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A vacationer in Montego Bay, Jamaica surveys the damage to a luxury hotel from Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday night.

Chareidim arrested after storming Israel’s Supreme Court during a hearing on the IDF drafting yeshivaleit

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused the Trump administration of committing horrific acts, alleging that “Black babies are being thrown in the back of vans” and “zip-tied in the middle of the night.”

The Las Vegas Police Department is rolling out a large fleet of Cybertruck police cars.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz signed an order prohibiting Red Cross visits to terrorists held in Israeli prisons.

Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz said dozens of Hamas commanders were eliminated after yesterday’s Rafah attack, warning there will be no immunity for Hamas leaders — “whoever raises a hand against IDF soldiers, his hand will be severed” — and that anyone who attacks soldiers or breaches agreements will pay the full price.

REPORTER: “Mr. President, could we get your reaction to Israel striking in Gaza again?” TRUMP: “From what I understand, they took out an Israeli soldier… I just heard about it a little while ago. They killed an Israeli soldier, so Israel hit back, and they should. When that happens, they have every right to respond.” […]

Trump on Gaza peace deal: “We’re getting into phase two,” he said, adding, “We made a deal with them… If they don’t behave, they get taken out. And it could be from numerous countries.”

President Donald Trump was awarded South Korea’s highest honor, the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, with officials noting, “Mr. President, you are the first American president to receive this honor.”

The IDF announced that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is now in effect, following a series of significant strikes targeting dozens of Hamas terrorists and sites. In a statement, the military said that, under the directive of the political echelon, it launched the strikes in response to Hamas’ violations, hitting more than 30 commanders […]

President Donald Trump acknowledged that U.S. law prevents him from seeking a third term, indicating he does not plan to challenge the constitutional limit on presidential tenure. “If you read it, it’s pretty clear I’m not allowed to run — it’s too bad,” he said.

The IDF reported that it thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons into Israel from Egypt last night using a drone. Troops intercepted and shot down the drone after it crossed the border, discovering it was carrying three assault rifles.

Hundreds of thousands are expected to flood the streets of Yerushalayim tomorrow to protest the government’s giyus decree and the arrests of yeshiva bochurim. Gedolei Yisroel will stand on balconies along Yirmiyahu and Sarei Yisrael Streets, joining the masses in tefillah.

The organizers have stressed that the event will be entirely devoted to tefillah and kiddush Hashem, with no political overtones. The gathering is being held in protest of the threats to Torah learning and the detentions of bnei yeshivos.

The main atzarah will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the entrance to Yerushalayim and is expected to continue for approximately two hours. The program will include Tehillim and special tefillos composed for the occasion.

The protest area will extend from the Chords Bridge toward the city entrance up to the gas station, continuing along Rechov Yirmiyahu to Rechov HaTzvi, as well as along Sarei Yisrael, Shazar Boulevard, and Rechov Yafo up to their junctions. Gedolei Yisroel and roshei yeshiva will be positioned on balconies along these main routes to participate and lead the tefillos.

The atzarah will conclude around 4:30 p.m., close to shkiah, to allow the crowd to disperse safely. Organizers emphasize that all participants must follow safety and security instructions, maintain decorum, and ensure the event proceeds in a spirit of kiddush Hashem.

Hundreds of buses are being organized independently across the country to bring participants to Yerushalayim. The public is urged to follow official guidance from the organizing committee.

Police are preparing for the massive event, deploying hundreds of officers and Border Police units to ensure public safety, direct traffic, and maintain order.

Traffic Restrictions:
From 12:00 p.m. until the conclusion of the event, Route 1 will be closed in both directions from Latrun to Givat Shaul, including entrances via Route 16 and Sha’ar HaGai. Entry into Yerushalayim through Route 1 will be permitted only for prearranged buses, which will be directed by police to designated drop-off zones. Private vehicles will not be allowed to use Route 1.

Drivers exiting the city will be directed through the Arza Tunnel, Route 16, or Route 443, which will remain open for private traffic. Within Yerushalayim, the main entrance area and surrounding roads will be closed, as well as central city routes. Additional closures and delays are expected near the protest zone.

Gedolei Yisroel — including leading roshei yeshiva, rebbes, and rabbonim — have called on the public to join this historic event, to stand together in unity and sanctify the name of Hashem before the world.

{Matzav.com}

Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, declaring that the new weapon can’t be intercepted. Putin’s statement, which comes three days after he praised a successful test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, appears to be another message to U.S. President Donald Trump […]

In preparation for the upcoming “Million-Man Rally”, expected to draw hundreds of thousands this Thursday, the event’s publicity team has released the first wave of official messaging that will accompany the campaign in the coming days. The materials are part of a broad effort to inform the public about the details and importance of the […]

Tucker Carlson’s latest episode took a shocking turn when he invited white nationalist Nick Fuentes onto his show for what turned into a friendly discussion about Jews, Israel, and blame, JTA reports. Carlson opened the program with a mix of curiosity and defiance. “Everybody’s going to be like, ‘You’re a Nazi, you just like Fuentes,’” he said. “But then I’m like, ‘I don’t think Fuentes is going away. Ben Shapiro tried to strangle him in the crib in college, and now he’s bigger than ever.’”

