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Sixteen Years Since The 9/11 AttacksThousands have just gathered at ground zero as President Trump led a moment of silence at the White House to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. At Least 26 Dead In Wake Of Hurricane IrmaIsrael has dispatched a rescue team to southern Florida to provide lifesaving aid to the millions left without power and water after hurricane Irma, which has claimed at least 26 lives.    U.S. Rallies For Sanctions Against North KoreaThe United States is bringing an emergency vote to the floor of the U.N. to place massive new sanctions against North Korea in hopes of weakening its leader, Kim Jong Un. Israeli Prime Minister Departs For Latin AmericaPrime Minister Netanyahu and his wife Sara have just left Israel for a ten-day tour of Latin America, the first ever for a sitting Israeli Prime Minister. Israeli Prime Minister Departs For Latin AmericaAmb. Yosef Livne, former Israeli Ambassador to Mexico speaking at ILTV studio to discuss the Israeli Prime Minister&rs

SARA NETANYAHU INDICTED FOR FRAUD Israel’s attorney general has just confirmed that he will now be criminally indicting Sara Netanyahu, on allegations of misuse of public funds and fraud. She’s formally accused of using over $100,000 of state money on private expenses like personal chefs, and more.     P.M. NETANYAHU FLIES TO LATIN AMERICA Despite the mounting pressures on himself and his family, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets of to become the first sitting Israeli P.M. to tour Latin America. ILTV’s Joy Gavillon reports.     NEW HAMAS LEADER MAKES FIRST VISIT TO EGYPT Terror group Hamas’ newly elected leader travels to Cairo to discuss the possibility of mending the relationship between Gaza and Egypt with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.   Headline: CONTROVERSIAL “PLAN FOR VICTORY” MOVES FORWARD Dr. Martin Sherman, the Founder and Executive director of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies voices his reasons Israel s

Hurricane Irma Claims First Victims Hurricane Irma, the largest storm ever seen in the Atlantic, had claimed ten lives in the Caribbean Islands. Israel’s Foreign Ministry has lost complete contact with four Israeli citizens, who were there when the storm hit. Israel Bombs Syrian Chemical Weapons Site Israel has just launched a massive airstrike against a weapons plant in Syria that’s believed to be developing deadly chemical weapons for the Syrian army. Israeli Air Force Strikes Syrian Weapons Factory Dr. Mordechai Kedar, lecturer at Bar Ilan University speaking at ILTV studio about the recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria. I.D.F. Prepares Cyber-Attack Simulation The IDF has announced “Operation Social Resistance”, it's first-ever simulation to combat social media attacks following Hamas' launch of series of cyber-attacks against IDF soldiers. Hamas Leader Offers Ceasefire Deal With Israel Hamas leader, Hassan Yousef, has just announced that Hamas is prepared to enter a lo

Israeli Embassy In U.S. Sends Aid To Houston The Israeli embassy is sending several tons of aid to help victims in Houston and Louisiana who lost their homes to hurricane Harvey. Floridians are bracing themselves for hurricane Irma, which is supposed to be the most powerful Atlantic storm ever on record. Trump To Meet Netanyahu, Abbas At U.N. Gathering The American President Trump will meet privately before the upcoming UN assembly with both Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Abbas. No More “Dreamers” Welcome In The U.S.A. The Trump Administration has made a decision to end the DACA program that protects nearly one million immigrant “dreamers” who were brought to America as children. D.A.C.A. Recipients Stand Up Against New Ruling Nelly Gonzalez, marketing manager speaking via Skye at ILTV studio about Trump's decision to end DACA program. Ten Years Passed Since Syrian Reactor Bombing Dr. Martin Sherman, Founder & Executive Director o

IDF Conducts Biggest Military Drill In 20 Years   The I.D.F. has just launched a massive military drill to prepare for the next possible war with Hezbollah. It’s the largest drill of its kind in decades. #IDF #Drill ____________________ Pray For Sunshine But Plan For A Storm   MK Yoav Kisch, Likud, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee speaking at ILTV studio about the major IDF military drill in the north. #YoavKisch #IDF ____________________ P.A. Arrests Voices Of Political Dissent PA President Abbas has arrested the head of an anti-Jewish settlement group in Hebron because of a simple diss against Abbas. Rights groups all over the world and Palestinian citizens are condemning Abbas' latest arrests.   #Abbas #Arrest ____________________ Israel Condemns North Korea Nuke Test   Israel is joining the nations of the world in denouncing North Korea’s test of a hydrogen bomb. Israel’s Foreign Ministry demanded that North Korea comply with all of the Security Co

