Dr. Rahmeh Aladwan, a viciously antisemitic NHS doctor in the UK, was arrested by the police on Tuesday for her outrageously pro-terror and antisemitic statements. The arrest comes after last month’s outrageous decision by the British Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPTS) Service to allow her to continue practicing medicine while they continued an investigation into her statements, including calling a UK hospital “a Jewish supremacy cesspit.” The British “Campaign Against Antisemitism” X account stated in response to the report about her arrest, “We have submitted numerous complaints to the General Medical Council (GMC) regarding this doctor, who is a prolific poster of the most deranged material and claims about Jewish people and is self-evidently unfit to serve as a regulated professional. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) inexplicably disagreed, allowing her to continue to practice as a trainee pending further investigation, and we have threatened legal action. “But now even the Met Police—hardly the most proactive institution in the fight against antisemitism—believes that her conduct is so incendiary as to have potentially crossed the criminal threshold. “What an absolute embarrassment to our medical regulator, and what a disgrace that it cannot see what ordinary people and even the Met Police can. “Clearly, the GMC and the MPTS are unfit for purpose.” Dr. Aladwan has made numerous rabid antisemitic and pro-Hamas statements, calling for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Israel and stating that “the UK is occupied and controlled by Jewish supremacy—in fact, most Christian countries.” Aladwan also wrote, “I don’t condemn Hamas. I don’t condemn October 7. I don’t condemn armed resistance to the Occupation. I condemn ‘Israel.’” She wrote, “Not trying to be unreasonable, but every ******** settler will leave Palestine. It’s not for liberal Jewish supremacists (Zionists) or their enablers to decide that Palestinians must live with their land thieves, murderers, and rapists. Algeria did it. So will Palestine.” (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for an estimated 2.5 million borrowers who are enrolled in certain federal repayment plans following a lawsuit from the American Federation of Teachers. Under the agreement reached Friday between the teachers union and the administration, the Education Department will process loan forgiveness for those eligible in certain repayment plans that offer lower monthly payments based on a borrower’s earnings. The government had stopped providing forgiveness under those plans based on its interpretation of a different court decision. The agreement will also protect borrowers from being hit with high tax bills on debt due to be forgiven this year. “We took on the Trump administration when it refused to follow the law and denied borrowers the relief they were owed,” AFT President Randi Weingarten said in a statement. “Our agreement means that those borrowers stuck in limbo can either get immediate relief or finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.” The Education Department said the Trump administration is reviewing forgiveness programs to identify ones that were not affected by court rulings that blocked much of the Biden administration’s efforts to cancel student debt. “The Administration looks forward to continuing its work to simplify the student loan repayment process through implementation of the President’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” the department said in a statement. Several forgiveness programs are included According to the deal, the Trump administration must cancel student debt for eligible borrowers enrolled in the following plans: income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, income-contingent repayment plans, Pay As You Earn (PAYE), and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) plans. If borrowers have made payments beyond what was needed for forgiveness, those payments will be reimbursed. The Education Department must also continue to process IDR and PSLF “buyback” applications. Balances forgiven before Dec. 31 will not be treated as taxable income, as they will in 2026 due to a recent change in tax law. The administration must also file progress reports every six months with the court to show the pace of application processing and loan forgiveness, according to the AFT. How many borrowers are waiting for forgiveness? An estimated 2.5 million borrowers in IDR plans will be affected by the agreement, and another 70,000 are waiting for forgiveness through the PSLF program. Even with the agreement in place, mass layoffs at the Education Department could factor into processing times for forgiveness, said Megan Walter, senior policy analyst at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. If borrowers continue to make payments while their application is pending forgiveness, that will be refunded to them if they are successful, Walter said. “But keep really good records,” she said. What are the PSLF and buyback forgiveness programs? Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which has been in place since 2007, forgives federal student loans for borrowers who have worked at non-profit organizations or in public service after 120 payments, or 10 years. The Biden administration also created an option for borrowers to “buy back” months of payments they missed during forbearance or deferment in 2023, to allow more people to qualify for that forgiveness. To determine if you qualify for a buy-back under the PSLF program, consult this page at the Education Department. (AP)