The conversation, long anticipated by followers of both men, finally confirmed that Carlson—who has remained influential within President Donald Trump’s circle—was willing to engage openly with one of America’s most notorious antisemites. Fuentes, who has built his notoriety on antisemitic rhetoric and extremist nationalism, didn’t hold back. When asked whom he most wanted to see removed from the conservative establishment, he said bluntly: “These Zionist Jews.”

Carlson, whose audience still numbers in the millions, has drawn criticism for increasingly catering to voices that promote antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment on the right. The decision to host Fuentes came amid a growing tide of conspiratorial and extremist ideas taking root among younger conservatives. “As far as the Jews are concerned, you cannot actually divorce Israel and the neocons and all those things that you talk about from Jewishness: ethnicity, religion, identity,” Fuentes told Carlson, asserting that Jewish identity and support for Israel are inseparable.

In an apparent attempt to distance himself, Carlson interjected, signaling mild disagreement. “I’m not that interested in ‘the Jews,’ but I am very interested in the foreign policy question,” he said, adding later, “The second you’re like, ‘Well, actually, it’s the Jews,’ first of all, it’s against my Christian faith. Like, I just don’t believe that and I never will. Period. And second, then it becomes a way to discredit. That’s when I was like, ‘This guy’s a fed.’”

But Fuentes persisted, describing Jews as a people who “resist assimilation for thousands of years.” He argued that their connection to Israel was intrinsic, saying, “They’re a stateless people. They’re unassimilable… And now they have this territory in Israel. There’s a deep religious affection for the state. It’s bound up in their identity.” He traced what he called the “Jewish origins” of neoconservatism to “Jewish leftists who were mugged by reality when they saw the surprise attack in the Yom Kippur War.”

Fuentes went on to claim that his hostility toward Jewish influence began as disillusionment with his conservative idols. “Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin and Dennis Prager were my right-wing heroes in high school,” he said, recounting how his admiration faded after realizing “how pro-Israel” they were. When a colleague from The Daily Wire asked if he wanted to visit Israel, Fuentes replied, “No, I think I have everything I need right here in America…. And that was a little bit of foreshadowing.”

He said his attempts to question support for Israel were met with accusations of antisemitism. “I would say, ‘So, why do we give Israel all this money?’ They would say, ‘You’re asking it in an antisemitic way.’” The rejection, he claimed, led him to embrace conspiratorial thinking about Jewish power in media and politics.

Fuentes presented his worldview as one of reluctant revelation. “If you are a Jewish person in America, it’s sort of rational self-interest, politically, to say, ‘I am a minority. I am a religious, ethnic minority. This is not really my home. My ancestral home is in Israel,’” he said. “They have this international community across borders, extremely organized, that is putting the interests of themselves before the interests of their home country.”

Carlson responded with agreement on one point: Israel. “I always thought it’s great to criticize and question our relationship with Israel because it’s insane and it hurts us,” he told Fuentes. “We get nothing out of it. I completely agree with you there.” He went on to denounce Christian Zionists, including former US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, saying they’d been “seized by this brain virus.”

Discussing the war in Gaza, Carlson added, “One of the reasons I’m mad about Gaza is because the Israeli position is, everyone who lives in Gaza is a terrorist because of how they were born, including the women and the children. That’s not a Western view. That’s an Eastern view. That’s non-Christian. That’s totally incompatible with Christianity and Western civilization. They say, ‘Oh, we’re the defenders of Western civilization.’ Not with that attitude, you’re not.”

The episode also revisited Fuentes’s past controversies, including his notorious 2022 dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Ye and Trump. “This guy’s hardcore. I like this guy,” Trump said at the meal, according to Fuentes—though Trump later claimed not to have known who he was. When asked by Carlson what kind of America he envisioned, Fuentes was explicit: “We do need to be right-wing. We do need to be Christian. We do, on some level, need to be pro-white,” he said. “Not to the exclusion of everybody else, but recognizing that white people have a special heritage here, as Americans.”

{Matzav.com}

Rabbi Alvin Kass, the longtime chief chaplain of the New York City Police Department and one of the most enduring figures in city service, was niftar overnight at the age of 89. Rabbi Kass, who joined the NYPD in 1966, was both the department’s oldest and longest-serving member, having spent nearly six decades offering guidance, […]

Radical left-wing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani holds a double-digit lead in the race for New York City mayor, according to a new Manhattan Institute poll released Tuesday — even as a majority of New Yorkers disagree with his most progressive policy proposals. The survey of 600 likely voters found Mamdani with 43 percent support, well ahead […]