Now that Operation Guardian of the Walls has ended, it’s back to the perpetual political stalemate in Israel and Yamina leader Naftali Bennett used the opportunity to excoriate Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other politicians in a Facebook post on Sunday. “During the fighting, I refrained from speaking out against the government and sharing advice during interviews and on Facebook while the soldiers and police endangered their lives on the ground. Hamas and critics of Israel in the West had an empty playing field for propaganda, and I did my best to contribute, if only slightly, on this front.

After recent security incidents in NYC in the aftermath of the Gaza war, the Flatbush Shomrim & the FJCC coordinated with the NYPD to deploy officers at strategic locations in the Flatbush community, including at Yeshiva dismissals. Police were visible all over the community, as resources were brought in from other parts of the city. YWN was inundated with reports of police cars at Yeshivas around the area during dismissal, as officers stood by to ensure the safety of the tens of thousands of Yeshiva children.

The Jewish community in Tehran, headed by Rav Yehuda Gerami, recently renovated the mikva in the city with halachic hiddurim and advanced hygienic installments. “The women’s mikvah in Tehran was renovated with many halachic hiddurim (מי גשמים ובור זריעה והשקה) and a high hygienic level with the installation of advanced purifiers and filters that purifies all the water in the mikva after each tevilla within ten minutes,” Rav Gerami stated. At the entrance to the mikvah hangs photos of HaRav Ovadia Yosef, z’tl, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, z’tl. The community began installing more advanced filters in the mikvah during the height of the coronavirus crisis in Iran as an extra measure of safety. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

UTJ chairman Moseh Gafni called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to leave Har Habyis closed to Jews. “Due to our sins the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed and there’s a chiyuv kareis in ascending to Har Habayis,” Gafni stated on Motzei Shabbos. Nevertheless, Har Habayis was opened to Jews on Sunday morning for the first time since May 10. Religious Zionist politicians from the Religious Zionism party and Yamina slammed Gafni’s request, with Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben-Gvir saying that closing the site to Jews is a capitulation to Hamas. According to a B’Chadrei Chareidim report, Gafni’s request even aroused opposition within the UTJ party, with one senior member saying that Gafni’s statement doesn’t reflect the opinions of all members of the party.

Following a string of disturbing hate crimes in multiple areas of NYC including Boro Park and Flatbush the past few days, NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio visited the Boro Park community to denounce the attacks. DeBlasio visited the 66 Precinct on 16th Avenue where he was joined by NYPD Chief of Department Rodney Harrison, Capt Jason Hagestad CO 66, Deputy Inspector Richie Taylor, CO Community Affairs, Rabbi Jack Meyer and Rabbi Bernard Freilach, Police Liaisons in Boro Park, as well as a Boro Park Shomrim Coordinator. The Mayor made clear that the NYPD will be out in force in Jewish Communities. “We will not tolerate hate crimes”, DeBlasio said. “We will find the perpetrators. We will stop them.

Two Israeli Chareidi Jews who spent Shabbos at the tzion of Rav Nachman of Breslov were injured in a shooting incident on Shabbos at a motel in Uman. The two victims were evacuated to the local hospital in moderate and light condition and underwent surgery. According to a B’Chadrei Charedim report, the gunman is an Israeli with a criminal background who has lived in recent years in Uman and is well-known by both Israeli and Ukrainian police. He has served time in jail in the past for similar offenses. The exact circumstances of the incident aren’t yet known but it appeared as if a dispute broke out between the parties at about 3 p.m. and the gunman took out a gun and shot at the two victims.

The NYPD is investigating two possible hate incidents late Motzei Shabbos. Sources tell YWN that at around 7:30PM, two Jewish teens were assaulted on Ocean Parkway and 18th Avenue. The victims claim a group of men exited a Toyota Camry and assaulted them. The boys say they were forced to say “Free Palestine”, and were repeatedly punched. They claim another few men surrounded them with baseball bats. The boys say that a Muslim Uber driver saved their lives when he passed by and saw what was happening. He drove them to where they were staying for Shabbos, in the area of Avenue R and East 12th Street. Meanwhile, a short while later, a group of men exited a vehicle on 16th Avenue and 49th Street in the heart of Boro Park, and began yelling anti-Semitic slurs at Jews on the street.

A man accused of setting fire to a yeshiva and synagogue in Brooklyn earlier this week has been arrested and faces federal arson charges for attempting to damage the religious centers in addition to targeting a man in Hasidic garb, federal authorities announced Saturday. Federal prosecutors allege Ali Alaheri, 29, intentionally set fire to a yeshiva and synagogue early Wednesday morning on 36th Street near Borough Park. They accuse the Brooklyn man of stacking piles of garbage next to the building and setting them on fire. Alaheri, seen on surveillance video igniting the blaze, was also recorded attacking a man who wore traditional Hasidic garb a few hours later on the same block as the yeshiva, federal authorities said.

An emergency meeting was held on Friday afternoon, between NYPD Brass and community leaders in Boro Park and Flatbush in light of the recent hate crimes and protests around the city. The meeting was held at Misaskim Headquarters in Boro Park and was very well attended by every Precinct Commander in the area as well as the NYPD Chiefs, Hate Crimes Deputy Inspector Jessica Corey, who participated via phone from Police Headquarters in Manhattan, and many Community Affairs Officers. Deputy Chief Ruel Stephenson XO of Patrol Boro Brooklyn South told the gathering that the NYPD is taking these incidents very seriously and are actively investigating any incidents that have occurred.

Joseph Borgen, 29, was the victim who was senselessly beaten by protesters in the Times Square area during anti-Israel demonstrations. Also, the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force said it was investigating the assault of a Jewish man in Times Square on Thursday evening. The incident promoted tweets from NYC Mayor DeBlaiso, NY Governor Cuomo, and NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams. Borgen describes the assault in the video below via MyFoxNY: There can be NO tolerance for anti-Semitism in our city. This hate crime must be swiftly & thoroughly investigated & the guilty brought to justice. Hate has no place here. All races & religions must feel safe in NYC & we must be a model of diversity for the world.