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President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran is attempting to manipulate public perception of the ongoing conflict by spreading disinformation through artificial intelligence and media channels, even as the Islamic Republic continues to suffer heavy military setbacks.

In a lengthy message posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump accused Tehran of orchestrating propaganda campaigns designed to exaggerate its military capabilities and mislead the public about developments in the war.

“Iran has long been known as a Master of Media Manipulation and Public Relations. They are Militarily ineffective and weak, but are really good at ‘feeding’ the very appreciative Fake News Media false information,” Trump wrote.

He also claimed that Iran has begun using artificial intelligence to fabricate imagery and stories about the conflict.

“Now, A.I. has become another Disinformation weapon that Iran uses, quite well, considering they are being annihilated by the day. They showed phony ‘Kamikaze Boats,’ shooting at various Ships at Sea, which looks wonderful, powerful, and vicious, but these Boats don’t exist – It’s all false information to show how ‘tough” their already defeated Military is!” contiuned Trump.

Trump further criticized media coverage that reported damage to American military assets, saying those reports were false and generated through manipulated imagery.

“The five U.S. Refueling Planes that were supposedly struck down and badly damaged, according to The Wall Street Journal’s false reporting, and others, are all in service, with the exception of one, which will soon be flying the skies. Buildings and Ships that are shown to be on fire are not – It’s FAKE NEWS, generated by A.I. For instance, Iran, working in close coordination with the Fake News Media, shows our great USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier, one of the largest and most prestigious Ships in the World, burning uncontrollably in the Ocean. Not only was it not burning, it was not even shot at – Iran knows better than to do that! The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!”

He argued that Iran’s only victories have come through fabricated narratives circulated online and in the press.

“The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they ‘win’ are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets. The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES. That’s why their Approval Rating is so low, and I can win a Presidential Election, IN A LANDSLIDE, getting only 5% positive Press – They have no credibility!”

Trump also praised Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for reviewing the broadcast licenses of certain media organizations.

“I am so thrilled to see Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), looking at the licenses of some of these Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic ‘News’ Organizations. They get Billions of Dollars of FREE American Airwaves, and use it to perpetuate LIES, both in News and almost all of their Shows, including the Late Night Morons, who get gigantic Salaries for horrible Ratings, and never get, as I used to say in The Apprentice, ‘FIRED.’”

During a separate interview with NBC News on Saturday, Trump said U.S. strikes had inflicted heavy damage on Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export terminal, and suggested further attacks could follow.

“We totally demolished Kharg Island. We may hit it a few more times just for fun,” Trump told NBC News.

Trump said Iran has expressed interest in negotiating a ceasefire but indicated that he is not ready to accept a deal under the current conditions.

“Iran wants to make a deal, and I don’t want to make it because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” he explained, adding that any agreement would need to include “very solid” terms.

Speaking Friday with Fox News Radio, Trump said he was not setting a firm timeline for the end of the conflict, explaining that the war would conclude when he personally believes the time is right.

He said the conflict would end when he feels it “in my bones.”

Trump added that he does not expect the war to last long but emphasized that he alone will decide when it ends.

He also expressed confidence in the strength of U.S. military capabilities and dismissed concerns about running short of weapons or ammunition.

“Nobody has the technology or the weapons that we have,” he told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade in the interview. “We’re way ahead of schedule. Way ahead.”

Trump later added that the United States has more than enough resources to sustain the campaign if necessary.

“We have virtually unlimited ammunition. We’re using it, we’re using it. We can go forever.”

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The Trump administration is preparing to announce that a group of countries has agreed to participate in a naval coalition aimed at protecting commercial vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping corridor increasingly threatened by Iranian activity, according to a report published Sunday by The Wall Street Journal.

According to the report, the formal announcement could come later this week. However, officials are still discussing whether the escort operations would begin immediately or be delayed until the current hostilities in the region ease.

Several countries have publicly signaled caution about committing naval forces to such a mission while tensions remain elevated, expressing concern about the dangers of operating in waters that could quickly become an active combat zone.

The development follows remarks made Saturday by President Donald Trump, who said that multiple nations are expected to join the United States in deploying warships to safeguard the strategic maritime route.

“Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated,” Trump wrote.

The Strait of Hormuz, which lies between Iran and Oman, serves as one of the world’s most vital maritime energy passages. Approximately 20 percent of the world’s oil supply moves through the narrow channel each day, making any disruption a serious concern for global energy markets.

In recent days, Iranian forces and allied groups have taken steps that could interfere with shipping in the region. These actions have reportedly included harassing commercial vessels, deploying naval patrol craft, and issuing threats to plant sea mines or attack oil tankers.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has historically relied on fast attack boats, drones, and anti-ship missiles positioned along Iran’s coastline to challenge vessels moving through the strait.

