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A terrorist tried to grab a civilian security guard’s weapon at Eli Junction in the Gush Shilo area of Shomron, situated in the Binyamin Regional Council area, was arrested. B’chasdei Hashem the guard managed to overcome the attacker, retrain him and handed him over to authorities.

The preliminary investigation revealed the terrorist came by foot from the nearby gas station. The man’s presence alerted people in the area, who were suspicious. A civilian patrol vehicle stopped to question him and it was then that he tried to grab a weapon. He was restrained and turned over to authorities.

Police report the patrol stopped the man and asked him to identify himself. At that time the suspect, 19, tried to grab the guard’s weapon.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

The Following is VIA Breaking911.com

A large group of protesters and police in riot gear clashed near Mondawmin Mall on Monday afternoon, while the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and numerous downtown businesses closed early out of fears of violence.

Police responded with shields and a tactical vehicle as they were pelted with rocks and bottles. Unconfirmed reports state that 2 Officers were seen being evacuated from the scene with apparent head injuries.

According to widely circulated flier, a high school “purge” was to take place at 3 p.m., starting at Mondawmin Mall and ending downtown. Such memes have been known to circulate regularly among city school students, based on a film “The Purge,” about what would happen if all laws were suspended.

The Baltimore Police Department had received information that a number of Baltimore area gangs have joined forces to “take out” officers.

According to a press release from the Baltimore Police department, members of the Black Guerilla Family, Bloods and Crips have partnered to harm law enforcement officials.

Police are taking this as a credible threat.

VIDEO: Protesters shatter windows of police car, charging toward vehicle and hurling bricks, rocks. (CBSN) http://t.co/oQVaU2LsE5

— Breaking News (@NewsOnTheMin) April 27, 2015

Rocks and other debris flying at North Monroe and Gwynns Falls pic.twitter.com/Pb0r1fkQgI

— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 27, 2015

#BREAKING: Baltimore Juveniles Clash With SWAT teams, Multiple Officers Injured https://t.co/tJBLvjFpxM

— Breaking News (@Breaking911) April 27, 2015

.@BaltimorePolice Throwing Stones at #FreddieGray student protesters. Via @EricaLG pic.twitter.com/HgAxVHctld

— Revolution News (@NewsRevo) April 27, 2015

“Law enforcement agencies should take appropriate precautions to ensure the safety of their officers,” the statement says.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday 7 Iyar spoke to the commander of the Israeli delegation to Nepal, Colonel Yoram Laredo. The Prime Minister was informed that the rescue mission includes a field hospital and that its goals were Locating Israelis, rescuing people who were trapped and treating the injured. Col. Laredo told Prime Minister Netanyahu that an advance team had already landed and was preparing the infrastructure for the arrival of the mission.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “You are being sent on an important mission. This is the true face of Israel – a country that offers aid over any distance at such moments. Good luck. We are counting on you.”

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

B’chasdei Hashem, the four terrorists working to place a bomb along the N. Israeli/Syrian border on Sunday night 7 Iyar were detected, shot and killed. The bomb was undoubtedly intended for an IDF patrol. The incident occurred near the community of Majdal Shams.

IDF officials confirm they were able to establish without a doubt that the terrorists were busy trying to place the explosive device along the border at approximately 21:30 hours. Soldiers report three of the four were killed while they believe this is so regarding the fourth too.

It is pointed out the incident took place inside Israel, but the terrorists were in the military zone and they did not cross the 110 kilometer border fence.

According to a Channel 10 News report, two of the four terrorists were sons of Israeli Druse terrorist Walid Mahmoud, of Majdal Shams. He was a jailed in Israel for his terrorist activities. The community of Majdal Shams does not hide its loyalty to Syria.

In response, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated, “any attempt to harm our soldiers will be met with a firm response, like the one led by the IDF tonight who stopped an attempted terror attack. I praise the IDF alertness which responded quickly and accurately.”

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

As the Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in a case that could radically alter the institution of marriage across the United States, Agudath Israel of America has submitted an “amicus curiae” (friend of the court) brief urging the High Court to preserve the traditional definition of marriage.

The case, Obergefell v. Hodges, involves a constitutional challenge to state laws that define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. If the challenge is successful, all states would have to permit and recognize “marriages” between members of the same gender.

“If the Supreme Court rules that the traditional definition of marriage is unconstitutional,” said Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel’s executive vice president, “not only would it accelerate a dangerous social revolution in the broad society around us, it could severely jeopardize the religious liberty and social standing of religious communities like ours that can never accept same-gender ‘marriage’.”

The Agudath Israel brief makes the constitutional case for allowing states to continue defining marriage as the union of man and woman. In addition to emphasizing the moral foundation upon which the traditional definition of marriage rests, the brief points to the salient fact that, as one prominent social scientist has observed, “children are best served when reared in a home with a married mother and father.”

The brief also discusses why a determination that traditional marriage laws are unconstitutional would pose a serious threat to religious liberty. Even in those states that have legislatively expanded the definition of marriage, the brief points out, at the same time they have enacted certain protections for religious dissenters who adhere to the traditional definition – for example, the right of clergy members to refuse as a matter of religious conviction to officiate at same gender “marriages.” In contrast, if the definition of marriage is expanded judicially, the rights of religious dissenters may remain unprotected.

Agudath Israel’s brief was authored by the organization’s general counsel, Rabbi Mordechai Biser, Esq., together with Larry Loigman, Esq., a New Jersey attorney who served as counsel of record. The brief benefited from the research and assistance of law students Joseph Wiener and Mark Kahn.

Commenting on the significance of the Agudath Israel brief, Rabbi Zwiebel bemoaned “the sad fact – the tragic fact! — that ours was the only Jewish voice standing up for traditional marriage. All the other Jewish amicus curiae groups – including the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist groups in a brief submitted jointly with a number of non-Jewish religious groups – came down on the side of same-gender ‘marriage’.”

“It is heartbreaking, ” said the Agudath Israel leader, “to read a sentence in a brief submitted to the Supreme Court stating that ‘the Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Jewish movements allow their rabbis to perform religious wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples.’ How far these groups have strayed, how deeply they have punctured the integrity of Torah Judaism!

“I hope the Supreme Court will recognize the strength of our legal arguments, and reject the constitutional challenge to traditional marriage. Only time will tell. But for one thing we need not wait: getting the message out to the world around us, and especially to the Jewish world around us, that no matter what the falsifiers of Judaism may say, we can never accept the validity of these types of relationships. If our brief accomplishes nothing more than delivering that message, we will already have accomplished a great deal.”

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