In an exceptional and rare move, the State-Prosecutor’s Office announced on Monday that it is withdrawing its indictment against Ron Eilon, former CEO of Yes, in the Bezeq-Yes case, one of the cases against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The dramatic decision comes eight years after the investigation was opened and four years after the indictment was filed. Eilon was accused of taking part in an alleged “fraudulent scheme” related to the merger deal between Bezeq and Yes. The decision was made during the trial on Monday due to the presentation of new evidence and the exposure of flaws in the prosecution’s thesis during the cross-examination of key witnesses.

American sports giant Nike sparked global outrage this week after launching a post-London Marathon campaign using the slogan “Never again… until next year” — a crass play on words that invoked the phrase associated with never allowing the Holocaust to happen again. What was meant to be a clever nod to marathon exhaustion instead triggered a firestorm of anger, disbelief, and disgust. By casually repurposing one of history’s most sobering memories, Nike achieved what even the anti-Israel protesters who disrupted the marathon could not: uniting Jewish communities and Holocaust survivors around the world in furious condemnation.

Riots broke out today outside the IDF recruitment center in Tel Hashomer, as Charedim staged loud and aggressive protests against the enlistment of yeshivaleit into the army. The protesters attempted to disrupt the recruitment of soldiers for the Chashmonaim Brigade — a unit specifically designed to accommodate charedi recruits who wish to uphold a Torah lifestyle while serving. Demonstrators blocked roads, shouted inflammatory slogans, and handed out anti-enlistment pamphlets.

Agudath Israel said it is “outraged” by several ordinances recently passed and others that are being contemplated by the City of Linden, NJ, designed to prevent Orthodox Jews from moving there, in line with the mayor’s recent comments to “keep our community from being taken over by guys with big hats and curls.” These discriminatory measures represent a blatant attempt to marginalize religious and minority communities under the guise of land-use regulation, Agudah days.

A senior Israeli official told the press on Monday that Israel has refused an Egyptian proposal for a five-year ceasefire with Hamas in exchange for the release of all the hostages, he told the press on Monday. “Ideas are being floated by some Arab countries, such as a ceasefire for five years,” the official said. “There is no chance that we will agree to a truce with Hamas that will only allow it to rearm, rehabilitate itself, and continue its war against Israel with greater intensity.” Hamas is open to the proposal but absolutely refuses any suggestion of the terror group laying down its arms. The official added that Israel has shown military restraint since the end of the ceasefire in the hopes of reaching a hostage release deal.

Rep. Elise Stefanik would enter the 2026 New York governor’s race as the clear Republican front-runner if she chooses to run, according to a new poll released Monday. The survey, conducted by GOP pollster Landon Wall with GrayHouse, found that 44% of likely Republican voters back Stefanik, compared to 7% for Rep. Mike Lawler and 5% for Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. Another 44% of respondents were undecided. Stefanik, a member of the House GOP leadership and a favorite of former President Donald Trump, is far better known among Republican voters, with 56% viewing her favorably and just 9% unfavorably. In a hypothetical general election matchup, Gov. Kathy Hochul leads Stefanik 46% to 40%.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a warning Sunday, calling for the complete dismantling of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure amid signs that US-Iran negotiations are gaining momentum. Speaking at the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) policy conference in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said Israel could only accept a deal that strips Tehran of any capacity to enrich uranium. Anything less, he warned, would allow Iran to bide its time, waiting for an opportunity to sprint toward nuclear weapons capability once global attention fades. “Dismantle all of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. That is a deal we can live with,” Netanyahu said. Netanyahu said he has conveyed this position directly to President Donald Trump and remains in close contact with Washington.

A career criminal with a rap sheet stretching back nearly four decades is behind bars once again — this time accused of burglarizing a Brooklyn wig store owned by an ultra-Orthodox woman and stealing $30,000 worth of merchandise, including wigs intended for cancer patients. Daron Ware, 52, allegedly broke into Hustle Wig on Dean Street in Crown Heights in the early morning hours of March 4. Surveillance footage captured the brazen heist: a man slipping into the shuttered shop and emerging moments later with a large sack of stolen goods. “They took wigs and materials to make the wigs — hair, some hats, and other random items,” said co-owner Rivky Krinsky. Nine of the hairpieces alone were valued at about $30,000, she said, with each wig worth an average of $3,300.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that before the “exploding pagers operation” was carried out last year, he was skeptical that the tiny amount of explosives in the rigged pagers would be enough to injure Hezbollah terrorists. Speaking at the JNS conference in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said: “In the third week of September, we learned that Hezbollah had sent three pagers to Iran for scanning. They had this minuscule amount of TNT. When the Mossad guy showed them to me three weeks earlier: ‘I said: ‘Is that really going to do the job?'” “I took it and threw it on the wood panel in my office and it dented it.

A massive fire erupted at Savon Shoes, located at the corner of 13th Avenue and 39th Street in Boro Park, early Monday morning, at 2:00 a.m. FDNY firefighters responded swiftly, but the blaze escalated quickly, with heavy smoke billowing from the store. The fire was upgraded to a third alarm as crews worked tirelessly to extinguish the flames. One firefighter sustained injuries during the operation, and Boro Park Hatzolah was on scene to provide medical support. The cause of the fire was unknown. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)