Sara Netanyahu Said To Be Indicted Soon Reports are now coming in that the Prime Minister’s wife Sara is about to be indicted in the coming weeks for misusing over a hundred thousand dollars of government money for her own private housekeeping. #SaraNetanyahu #Indictment ____________________ Israel Approves $15 Million For New Settlement   The Israeli government has just approved $15 million to commence construction the state’s first new settlement, Amichai.   #Settlements #Fund ____________________ Hebron Squatters Delay Impending Evacuation   The evacuation of nearly a hundred Jewish settlers who illegally took over a building in Hebron has been postponed for another week.   #Evacuation #Hebron #Squatters ____________________ The Obstacles In Defending Against Hamas   Col. (Res.) Kobi Regev, Former Senior AirForce Commander speaking at ILTV studio about the controversial project of constructing an underground barrier around the Gaza Strip.   #KobiRegev

North Korea May Have A Hydrogen Bomb Japanese officials have confirmed that North Korea has carried out a massive nuclear test, detonating a warhead ten times more powerful than any bomb in their arsenal until now.  #NorthKorea #Bomb ____________________ Iran; Hezbollah Are Mounting On Israeli Front Israel is facing a growing crisis along its northern borders. The instability in Syria has opened the gates for Iranian and Hezbollah footholds in the region, advanced rockets within striking distance of Israeli territory. #Iran #Hezbollah ____________________ Israeli Ambassador To Egypt Returns To Cairo   Amb. Yosef Livne, former Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand speaking at ILTV studio about the challenges Israeli Ambassador to Egypt, David Govrin, will face when he returns to Cairo.   #YosefLivne #Egypt ____________________ I.D.F. Arrest Palestinian Singer For Incitement   I.D.F. arrested a Palestinian singer whose wedding song praised terror attacks against Jews, and incited vi

Search For Missing I.D.F. Soldier Turns Tragic The body of a missing IDF soldier has been found. Army opens investigation into cause of death. #IDF #Investigation ____________________ U.N. Extends Peacekeeping Mission In Lebanon The United Nations sets to extend its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon to keep illegal weapons out of Hezbollah’s hands. #UN #Lebanon #Hezbollah ____________________ Is The Balad Party Overstepping Its Bounds? Dr. Martin Sherman, Founder & Executive Director of the IISS speaking at ILTV studio about the Arab-Israeli political party that hosts an anti-Israel summer camp. #MartinSherman #BaladParty ____________________ Israel Opts Not To Revoke Al Jazeera Press Cards Israel has reversed on the decision to revoke Al Jazeera's senior reporter's press card. However, journalist’s activities will be closely monitored. #AlJazeera #PressCard ____________________ WWII Bomb Discovery Leads To Massive Evacuation Massive bomb from World War II were discovered in Fr

Hebron Upgraded To Official Settlement Status Israel’s Defense Minister has just declared the Jewish community of Hebron is officially gaining state recognition as an Israeli settlement. #Hebron #Settlement ____________________ Israaid Pitches In To Help Victims In Texas Yotam Polizer, IsraAID co-CEO speaking at ILTV studio about the Israeli humanitarian organization Isra-Aid that is helping the victims of Hurricane Harvey. #YotamPolizer #HurricaneHarvey ____________________ Lebanon Recovers Bodies Of Soldiers Slain By I.S. Lebanon and Hezbollah have allowed ISIS fighters to withdraw from southern Lebanon in exchange for the bodies of eight Lebanese soldiers captured and murdered by the Islamic State. #Lebanon #ISIS #Hezbollah ____________________ Israeli Ambassador Returns To Cairo Israel’s Ambassador has returned to Egypt with his entire staff to work from his private home in Cairo until the doors of the Cairo embassy officially open. #Embassy #Cairo ____________________ Update O

Hurricane Harvey Claims At Least Nine Lives Jewish federations have been sending all kinds of aid to support families displaced by hurricane Harvey that is continuing to wreak havoc across the gulf coast of the United States. Texas police have confirmed that at least nine people have already died. #HurricaneHarvey #Aid ____________________ Netanyahu Pledges To Keep Settlements Forever Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is declaring that Israel will never evacuate another Jewish settlement, at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Israel settling in the West Bank. #Netanyahu #Settlements ____________________ Will The U.N. And Israel Ever See Eye-To-Eye? Amb. Yosef Livne, Former Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand speaking at ILTV studio to discuss the Israeli-UN relations. #YosefLivne #UN ____________________ Hamas Restores Ties With Iran The new head of Hamas has just announced that Iran will now be the “largest backer” of money and military aid to Hamas’ army. #Hamas #Iran ___