New data from the Finance Ministry’s Accountant General, detailing government budgets for Chareidi yeshivos, reveal the severe impact of recent funding cuts—with some yeshivos suffering reductions of 80% to 90% in state support. Some of the largest yeshivos lost as much as 20 million shekels. The cuts are the result of sanctions preventing funding for bnei yeshivos according to a controversial decision by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who declared the funding “illegal.” In 2024, the funding suspended for yeshivos for talmidim defined as “draft dodgers” reached 350 million shekels. At the time, the damage was only partial, since implementation began mid-2024 and affected students whose draft deferments had already expired. The full data, published in a report in The Marker, reveal which yeshivos were hit hardest. Predictably, those serving younger talmidim aged 18–26, now defined as “draft evaders,” suffered the most. Older kollel frameworks, with long-time talmidim already exempt from military service, were less affected. The budget for Slabodka Yeshiva was cut almost in half. The yeshivah received about 5 million shekels annually over the past decade, which rose to 6.8 million under the 2023 coalition agreement. The sanctions introduced in 2024 hit hard, reducing its funding to 4.5 million, and so far in 2025, to only 2.2 million shekels. Even if that rises slightly by year’s end, the yeshiva faces a 50%+ cut overall. Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak saw government funding plummet from 22 million shekels in 2023 to 7 million so far in 2025. Mir Yeshiva, the largest in Israel, dropped from 56 million shekels in 2023 to 29 million in 2025—a smaller proportional decrease due to its large number of older avreichim. Chevron Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which received nearly 9 million shekels in 2023, was hit with a 90% cut, receiving just 800,000 shekels so far this year. The funding for Ateres Shlomo yeshiva decreased from 25 million shekels to 9 million shekels. One of the hardest-hit yeshivos is Orchos Torah Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, attended by mostly young talmidim, with state funding dropping from 17 million shekels in 2023 (including Welfare Ministry support) to 1.3 million in 2025—a reduction of over 80%. Porat Yosef Yeshiva fell from 1.9 million shekels in 2023 to 240,000 in 2025, while Kisei Rachamim Yeshiva saw a similar 75% cut. The Chassidish yeshivos were also hit hard. Vizhnitz Yeshiva’s budget was slashed to one-third, now totaling slightly over 6 million shekels. Similar cuts hit Gerrer’s Sfas Emes Yeshiva, Beit Matityahu Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, and others. According to The Marker, some institutions have been partially compensated by Keren Olam HaTorah, which reported disbursing around $9 million per month to yeshivos. That amounts to approximately 300 million shekels in 2025—still only a fraction of the roughly 700 million shekels lost due to the state budget cuts. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
Israel Police Chief Danny Levy has directed officers not to detain chareidim who don’t enroll in the army, even after repeated appeals from the IDF and the Justice Ministry for police cooperation in enforcing military draft laws, Haaretz reports.
The internal directive, signed by Maj. Gen. David Filo, head of the police operations division, and approved by Levy, instructs police to refrain from making arrests. Instead, officers are to coordinate the individuals’ appearance at a Military Police base and release them in the meantime.
According to police sources, the move was driven by fears that such arrests could ignite widespread demonstrations, particularly in heavily chareidi areas, and strain already limited police manpower.
A law enforcement official familiar with the matter described the decision as “illogical and impossible,” warning that the Military Police “is unequipped to handle thousands of draft dodgers” and that the Israel Police “are afraid of protests” and therefore reluctant to enforce the law.
The decision comes amid mounting tensions surrounding the enforcement of the Draft Law, which has become one of the most divisive issues in Israeli society. Police officials are reportedly concerned that aggressive enforcement could lead to clashes similar to those seen during recent large-scale demonstrations against arrests of yeshiva students.
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Chinese export controls set for early November are sending global automakers into a scramble for rare earths, with industry executives warning of potential parts shortages and plant shutdowns as magnets critical to electric vehicles face supply risks.
