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Walla News quoting “a senior PA (Palestinian Authority) source” reports the PA claims arrests of Hamas cell members prevented terror attacks in Israel. A wave of arrests carried out by
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Degel Hatorah MKs Moshe Gafne and Uri Maklev together with party secretary Yaakov Asher convened with Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita, reportedly to discuss a number of
A U.S.-led coalition dropped new leaflets over the de facto capital of the Islamic State group in Syria, warning those below that “freedom will come” to the region, activists said
HaRav Shalom Arush, Rosh Yeshivas Chut Shel Chessed, has announced he will no longer accept women wishing to meet with him. According to a Kikar Shabbos report, due to the
Please take a moment to be Mispallel for HaRav Matisyahu Solomon Shlita, the Mashgiach of Lakewood’s BMG, who was just rushed by Hatzolah to the hospital. Sources tell YWN that
Once again, Donald Trump isn’t backing down from comments that have inflamed the Republican presidential race. And some of his rivals are no longer treating him with kid gloves. Republican
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