Following the visit of Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to Ukraine last week, a video was revealed on Motzei Shabbos of Cohen speaking to HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein about his trip. Earlier this month, Cohen had visited HaRav Edelstein the day after he returned from his historical trip to Sudan, and had apparently consulted with the Rosh Yeshivah about his upcoming trip to Ukraine. Cohen asked HaRav Edelstein if the Rosh Yeshivah has a message to convey to the Jewish kehillah in Ukraine.

A Jewish father and son were left shaken on motzei shabbos after antisemitic bile was spewed at them as they were walking home from Avos U’Banim. Sources tell YWN that the pair were barely 100 feet from the Manhattan Beach Shtiebel when an unknown individual began yelling unpublishable insults and slurs against Jews from inside a nearby playground. The father and son hastened their pace, but the verbal attacks followed them down the block. The incident has left many in the community on edge, with some Orthodox Jewish residents afraid of what might happen next. “Incidents such as these have become commonplace in Brighton Beach,” one anxious resident told YWN.

Two yeshivah bochurim wounded in the Ramot terror attack were released from Shaare Tzedek Hospital in good condition on Friday. Elchanan Pardo of Elad and Baruch Amadi of Yafo, both talmidim of Yeshivah Beis Medrash Gevohah Finkel, were evacuated to the hospital in moderate condition following the attack, with both suffering injuries to their limbs. Both recovered from their wounds but still have a long road of rehabilitation ahead of them and will return to the hospital for further treatment and medical follow-up. The families of the bochurim thanked the Shaare Tzedek teams from the trauma and surgery departments for their devoted care. “The care was both professional and devoted and with the best possible service and treatment. Words are inadequate to express our gratitude.

A new report states that Iran is working on “mapping” Jewish communities outside of Israel to unleash an assassination campaign in the event Israel attacks its nuclear facilities. The plan, which was reportedly unveiled at a top-secret meeting in Tehran, involved identifying important Jewish figures around the world, as well as how and where to attack them. The dastardly plot was revealed to Catherine Perez-Shakdam, a Jewish woman who was granted an audience with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini, who told her  “the diaspora would have a very nasty surprise” if Israel attacked them. The Iranian leader did not know she was Jewish. “He believes Netanyahu’s threats and he knows that, for now, Israel is militarily superior,” she says.

The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested a suspect who is believed to be responsible for shooting two Jewish men outside shuls in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood on Wednesday and Thursday. The first attack took place on the 1400 block of Shenandoah Street when a man leaving shul after shacharis on Wednesday morning was struck by a bullet from a passing vehicle. The second incident took place Thursday morning, when a Jewish man in his 70s was struck in the arm by a bullet at the intersection of Pickford and Bedford streets. Both victims suffered relatively minor injuries and both are expected to survive. The LAPD has not officially released the suspect’s name yet, but sources tell YWN that he has been identified as Jaime Tran, an Asian man.

In good news from Shaare Tzedek Hospital on Thursday, Rosa Azilov, 64, who was shot during the Neve Yaakov terror attack that occurred near her home on Friday night about three weeks ago, was released from the hospital. Rosa was taking a walk with her daughter Tali when she was shot in her arm and leg. She then came face to face with the terrorist, and her life was saved by a neis when the terrorist told her that he “doesn’t shoot women” (and then proceeded to shoot and kill a different woman). In addition, Rosa’s daughter protected her with her own body. When paramedics arrived at the scene, she was evacuated to Shaare Tzedek Hospital in moderate condition, with fractures in the bones of her limbs.

As the Paley family sits shiva for hakedoshim Asher Menachem, h’yd and Yaakov, hy’d, the condition of the father of the family, Avraham Noach, remains serious. Reb Paley was transferred this week to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where he is hospitalized in the ICU, sedated and ventilated. As of Thursday, there hasn’t been any noticeable improvement in his condition. Since the attack occurred, tefillos have been held at a number of places, including the Kosel, at the kevarim of the Chazon Ish and HaRav Shach in Bnei Brak, as well as the kever of the family’s illustrious grandfather, Av Beis Din HaGaon HaRav Yechiel Wilinsky, z’tl. HaGaon HaRav Noach Paley, the Mashgiach of Yeshivas Torah B’Tifarta and a relative of the family, led the tefillah at the kever of the Chazon Ish.

There is heavy NYPD activity on Coney island Avenue in Flatbush, Thursday afternoon, after an armed man made threats and barricaded himself inside an apartment. The incident unfolded at around 12:30AM, when a man in a building near Yeshivat Darche Eres (Y.D.E.), called 911 and said he had a gun and was planning on shooting people. The NYPD responded, and the man had barricaded himself inside his apartment. The Yeshiva has been placed on lockdown. Highly credible sources tell YWN that this is a result of a landlord-tenant dispute. Coney Island Avenue has been closed from Avenue V to Avenue W. Additional information will be published when they become available to us.

A Jewish man has just been shot in Los Angeles – just 24 hours after another Jewish victim was shot. Los Angeles Scoop is reporting that the victim was shot while leaving a Shul in the area of S. Bedford and Pico Boulevard. Los Angeles Hatzalah was on the scene along with EMS and LAPD. Thursday’s shooting happened exactly 24 hours after another Jewish man was shot. The victim was reportedly shot in the arm, and is in stable condition. On Wednesday YWN reported that a Jewish man was shot while leaving a Shul at around 9:56 am PT near Cashio and Shenandoah in Pico-Robertson, an area of Los Angeles densely populated with Orthodox Jews. That victim was also shot in the arm and is stable condition.

A bill to revoke the citizenship or residency of terrorists who receive compensation from the Palestinian Authority for acts of terror passed in its final reading on Wednesday. The law, supported by members of both the opposition and coalition, passed with an overwhelming majority of 94-10. According to the bill, Israeli citizens or residents who have been sentenced to prison for acts of terror and receive “pay to slay” payments from the Palestinian Authority, can be stripped of their Israeli citizenship or residency and be deported to the Palestinian Authority or the Gaza Strip.