The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a federal lawsuit against Northwestern University, claiming the school’s mandatory antisemitism training program violates civil rights protections and suppresses pro-Palestinian advocacy. The complaint, filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, accuses Northwestern of forcing students to complete a 17-minute bias-training video produced by the Jewish United Fund as a condition for class registration. CAIR brought the case on behalf of Graduate Workers for Palestine, a student group that argues the policy punishes those who refuse to align with a specific political viewpoint on Israel. According to the lawsuit, roughly 300 students who declined to watch the video were blocked from registering for classes. Dozens of others remain on registration hold, and the university has warned that those who continue to resist the training could lose their student status by early 2026. The lawsuit argues that the training conflates Judaism and Zionism, framing criticism of Israeli policy as antisemitism and labeling pro-Palestinian speech as hate. It claims this violates Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin. The video at the center of the dispute defines Zionism as the Jewish right to self-determination and describes anti-Zionism as opposition to that right. It includes a series of statements designed to show similarities between anti-Israel rhetoric and antisemitic tropes. CAIR contends that this approach silences Palestinian students and others who oppose Israeli policies or support movements for Palestinian self-determination. The suit further challenges Northwestern’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, arguing that it unfairly restricts protected speech and enforces a political orthodoxy on campus. Legal analysts and Jewish advocacy groups have dismissed the lawsuit as a misrepresentation of federal law and an attempt to deter universities from combating antisemitism. They maintain that antisemitism training programs are consistent with civil rights standards and comparable to other forms of bias prevention training. Northwestern’s defenders argue that anti-Zionism has increasingly served as a cover for antisemitic behavior, and that education about the connection between anti-Zionist rhetoric and hostility toward Jews is necessary to protect Jewish students from harassment. They point out that the IHRA definition of antisemitism is widely accepted by governments, universities, and institutions across the political spectrum, and that similar anti-bias modules are standard practice in higher education. They also dispute the claim that Northwestern’s protest policies amount to censorship, describing them as routine “time, place, and manner” rules that apply equally to all student groups and demonstrations. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
A Department of Homeland Security investigation has uncovered that officials at FEMA, under Joe Biden’s administration, refused to assist disaster victims who displayed backing for President Donald Trump, according to findings released Tuesday.
The probe determined that this politically driven bias stretched across multiple disasters — from Hurricane Ida in 2021 through Hurricane Milton in 2024 — revealing a pattern of discrimination within the federal relief agency.
According to the DHS Privacy Office, FEMA staff “systematically bypassed” properties showing support for Trump or gun rights, collecting political data on residents in direct violation of the Privacy Act of 1974. The report condemned the actions as “a troubling overreach” that turned government disaster response into a political weapon.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sharply criticized the revelations, declaring, “The federal government was withholding aid from Americans based on their political beliefs — this should horrify every citizen.”
The 50-page report detailed instructions allegedly given to field workers to skip “homes advertising Trump.” In Florida alone, at least 20 households were reportedly denied immediate help following Hurricane Milton.
Investigators also found that FEMA employees gathered and stored information about survivors’ political leanings — a breach DHS said “demonstrated a failure to protect data integrity and fairness.”
The misconduct, the report noted, was not isolated to one disaster or region. Despite previous testimony from FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell suggesting otherwise, investigators concluded the practice occurred repeatedly across several states.
The DHS findings said FEMA broke the Privacy Act by creating a secret database that linked personal details of aid applicants to their political beliefs.
Some FEMA workers reportedly defended their actions by saying “avoid homes advertising Trump” was shorthand for “avoid hostile homes.” Investigators dismissed that explanation, stating it had no foundation in FEMA policy or safety protocol.
The report emphasized that FEMA’s training materials never defined what qualified as a “hostile” situation, leaving employees to make judgment calls based on personal prejudice rather than official standards.
The inquiry outlined years of wrongdoing that included ignoring certain households, collecting unauthorized political data, and failing to report privacy breaches to DHS headquarters. Not a single privacy incident report was filed by FEMA between 2021 and 2024, despite clear evidence of improper data handling.
In response, Secretary Noem has referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution. She also ordered the DHS inspector general to conduct an additional review, suspended FEMA’s door-to-door survey initiative, and implemented tighter supervision of data-gathering practices.
The DHS report further recommends outlawing open-ended data entry that allows field workers to add political observations, as well as mandating retraining on lawful data-collection standards. FEMA will also be required to clearly define what constitutes genuine “safety” or “hostility” concerns to prevent political expression from being treated as a threat.
Critics say the revelations confirm what many have long suspected — that disaster response was being used as a political weapon against Trump supporters. DHS investigators warned that the scandal has already “eroded public trust” and endangered lives by slowing emergency assistance for partisan reasons.
“The American people expect FEMA to help all survivors — period,” Noem said. “We’re making sure this kind of abuse never happens again.”
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Stunning footage captures the moment a climber reaches Mount Everest’s 8,848-meter summit and launches a drone to film the breathtaking panorama from the top of the world.