Pres. Trump & P.M. Netanyahu To Meet Next Month Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has just scheduled a one-on-one meeting with President Trump for next month. Talks of relocating U.S. embassy to Jerusalem reportedly reopened. #Netanyahu #Trump ____________________ Israel To Expel Squatters From Hebron Building The Israeli government has ordered the Jewish squatters to be evacuated from the buildings they illegally occupied last month from Hebron. #Court #Hebron #Evacuation ____________________ Israel Adds Seventeen F-35 Jets To Its Fleet The Israeli Defense Ministry has just purchased seventeen brand new F-35 stealth jets. The purchase was made under former U.S. President Barack Obama’s deal with Israel. #F35 #Defense ____________________ What Can The F-35 Fighter Jet Do? Col. (Res.) Kobi Regev, Former Senior AirForce Commander speaking at ILTV studio about the new F-35 jets that Israel is set to receive. #KobiRegev #F35 ____________________ U.N. Secretary General Lands In Israel &nbs

Kushner Leads U.S. Peace Envoy To Israel; P.A. Jared Kushner has just led President Trump’s peace envoy and met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in hopes of bringing peace. #Kushner #PA #Peace ____________________ Lebanon; Hezbollah Corner Islamic State Militants The armies of Lebanon and Hezbollah have launched a massive assault against Islamic State troops occupying a critical area of south Lebanon. #Hezbollah #ISIS ____________________ E.U. Demands Israel Rebuild Illegal P.A. Schools The European Union has denounced Israel’s demolition of two Palestinian schools in the West Bank. Palestinians built the schools with money from the EU but failed to obtain a permit from the Israeli civil administration, making the constructions illegal. #EU #Schools #WestBank ____________________ P.A. Nearly Fires Thousands Of Civil Servants PA President Abbas nearly fired over six thousand civil servants in Gaza, most of them from the health and

Kushner Leads U.S. Peace Envoy To Israel US President Trump's Middle East Envoy Jared Kusher is in the Middle East restoring peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. He is meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu and PA President Abbas in hopes of re-booting the talks. #Kushner #MiddleEast ____________________ Abbas May Be Considering Dissolving The P.A. Palestinian Authority President Abbas is considering dissolving the PA government and reverting power back to the PLO because of his frustration with the lack of peace process that would secure an independent Palestinian state. #Abbas #PLO ____________________ ISIS Begs Hezbollah And Syrian Forces For Mercy Brig. Gen. (ret.) Ram Shmueli, former head of Israeli Air Force Intelligence speaking at ILTV studio to discuss the power vacuum that would be created with ISIS will be defeated in Syria. #RamShmueli #ISIS ____________________ Qatar Restores Ties With Iranian Regime Qatar is trying to completely restore Qatar-Iranian relations back to full he

Netanyahu Meets With Russian President Putin Prime Minister Netanyahu has just met in Russia with President Vladimir Putin to address the growing threat of Iran in Syria. #Netanyahu #Putin ____________________ Airborne Warfare In The North Of Israel Col. (Res.) Kobi Regev, Former Senior AirForce Commander speaking at ILTV studio to discuss Hezbollah's recent activities. #KobiRegev #Hezbollah ____________________ 20 Israelis Have Joined The Ranks Of I.S.I.S. The Shin Bet has just revealed that twenty Arab Israelis have left Israel and defected to ISIS. At least two of them were Jewish who converted to Islam before joining up with ISIS. #ISIS #Israelis ____________________ Israel Halts West Bank Weapons Smugglers Inspectors just discovered a massive arsenal of weapons being smuggled into The West Bank in a garbage truck. The truck was loaded with machine gun parts. #Weapons #Garbage ____________________ Haredi Political Factions Consider Uniting The Haredi parties in the Israeli Knesset are co

Barcelona Terror Suspect Caught, Killed After a five-day manhunt across Europe, Spanish police have shot dead the main suspect in Barcelona’s terror attack. The suspect was a twenty-two year Moroccan, who grew up in the Catalonian community of Spain. #Barcelona #Suspect ____________________ Trump To Send More Troops To Afghanistan President Trump is renewing U.S. involvement in the war in Afghanistan and committing four thousand additional American boots-on-the-ground. #Trump #Afghanistan ____________________ North Korea Shipping Chemical Weapons To Syria The UN is accusing North Korea of violating international sanctions, and putting chemical weapons directly in the hands of Syria. #ChemicalWeapons #NorthKorea #Syria ____________________ Confronting The ‘Game-Changer’ To The North Amb. Danny Ayalon, Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. & Founder of ‘The Truth About Israel’ speaking at ILTV studio to discuss the ongoing issues in Syria. #DannyAyalon #Syria _____

