Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Tuesday said his country’s intelligence agency Mossad helped Greece prevent a terrorist attack planned against a Chbad House in Athens. Greek authorities said earlier that two men described as being of Pakistani origin, who were not named, had been arrested for allegedly planning an attack on the Chabad House and restaurant. The attack was considered to be imminent and to be intended to cause extensive loss of life. The suspects were charged Tuesday with terrorism offenses, while a third man believed to be outside Greece has been charged in absentia with similar offenses. A statement from Netanyahu’s office maintained that the attackers were linked to Iran.

Police officials in Tennessee have released dramatic bodycam footage of officers responding to Monday’s school shooting at a private school which resulted in the death of six people – 3 children and 3 adults. The footage shows a team of five officers toting heavy weapons rushing methodically through the building before encountering the shooter and promptly cutting him down in a hail of gunfire. Police earlier identified the shooter, who was killed by police, as 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale. They say Hale was a former student and shot through the doors of the private, Christian elementary school. Hale had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre, authorities said.

Many Israeli expressed outrage at the closure of Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday for political purposes, inconveniencing thousands of people at a peak traveling time. What aroused even more fury was the frivolous way in which it was closed – on the whim of one man – the head of the Israel Airports Authority, Pinchas Idan, who is also a member of Likud. During a press conference by the head of the Histadrut calling for a strike [which may have been illegal], Idan went to the stage, took out his phone, and called an unknown official at Ben-Gurion. “I’m announcing that from this moment on there are no take-offs,” Idan said. “Who is this? Hello? Stop all take-offs right now. Landings will continue as usual. Stop the take-offs. We’ll talk about everything later.

A dramatic car crash on a California freeway was caught on camera last week, showing a car flipping through the air after colliding with a tire that had become airborne. The incident took place on Thursday on the Ronald Reagan Freeway in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles. The dashcam footage, captured by Anoop Khatra who was driving behind the dark-colored Kia Soul in the left lane, recorded the terrifying moment. According to the video, a white pickup truck was driving in the adjacent lane when the front-left tire suddenly popped loose and shot out in front of the Kia. The Kia collided with the tire and was propelled several feet off the road before flipping in the air and landing on its roof, then rolling several times.

The Orthodox Union (OU) and the CRC have issued a joint statement assuring consumers that meat from Birdsboro – Bingo Supermarket’s meat manufacturer – is completely kosher and still under their hashgacha. The statement comes after unsubstantiated rumors were spread across social media platforms on Sunday.

New data released by the UK government today reveals that COVID-19 vaccines could potentially increase the risk of sudden cardiac death in young women. The government analyzed data from England’s vaccine rollout and found no significant increase in deaths among the vaccinated. However, when the data was broken down further, it revealed an elevated risk of cardiac-related deaths in women for one type of vaccine. Women who received non-mRNA vaccines were 3.5 times more likely to die of cardiac ailments within 12 weeks of being vaccinated, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. However, the study did not directly prove that any deaths were caused by the vaccine, as fatalities could have been from an unrelated health condition or even a COVID-19 infection itself.

The Otzma Yehudit party on Monday evening announced that it had reached an agreement with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that the judicial reform legislation will be postponed until the Knesset summer session to allow time for negotiations with the opposition. Netanyahu was set to announce the suspension of the judicial reform on Monday morning but delayed the step after Ben-Gvir threatened to dissolve the government. At the same, it was agreed that the establishment of a National Guard under the Ministry of National Security – one of the Likud’s coalition promises to Ben-Gvir – will be approved at the next Cabinet meeting.

Senior government officials have informed the Biden administration that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will announce a halt of the judicial reform, Ynet reported on Monday afternoon. Netanyahu was set to announce the suspension of the judicial reform on Monday morning at about 10:00 a.m. but delayed the step after National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened to dissolve the government. At this point, there are rumors that Netanyahu will wait to see the extent of the turnout at the right-wing protest outside the Knesset on Monday evening before issuing any announcements. The White House issued a statement on Sunday, following Netanyahu’s dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will announce the suspension of the judicial reform on Monday morning at about 10:30 a.m., Channel 12 News reported. Prior to delivering the announcement, Netanyahu is meeting with the heads of the coalition parties to explain the move. The prime minister held an emergency meeting overnight after mass protests swept the country in the wake of the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Justice Minister Yariv Levin is opposed to halting the reform but a number of Likud ministers support the move as well as UTJ and Shas. The chairman of the Knesset’s Constitution Committee Simcha Rothman received the message amid a deliberation to approve the law on the composition of the Committee for the Selection of Judges in its second and third readings.

Coalition leaders in Israel are currently divided over proposed legislation to overhaul the country’s judiciary system. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas party leader Aryeh Deri are in favor of halting the advancement of the legislation, while Justice Minister Yariv Levin and National Security Minister Ben Gvir want to push forward with it. The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party has said it will support any decision made by Netanyahu, but Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli is calling for a rethink in how the legislative package is presented to the public.