Myanmar’s military has shut down a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, state media reported Monday. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations responsible for bilking people all over the world. These usually involve gaining victims’ confidence online with romantic ploys and bogus investment pitches. The centers are infamous for recruiting workers from other countries under false pretenses, promising them legitimate jobs and then holding them captive and forcing them to carry out criminal activities. Scam operations were in the international spotlight last week when the United States and Britain enacted sanctions against organizers of a major Cambodian cyberscam gang, and its alleged ringleader was indicted by a federal court in New York. According to a report in Monday’s Myanma Alinn newspaper, the army raided KK Park, a well-documented cybercrime center, as part of operations starting in early September to suppress online fraud, illegal gambling, and cross-border cybercrime. It published photos displaying seized Starlink equipment and soldiers said to be carrying out the raid, though it was unclear when exactly they were taken. KK Park is located on the outskirts of Myawaddy, a major trading town on the border with Thailand in Myanmar’s Kayin state. The area is only loosely under the control of Myanmar’s military government, and also falls under the influence of ethnic minority militias. Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, the spokesperson for the military government, charged in a statement Monday night that the top leaders of the Karen National Union, an armed ethnic organization opposed to army rule, were involved in the scam projects at KK Park. The allegation was previously made based on claims that a company backed by the Karen group allowed the land to be leased. However, the Karen, who are part of the larger armed resistance movement in Myanmar’s civil war, deny any involvement in the scams. Myanma Alinn said the army ascertained that more than 260 buildings were unregistered, and seized equipment, including 30 sets of Starlink satellite internet terminals. It said 2,198 individuals were detained though it did not give their nationalities. Starlink is part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company and the terminals link to its satellites. It does not have licensed operations in Myanmar, but at least hundreds of terminals have been smuggled into the Southeast Asian nation. The company could not be immediately reached for comment Monday but its policy bans “conduct that is defamatory, fraudulent, obscene, or deceptive.” There have been previous crackdowns on cyberscam operations in Myanmar earlier this year and in 2023. Facing pressure from China, Thailand and Myanmar’s governments launched an operation in February in which they released thousands of trafficked people from scam compounds, working with the ethnic armed groups that rule Myanmar’s border areas. (AP)
In the city of Volodymyr, located in Ukraine’s Volyn region near the Polish border, workers renovating the old infectious diseases hospital—known locally as the “Red Hospital” for its distinctive red-brick construction—made a surprising discovery. While dismantling old oak doorframes, they uncovered several mezuzahs, one of which was remarkably well preserved.
The workers had initially planned to saw the wooden frames and use them for firewood, but upon removing the doors, they noticed small cavities containing the mezuzahs. Local historian and researcher of Jewish heritage Volodymyr Muzichenko, who also heads the city’s Jewish community, told Ukrainian Jewish media that one of the mezuzahs still contained a readable klaf. He noted that the “Red Hospital” had once operated under Jewish administration in earlier centuries.
Volodymyr—historically known as Ludmir—was home to prominent chassidic figures, including Rav Shlomo of Karlin, a disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, and Rav Aharon Hagadol of Karlin, who settled in the city in 1786. According to historical accounts, Rav Shlomo was killed in Ludmir in July 1792 when Russian forces captured the city from the Poles. His gravesite remains in the city’s ancient Jewish cemetery, which continues to attract visitors and mispallelim.
Muzichenko added that he learned of the discovery from Anton Budnevsky, whose grandparents, Matvey and Kateryna Budnevsky, had saved a young Jewish girl, Freda Shifer, during the Nazi occupation. The couple was later recognized by the State of Israel as Righteous Among the Nations for their heroism.
In a separate incident, Olesya Vavrykhnya, a resident of Khmelnytskyi, unearthed fragments of old Jewish tombstones in her yard. She shared photographs of the find on social media and asked what she should do with them. The United Jewish Community of Ukraine reached out to her and advised transferring the tombstone fragments to the nearest Jewish cemetery—located about 500 meters from her home—so they could be respectfully reburied.
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The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced early Wednesday that the two hostage bodies were returned from Gaza overnight have been identified as Arie “Zalman” Zalmanowicz, 85, and Tamir Adar, 38 — both residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the hardest-hit communities in Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre. Zalmanowicz, a founding member of Nir Oz and one of Israel’s oldest hostages, was abducted from his home during the Hamas invasion and died in captivity. Adar, a father of two, was killed while defending his kibbutz as part of its volunteer emergency response team. Hamas gunmen later took his body into Gaza. The return of their remains, coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, comes amid a fragile ceasefire under which Hamas has been releasing the bodies of slain hostages in exchange for the repatriation of Palestinian dead from Israel. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Zalmanowicz was kidnapped after texting his son that terrorists had infiltrated the kibbutz. Hamas later released a video showing him bleeding and being transported on a motorcycle into Gaza. He was officially declared dead in November 2023 based on intelligence gathered by the IDF but could not be laid to rest until now. A pioneer of the Negev and one of Nir Oz’s founders, Zalmanowicz was remembered by his kibbutz as a man “of agriculture, manual labor, and blue work clothes — a farmer by blood who understood the land and its rhythm.” Adar, by contrast, represents the next generation of Nir Oz. When Hamas began its attack, he joined the local defense team, telling his wife and children to remain in their safe room. He was killed in combat as terrorists stormed the kibbutz — a final act of defiance that saved lives. “He fought to the last bullet,” a Nir Oz security volunteer said. “Tamir didn’t run. He stood his ground.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
PRESS SEC: “As President Trump very clearly stated in the Oval Office today, he will gladly meet with Democrats to talk about healthcare or whatever other issue they want to talk about… but he’s not going to have those conversations until Democrats simply vote to reopen the government.”
