On Wednesday, the Mayor of Jerusalem, Mr. Moshe Leon, met with the US Ambassador to Israel, Mr. David Friedman, at the US Embassy in the capital.
The two discussed the work of the embassy in the city, the assistance required from the Jerusalem municipality, and joint issues of work in dialogue between the embassy and the municipality.

67 percent of Israelis eligible to vote in yesterday’s election did so. The Percentage is quite high for Israel, and for most western countries.
Both Chareidi parties increased the number of seats that they won from the previous Knesset to this one and tied at 8 seats a piece.

Shas MK Yaakov Margi had harsh words for his chareidi partners in Knesset, Yahadut Hatorah, blaming the ashkenazi chareidi party of “playing in our arena” during elections, trying to grab away Shas voters to get them to vote Yahadut Hatorah.

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The badatz Eida Chareidis Pesach hotline is operational, with one able to receive a response in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. The number of 972-2-670-0200.
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A passenger on El Al flight LY001 traveling from Israel to JFK opened one of the plane’s emergency doors and attempted to jump off the plane on Wednesday. The plane had just landed in New York.
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The round of consultations with the various parties ahead of the formation of the government will begin next week at the President’s Residence.
President Reuven Rivlin visited this Knesset Wednesday morning, April 10, 2019, reportedly impressed by the vote counting process led by the Central Elections Committee.

A 35-year-old chareidi woman was R”L killed in a vehicular accident in Rishon L’Tzion on Wednesday morning.
The woman, a pedestrian, was struck on Moshe Levi Street. EMS personnel tried to resuscitate her but were unsuccessful.
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Clearly, no single person or party ran with a more vehemently anti-chareidi election campaign than Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beitenu party. That said, we heard chareidi representatives declaring they will never sit in a coalition with Yair Lapid of the Blue and White party, yet no such declaration was heard from them regarding Lieberman or vice versa.

The unexpected chareidi victory in the election for 21st Knesset resulting in a combined 16 seats for Shas and Yahadut Hatorah was reason for celebration for HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says US President Donald Trump and VP Mike Pence have called to congratulate him on his election win.
Netanyahu’s office issued a statement Wednesday saying Trump called from Air Force One.