In a recent interview, Jonathan Pollard revealed that his wife has been diagnosed with cancer R”L. Pollard took the opportunity in the interview to publicly call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to ask US President Donald Trump to ease the conditions of his release from prison which include regulations prohibiting him from moving to Israel.

Following two mass shootings over the weekend, President Donald Trump called on federal authorities Monday to do a better job identifying violent extremists in the U.S. But that won’t be easy.
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he Texas border city jolted by a weekend massacre at a Walmart absorbed more grief Monday as the death toll climbed to 22 and prepared for a visit from President Donald Trump over anger from El Paso residents and local Democratic leaders who say he isn’t welcome and should stay away.

The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets Monday in a dramatic escalation of tensions with Nicolás Maduro that places his socialist administration alongside a short list of adversaries from Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Iran that have been targeted by such aggressive U.S.
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A Florida amateur body builder who admitted sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday by a judge who concluded the bombs purposely were not designed to explode.
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Former President Barack Obama said Monday, in his first public statement since a pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, that Americans must “soundly reject language” from any leader who “feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments.”

Editor’s Note: Some stories are simply very painful for YWN to report, but to ignore them are irresponsible and wrong. This story, as painful as it is to publish, has been the leading story in the Israeli news for the past few days – including on the leading Chareidi websites.

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court rejected a restraining order request filed by far-left activist Guy Hirschfeld against Im Tirtzu, which has been filming Hirschfeld’s interactions with IDF soldiers.

A Twitter account appearing to be from the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, showed tweets labeling himself a “leftist,” bemoaning the election of President Donald Trump, supporting Democratic Sen.

In an effort to alleviate the traffic congestion on the Tunnel Highway which connect southern Jerusalem to Gush Etzion, Betar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein conducted a tour of the area with senior police brass and representatives of the IDF Civil Administration.