against Anti-Semitism and racism in the nation #FRANCE #ANTISEMITISM      ___________________ Netanyahu & Putin postpone their Moscow meetingPrime Minister Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin postponed their meeting to a phonecall. #BIBINETANYAHU #VLADIMIRPUTIN  ___________________ IDF offers free ‘Morning After Pills’ As part of continued efforts to lower the rates of abortions while still giving women in Israel a choice regarding contraceptives The Israeli Health Ministry authorized a few years ago the free availability of ‘Morning After Pills’ for female soldiers. #CONTRACEPTIVES #ISRAELHEALTHMINISTRY ___________________ Official Eurovision song ‘Home’ is announced  The official song for Israel’s 2019 contestant, Kobi Marimi, has just been chosen by a team of experts at the Kan public broadcaster and the name of the tune is ‘Home’. #KOBIMARIMI #EUROVISION ___________________ 10. Israeli police welcome new k-9 recruits The Israeli Police welcomed 12 new police dogs this week that came all the way from the Czech Republic. #ISRAELIPOLICE #CZECHREPUBLIC ___________________ Beresheet Explorer is scheduled for launch Israel will launch the world’s first privately-funded mission towards the moon from Cape Canaveral, tune in with the IAI at 8:45 pm (EST); 3:45 am (Israel time) for live broadcast. #BERESHEET #IAI                        ___________________ Hebrew word of the Day: BERESHIT | בראשית = GENESIS Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is ' BERESHIT ' which means GENESIS. #LEARNHEBREW   #HEBREWWORDOFDAY   #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY  ___________________ The Weather Forecast Tonight should be mostly clear and cool, with a low of forty-nine or nine degrees Celsius. then over the weekend you can expect cloudy skies and a slight rise in temperatures, to a high of sixty-four or eighteen degrees Celsius.  #ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.