In an interview with Lebanese Mayadeen TV last week, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Al-Nakhaleh said the terrorist group had demonstrated only a portion of its “power and determination” in its armed conflict with Israel earlier in May. He went on to say that his organization had “sufficient capabilities for a prolonged confrontation.”
Referring to the events of May 3-6, he said “these past few days were only a live-fire exercise for the resistance,” adding that he is certain that “a greater battle with the Zionist enemy is yet to come.”
Al-Nakhaleh said that the PIJ had not informed Cairo of its intention to “retaliate” against Israel.

The Lawfare Project has announced that it has filed a new case against Kuwait Airways in Germany, over the airline’s policy of anti-Semitic discrimination on its flights. The case is being brought by a Frankfurt based Israeli businessman who booked a flight from Munich to Sri Lanka in November last year, only to be denied the right to travel.

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What happens when you take a group of guys and bring them on an inspirational kiruv trip to the middle of Kentucky for three days?  You get an incredible bonding experience, a spiritual awakening, and memories that will last a lifetime.
Last week, 50 members of JInspire came together for a Men’s Spring Retreat hosted by Project Inspire, a division of Aish HaTorah.  The trip’s itinerary was jam packed with awesome activities including underground cave kayaking, the bourbon trail, ziplining, and more.  It also included lots of soul searching, chavrusa learning, and thought-provoking sessions on topics of Judaism and hashkafa.

The departmental disciplinary trial has begun for NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, five years after being accused of using a chokehold on Eric Garner, who later died on Staten Island in 2014.
Monday was the first day of the trial. If Pantaleo is found to have violated department rules, he could be fired from his job at the NYPD, where he has held a desk job since the 2014 incident.
A grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo on criminal charges for the death of Garner, who died after being arrested for selling single cigarettes on the streets of New York. Garner was recorded telling the cops, “I can’t breathe” during the arrest, which became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, is proposing a plan to reduce gun suicides by limiting the access to firearms for those who are at risk of self-harm. A CDC report released in 2018 revealed that over 22,000 people died from firearm suicides in 2016.
The five-point plan includes the implementation of federal gun licensing program, which is a centerpiece of the gun control plan Booker unveiled last week and would require a background check, safety training and an in-person interview, which Booker argues would help identify people at risk of suicide.

The White House is asking Congress for an additional $1.6 billion for NASA’s budget next year as the space agency attempts to return humans to the moon by 2024.
The announcement comes about six weeks after Vice President Mike Pence called for an accelerated program to return humans to the lunar surface for the first time since the last Apollo lunar landing in 1972. But since the White House issued that bold mandate, NASA has released few details about how it would achieve it or what the program would cost.

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On Sunday 19th May, over 500 individuals will participate in OXC, OHEL’s Annual mud-run style extreme obstacle race at Camp Kaylie at OHEL in Wurtsboro, New York.

A Maryland mother’s shopping trip ended in her being hauled off to jail after a young child called 911 to say that he and six other kids had been left in a hot car by themselves, authorities said.
Charles County deputies received the call just after 1 p.m. on Friday. The child told a 911 dispatcher he did not know where they were, but authorities were able to trace the call to a mall parking lot in St. Charles, Maryland, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
The seven children, ages 2 to 4, were found in the vehicle, which had its windows rolled up. Authorities said the kids had been left unattended for at least 20 minutes.

The White House on Monday released a list of roughly $300 billion in Chinese products that President Trump may hit with tariffs, a significant step toward subjecting all goods from China to import taxes.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Monday afternoon identified hundreds of food items, agricultural products, articles of clothing, shoes and other consumer goods that would be subject to a 25 percent tariffs if finalized by Trump.
Trump has already imposed a 25 percent tariff on roughly $250 billion in products from China, including hiking import taxes Friday on $200 billion in Chinese goods from 10 to 25 percent. China has responded by increasing tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. agricultural goods, boosting its leverage over the ailing farm sector.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced on Tuesday that he’s running for president, appealing to primary voters as a Democrat elected twice in a largely Republican state and joining a primary field of nearly two dozen candidates.
Bullock is focusing his campaign message on campaign finance, touting Montana’s election laws that he has championed as attorney general and governor, and promising to “take our democracy back.”