U.S. officials have warned that these tactics could enable Iran to temporarily hinder or slow the movement of oil shipments and other cargo passing through the strategic waterway.

The proposed multinational force would seek to counter those threats by escorting commercial ships as they transit the strait.

Trump also indicated that the United States is prepared to continue using military force if necessary to ensure that the critical route remains open.

“In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water,” Trump wrote. “One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!”

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Trump: Whether we get support or not but I can say this, and I said it to them “we will remember.”

Trump: Their military is defeated . but all you need is a few people dropping mines here and there, and you know you louse it up. I’m demanding that these countries protect their territory. They should help us.

Trump: It’s pretty criminal because our media companies who have no credibility whatsoever are putting out information that they know is false, and it’s a very dangerous thing for the country. I think they could be in serious jeopardy.

U.S. security officials warned of unprecedented threats to Jewish communities following a series of recent attacks on shuls in the US and Europe, JTA reported. “We are in the midst of the most elevated and complex threat environment the Jewish community and this country has seen in modern history,” said Kerry Sleeper, chief of threat […]

Reporter: You mentioned that Iran’s military has been decimated. Are you ready to officially declare victory against Iran? Trump: No. I think I just say they are decimated…

A claim circulated by a Kan 11 reporter accusing residents of Bnei Brak of reckless behavior during the war was contradicted after police determined that the suspect involved in the incident was not from the city, exposing the allegation as unfounded.

Even as Israel remains at war, with sirens sounding across the country and missile attacks continuing, critics say some media figures continue directing hostility toward the chareidi public, sometimes attaching accusations to current events without evidence.

The latest episode occurred Sunday when a Kan 11 reporter used a criminal incident in Bnei Brak to accuse the city’s residents, despite lacking any factual basis. Police later clarified that the allegation was incorrect.

In a post on the social media platform X that remained online, reporter Hadas Greenberg shared a video showing a young man handling a cluster bomb fragment and wrote: “Meanwhile somewhere in Bnei Brak they are playing with a cluster bomb remnant. In the end they will really die and still not enlist.”

Police later reported that the individual involved was actually a resident of the Arab city of Tira. According to the police statement, officers detained the suspect after he allegedly collected a cluster bomb into his vehicle in Bnei Brak during the missile barrage and fled the scene.

Investigators were able to identify the suspect by tracing the vehicle’s license plate number and subsequently located and detained him.

Police bomb disposal units arrived at the scene, safely handled the cluster bomb that had been found, and conducted extensive searches of the surrounding area to ensure that no further danger remained to the public.

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As the Iran war enters its third week, Israeli officials are examining a significant change to the passenger arrangement on special flights departing from Ben Gurion Airport that were originally designated to evacuate American citizens from Israel. If the proposal is approved, hundreds of additional Israelis may be permitted to join those flights leaving the country.

The proposal was discussed during a situation assessment currently taking place between Israel’s Home Front Command and the Ministry of Transportation. The talks are focusing on modifying seating allocations on the special flights so that more passengers can be accommodated.

Officials say the adjustment could allow many more Israelis to leave the country on flights that were initially organized primarily for American citizens. At the same time, additional easing measures related to aviation travel are also being examined.

Two weeks into the war, the Transportation Ministry has already reached agreements on certain aviation-related relaxations that are expected to take effect beginning tomorrow. Under the new arrangements, the number of passengers permitted on departing flights will increase. The change became possible after the Home Front Command authorized allowing larger numbers of people to be present at Ben Gurion Airport.

Transportation Minister Miri Regev convened a situation assessment Sunday evening to discuss expanding passenger quotas on outbound flights in the coming days, following an evaluation of the initial pilot program.

The plan under consideration would expand the pilot and introduce additional flights to the United States using wide-body aircraft capable of carrying approximately 300 passengers. Officials are also reviewing the possibility of increasing the number of passengers allowed on narrow-body aircraft traveling to European destinations—from roughly 100 passengers per flight today to between 150 and 170 passengers.

The move would represent another step in gradually restoring outbound flight activity at Ben Gurion Airport, which has been severely disrupted since the start of Operation Shaagas HaAri and the wave of cancellations by foreign airlines.

