Ukrainian Israelis will have access to old pensions   move is seen as Netanyahu’s attempt to attract Russian-speaking voters in Israel #UKRAINIAN #PENSION _______________________________________ Sara Netanyahu accused of diplomatic faux pas  Ukrainian media offended by Netanyahu’s actions during welcome ceremony in Kiev #SARANETANYAHU #KIEV _______________________________________ Lieberman; Blue & White sign ‘vote-sharing’ deal  Will the new agreement draw more voters in, or drive them away?  Zohar Tal, political strategist, is in the ILTV studio to discuss this new deal #ZOHARTAL  #NEWDEAL _______________________________________ PA President Abbas fires his advisers  Abbas also asks pa officials to return bonuses in bid to keep government afloat #ABBAS #PA ______________________________________ Gazans are looking to leave the strip  Israeli official reveals efforts to help Gazan Palestinians emigrate #GAZA #EMIGRATION    ______________________________________ Hezbollah adopts Hamas’ arson tactics  As tension along northern border heats up, Nasrallah threatens Israel #HEZBOLLAH #ARSON _______________________________________ PA police ban LGBT rights NGO from organizing  Statement charges how the group ‘goes against the values of Palestinian society’ #LGBT #BAN _______________________________________ Omar & Tlaib call to halt aid to Israel  The congresswoman support cutting aid until “Palestinians have equal rights” #ILHANOMAR #RASIDATLAIB _______________________________________ ‘Ultra-Orthodox education is harming the economy’  Bank of Israel says the growing education gap puts Israel’s economic success at risk #ULTRAORTHODOX #EDUCATION _______________________________________ What’s killing Israelis?  Health ministry report shows cancer is to blame for roughly 25% of annual deaths #HEALTHMINISTRY #CANCER _______________________________________ Israel seeks to regulate the mammoth-tusk trade  Nature & Parks authority also unveils new ivory-trade laws set to begin in 2021 #IVORYTRADE #REGULATION _______________________________________ Today in history - August 20, 1684  The new holiday of ‘Purim Buda’ is born and celebrated #TODAYINHISTORY #ISRAELHISTORY _______________________________________________ The weather forecast just like a broken record… tonight will again be partly cloudy and warm, with a low of seventy-seven… or twenty-five degrees Celsius. then tomorrow you can expect a high of eighty-eight… or thirty-one degrees Celsius.  #ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECAST