Emergency forces including IDF platoons, the Fire Department, Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah were dispatched to Ma’aleh Amos in Gush Etzion after it was reported that an IDF helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing for an unknown reason. IDF forces that arrived at the scene quickly took charge of the area and closed it off to civilian rescue personnel. The helicopter, a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, is a heavy-lift transport helicopter and it was assumed that numerous IDF soldiers were on board. Shortly after the helicopter landed it was reported that there were no injuries suffered in the emergency landing. Approximately two hours later the Helicopter was once again ready to fly and continued its trip back to base unharmed. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Two weeks after Aharon Ramati was arrested for operating a cult in Jerusalem, the Magisterial Court of Yerushalayim instructed for Ramati to be released to house arrest at his home in Safed. Ramati will be supervised by his son and has to have guarantors deposit checks with the court. Complying with a request made by the police, the judge delayed the release until tomorrow. Previously the police had requested an extra five days to enable them to finish their investigation. Judge Eleazar Bialin gave them two, and then today issued the release for tomorrow. A police investigator said that the request for the extension came in light of new evidence in the case. Judge Bialin said: “While the evidence strengthens the case against Ramati, it does not do so in a significant way.

Just one day after President Donald Trump announced his Deal of the Century peace plan, Palestinian terrorists from Gaza launched a mortar shell at Israel’s southern region. The mortar exploded in an open field. The launching of the mortar caused Red Alert sirens to sound in Kibbutz Kissufim and residents rushed for cover in numerous areas in the Eshkol region. A spokesperson for the Eshkol Regional Council said that the explosion was heard after the sirens sounded and that an impact site was found in an open field somewhat distant from the Kibbutz. No one was injured in the attack and there was no report of damage. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Ami reporter Shloime Zionce recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and visited blogger and Twitter influencer Mohammed Saud at his home in the capital city of Riyadh. Zionce, a Breslover chassid who visited Saudi Arabia in his role as a journalist for Ami magazine, gave Saud, a lover of Israel, a likeness of the city of Jerusalem with the passuk אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני engraved on it – quite an ironic gift for a resident of Saudi Arabia, which still denies entry to Israeli citizens. Saud prepared snacks and drinks that he knew were kosher for Zionce and interestingly, Saud opened up his bottle of Coke and made an almost perfect birchas Shehakol before drinking it. “I hope that one day we’ll walk down the street together in Riyadh and take a direct flight to Tel Aviv,” Zionce said.

The Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to disqualify Arab Joint Arab List MK Heba Yazbak for running in the upcoming elections due to her public statements supporting terrorism against Israel. Degel HaTorah joined Agudas Yisrael, Shas, the other right-wing parties, Blue & White and some members of the Labor-Gesher merger in voting for Yazbak’s disqualification after being instructed to do so by Gedolei Yisrael on Tuesday night. The vote to disqualify Yazbak was 27-7, with only Meretz and the Joint Arab List opposing the move. Degel HaTorah chairman MK Moshe Gafni visited the homes of Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky and Hagaon Harav Gershon Edelstein on Tuesday night to hear their final decision on whether to vote for the disqualification of Yazbak.

President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” which was finally unveiled on Tuesday, holds a promise that no one will be evacuated from their home. However, as a result, 15 Israeli yishuvim will be swallowed up in a future Palestinian state, which according to the plan will only be established in four years if the Palestinian Authority accepts the plan and adheres to certain conditions. Two Chareidi yishuvim in Gush Etzion would be swallowed up in this future state: Maale Amos and Metzad. However, considering the fact that the PA is adamantly refusing to accept the “peace” plan, the residents of these 15 yishuvim probably shouldn’t start worrying yet.

Reut Schwartz, 27, a mother of three, was killed in a devastating car accident on Wednesday morning between her car and a truck on Highway 90 in the Jordan Valley. “We tended to a young woman this morning, a mother of small children, who was killed in a horrifying accident with tears in our eyes and pain in our hearts,” said Reuven, a Zaka volunteer. “It’s difficult to think about the fact that Zaka volunteers have already tended to over 18 fatalities as a result of car accidents since the beginning of 2020.” “This was a serious and horrifying accident between a private car and truck,” Zaka volunteer Shlomo Zaror said. “The car was under the truck, completely crushed from the force of the accident.

The Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to disqualify the Mishpat Tzedek (Fair Trial) party headed by Rabin assassin Yigal Amir’s wife, Larissa Trimbobler-Amir, from running in the upcoming elections. MK Itzik Shmuli (Labor) submitted the petition for the party’s disqualification and there was a unanimous vote against the party. The committee also voted to disqualify Arab Joint Arab List MK Heba Yazbak (Balad) from running in the upcoming elections due to her public statements supporting terrorism against Israel. The final decision for both disqualifications will be made by the Supreme Court, which is likely to overturn them, as it has done in the past with similar petitions.

The driver of the car which crashed into the Atar family car over a year ago, killing all eight members of the family, was sentenced on Wednesday by the Be’er Sheva District Court to ten years of prison. Loren Ankri was convicted of reckless manslaughter in a plea bargain. In addition to the ten years of prison, he was also given a suspended prison sentence of 18 months, his driving license was disqualified for 22 years from the moment he is released, and he will pay NIS 150,000 in compensation to the family [for pain and suffering]. Ankri made a reckless U-turn on Highway 90 near Yam Hamelech and crashed into the Atar family car, which burst into flames, consuming the entire family.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday to pardon Naama Issachar, The Israeli girl who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for possession of a small amount of marijuana, the Kremlin published in a statement moments ago. There is speculation that she is expected to fly home to Israel with PM Netanyahu when he visits Russia on Thursday. DEVELOPING STORY
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