V.P. Mike Pence is Scheduled To Visit Israel in December - 10/26/17

V.P. Mike Pence Scheduled To Visit Israel   Vice President Mike Pence has just announced that he’s visiting Israel this December on a mission to “end the persecution of Christians and all religious minorities” in the Middle East.   U.N. Publishes Blacklist Of Companies In W. Bank   Israeli media has just gained a partial list of companies doing business in the west bank, which may end up an official United Nations “blacklist”. Twenty-five Israeli companies are being targeted for operating in the disputed territories.   Israeli-Arab Blogger Blocked From Kuwaiti Flight   Kuwait airlines refused to fly an Israeli-Arab blogger from New York to India because of his Israeli passport. Germany opens investigation into Kuwait airways’ discriminatory practice.     P.M. Netanyahu Promises $230M For Settlements   Prime Minister Netanyahu has just met one-on-one with the leaders of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. And in response to their concerns, the Prime Minister promised to commit nearly two hundred and thirty million dollars towards improving the security and infrastructure in settlement communities.   Tel Aviv Markets May Stay Open On Sabbath   Rabbi Dov Halbertal, former head of the office of the Chief Rabbi of Israel And Rabbi Seth Farber, modern Orthodox Rabbi, historian, & founder of Itim speaking at ILTV studio about the Israeli High Court ruling that shuts down religious opposition's appeal to close down Tel Aviv markets on Sabbath.     Congress Targets Hezbollah & Iran With Sanctions   Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives just passed four massive sanctions against Hezbollah. These sanctions target virtually any person, organization of government that sends money to Hezbollah while urging the rest of the world to take a firmer stand against the terror group.   Israeli Firms Bid For $500b Saudi “Smart City”   Several top Israeli companies are now in talks with Saudi Arabia and they’re bidding to help out the Crowned Prince of Saudi Arabia to build a five billion dollar “smart city,” which would be only a few kilometers from the Israeli city of Eilat.     Palestinian Inmates Smuggle Sperm Out Of Jail   Palestinian prisoners have managed to father children, by having their families smuggle out their sperm from jail. P.A. religious council approves I.V.F. for security prisoners’ wives.   Thousands Of Lost Holocaust Documents Found   A treasure trove containing a whopping one hundred and seventy thousand Jewish documents has just been recovered in Lithuania after they were thought to have been destroyed.     Top 5 Universities In Israel   ILTV’s Emanuelle Kadosh brining the top 5 universities in Israel.     Hebrew word Of The Day: MEDINAUT | מדינאות = STATESMANSHIP / DIPLOMACY Learn a new Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "medinaut" which means "statesmanship/diplomacy"     The Weather Forecast   Tonight will be clear with a low of sixty-eight or twenty degrees Celsius. Tomorrow is expected to be clear to partly cloudy with a slight rise in temperatures with a high of eighty-five or twenty-nine degrees Celsius.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.