Yom Shnee
Monday
3 Tevet 5783
December 26 2022
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The Abbreviated News on the Israeli Street
Incoming PM Netanyahu will present his new government to the Knesset on Thursday at 11 am at which time he will ask the Knesset for a vote of confidence. Following that the new Opposition Leader, former PM Lapid will make a speech followed by a discussion. By evening the new government ministers should be sworn in.
A severe storm has hit Israel in the last 12 hours with many cities flooded and without electricity. Between Saturday morning and today at 9 am, the rainfall totals: North Golan Heights, 19 mm, Maalot 24 mm, Dalton 22 mm, Haifa 30 mm, Kfar Saba 39 mm, Bnei Brak 44 mm, Jaffa 63 mm, Bat Yam 95 mm, Rishon Lezion 163 mm, Ashdod 85 mm, Jerusalem 44 mm, Beer Sheva 33 mm, Arad 5 mm.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.