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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ended his reign after 13 years. He was removed from power by the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, on Sunday 13 June 2021. Benjamin Netanyahu was later replaced by Naftali Bennet, his former ally, with whom he has been ideologically opposed for several years. Naftali Bennett won  in the Knesset by just one vote namely, 60 against  59 for Netanyahu.

For the Palestinians, especially the HAMAS group, the election of Naftali Bennet does not raise good hopes. Hamas authorities are suspicious of Bennet.  He and his coalition party, are seen as unlikely to change Israel's attitude towards Palestine. After the election of Bennet, the Hamas group from the Gaza Strip confirmed that it would continue to fight against Israel.

Naftalie Bennet is the leader of the far-right party, which frequently calls for the takeover of the Palestinian territories. He had been active in the military and was known to be very anti-Iranian. Naftalie Bennet, 49, is also known to be a millionaire and tech savvy. The former protégé of Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized his teacher several times for being indecisive towards Palestinian Hamas.

US President Joe Biden has congratulated Naftalie Bennet. Meanwhile, the election of the new Prime Minister of Israel has not received a reaction from Arab countries. What is clear is Hammas' tough stance in responding to Netanyahu being replaced by the hard-line Israeli figure. There is a question about the possibility that has been frequently mentioned by various parties recently, namely  the existence of a diplomatic approach to push for Israel's recognition of Palestine as a fully independent state.

What is certain is that the factors of the United States and Iran and the attitude of Arab countries will still greatly determine the existence of new constructive steps for the realization of a sovereign Palestinian state

Indonesian Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi said the aircraft movement in Indonesia in the second year of Covid-19 pandemic had been improving by reaching 60 percent than prior to the pandemic. That was stated by the minister in a written statement on Saturday (12/06).

On the same day, Minister Budi Karya visited Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to observe the aircraft movement. He explained that the aircraft movement at Soekarno-Hatta was above 50 percent than the normal period. He also said that this is an improvement from the early pandemic time when the movement was so low.

Minister Budi Karya Sumadi further elaborated that his side will make a policy to encourage aircraft movement increase amid the Covid-19 pandemic. He wanted to ensure the aircraft movement from Jakarta to some provinces, especially eastern Indonesia, must keep going regularly.

The minister added that the government had blocked seats for official travels to support national aviation. He said the block seat is temporary, only for the first six months. 

Besides, Minister Budi Karya kept reminding all aviation stakeholders to surely apply the health protocols consistently to curb the Covid-19 spread in Indonesia.

In the same visit to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Minister Budi Karya also visited the AirNav Indonesia Tower and office. He asked AirNav Indonesia to keep maintaining the flight navigation service and to ensure air connectivity across Indonesia running smoothly.

Indonesian food and beverage products are getting easier to be found in Chicago and its surroundings after a store, WaRoeNG opened its service in Schaumburg City, West Chicago on Saturday (12/6). The Indonesian Consulate General in Chicago in its written statement in Jakarta on Sunday (13/60 stated that the presence of an Indonesian shop for the first time has become a bidder of longing for the Indonesian diaspora in Chicago and its surroundings. The store opening event was held simply but lively and it was marked by ribbon cutting by Mayor of Schaumburg, Tom Dailly, Senator Michelle Mussman, Indonesian Consul General in Chicago, Meri Binsar Simorangkir, Membership Director of the Schaumburg Business Association Matt East, President of the Indonesian Diaspora Network, Martino Tangkar, and three owners of WaRoeNG shop  namely Tasya Hardono, John Avila, and Windy Priliantining.

The owner of the WaRoeNG shop, Tasya Hardono explained that apart from being a bidder medicine of longing for the Indonesian diaspora, his shop is also a bridge to bring the US and Indonesian people to people contacts more closely. Schaumburg, which is inhabited by various residents, is a good place to introduce Indonesian products. Tasya, who is also the owner of the Indonesian restaurant 'Minahasa' in downtown of Chicago said that by inviting the mayor, senator, and business associations, his side wants to introduce them to the quality of Indonesian products and deserve being presented to the local community.  Mayor Tom Dailly congratulated the opening of the WaRoeNG. He said the existence of the shop will be a special attraction for the Indonesian community and local residents, so that the store has a good opportunity to grow continuously.

Meanwhile, Indonesian Consul General in Chicago, Meri Binsar Simorangkir expressed his appreciation and pride for the opening of the Indonesian store. The existence of the store is expected to encourage the export of Indonesian food and beverage products to the Midwest region, in line with the Indonesian  government's mission to increase exports of Indonesian products which is being intensified currently by the Indonesian Consulate General in Chicago.

Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in the language. Mari Berbahasa Indonesia or Let’s Speak Indonesian is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.  Today’s topic is about Kesehatan which means Health.

Here is the conversation entitled “Ada Masker?” which means “Any Mask?”. This dialog is between Kevin and a pharmacist in a pharmacy.Kevin wants to buy a mask. Let’s read to the conversation.

Now, I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to an expression “Ada masker?” (2X) which means “Any mask?” in the dialog context betweenKevin and the pharmacist, there is the word ada (2X) which means any, which is used to ask the availability of medicine,vitamin or mask to be bought. Such an expression is used when we want to buy something.

Other examples

Let’s listen to the other examples to use the word ada (2X) which means any to ask the availability of an object that we want to buy.

Ada parasetamol? (2X) which means Any paracetamol? 

Ada, Pak! (2X) which means Yes, Sir!   

Ada termometer? (2X) which means Any thermometer?

Tidak ada, Pak (2X) which means No, Sir

That was “Let’s Speak Indonesian” for today. Hopefully, this edition can be useful for those of you who want to know more about Indonesian language.