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Amid reports of shortages in interceptor stockpiles for ballistic missile defense systems, an airlift of munitions has landed in Israel, enabling continued strikes on Iran, Kan News reported on Sunday morning. The shipment was delivered after Israel dropped over 11,000 munitions on Iranian targets since the beginning of the war. While the Iron Dome system […]

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday visited the missile impact site in the northern Arab-Israeli city of Zarzir, where 58 residents were injured in a missile strike last week. In a statement to the international press, Saar said, “While we direct our fire at military targets, military infrastructure, and assets belonging to the evil regime […]

Heavy mourning has descended upon the Bobover court as thousands of chassidim accompanied the venerable Reb Moshe Meir Einhorn z”l to his final resting place on Erev Shabbos.

A survivor of the dor de’ah and the devoted gabbai of Bobov’s Shaarei Tzion kehillah for fifty years, he passed away peacefully at the age of 100.

Reb Moshe Meir was born on Erev Sukkos 5686 in the town of Kashanov. His father was among the prominent Bobover chassidim in the area. As a child he merited to bask in the presence of the Bobover Rebbe, the Kedushas Tzion, during the period when the Rebbe resided in the town of Tchebin.

When he reached bar mitzvah age, on Erev Sukkos 5699, he traveled to don tefillin with his rebbe, the Kedushas Tzion. In doing so, he became the last living Jew known to have had the privilege of putting on tefillin with the Kedushas Tzion himself.

During the terrible years of the Holocaust, he endured six brutal years in concentration camps. Even under those horrific conditions he maintained his dignity and served Hashem with great mesirus nefesh.

After the war, he arrived in Switzerland, where he served as a shochet under the guidance of the renowned gaon, the Chelkas Yaakov of Zurich. A few years later he immigrated to the United States, where he bound himself with deep devotion to his rebbe, the Bobover Rebbe, the Divrei Shlomo. Even during those early years he already served as gabbai in the Bobover shtiebel in Boro Park, at a time when the Rebbe was still living in Crown Heights.

In 5730 he was officially appointed by the Divrei Shlomo of Bobov to serve as the gabbai of the Bobover Shaarei Tzion kehillah. He carried out that role with extraordinary dedication and unwavering loyalty for fifty consecutive years.

His strong connection to the Bobover court continued under the leadership of the Rebbe, Rav Naftali Tzvi of Bobov, and later with the current Bobover Rebbe, who showed him special warmth and affection.

Reb Moshe Meir maintained his energetic and disciplined chassidic routine almost until the very end of his life. Among other practices, he continued attending the Rebbe’s regular Shacharis minyan until only a few years ago, even after he had already passed the age of ninety.

Every Shabbos, during the tish of Rava D’Ravin, it was he who began the niggun of “Baruch Kel Elyon.” Each Erev Shabbos he would enter the Rebbe’s chamber to deliver the community’s rent payments.

Those who knew him described him as a chassid from an earlier generation, a Jew who embodied sincere avodas Hashem, integrity in business, and a warm countenance toward every person.

Only a few months ago, his wife passed away after nearly eighty years of marriage that began shortly after the war.

The levayah departed on Friday afternoon from the plaza of the Bobover Beis Medrash in Boro Park. The Bobover Dayan delivered a hesped on behalf of the chassidim, followed by members of the family.

At the head of the procession was the Bobover Rebbe, as well as other prominent rabbonim.

Reb Moshe Meir was laid to rest in the Bobover cemetery, in the section near the ohel of the Rebbes of the Bobover dynasty.

Yehi zichro boruch.

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Trump accuses Iran of spreading AI-generated disinformation and fake battlefield footage to exaggerate its military successes.

Massive explosion near Mehrabad Airport west of Tehran.

Ongoing interception attempts over central Israel now against a ballistic missile launched from Iran.

Adam Schiff: We are now giving Russia $140 million a day by releasing them from these sanctions when Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to better attack and kill American troops. It is rewarding Russia and punishing Ukraine.

Rav Avrohom Pinzel visited the home of the Ponovezh rosh yeshiva, Rav Berel Povarsky, as a representative of the administrators of the talmudei Torah in Eretz Yisroel. He came seeking words of guidance and encouragement that could be conveyed to the tens of thousands of tinokos shel beis rabban during this time of war.

The following is the full dialogue from the visit:

Rabbi Pinzel: How is the rosh yeshiva feeling?

Rosh Yeshiva: Boruch Hashem.

Rabbi Pinzel: What does the rosh yeshiva say about the situation?

Rosh Yeshiva: Hashem will help.

Rabbi Pinzel: Is there reason to worry? People are under great pressure and are asking what they should strengthen themselves in.

Rosh Yeshiva: To strengthen themselves in Torah and yiras Shomayim.

Rabbi Pinzel: Perhaps the rosh yeshiva could say something to the children of Klal Yisroel about their role during this time.

