42% of right-wing voters favor unity government Transportation minister Bezalel Smotrich narrowly avoids ousting #BEZALELSMOTRICH #TRANSPORTATION _______________________________________ Loud explosion heard in northern Gaza strip  IDF identifies two drones crossing from Gaza to Israel #GAZA #IDF _______________________________________ West Bank experiences tense holiday amid money woes Abbas’ rejection of Israeli tax revenue causes financial chaos in P.A. #ABBAS #PA ______________________________________ Likud spends 5.2 million shekels on election campaign Adds up to just 1/3 of all of the Israeli parties’ spending on social media. Political analyst, Zohar Tal, is in the ILTV studio to discuss. #ZOHARTAL #LIKUD _______________________________________ Israeli NBA star Omri Casspi returns to play in Israel Basketballer signs three-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv #OMRICASSPI #MACCABITELAVIV _______________________________________ Israel prepares for massive earthquake  Reps from 9 foreign nations participate in largest ever drill #MILITARY #DRILL _____________________________________ Filipino worker and son deported  After lengthy legal battle, family forced to leave Israel #DEPORTATION #LEGALBATTLE _______________________________________ Jews protest us immigration policy on Tisha Ba’Av Left-wing Jewish activists coordinate multiple protests nationwide #IMMAGRATION #PROTESTS _______________________________________ Baby rescued from sweltering car in central Israel Passerby sees 1-year-old suffering from heatstroke locked in vehicle #RESCUE #INFANT ______________________________________ 2006 Lebanon war impacts family-run winery in Israel War experiences creates unforeseen effects #WINERY #LEBANONWAR _______________________________________ Israeli EMTS train us citizens how to react in mass casualty scenarios Magen David Adom teaches general public what to do in emergency situations #MDA #EMERGENCY _______________________________________   Israel chosen to host new marine sciences exchange program 27 U.S. students to study oceanography in eastern Mediterranean #RESEARCH #SCIENCE _______________________________________ 4 Israelis win medals at Windsurfing World Championship Winners are all under 19 years old; scoring gold, silver & bronze in Russia #ATHLETES #WINDSURFING ____________________________________________________________ The Weather Forecast Today is expected to be mostly sunny with a high of 31 degrees Celsius...or 89 Fahrenheit. tomorrow should be even hotter...with sun filled skies...at a high of 32 degrees Celsius or 91 Fahrenheit. as per usual...drink lots of water. #ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECAST