VP VANCE: “It’s an amazing thing to have a President who’s working to stop the killing when you’ve had, for so many generations, Presidents who didn’t care about bringing peace to these very conflict-torn regions of the world. It’s something I think all Americans should be proud of.”
VP Vance on Friday’s meeting with President Putin in Alaska: “This is a major breakthrough for American diplomacy… I don’t think you can actually sit down and have this negotiation absent the leadership of Donald J. Trump.”
VANCE: “[Democrats] have tried to rig the game for Democrats and against Republicans. Thankfully, under @POTUS’s leadership, you finally see some spine. You finally see some backbone in the Republican Party to fight back against these very aggressive Democrat dirty tricks.”
PM Bibi Netanyahu exposes international media outlets for sharing photos of sickly Gazans labeled as starvation, explaining the images actually show medical conditions unrelated to hunger
Sen. Graham: “I have every confidence in the world that @POTUS is going to go to meet Putin from a position of strength… to end this war honorably — and it’s time to end this war honorably… I am confident President Trump will get a good deal for all.”
US Ambassador to NATO on Friday’s meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin: “President Trump is really the only one that could make this happen. He is the sole reason this meeting is happening on Friday. He’s a peacemaker — he’s averaging about a peace deal a month.”
The Syrian Defense Ministry’s 60th Division has reportedly started positioning forces along the Euphrates riverbed near the outskirts of the Tishrin Dam.
The IDF says it intercepted a drone smuggling ten rifles from Egypt into Israel earlier today, downing it after it crossed the border and handing the seized weapons and drone over to police.
HY’D: Mrs. Olga Weisberg, a Holocaust survivor who was seriously injured during the Iranian missile barrage on Eretz Yisroel in June, was niftar on Shabbos at the age of 91. Emergency personnel from Magen David Adom were called to her Rechovot residence after she collapsed in her home, but sadly, they were unable to revive her and she was pronounced niftar at the scene.
HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch and three members of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah of Shas, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Maya, HaGaon HaRav Avraham Salim and HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Betzalel, braved the heatwave temperatures on Sunday to visit the three yeshivah bochurim imprisoned there for the “crime” of limud Torah. The Gedolim spoke with the bochurim, the two brothers, Rafael and Baruch Yitzchakoff, and Tomer Spayev, and encouraged them with words of chizzuk.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry issued a warning to Israelis in Greece to act cautiously on Sunday due to the scheduled “Day of Rage” protests scheduled by pro-Hamas groups. Protests are expected to take place in approximately 90 locations across the country, including at popular tourist sites and islands. The protests follow a series of antisemitic incidents across the country in recent weeks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday slammed his own right-wing bloc aftee threats to dismantle the coalition if Hamas is not decisively defeated in Gaza. Speaking at the opening of the weekly Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu promised a statement later in the day addressing both the public and what he called the “gatekeepers” on the right. “Tonight there will be a statement, and there will also be answers for the ‘gatekeepers’ from the right,” he said. In a message to ministers warning they could bring down his government, Netanyahu cautioned: “The right has a special talent for toppling right-wing governments, and then we pay tragic prices.” Notably, all ministers from the Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit parties — two key coalition partners — were absent from Sunday’s meeting, underscoring the deepening rift within the government. The tensions follow remarks by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, leader of Religious Zionism, who blasted the Cabinet’s decision to capture Gaza City. Smotrich said he had lost confidence in Netanyahu’s “ability and willingness” to lead the IDF to victory and eliminate the Hamas threat. The public clash marks one of the most serious internal challenges Netanyahu has faced since the war began, raising questions about whether the coalition can hold together as the Gaza campaign drags on. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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Hamas earned half a billion dollars for its terror coffers in 2024 by commandeering “humanitarian” aid trucks that entered Gaza and selling the contents at inflated prices to Gazan civilians, the New York Sun reported on Friday. The outlet published an op-ed authored by Ophir Falk, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s senior foreign policy advisor, outlining the theft of humanitarian aid by Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza. Data compiled by Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) showed that 80% of aid that entered the Strip was seized by Hamas or other terror groups. The UN released its own data admitting that 85%(!) of the aid brought into the Strip by its agencies was looted by terror groups. Of course, the UN never allows facts to obscure its antisemitic mission and has continuously blamed Israel for any food shortages or incidents of violence at aid sites instead of Hamas. The video below shows a clearly “starving” Hamas terrorist advertising sugar for “only” 40 shekels a kilo after stealing the aid from UN “humanitarian aid” trucks. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
New York City’s subway system was the scene of two separate violent attacks Saturday night, leaving two men hospitalized and police searching for suspects. In Midtown, a 44-year-old man was shoved from behind onto the tracks of the 1 train at the 50th Street and 7th Avenue station around 7:50 p.m., according to the NYPD. The attack was unprovoked, and the assailant was a stranger to the victim, police said. The man suffered injuries to his face and leg but managed to climb back onto the platform before a train arrived. Photos from the scene show him bleeding from the knee and with an abrasion on his forehead as FDNY medics wheeled him out of the station. Fellow riders rushed to help, and the victim even managed a smile as he was lifted into an ambulance. He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition. Just over an hour later, another 44-year-old subway rider was stabbed in the neck during a confrontation at the 2nd Avenue F-train station in the East Village. Police said a verbal argument on the northbound platform turned physical shortly before 9:15 p.m. The attacker pulled out a knife, stabbing the victim once in the neck and once in the right armpit before fleeing. The wounded man escaped to the street level at 1st Avenue and 1st Street, where he received medical aid before being taken to Bellevue Hospital. He was alert and conscious and is expected to survive, according to the NYPD. No arrests have been made in either case, and police investigations are ongoing. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
Mrs. Olga Weisberg, a Holocaust survivor who was seriously injured during the Iranian missile barrage on Eretz Yisroel in June, was niftar on Shabbos at the age of 91. Emergency personnel from Magen David Adom were called to her Rechovot residence after she collapsed in her home, but sadly, they were unable to revive her and she was pronounced niftar at the scene. At this time, it is not yet known whether her passing is directly connected to the wounds she sustained in the missile attack. The levayah will take place today (Sunday) at 5:00 p.m. at the Gorodiski Beis HaChaim in Rechovot. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch and three members of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah of Shas, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Maya, HaGaon HaRav Avraham Salim and HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Betzalel, braved the heatwave temperatures on Sunday to visit the three yeshivah bochurim imprisoned there for the “crime” of limud Torah. The Gedolim spoke with the bochurim, the two brothers, Rafael and Baruch Yitzchakoff, and Tomer Spayev, and encouraged them with words of chizzuk. Additionally, HaRav Hirsch, after witnessing the conditions of the prison, requested that the prison administration allow the bochurim more time in the shul since it is difficult for them to learn Torah in the cell. The request was granted. Last week, HaGaon HaRav Dov Landua exerted himself, despite his frailty, to visit the prison and provide support and chizzuk to the bochurim. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
