Tensions Remain High in Israel | 8/27/19

1. IDF on high alert in the north

 Reprisals are expected following IAF’s weekend strikes against Iran and Hezbollah

#IDF #IRAN

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1. Tensions remain high in Israel's north

  IDF on high alert of possible reprisals following IAF’s weekend strikes against Iran and Hezbollah. Joining us in the ILTV studio to discuss the current situation is MK Yoav Kisch, Chairman of Interior the Committee and member of the Likud party.

#YOAVKOSCH #IAF

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1. US steps away from Israel over attack in Iraq

 Netanyahu calls on international community to act immediately against Iran & its proxies

#IRAQ #NETANYAHU

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1. Trump is willing to meet with Iran’s Rouhani

 Israel fears that the west will capitulate to Iranian demands

#TRUMP #ROUHANI

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1. Israel foils bombing attack in West Bank

 IED found along west bank highway – days after deadly bombing attack

#TERROR #BOMBING

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1. Likud pressures right-wing parties to drop out

 ‘Otzma Yehudit and Zehut should bow out in fear of “wasting” right-wing votes’

#ELECTIONS #RIGHTWING

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1. Israeli toddler mauled by leopard in Thailand

 Big cat escapes after victim’s grandfather mistakenly leaves the door open

#ANIMALATTACK #THAILAND

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1. Israeli toddler mauled by leopard in Thailand

 Incident sparks larger debate about humane treatment of animals in captivity. Sophie ben-David, a wildlife rehabilitator in the Israeli Wildlife Hospital at the Ramat Gan safari joins us over the phone to discuss this topic in depth.

#SOPHIEBENDAVID #WILDLIFE

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1. Israeli team develops way to predict disease

 Algorithm can be used for better detection; treatment in illnesses like tuberculosis

#SCIENCE #MEDICALRESEARCH

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1. Israeli tech tackles Lake Chad water crisis

 Amazing device by ‘Watergen’ pulls fresh drinking water from thin air

#WATERGEN #DROUGHT

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1. The best startups in Tel Aviv

 WIRED magazine sifts through thousands to compile a ‘best-of’ listing. ILTV'S Natasha Kirtchuk is here to review the list

#NATASHAKIRTCHUK #STARTUPS

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1. Israeli artwork shines in Chinese desert-symposium

 Dina Merhav's 720-cm-high installation is one of 46 installed in the Suwu desert

#DINAMERHAV #ARTIST

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1. The weather forecast

Tonight will be partly cloudy and hot, with a low of seventy-eight… or twenty-six degrees Celsius. and tomorrow is expected to be more of the same, with a high of eighty-eight… or thirty-one degrees Celsius

#ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECAST

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