Yisrael Porush, son of United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush, was arrested by police on Motzei Shabbos during a protest outside Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara in Tel Aviv. Porush, a member of the Elad city council for the Shlomei Emunim movement, a former mayor of the Chareidi city, and leader of the Magen u-Moshi’a anti-enlistment group, was protesting against the detention of Chareidim for refusing to report to IDF draft notices. A video posted on an official Shlomei Emunim WhatsApp group shows Porush, wearing a Tallis, entering a police vehicle. He states, “I am being arrested for blowing the shofar in the Land of Israel while there are a hundred young men in detention.” There are around 100 Chareidim in military prison as of last week. In a statement, Shlomei Emunim called the arrest “an outrageous violation of the right to protest,” while MK Porush stated that his son’s detention reveals the “hypocrisy” of those protesting the government. “That cannot be considered democracy,” he said, adding, “when people demonstrate against the attorney general, who demands mass arrests with governmental violence and the denial of the right to study Torah…that is forbidden, and the demonstrator must be arrested.” Porush strongly criticized authorities, saying, “Rabbi Porush exposed this hypocrisy tonight. Thanks to him, everyone now knows that the State of Israel is not a nation of law, but a dictatorship hostile to democracy. There are unelected rulers in the legal system against whom it is forbidden to protest.”
TRUMP: “I am pleased to report that we are having very inspired and productive discussions with the Middle Eastern Community concerning Gaza. Intense negotiations have been going on for four days, and will continue for as long as necessary.”
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed President Donald Trump for attending Ryder Cup golf matches just days before a possible government shutdown, as Republicans push for a “clean” stopgap funding bill while Democrats demand it also extend ACA tax credits set to expire before 2026.
The Shin Bet and IDF say an airstrike in Gaza killed Hamas terrorist Muhammad Ahmad Yousef al-Jamal, who shot and killed Israeli officer Chief Inspector Arnon Zmora during the June 8, 2024, Nuseirat hostage rescue. Also killed in the strike was Sari Idris Muhammad al-Aqrab, another Hamas terrorist linked to the October 7 attacks.
The IDF says its troops demolished the home of one of the two Palestinian terrorists behind the Yerushalayim shooting attack earlier this month that left six people dead.
The IDF released footage of a drone strike in Gaza City targeting Hamas terrorists who were spotted attempting to plant bombs. The terrorists, seen digging while trying to conceal themselves under blankets, were identified by troops of the 188th Armored Brigade, who then called in the Israeli Air Force to carry out the strike, killing them, according to the military.
On the one-year anniversary of his assassination by Israel, the Hezbollah-affiliated al-Mayadeen network broadcast what it claims is the final image of the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
