Israel’s cabinet approved a plan to build a supplementary international airport near Nevatim in the Negev, following a proposal by Benjamin Netanyahu. • The airport would serve as an additional hub alongside Ben Gurion Airport, aiming to ease congestion and support long-term aviation growth. • The project is expected to cost $7–10 billion, with construction […]
A 17-year-old student at Renaissance Charter School in Queens, NY, was arrested Monday after allegedly sending emails referencing “killing Jews” to multiple people connected to the school’s campus. Police said the teen sent the messages around 12:30 p.m. to recipients linked to the Jackson Heights school.
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping government funding package into law Tuesday that includes more than $4 billion in support for Israel, reinforcing the administration’s close alignment with the Jewish state as Congress moved quickly to end a brief federal shutdown. Trump signed the measure less than three hours after it cleared the U.S. House […]
As it marks its 100th anniversary, Lufthansa is breaking with decades of corporate caution and publicly confronting its deep ties to Nazi Germany, a move executives say reflects a broader shift toward institutional accountability in Europe’s largest economy. “We at Lufthansa are proud of what we are today,” CEO Carsten Spohr said in remarks released […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Phylisa Wisdom, the former executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, to lead the city’s Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism. The appointment, announced Wednesday, places Wisdom at the center of one of the mayor’s most sensitive and polarizing policy areas, as City Hall faces mounting pressure over […]
Nearly half a trillion dollars has been erased from the cryptocurrency market in under a week, as a Bitcoin-led selloff gathered pace. Bitcoin at one stage fell to its lowest level in about 15 months on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court rejected the California Republican Party’s emergency attempt to stop the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map, which is likely to result in five additional seats for Democrats in the 2026 midterms.
JD Vance on Iran’s nuclear ambitions: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That’s the stated policy goal of the President…We know the history. The President has no interest in repeating the history of Iraq, but you don’t let crazy people get nuclear weapons.
FBI Director Kash Patel was grilled Tuesday over the government’s lingering silence about the man who shot Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign. Appearing on Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News, Patel faced questions about why the FBI has released so little public information about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who […]
A dramatic halachic ruling issued this week by HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein, has led a prominent chareidi seminary to cancel a planned trip to the Mount Hermon site. The ruling was published in the weekly Torah publication Divrei Chemed, which features the teachings of Rav Zilberstein. In a particularly forceful response, Rav Zilberstein ruled that there […]
LONDON: Thousands attend the levaya of Harav Elyakim Schlesinger zt”l, one of the gedolei roshei yeshiva of this generation, who was niftar earlier today at 104.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin launched a fierce attack on the Supreme Court on Wednesday, accusing it of exceeding its authority and calling on the government to rally behind Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the face of its unauthorized interference in government decisions. Levin’s statement followed the Court’s decision to issue a conditional order instructing Netanyahu […]
Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will take place Friday in Oman, the Iranian foreign minister said, as tensions between the countries remain high following Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests last month. The announcement by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday came after hours of indications that the anticipated talks were faltering over […]
The IDF on Tuesday released drone footage it says shows armed members of Hamas using ambulances to transport weapons and fighters in northern Gaza, accusing the terrorist group of systematically exploiting civilian infrastructure during the current ceasefire. According to the military, the footage was captured during what it described as “routine drone operations” in the […]
NBC: 700 officers leaving Minneapolis. Did that come from you? TRUMP: “Yes, it did, but it didn’t come from me because I just wanted to do it. We are waiting for them to release prisoners, give us the murderers that they’re holding, and all of the bad people.”
Keith Siegel, an American hostage freed after nearly 16 months in Hamas captivity: “I am eternally grateful to you and President Trump for bringing me home, and for bringing all of the hostages back to their families.”
First Lady Melania Trump meets at the White House with Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas for 51 days, and her husband, Keith Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas for 484 days.
A Rosh Yeshivah from the community of Shilo in the Binyamin region and three of his talmidim were arrested on Wednesday by police in northern Israel. According to a report by the Honenu legal aid organization, the arrests were carried out shortly after the group was attacked by Arabs from the area. The incident took […]
A 17-year-old student at Renaissance Charter School in Queens, NY, was arrested Monday after allegedly sending emails referencing “killing Jews” to multiple people connected to the school’s campus. Police said the teen sent the messages around 12:30 p.m. to recipients linked to the Jackson Heights school, which serves students from pre-K through 12th grade. He […]
