On Monday morning, the United Nations Security Council held a special session on the Middle East, focusing on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
At the request of Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, the Council opened the debate with a moment of silence in memory of Lori Kaye, who was murdered at the San Diego shul shooting.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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President Donald Trump on Monday heaped praise on Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the Chabad rabbi hit by a shooting attack on Shabbos, following a phone call in which the President offered his condolences for the death of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, a veteran member of the community.
“I spoke at length yesterday to Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Chabad of Poway, where I extended my warmest condolences to him and all affected by the shooting in California,” the president tweeted Monday. “What a great guy. He had a least one finger blown off, and all he wanted to do is help others. Very special!”

President Trump on Monday lashed out at former Vice President Joe Biden, ahead of the Democratic candidate hitting the trail for the first time since entering the 2020 presidential race.
“The Media (Fake News) is pushing Sleepy Joe hard. Funny, I’m only here because of Biden & Obama. They didn’t do the job and now you have Trump, who is getting it done – big time!” Trump wrote.
As Biden prepared to travel to the Keystone State, Trump suggested the economy would help keep the state in the Republican column next year.

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) on Monday rolled out his most ambitious policy proposal to date, calling for the United States to invest $5 trillion over the next decade in an effort to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
O’Rourke aims to update aging U.S. infrastructure, accelerate innovation and invest climate sustainability in local communities. His campaign said it would be the “largest investment in fighting climate change in history.”

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The defense team for Rabbi Osher Eiseman has been working on a motion to have the final two charges dismissed. Today, a judge will hear arguments from both sides beginning at 9:00 am to 1:30 pm.
In an interview in the Yated Ne’eman Pesach Edition, Lead attorney Lee Vartan explained the procedures today:

Nearly 300 people have died following the world’s biggest-ever election, which took place this month in Indonesia—not through protests or civil unrest, but exhaustion.
According to Indonesian officials, 272 election staff have collapsed from fatigue-related illness in the 10 days following the country’s April 17 vote. An additional 1,878 were ill, according to a General Elections Commission (KPU) spokesperson. They are manually counting the country’s paper ballots, and with a population of 270 million people, that’s a task to make anyone feel weary.

The Mossad is calling on cyber experts to present their candidacy for integration into the organization’s operational cyber arm.
According to the report in the newspaper, the Mossad is looking for cyber experts for the organization’s operational cyber arm.
The Mossad is also looking for a cyber developer, a cyber researcher, a developer of large-scale cyber-technology systems, a Dev-opsData developer for the operational cyber arm, and an expert in data security in the field of Penetration Testing, infrastructure testing and more.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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As of Monday, Muslim women in Sri Lanka will no longer be allowed to wear face veils in public. All types of face coverings that could hide someone’s identity are now banned in the country under an emergency law.
The measure was imposed a week after more than 250 people were killed in a series of bombings that targeted churches and hotels.
The concern of further attacks comes amid warnings from both local officials and the U.S. Embassy that more attacks could be imminent.
Read more at Slate.
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