Israel prefers to vape its weed - 3/14/18

1. Early elections have been averted, for now
   It looks like early elections have been averted, word of a last-minute deal has just hit the media, with Prime Minister Netanyahu seemingly moving away from snap elections, all in favor for a compromise on the ultra-orthodox conscription law.
2. U.S; Israel conduct joint military drill in Negev
   American and Israeli troops have just conducted a massive, large-scale military drill in Israel’s desert. The ‘Juniper Cobra Drill’ sees nearly a thousand U.S. Marines training shoulder-to-shoulder with Israeli Soldier’s in the I.D.F.’s elite paratrooper's brigade.
3. Mike Pompeo takes over as U.S. secretary of state
   Abe Katsman, Council To Republicans Overseas Israel speaking at ILTV Studio via Skype about the former C.I.A. director that was seen as more Pro-Israel and Anti-Iran than Rex Tillerson.
   4. Israel’s Baby Boom
   The central bureau of statistics has just announced that Israel has the highest birth rate of any country in the world, in fact, the country’s birth rate has almost doubled over the last thirty-six years.
4. ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ dies at 96
   The man known as the ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ for his role as the accountant at the infamous Nazi Death Camp, has just passed away at age ninety-six. Oskar Groening was convicted a few years ago as an accessory to three hundred thousand murders at Auschwitz.
5. Israel prefers to vape its weed
   The Marijuana industry is still wrapped up in a lot of red tape, but now it looks like Israel may become the first country ever to legally approve marijuana vaporizers for medical use.
6. ‘Calma’ brings calm to those with Autism
   Dan Kohen-Vacs PH.D, Faculty Of Instructional Tech; Holon Institute Of Technology speaking at ILTV Studio about the underwater V.R. therapy that can be used in conjunction with normal treatments.
7. HBO set to make American remake of Israeli series
   Yet another Israeli T.V. series is headed for an American remake, ‘HBO’ has just bought the rights to the acclaimed Israeli show ‘Euphoria’, and is greenlighting an English-Speaking adaptation.
   9. Israel passes the ball to Arab neighbors
   Israel might’ve just found the ultimate way to strengthen its bridges to its Arab neighbors, in a major first, Israel will broadcast the upcoming world cup to Egypt and Jordan completely free of charge.
8. New ways to protect your crops
   Dr. Shimon Steinberg, Chief Scientist & Head of R&D at Biobee Sde Eliyahu speaking at ILTV Studio about 'Biobee' that develops safe pest-control options for use at home & en masse.
9. Israel’s ‘Static and Ben-El’ hit it big
   It’s pretty hard to turn on the radio here in the Holy Land without hearing the Israeli duo ‘Static and Ben El.’ Well it looks like they’ll be gracing radio stations all across the United States now too.
10. Einstein’s violin hits high note
    The world-renowned genius got a hand-made violin as a gift from a member of the Harrisburg symphony orchestra back in 1933. Einstein famously gave it to the son of a janitor while he worked at Princeton, and that very violin has just sold for over half a million bucks!
    13. Hebrew word Of The Day: MASHBER | מַשׁבֵּר = CRISIS
    Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today’s word is "Mashber" which means "Crisis"
11. The Weather Forecast

Tonight will be clear and warm with a low of about fifty-three, or twelve degrees Celsius. Tomorrow should be mostly cloudy, but with little change in temperatures. The high is expected to be around sixty-nine or twenty-one degrees Celsius.

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