The long-running Ponovezh machlokes took a dramatic step forward this week. Following last week’s arbitration decision issued by retired judge David Cheshin, representatives of Ponovezh Yeshiva (the “Sonim” faction) submitted a request today to the Tel Aviv District Court asking that the ruling be formally confirmed as a binding court judgment. The arbitration verdict granted […]
Israeli authorities announced that they will pursue terror charges against a Jewish extremist accused of brutally beating a 52-year-old Palestinian woman unconscious during an olive harvest last month in the central West Bank. Police say the suspect — reportedly already known to security officials for previous violent activity — was arrested on November 9. Prosecutors […]
At approximately 3:50 PM on Monday afternoon, Flatbush Hatzolah and other emergency personnel responded to a serious MVA at Ocean Parkway and Avenue L. Three vehicles were involved, including a
President Donald Trump’s administration has ramped up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. But the entity that the U.S. government alleges is led by Maduro is not a cartel per se. The designation, published Monday in the Federal Register, is the latest measure in the Trump administration’s escalating […]
The Mekanovka-Belz Rebbe spent this past Shabbos in the Old City of Jerusalem, just steps from the Kosel HaMa’aravi, for a special Shabbos “Mikdash Melech.” This uplifting Shabbos — known as the Shabbos HaNedivim “Mikdash Melech” — took place at the Kosel in the holy city of Jerusalem, led by the Mekanovka-Belz Rebbe Shlita. The […]
Mansour Abbas, chairman of the Islamist Ra’am party, charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday with attempting to rig the next national election by threatening to ban Ra’am over alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Speaking to Ynet, Abbas accused Netanyahu of using national security as political weaponry. “Netanyahu has a very clear goal: to […]
The BBC’s chairman acknowledged Monday that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump but rejected claims that the broadcaster’s impartiality was being undermined from within its own board. Senior BBC leaders were quizzed by Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee amid a major crisis at the publicly funded […]
Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Monday announced it had recovered the body of an Israeli hostage in central Gaza, as both it and Hamas intensify efforts to locate and return the last remaining bodies they are obligated to hand over under a tenuous ceasefire agreement with Israel. The terror group said it “found” the body during […]
Outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams paid a visit today to Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, just days after the shul was targeted by pro-Hamas protest that featured violent rhetoric and open antisemitism. The demonstration was aimed at an open house hosted by Nefesh B’Nefesh, the organization that assists North American Jews seeking to […]
French authorities have opened a criminal investigation into Grok, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence platform, after the bot generated Holocaust-denying content regarding Auschwitz, according to a report published by POLITICO. The probe, led by the Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime division, will analyze whether the AI’s output constitutes a violation of laws banning denial of crimes against humanity. […]
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders. The Pentagon’s statement, which was posted on social media on Monday, cited a federal law that […]
A violent street takeover in a normally quiet Queens neighborhood exploded into chaos early Sunday when dozens of reckless drivers attacked residents and set a car on fire after locals
The Emes L’Yaakov in Israel organization sent a strongly worded warning letter to Israel Railways on Sunday, accusing the company of operating a “dual, discriminatory, and unlawful policy” toward the Chareidi public after it shut down the Jerusalem station during the mass atzeres tefillah last month. The organization threatened to file a class-action lawsuit and […]
The nation’s top military officer is visiting American troops Monday in Puerto Rico and on a Navy warship in the region, where the U.S. has amassed an unusually large fleet of warships and has been attacking alleged drug-smuggling boats. Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Donald Trump’s primary […]
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The rulings from U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie halt at least for […]
Canadian security officials are investigating hundreds of people linked to Hamas, including Canadian citizens, permanent residents and individuals with family ties in the country, according to explosive new intelligence obtained
Malaysia plans to ban social media accounts for people under 16 starting in 2026, joining Australia and a growing number of countries pushing tighter digital age limits for children. Communications
More than a century after one of Europe’s most notorious antisemitic scandals, France has posthumously promoted Alfred Dreyfus — the Jewish army officer falsely convicted of treason in 1894 — to the rank of brigadier general. The decree, signed by President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, was officially published in the Journal Officiel […]
The death toll in widespread flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in Southeast Asia mounted on Monday with another person reported killed in Vietnam, and five others in Thailand
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