Rosh Yeshiva: Listen—Hakadosh Boruch Hu loves the children of Yisroel more than anyone else, the tinokos shel beis rabban. Hakadosh Boruch Hu said that as long as they exist, He is with them. He is their Father.

Rabbi Pinzel: And then what? What should they do?

Rosh Yeshiva: If Hakadosh Boruch Hu is their Father, a father does not ask for anything. When something is taken in the house it is not theft, because the father is happy that his son has it. So if Hakadosh Boruch Hu is our Avinu Malkeinu—He is our Father and also our King, as it says tenah lanu melech l’shofteinu—the king is also a judge. Therefore, the best situation, during the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah and during times when there is judgment, is when the judge is a king. A king can sit on a throne of mercy. A judge cannot sit on a throne of mercy; he can only carry out the strict law. But a king sits on a throne of mercy. That is why during the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah we ask Hakadosh Boruch Hu, Avinu Malkeinu—You are our Father and our King, and You are also our Judge. When the king judges, he can sit on the throne of mercy. We ask Kel Melech yosheiv al kisei rachamim, that He should have mercy on us and give us everything we ask for.

Rabbi Pinzel: So now, during such a time of war, what does the rosh yeshiva say to the children in the cheder, the children of Klal Yisroel?

Rosh Yeshiva: Just think about what your Father wants, and do what He says. Then you will have success. He will give you everything—just as He promised that if you listen to His voice, He will listen to yours.

Rabbi Pinzel: With Hashem’s help, it will be fulfilled that “Layehudim haysa orah v’simcha v’sasson vikar.”

The rosh yeshiva: Exactly.

Rabbi Pinzel: There is a well-known midrash that the children of Klal Yisroel sat and learned with Mordechai during the decree of Haman. Hakadosh Boruch Hu asked the angels, “What is the sound of sheep that I hear?” And they answered, “These are not sheep—these are the young of Your nation, the House of Yisroel.” Immediately Hakadosh Boruch Hu was filled with mercy. He broke the seals and tore up the letters, and “Layehudim haysa orah v’simcha v’sasson vikar,” and everything was reversed.

Rosh Yeshiva: That’s it.

Rabbi Pinzel: So this year as well, with Hashem’s help.

Rosh Yeshiva: With Hashem’s help.

Rabbi Pinzel: But the children of Yisroel should say a lot of Tehillim, correct?

Rosh Yeshiva: Yes.

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U.S. intelligence assessments shared with President Donald Trump suggested that Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had serious doubts about his son Mojtaba Khamenei succeeding him as the country’s next ruler. The concerns, described by individuals briefed on the matter, reportedly stemmed from Ali Khamenei’s belief that his son lacked the qualifications needed to […]

Antisemitic graffiti discovered at San Jose State University has rattled the campus Jewish community, after messages calling for the “eradication of Jews” were found written on walls across university property. The graffiti appeared on March 11 and 12 and included several threatening slogans, among them “Kill all Jews,” “Make Osama proud,” and “Avoid SJSU 4 […]

The city of Bnei Brak is mourning the petirah of Mrs. Yaffa Eisenstein, wife of Rav Tzvi Eisenstein, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tiferes Tzion and the longtime legendary chazzan of Yeshivas Ponovezh. She passed away at the age of 89.

Mrs. Eisenstein was born in Yerushalayim on the 30th of Nissan, 5696, to her father, Rav Yaakov Sirota of the Batei Nitin neighborhood, and her mother, Mrs. Devorah Miriam.

In 5717 she married her husband, Rav Tzvi Eisenstein, who served as rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tiferes Tzion L’Tzeirim in Bnei Brak and for many decades was the renowned chazzan of Yeshivas Ponovezh. Rav Tzvi passed away this past Simchas Torah at the age of 97.

For many years she served as an mechaneches at the Merkaz school in Bnei Brak, where she taught and guided hundreds of Jewish girls, instilling in them a love for Torah, yiras Shomayim, and refined middos.

Throughout the years she stood steadfastly at the side of her husband, Rav Tzvi, supporting his efforts in spreading Torah with strength and dedication, demonstrating wisdom, understanding, and devotion.

She is survived by a large family of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. During her lifetime she endured the loss of her daughter, Mrs. Yehudis Tabal, who passed away in the summer of 5761. She was the wife of Rav Yechiel Tabal, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Shaarei Tzion.

Later this week, her son, the chazzan of Yeshivas Ponovezh, Rav Shaul Eisenstein, is scheduled to celebrate the wedding of his daughter immediately following the shivah for his mother.

The levayah took place in Bnei Brak, and she was laid to rest at the Ponovezh cemetery.

Yehi zichrah boruch.

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