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Two IDF soldiers were lightly wounded on Tuesday after their tank was struck by an explosive device in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, the military said. Both soldiers were evacuated to a hospital for treatment, and their families have been notified, according to the IDF. The explosion occurred around 12:30 p.m. as troops were conducting operations to clear the area of potential threats.
A small Cessna made an emergency landing on Mission Beach in San Diego this morning after its engine began to fail over Bird Rock. The pilot, flying with his daughter, managed to touch down safely on the shore without injuries. Witnesses praised his precision, calling it the “perfect spot” to land.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that one of the bodies returned from Gaza has been identified as that of Arie “Zalman” Zalmanowicz, 85, of Kibbutz Nir Oz. The second hostage has also been identified, but the family has not yet authorized the release of the name. Zalmanowicz was abducted from his home during Hamas’s brutal October 7, 2023 massacre and tragically passed away while in captivity.
President Trump says he won’t meet with Democratic leaders in Congress until the government is reopened. “They’re doing this because they have Trump derangement syndrome.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has decided to replace National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, according to a statement Hanegbi published on Tuesday. The announcement comes after reports of several disagreements between the two, with sources saying that Hanegbi was in favor of a “weak” military policy. Hanegbi opposed the launch of Operation Gideon Chariots II in Gaza, contrary to the majority opinion in the cabinet, as well as the attack in Doha last month. According to Hebrew reports, senior sources familiar with the details said that there was increasing tension between Netanyahu and Hanegbi. “It had been in the air for months, and everyone estimated that the explosion was only a matter of time,” they said. The sources added that frequent disputes erupted between the two during cabinet meetings. “In many cases, Hanegbi did not align with the prime minister’s positions,” they noted, and made clear that the disagreement intensified particularly during Operation Gideon Chariots II and over the hostage deal. Due to the tension between them, Hanegbi did not join Netanyahu on his visit to the US last month. Hanegbi wrote that “in light of the prime minister’s intention to appoint a new head of the National Security Council, I will end my tenure as National Security Adviser and head of the NSC effective immediately. “I thanked the prime minister for the privilege of taking part in shaping Israel’s foreign and security policy during challenging years, for the opportunity to express an independent position in sensitive discussions, and for the professional dialogue we maintained even during disagreements.” “The multi-front war imposed on us on October 7, 2023, has not ended. Our soldiers remain on guard on multiple fronts, and the mission to bring all our hostages home is not yet complete. The obligation to ensure—through diplomatic or military means—that the terrorist organizations in Gaza are removed from power and disarmed, and that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel, has also not yet been fulfilled. The challenges in the diplomatic and international arenas remain demanding, and require Israeli initiative, wisdom, determination, and responsibility.” “The terrible failure of October 7, in which I share responsibility, must be thoroughly investigated to ensure the proper lessons are learned and to help restore the trust that has been damaged. The many military and diplomatic achievements attained during the campaign must be preserved and strengthened. “We must all remain committed and attentive to the needs of those who paid the highest price: the bereaved families and the war’s wounded—both in body and soul. Above all, we must work to heal the wounds within Israeli society and strengthen our unity. The power of Israeli unity revealed itself over the past two years in full force on the battlefield, shattering our enemies’ illusions. Now, restoring unity across all aspects of public life is essential to ensuring Israel’s enduring strength,” he concluded. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
A DHS probe found FEMA workers under the Biden administration refused aid to some disaster victims who showed support for Donald Trump — bypassing homes with pro-Trump or Second Amendment signs from 2021 to 2024. Investigators said FEMA staff collected political data in violation of federal law and created an undisclosed database linking personal information to political beliefs. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem called the findings “a horrifying abuse of power” and referred the case to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.
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