A groundbreaking revelation was made Thursday when a top officials said that a group of former spies were encouraged by Biden campaign officials to write a letter in 2020 that falsely claimed Russia was responsible for leaking emails from Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop. Former CIA Director Michael Morrell told the House Judiciary Committee that he put together 50 top intelligence officials to sign the letter claiming Russian disinformation after a conversation he had with now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The letter “had the effect of helping to suppress the Hunter Biden story and preventing American citizens from making a fully informed decision during the 2020 presidential election,” Republicans on the committee said.

President Joe Biden will formally announce his 2024 reelection campaign as soon as next week, three people briefed on the discussions said Thursday. The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said they were not aware that a final decision on timing had been made, but that Biden had been eyeing Tuesday, April 25, four years to the day since the Democrat entered the 2020 race. The upcoming announcement is expected to be in the form of a video released to supporters. Biden, 80, has repeatedly said he intends to run for a second term but advisers say he has felt little need to jump into campaigning because he faces no significant opposition to his party’s nomination.

A 17-year-old Jewish teenager with autism who wears a yarmulke returned from his Las Vegas public school with a swastika carved on his back last month His mother discovered the swastika on her non-verbal son’s back. The mother, who wishes to remain anonymous, told JewishPress.com that the school claimed that “nothing happened at school.” Her son’s shadow claimed that the teen wasn’t out of her sight and nothing happened. The family filed a complaint with the Clark County School District Police on March 13. “As far as I know the 1:1 (ed: shadow) is still working at CCSD (Clark County School District). Her job was to be with my son. If she did not do it I believe she knows who did,” the mother told JewishPress.com. “The shadow has kept [my son] from class in the past,” she continued.

The HaShomrim hotline in Bnei Brak received an interesting phone call on Wednesday during which a man admitted that he had stolen several bikes in the city in recent weeks. He added that he made a decision to do teshuvah after seeing the organization’s reports about their recent arrest of bike thieves and he wishes to return the objects he stole. Sure enough, the man returned a number of bikes, including an electric bike, and HaShomrim returned them to their grateful owners. The man thanked HaShomrim for “helping him” to do teshuvah. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Two Chasidic men were assaulted in Montreal in January, and now Montreal police have obtained footaged of the incidents and are reaching out to the public for assistance in locating the individual responsible for the attacks. The hate-crimes unit of the Montreal police is investigating the assaults and has obtained a video which captured the incident. The footage shows an individual walking along a sidewalk who then notices a chasidic man about to cross the street. Without warning, the individual sprints towards the Jewish man and shoves him to the ground, causing him to fall into a lane where a vehicle had just passed. Another incident occurred about 30 minutes later at the corner of Bernard and Outremont Aves when another Jewish man was assaulted.

In a letter sent to Congress, an IRS whistleblower has come forward with shocking, and completely unsurprising, claims that a coverup is underway at the agency over Hunter Biden’s tax evasion investigation. A lawyer for the whistleblower said the anonymous IRS official want to bring to light “preferential treatment” and false testimony given to Congress about Hunter Biden by a “senior political appointee.” The whistleblower is “a career IRS Criminal Supervisory Special Agent who has been overseeing the ongoing and sensitive investigation of a high-profile, controversial subject since early 2020,” the lawyer said. While he didn’t name Hunter Biden, the Wall Street Journal confirmed that it is indeed in relation to the president’s son.

Terrorists opened fire on a bus driving between the yishuv of Migdalim and the Tapuach Junction in the Shomron on Wednesday evening. B’Chasdei Hashem, there were no injuries despite the fact that the bus was hit multiple times, including next to a seat. A number of roads in the area were blocked following the shooting as security forces launched a manhunt for the terrorists. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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According to an investigation by DailyMail.com, since Alvin Bragg became the Manhattan district attorney, suspected felons have walked free in half of cases. Bragg’s office has not requested that felony suspects be held on bail in more than double the proportion of cases since 2018. This has resulted in fears that New York’s worst criminals are still roaming the streets, with campaigners accusing officials of “a depraved indifference to human life.” Critics have argued that Bragg’s approach has led to a rising recidivism rate, but this is fiercely disputed. The figures have caused concern about New York’s lax bail rules, which have been repeatedly criticized for being soft on crime.

Ibrahim Zemer, the 15-year-old terrorist who carried out a shooting attack in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood of Jerusalem on Tuesday and was captured overnight, had no prior security background. Security officials are now investigating who sold him the gun he used in the attack and taught him how to use it. Following the attack early Tuesday morning, a manhunt was launched on the working assumption that the terrorist, who entered Israel illegally, did not have time to run far and was hiding near the site of the attack. However as the hours passed with no sight of him, the Shin Bet received information that the 15-year-old went to school after the attack. After school, he went home and uploaded a video of the attack in a Facebook story.

In a rare incident, all the soldiers in the 51st Battalion of the Golani Brigade deserted their base due to their anger over their new commander. The soldiers laid down their weapons and left their base in protest over the dismissal of their commander, who was transferred from his position due to “incompatibility.” The commander was replaced by an officer from the Paraptrooper’s Brigade, which was apparently seen as an insult to the Golani soldiers. The soldiers also launched a “protest campaign” on social media over the issue. The move was condemned by the IDF which issued a statement saying that it is “a serious incident that is not in accordance with IDF values ​​and what is expected of IDF soldiers.