Russian trolls used Israel to divide U.S. in 2016 | 8/7/18

Shots fired at IDF on Gaza border Moments ago violence erupted along the Israel-Gaza border, amidst rumors of a pending ceasefire deal that’s now seeming less and less likely. Palestinians near the border have opened fire on a group of I-D-F soldiers stationed in the region. In response, the I-D-F’s Tank Unit has just shelled a Hamas military site within the strip. Mossad blamed for assassination in Syria An anonymous, top-level intelligence official has just told the New York Times that Israel is behind a massive assassination operation in Syria. A few days ago, Aziz Azbar and his driver were killed in an apparent car bombing. Azbar is one of Syria’s leading rocket scientists, who worked on numerous projects with both Iranian and Hezbollah weapons teams. Antisemitism in the United Kingdom Paul Gross, Sr. Fellow at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center speaking at ILTV Studio about the UK's labor party leader Jeremy Corbyn that rejected accusations against him and his party members. Israel hails U.S. sanctions on Iran With the first wave of U.S. sanctions on Iran officially now in effect, Israeli leaders are hopeful that the pressure will either topple the regime or else deter them from their current warpath. Prime Minister Netanyahu has hailed U.S. President Donald Trump for defying the rest of the world and re-imposing those sanctions. Russian trolls used Israel to divide U.S. in 2016 The latest data suggests that nearly three-million posts on social media have now been linked to fake Russian accounts with the intent of swaying the 2016 U-S presidential election. But in a shocking development, tens of thousands of those posts were apparently attempts to influence Israel-US relations. At this time, U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has already identified and indicted 13 Russian national with ties to this plot. Israel targets prostitution The government’s powerful ministerial committee for legislation has just advanced a crucial new bill seeking to deter illegal prostitution. Now, the proposed legislation still needs to be passed through the normal channels of the Knesset next session to become a law. The new legislation would punish ‘john’s’ with fines, giving repeat offenders seeing as much as 75 thousand shekels worth of fees.7. Egypt seals deal for Israeli gas imports In a massive deal for both diplomacy and economics, Egypt has just signed an agreement to begin importing Israeli gas starting next year. Though a lot of details still need to be worked out for this deal to go into effect, Israeli leaders are already hailing it as a major stepping-stone in Egypt-Israeli friendship. Graduate from the cloud to ‘the swarm’ Stefano Onofri, CEO & CO-Founder of Cubbit speaking at ILTV Studio about the environmentally friendly way to store our data and it blows cloud technology out of the sky. 9. Checkmate, Tunisia! Liel is only 7 years old, but she’s already something of a chess legend after winning the European championship a few months back. That win meant that she would go on to compete at the world chess championship in Tunisia next year but because Tunisia has often banned Israeli athletes from even entering the country in the past, many feared that this fate would befall little Liel as well. Well we are pleased to report that it looks like you can put those fears to rest. Gal Gadot circles Hedy Lamarr series Israel’s home-grown Hollywood megastar Gal Gadot is circling a new role to play something of a real-life wonder woman: Jewish actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. In addition to being one of the biggest screen stars of the 30’s and 40’s, Lamarr’s pioneering work in radio-waves set the stage for all kinds of tech. including the technology that would eventually become Bluetooth and Wifi. 11. Hebrew word Of The Day: ROMAN | רומן = LOVE AFFAIR Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "roman" which means "love affair"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.