The discovery of an unidentified substance on the ground floor of the Rami Levi Mall in Beit Shemesh led to a hazmat response on Monday morning.
Police and the bomb squad responded to the scene as well, clearly aware the major area shopping center is an enticing erev-Pesach target for terrorists.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his re-election and stressed the need to work toward a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Merkel’s office said stressed in a phone conversation Monday the continued relevance of a two-state solution, which she said should be the goal of international efforts.

The Central Election Committee informed Naftali Bennet that the probe of the election has not revealed votes for New Right that were disqualified as he and party co-leader, Minister Ayelet Shaked alleged.
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Israel National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat is scheduled to meet with his US counterpart, John Bolton, to permit the two to discuss the Iranian threat and Iran’s continued effort to establish its presence in both Lebanon and Syria.

President Ruvi Rivlin requested to not sit next to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at a ceremony that will take place tonight at the Jerusalem Convention Center. The event is a salute to bereaved families of those killed in Israel’s wars.
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Leaders of the chareidi factions in Knesset, Moshe Gafne, Yaakov Litzman and Aryeh Deri met on Monday morning, April 15, 2019, with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as President Reuven Rivlin has begun meeting with party leaders, who have to recommend who should receive the presidential mandate to form the next coalition government.

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A fire broke ripped through a four-story residential structure on Eben Givrol Street in Haifa, in the Carmel district, Monday morning. Firefighters responded at about 8:30 AM to find flames emanating from second story windows.
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The chairmen of the various Knesset factions are beginning to meet with President Reuven Rivlin, to tell the president who they recommend to receive the presidential mandate for forming the next coalition government.

Degel Hatorah officials put the word out to Yeshiva Bochrim, for anyone capable of coming to assist to review the protocols received by the party pertaining to polling stations nationwide.

Badatz Mehadrin, the hashgacha of Rabbi Avraham Rubin, announces one who does not eat kitnios on Pesach should be alerted to the fact that 1% cottage cheese from the Strauss Company contains kitnios and is therefore, not mehadrin for Pesach as it is during the year.
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