U.S. Embassy to Join with Consulate | 3/4/19

Two soldiers injured in car-ramming attackAn IDF soldier and a border police officer were seriously wounded in the West Bank, Monday morning, in a car-ramming terror attack just outside of Ramallah. #CARRAMMING #WESTBANK __________________ 2. US Embassy & Consulate to merge into one body The United States is now enacting more diplomatic re-structuring in the Middle East and merging the PA consulate general in Jerusalem with the new American Embassy.  #USEMBASSY #CONSULATE ____________________ US Embassy & Consulate to merge into one body Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Middle East expert at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and Bar Ilan University. joins us in the studio to speak about the merger between the new United States Embassy and the PA Consulate in Jerusalem #USEMBASSY #CONSULATE ___________________ Airstrikes reported near Quneitra overnight The Syrian Sana news agency reported that IDF forces struck targets in the Druze town of Hader, Sunday night, in the Southern Syrian province of Quneitra just 3 km from the border in the Golan. #QUNEITRA #AIRSTRIKES ___________________ Erdan lobbies to halt support of Pro-BDS NGO’s Minister of Public Security and Strategic Affairs, Gilad Erdan, is now urging governments in ten countries to cease funding for NGO’s advocating for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement.  #BDS #GILADERDAN ___________________ Strasbourg synagogue memorial stone vandalized The wave of Anti-Semitism in France, a memorial stone marking the site of Strasbourg's old synagogue which was destroyed by the Nazis was vandalized. #STRASBOURG #VANDALISM                                    ___________________ MK Yuli Edelstein rules out passing ‘French Law’ Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein ruled out the passing of the so-called French Law, which stipulates that sitting Prime Ministers are exempt from being under investigation. #YULIEDELSTEIN #FRENCHLAW  ___________________ 8. Int’l Women’s Day is fast approachingKnesset Member Rachel Azaria together with other Israeli organizations launched A new feminist campaign Sunday as International Women’s Day approaches. #WOMENSDAY #CAMPAIGN ___________________ Jewish Agency announces loans for surrogacy The Jewish Agency of Israel has now announced it will authorize loans to its employees who opt to pursue surrogacy overseas, an unprecedented stride toward LGBT equality. #LGBT #SURROGACY                                  ___________________ ‘Via’ ride-sharing service expands to Tel Aviv New York-based ridesharing company Via Transportation has just announced the launching of a brand new collaborative service with the Dan bus company  #VIA #DANBUS  ___________________ Hebrew word of the Day: Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is ' SIMCHA ' which means JOY / CELEBRATION. #LEARNHEBREW   #HEBREWWORDOFDAY   #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY  ___________________ The Weather Forecast Tonight should have scattered showers and a cool low of about fifty-one or eleven degrees Celsius. Then Tomorrow you can expect more of the same, and with a high of sixty-three or seventeen degrees Celsius. #ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.