Gaza kite-bombs fanning flames of war - 6/6/18

1. Argentina cancels Israel game

Argentina’s national soccer club has just canceled its friendly match with Israel this weekend buckling under what appears to be intense international pressure, as well as security concerns. That means superstar Lionel Messi won’t be coming to Israel after all and apparently not even Prime Minister Netanyahu himself could salvage the game.

2. Argentina cancels Israel game

Joy Gavillon, Noury Lizarraga, Gil Barak, Journalist at the Sports Channel Ltd. and Benny Cohen, Partner at Rimon Cohen & Co. speaking at ILTV Studio the cancellation of the Argentinian- Israel game due to death threats.

3. Netanyahu meets macron in Paris
   Prime Minister Netanyahu continues his European tour today, after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Netanyahu is on a mission to rally European leaders to follow President Trump’s example and drop the JCPOA Nuclear Deal with Iran but European leaders have reaffirmed that they are committed to staying in the deal.
4. Gaza kite-bombs fanning flames of war
   In an increasingly popular and effective trend, Palestinians from Gaza are regularly flying homemade kites over the border and dropping fire-bombs on Israeli soil. Combined with the summer heats, these ‘incendiary kite attacks’ have erupted into massive fires that have engulfed over two thousand acres of Israeli fields and tens of thousands of acres of nature reserves.
5. Israeli man chugs cannabis oil at Knesset meeting
   Proponents of medical cannabis have long petitioned that the plant is not only harmless but holds immense promise as a clinical drug. Well one Israeli man has now quite literally put his money where his mouth is to prove it. During an open Knesset health-committee-hearing to discuss medical cannabis, an Israeli man recited a short blessing, then proceeded to chug a whole bottle of cannabis oil in front of the entire room.
   6. Little boy ‘runs out of battery’
   This next story is both a bit concerning - and when you think about it - adorably hilarious. A little girl who cared so much for her brother - that she replaced his batteries, when they ran out, just like her toys. Makes sense no? ILTV’S Emanuelle Kadosh has the details.
6. ‘Answers to everything in seconds’
   Zohar Frankor, Product Manager, KMS Lighthouse and Ilay Rennert, VP Sales, KMS Lighthouse speaking at ILTV Studio about the company that opens a new world in customer experience.
7. The mother of all cookies
   A Jewish community in Atlanta has just broken a Guinness world record that we didn’t even know existed! They’ve just made an enormous Israeli flag – using roughly 117 thousand blue-and-white cookies, shattering the previous record-holder in Pakistan, by nearly thirty-two percent.
   9. Hebrew word Of The Day: UGIAH | עוגייה = COOKIE

Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Ugiah" which means "Cookie"

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