Eli Rozenberg, a yeshivah student in his 20s living in Jerusalem, has been revealed as the man behind the negotiations to acquire El Al that has ongoing for the past couple weeks, Calcalist reported on Sunday. Two weeks ago, news reports stated that an anonymous source appointed accountant Ram Amaniach to explore the possibility of acquiring El Al and requested not to reveal his identity at the first stage. Eli is representing his father in New York, Kenny (Naftali) Rosenberg, founder and CEO of Centers Health Care—one of the largest post-acute healthcare continuums in the country (chain of nursing homes). Kenny is also a trained Hatzolah paramedic and is often found responding to medical emergencies in the middle of the night.

The number of coronavirus cases continues to increase in Israel, with 1,148 cases diagnosed as of Sunday in the previous 24 hours. The number of active cases has risen to 18,940, which is now higher than the number of Israelis who have recovered from the virus, which stands at 18,915. There are currently 141 patients in serious condition, of whom 48 are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 358. Health Ministry Deputy Director-General Prof.

A Jewish man was assaulted in what is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Sources tell YWN that an Orthodox Jewish man was walking home from a Shabbos meal at around 3:30PM, when a vehicle occupied by three white/Hispanic men passed him on Kings Highway and East 27th Street. The vehicle stopped, and anti-Semitic slurs such as “(expletive removed) Jew” were hurled at him. The victim verbally responded to the suspects, at which point they exited the vehicle, surrounded him and viciously beat him. He was taken to Community Hospital (across the street), where he was treated for facial trauma, and received stitches on his face. He also suffered a broken finger. The suspects fled the area in the vehicle. A description of the suspects will be published when available.

Many overnight summer camps are using various “loopholes” in the existing executive order, in which they were given temporary residence permits to operate this summer. On Friday, New York State issued new regulations, which will make it nearly impossible for many camps to continue to operate. Additionally, YWN has learned of at least two camps that were given “cease and desist orders” by the State. It remains to be seen what action the State will take, and what the response of the camps will be. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

The Health Ministry recorded 1,360 new cases of the coronavirus on Motzei Shabbos in the previous 24 hours, raising the number of active virus patients to 18,296, with 134 patients in serious condition. There’s been a significant increase in the number of ventilated patients to 49, an almost 17% rise since Friday at midnight. The death toll has risen to 354. Four Knesset members entered quarantine on Friday after it was discovered that they had been in contact with confirmed coronavirus carriers. MK Nir Barkat (Likud), MK Tehila Friedman (Blue & White), MK Orna Barbivai (Blue & White), and Aida Touma-Sliman (Joint List) will be in quarantine until July 14.

President Trump is expected to announce that he will commute Roger Stone’s sentence, just days before the longtime political operative is slated to report to prison to serve more than three years. Sources told Fox News Friday that the president could announce a commutation of Stone’s sentence as early as Friday evening. The president, as recently as Friday morning, has said he was “looking at” offering Stone clemency, saying he was “very unfairly treated.”
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The Bronx Zoo and New York City’s aquarium are set to reopen this month, but New York City is canceling street fairs, outdoor concerts, parades and other big events through September as local officials try to keep city blocks open for restaurants and the public. Large outdoor gatherings have been officially banned in New York since the spring, though thousands have taken to city streets to protest against police brutality. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that the city’s ban will exempt “demonstrations, religious events and press conferences.” “Look this is always an area of real sensitivity here,” de Blasio said in a CNN appearance, in response to a question about whether protests would be allowed.

As the rate of new coronavirus infections continues to break records in Israel, with almost 8,000 new cases diagnosed in the past week, a lockdown of five cities and towns went into effect on Friday at 1 p.m. Neighborhoods in the cities of Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Kiryat Malachi, Lod and Ramle were declared as “restricted zones’ for seven days. The neighborhoods that were declared restricted zones are Romema, Kiryat Sanz, Kiryat Belz and Mattesdorf in Jerusalem, Nachla U’Menucha and Kenei Habosem in Beit Shemesh, Achuzat Rutner and Chabad in Kiryat Malachi, Ganei Ya’ar and Sach in Lod and Amishav Bilu in Ramle.

A tropical storm warning has been issued from Cape May, New Jersey to Rhode Island, including Long Island and Long Island Sound, as Tropical Storm Fay has developed off the coast of North Carolina and is moving up the coast. A flash flood watch has also been issued for New York City, Long Island and several counties in New York and New Jersey for Friday. The National Hurricane Center says Fay is expected to produce 3 to 5 inches of rain along and near the track of Fay across the mid-Atlantic states into southeast New York and southern New England. These rains may result in flash flooding where the heaviest amounts occur. Tropical storm conditions are expected to first reach the coast within the warning area on Friday and spread northward through the warning area Friday night.

Since Wednesday, a video illustrating Israeli police officers who violently forced mask compliance on a Chareidi woman whose nose was exposed has been making waves on the Internet. In the video, four police officers are seen physically trying to move the woman from her place. Bystanders protested the police actions loudly. The officers eventually succeeded at tackling the woman and handcuffing her while she was lying on the ground. In a statement made by the Police Spokesperson’s Department to the media the Israel Police said: “During police enforcement activities in Jerusalem, officers identified a woman who got off the light rail while not wearing a mask on her face as required.