Israel’s government went on a spending binge in its West Bank settlements following the election of President Donald Trump, according to official data obtained by The Associated Press.

Police on Tuesday requested that Netanel Sandrusi, the suspect in the hit and run of a chareidi boy, be extended for a fourth time for eight additional days.
Sandrusi is suspected of driving a 11-year-old boy, Binyomin Beigelzon, in a hit-and-run accident at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem, as reported by YWN-Israel.

The IDF is not taking any chances and ahead of the beginning of the Eurovision Song Contest, an Iron Dome battery has been positioned in Gush Dan in the event Hamas resumes rocket fire into Israel.
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A mother of 12 was R”L niftar in Bnei Brak at the age of 52.
Mrs. Rochel Waldman A”H, the wife of Rav Aharon Waldman, a Rosh Yeshivah in Yeshivas Divrei Chaim (Vizman) in Bnei Brak, was known as a major baalas tzedaka and committed to a life of Torah and chessed.
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Chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party MK Avigdor Liberman has announced he is breaking off coalition talks with Likud at this time.
According to a Tuesday morning KAN News report, Lieberman announced scheduled talks are being frozen, sending a message that there is no point in sitting and talking until Likud exhibits a willingness to accept the party’s demands.

Coalition talks between Likud and Yahadut Hatorah (YH) scheduled for 6:00PM Tuesday evening have been postponed. However, the reason for the postponement is not due to disagreement, as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday evening met with the heads of the YH factions, MK Moshe Gafne and Deputy Minister Yaakov Litzman.

Spyware crafted by an “advanced cyber actor” infected multiple targeted mobile phones through the popular WhatsApp communications program without any user intervention through in-app voice calls, the company said.
The Financial Times identified the actor as Israel’s NSO Group, and a WhatsApp spokesman later said “we’re certainly not refuting any of the coverage you’ve seen.”

The Ichud Yeshivos in Eretz Yisrael, an organization which is affiliated with the ‘Old Yishuv’ in Yerushalayim and the Eida Chareidis, turned to Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber and Attorney General Dr.
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A senior Palestinian official says the U.S. has denied her application for a visa to travel to the United States.
Hanan Ashrawi, a top official in the Palestine Liberation Organization, said in a series of tweets Monday that she believed she had been rejected for political reasons.
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Sharon Barak is an Israeli chemical engineer and cofounder of the Israeli start-up Solutum, which seems to have developed a unique compound that replaces plastic with a cost efficient, strong and eco-friendly solution.