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Celebrations marking the Rebbe’s birthday were opened in the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Monday, which symbolizes, perhaps more than anything, the revolution that the Rebbe initiated for this event occurred in a place where there is no more Tel Aviv than could be: on the 12t floor of the Tel Aviv municipality, near the office of Mayor Ron Huldai.

During his weekly talk for avreichim, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Shlita addressed the results of elections for 21st Knesset.
“There were elections for Knesset now and there was Siyata Dishmaya and Kiddush Hashem.
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The IDF during the night destroyed the apartment in which terrorist Tzalach Barghouti lived, in the PA (Palestinian Authority) village of Kauber, in the Binyamin District.
Barghouti perpetrated the shooting attack at the entrance of Yishuv Ofra on December 9, 2018, in which infant Amiad Yisrael Ish-Ran HY”D was killed and seven others wounded, including his parents.

The 44-minute interview was hosted in Montreal, on April 16, 2019.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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• A 10-year-old boy is in serious condition after being struck by a bus on Ben Ish Chai Street in Beit Shemesh. He was transported to the trauma center of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
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During a final session of the Central Election Committee for this election of the 21st Knesset, committee chairman, Justice Chanan Meltzer announced, “There are those who attempted to challenge the legitimacy of the committee and [election] results”, insisting the committee acted equally to all parties.

Israeli journalist Yinon Magal used his Twitter account to praise Naftali Bennet for daring to “breaking Bayit Yehudi’s glass ceiling” by launching his New Right party, even though he failed to pass the minimum electoral threshold.
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Jerusalem Chief Rabbi  HaRav Aryeh Stern visited the Knesset on Tuesday to meet with the Director-General of the Israeli parliament, Albert Sachrovitz, who was the shaliach to sell the Knesset’s chametz.
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Police in the Tel Aviv district received numerous complaints against an attorney who allegedly defrauded clients.
Police launched an investigation, which led to the arrest of a 73-year-old Ramat Gan attorney who allegedly defrauded clients who were seeking damages for injuries sustained in accidents.

Tiveria Mayor Ron Kobi began his Monday angrily, as is his norm. He used Facebook, broadcasting live, accusing the chareidim, who comprise 22% of the city, of “barely” paying arnona property tax and making the city filthy.