U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that Iran’s ruling elite may believe their grip on power is slipping, as American sanctions trigger a financial crisis that has sent the country’s economy into free fall. Testifying before the United States Senate Banking Committee, Bessent said the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign has systematically strangled Iran’s […]
A Senate committee has opened an inquiry into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s decision to revoke City Hall’s use of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The probe was announced Thursday by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, who sent a formal letter […]
A new assessment by the Shin Bet released on Thursday revealed a deeply disturbing phenomenon: security officials have identified cases of Israelis who are initiating contact with Iranian intelligence operatives
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Thursday that he repeatedly considered conquering the Gaza Strip in the years leading up to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, only to be blocked time and again by Israel’s security establishment, which warned the move would trigger a long, costly war with little international backing and no viable […]
Israeli authorities have arrested two young men from Jerusalem on suspicion of spying for Iran in exchange for money, amid mounting concern in Jerusalem over Tehran’s alleged efforts to recruit operatives inside Israel. Police and the Shin Bet said the two suspects — both Israeli citizens in their 20s — were taken into custody last […]
A prominent Jewish advocacy group is warning that Canada’s decision to dismantle its federal antisemitism watchdog risks weakening the country’s ability to confront rising hatred and preserve Holocaust memory, and could leave Ottawa in breach of its international commitments. The Abraham Global Peace Initiative said this week that the government’s move to dissolve the Office […]
It is with deep regret that YWN shares the petirah of Reb Amram Mizrachi z”l, an 81-year-old Jewish man who was niftar in a fire in Boro Park on Thursday
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is defending his administration’s response to a deadly cold snap that has claimed at least 17 lives, as the City Council prepares to scrutinize the city’s handling of the crisis in a series of oversight hearings. The hearings, first reported by Politico, are expected to begin Feb. 10, with […]
Federal prosecutors unsealed a sweeping new indictment on Wednesday against Elias Rodriguez that adds multiple terrorism-related charges to the already severe case stemming from last year’s fatal shooting of two Israeli diplomats in Washington. The superseding indictment brings the total number of charges to nine, including murder, hate crimes, and terrorism offenses, several of which […]
A nonpartisan research group is raising new concerns about the conduct and political associations of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), warning that her record presents “serious ethical and national security concerns” for Congress. In a newly released briefing, the advocacy arm of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) alleges that Tlaib […]
A recording published by Channel 14 News revealed a shocking conversation between former prime minister Ehud Barak and his friend, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, in which Barak speaks disparagingly about
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House. Democrats say they will not vote for a DHS spending bill when […]
You cannot describe it, but perhaps no words can better encapsulate Klal Yisrael’s preeminent Torah Convention than its official name of “Kinnus Olam HaTorah.” As Dirshu celebrates its 30 th Anniversary, this
A group of Poskim, Dayanim, and Rabbanim in Israel have issued a Kol Koreh calling on the public to boycott the ANU Museum of the Jewish People (formerly known as
The Trump administration on Thursday will launch TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly from manufacturers at a discounted rate at a time when health
Israeli military officials announced that an airstrike in Gaza City on Wednesday killed a senior Hamas terrorist accused of murdering captive soldier Noa Marciano hy”d, when she was being held hostage in late 2023. The strike, carried out in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp, killed Muhammad Issam Hassan al-Habil, a Hamas cell commander whom Israeli […]
A veteran police officer in Livingston, New Jersey has sued the township, alleging that he was punished and sidelined after reporting repeated antisemitic remarks and discriminatory behavior within the department.
During the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts worried that disruptions to cancer diagnosis and treatment would cost lives. A new study suggests they were right. The federally funded
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