In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court issued a conditional order on Wednesday morning to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to explain why he hasn’t dismissed National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from his position. The order was issued in response to four petitions from left-wing organizations challenging Ben Gvir’s continued tenure, which claim that he improperly […]
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir made a dramatic decision on Wednesday to ban the continued use by police of water cannons that spray foul-smelling liquid (“skunk spray”), gas, or dye—despite explicit requests from senior police officials and opposition from the Attorney General. The move came after the minister learned that the police have been using […]
It is with deep pain and regret that YWN shares the petirah of HaRav Elyakim Schlesinger zt”l, who was niftar at the age of 104, concluding a life that spanned more than a century of Torah, mesorah, and an unwavering commitment to Klal Yisroel. Born in Vienna on 22 Cheshvan 5682 (1921) to his parents, […]
United Hatzalah volunteers carried out resuscitation efforts on a one-year-old baby who lost consciousness at his home in the Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood in Jerusalem early Wednesday morning. Hatzalah volunteers Pini Weiss and Mordechai Greifer said, “When we arrived, we were handed an approximately one-year-old baby who wasn’t breathing and had no pulse after, according to […]
An IDF reserve officer was seriously wounded by terrorist gunfire near the Yellow Line in northern Gaza overnight Tuesday. “Immediately after the shooting, tanks fired at the terrorists, and at the same time airstrikes were launched in the area,” the IDF spokesperson stated. “This constitutes a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement.” The officer was […]
Firefighters responded Tuesday night to a fire at Shiras Devorah Girls High School on Oak Street in Lakewood, where hundreds of students were inside the building preparing for a school expo, LAKEWOOD ALERTS REPORTED. The girls were safely evacuated to the Bais Tova gym after flames were reported inside Shiras Devorah’s walls and smoke was […]
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coast guard said late Tuesday, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway for potentially missing people. The bodies of […]
Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested activists who were trailing their vehicles on Tuesday in Minneapolis, while education leaders described anxiety and fear in Minnesota schools from the ongoing federal sweeps. Both are signs that tension remains in the Minneapolis area after the departure of high-profile commander Greg Bovino of U.S. Board Patrol and the arrival of […]
State Attorney Amit Isman instructed the police at the last minute to add the offense of “aiding the enemy during wartime” against Betzalel Zini, the brother of the Shin Bet chief, and two additional soldiers who are involved in a case concerning the smuggling of cigarettes into the Gaza Strip during the war. The offense […]
The chairman of the Noam party, MK Avi Maoz, delivered a sharply worded speech in the Knesset plenum on Monday against the judicial system, following the Supreme Court’s interim order preventing the closure of Army Radio. In his remarks, Maoz said that over the years, successive IDF chiefs of staff—from Shaul Mofaz through Moshe Ya’alon, […]
Bret Baier presses FBI Director Kash Patel for more details on the Butler shooter, questioning the lack of cellphone records, who the suspect was communicating with, and what exactly happened, saying the public still does not have the full picture.
A source familiar with the investigation into the Military Advocate General affair responded to the statement by the police’s legal adviser, Brig. Gen. Elazar Kahana, determining that Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara was not involved in the case, Arutz Sheva reported. “Kahana is completely a loyalist of Gali Baharav-Miara,” the source told Arutz Sheva. “When […]
Elazar Vigdorovitz, an Israeli chareidi man suspected of serious fraud and scam offenses, has managed to escape law enforcement for the second time — most recently during his deportation from the United States to Israel. According to a report by Avishai Grintzayg on i24NEWS, Vigdorovitz was deported from New York to Israel under escort by […]
Iranian lawmaker Amirhossein Sabeti, speaking in the Iranian parliament: What good did you see from the negotiations in Oman that you now want to send a delegation to Turkey? Last time, they bombed us during the negotiations. Why are you so eager to repeat the same strategic mistake? What more concessions will you offer them […]
A Long Island Rail Road train struck a car at a railroad crossing Monday evening, triggering a fiery crash that injured three passengers, authorities said.
FBI Director Kash Patel: “The target of that search warrant was a warehouse down in Fulton County. Federal agents from the FBI went down there and followed the parameters of the search warrant, and secured the evidence—and from there, we maintain the chain of custody, and do what we always do, which is to follow […]
DEVELOPING: Firefighters are currently battling a massive blaze that has broken out at under-construction homes in the Jackson 21 development in Jackson.
President Donald Trump held talks with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House on Tuesday only weeks after threatening military action against the South American country and accusing the leader of pumping cocaine into the United States. The meeting, which focused on regional security cooperation and counternarcotics efforts, came as Trump says Petro — who has continued to criticize […]
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The Otef Israel Forum responded to the report on Tuesday on mortar shells and rockets that were discovered in the southern Gaza Strip, warning that, in its words, this is only “the tip of the iceberg” of a much wider and dangerous phenomenon. According to the forum, trucks entering the Strip from Egypt are not […]