Comedian Jerry Lewis Passes Away At Age 91 Jewish comedian and legendary performer Jerry Lewis has just passed away at the age of ninety one. #JerryLewis #Comedian ____________________ Abbas Says Trump Admin In Chaos Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met with Israeli lawmakers, and revealed publicly that the latest chaos in the White House has derailed most hopes for any peace talks. #Abbas #Trump ____________________ Abbas Threatens More Gaza Sanctions President Abbas is saying that if Hamas doesn’t give control back to Abbas’ Fatah party he will reduce all financial aid down to zero. #Abbas #Hamas ____________________ P.A. Is Found To Be Torturing People Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar Ilan University speaking at ILTV studio about the allegation that PA is using extreme torture against suspected Israeli collaborators. #MordechaiKedar #PA #Torture ____________________ Egypt Enters The Fray In Syria Egypt, for the first time ever, has ov

World Grieves For Victims Of Barcelona Terror Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has extended his condolences to the victims of the terror car-ramming attack in Barcelona, Spain. Israeli woman Edna Hajaj was one of the ones wounded having had her foot and toes crushed in the attack. #Barcelona #Terror #EdnaHajaj ____________________ Israeli P.M. To Meet With Russian President Putin Prime Minister Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to have their next meeting in Moscow to discuss Israel’s concerns with the Syrian ceasefire agreement, Iran, Hezbollah, and other related matters. #Netanyahu #Putin ____________________ Turkey And Iran Start To Get Cozy The General Chief of Staff of Iran’s military has just visited the Turkish capital, meeting with top Turkish officials as well as President Erdogan himself, in first diplomatic meetings between the two countries since 1979. #Iran #Turkey ____________________ A New Iran-Turkey Alliance Is On The Horizon Dr. Martin Sherman, Fo

Jewish World Up In Arms Over Trump Comments Jewish leaders around the world are up in arms over both the President Trump’s apparent defense of Nazis and how’s he equated them to the counter-protesters who spoke out against the hatred. #Jewry #Trump #Virginia ____________________ Countering Antisemitism In The U.S. Elana Heideman, Executive Director, the Israel Forever Foundation speaking at ILTV studio to discuss anti-Semitism in the US. #ElanaHeideman #AntiSemetism ____________________ High Court Freezes Outpost Legalization Bill The Israeli High Court has announced that the approvals for the construction of four thousand homes in the West Bank will now be frozen, giving the Israeli government two months to challenge the decision. #HighCourt #Freeze #Outpost ____________________ Rambam Hospital’s Miraculous Parkinson’s Treatment ILTV's Natasha Kirtchuk giving an inside look at Rambam hospital in northern Israel that is changing the lives of patients with Parkinson&rsquo

Trump Doubles Down On Virginia Statements President Trump has just backpedaled on his controversial statements about the violence in Virginia going back to saying that “both sides” are to blame for the bloody events in Charlottesville. #Trump #Virginia ____________________ Intel Confirms Iranian Missile Factory In Syria Satellite images have just confirmed that Iran has been building a missile factory right inside Syria, which places an arsenal of scud missiles dangerously within range of Israel. #Satellite #Iran #Missile ____________________ Israeli P.M. Voices Support For Kurdish State The Kurds are hoping Israeli leaders and help convince the U.S. to throw its support behind an independent Kurdistan. Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel could benefit from an alliance with a free Kurdistan nation. #Kurds #Netanyahu ____________________ What Does Israel Want In Syria? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Meir Elran, Sr. Researcher at INSS and Prof. Eyal Zisser, expert on Middle East history, Tel Avi

Israel Preparing To Reopen Egypt Embassy An Israeli delegation has met with Egyptian officials in Cairo to discuss reopening the Israeli embassy. Israel’s Egyptian embassy has been dogged by security problems for years, closing and reopening twice already in less than a decade. #Egypt #Embassy ____________________ Trump Distances Himself From KKK, Hate Groups President Trump is distancing himself from white supremacists and extremists in his speech days after Virginia violence. #Trump #Virginia ____________________ Israel Detains Top Islamic Cleric Israeli police have detained Sheikh Raed Salah on charges of rallying violence on the Temple Mount and publicly inciting terrorism against Israel to his followers. #Police #RaedSalah ____________________ Israel Sends Aid To Sierra Leone The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed the foreign ministry to send aid to Sierra Leone following a devastating landslide. #Netanyahu #SierraLeone ____________________ Iran Threatens To Leave Nuclea