Assistant to US President Donald Trump, who also serves as Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason D. Greenblatt, tweeted a message which includes the new United States map of Israel. Read more on Yeshiva World News
On Tuesday, Israel held a live fire training drill for the Patriot missile system known as Ma’arechet Yahalom in Hebrew in conjuction with the Iron Dome air defense system and the IAF. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Jewelry worth NIS 30,000, including an engagement ring and wedding band were recently stolen from a yeshiva in Telshe Stone.
This past Shabbos, the Shabbos before their chasenah, a family was hosted in a yeshiva and the items mentioned were stolen from the room of one of the guests.
Israel’s president on Wednesday formally nominated Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister, officially launching a process that is expected to result in a new government in the coming weeks. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected Israeli media reports claiming that Russian officials have taken the remains of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen out of Syria, where he was executed more than five decades ago. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Chassidish youths caught on camera vandalizing a Christian monument in Uman have been released by authorities in time for Pesach.
As YWN had reported, the youths were arrested for the vandalization of the religious monument near where Jews visiting the tziyun of Rav Nachman go for Tashlich.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked on Wednesday attended a pre-Pesach toast, during which she officially announced her acceptance of the decision of voters. Shaked, who co-chairs the New Right party, is not going to enter the 21st Knesset as the party failed to meet the minimum election threshold.
The new Palestinian prime minister on Tuesday accused the United States of declaring “financial war” on his people and said an American peace plan purported to be in the works will be “born dead.”
Violence against medical personnel in hospitals and medical clinics is on the rise in Israel as another attack occurred on Wednesday morning, this time in the emergency room of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
The following is via CNN:
An Israeli flight attendant has slipped into a coma after contracting measles, according to health officials.
The 43-year-old woman has encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, a well-known and potentially deadly complication of the virus.
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