Israel’s Supreme Court ruled last week that Yigal Machlouf of Beer Sheva, an Israeli imprisoned in Thailand for drug dealing (Ecstacy pills) will be transferred to Israel and continue his sentence there, Chareidim10 reported. Machlouf was sentenced to death about 12 years ago but his sentence was commuted to 50 years of imprisonment. The appeal to the Supreme Court was filed three years ago on the background of the deteriorating health of Machlouf, 51, who is imprisoned in difficult conditions and is not receiving the medical care he requires. Harav Nechemia Wilhelm, the Chabad shaliach in Bangkok, has supported Machlouf with great devotion from the time he was arrested and has tried to alleviate some of his suffering caused by the difficult conditions in Thai prisons.

It was cleared for publication on Monday that a huge drug lab was discovered in the heart of a residential neighborhood in Bnei Brak last week. Israel police raided a huge three-level marijuana lab on Rabban Gamliel Street in Bnei Brak last Tuesday. The lab contained hundreds of cannabis plants weighing over 400 kilograms as well as a large amount of equipment for growing the drug, a commercial scale and thousands of shekels. The marijuana plants were of a particularly potent type which can be especially dangerous to users. Israel Police received tips leading them to suspect the existence of the drug operation and conducted an extensive undercover operation.

Bernie Sanders has praised Fidel Castro’s ‘massive literacy program’, standing by comments he made praising the dictator’s rule of Cuba in the 1980s. The Democratic frontrunner and socialist, 78, defended the Communist regime as ‘not all bad’ during a wide-ranging 60 Minutes interview which aired Sunday. During the interview, he told Anderson Cooper: ‘We’re very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba but you know, it’s unfair to simply say everything is bad. You know? ‘When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing?

In a rare acknowledgment, the IDF stated on Sunday night that it struck Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror targets in Syria in response to the barrage of rocket strikes on Israel from the PIJ group in the Gaza Strip. “IDF fighter jets struck terror sites belonging to the PIJ terror group south of Damascus in Syria, as well as dozens of PIJ sites throughout the Gaza Strip,” Islamic Jihad said in a statement that the airstrikes on Damascus killed two of its members, identifying them as Salim Salim, 24, and Ziad Mansour, 23. It did not disclose their nationalities or elaborate on their roles. It vowed to respond to the deaths of its members. Media reports on Monday morning said that the death toll from the Israeli strikes in Syria rose to six from the two reported on Sunday night.

Palestinian terrorist fired some 20 rockets toward southern Israel on Sunday evening, the IDF said, hours after Israel said it killed a Palestinian terrorist who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence. There was no immediate claim for the rocket fire, but it appeared to be meant to avenge the death of the terrorist. Palestinians were furious over the image of the man’s lifeless body dangling off the front of an Israeli bulldozer that had crossed into Gaza to retrieve it. There was also criticism in Gaza of the territory’s Hamas rulers for not responding. The Israeli military reported air raid sirens throughout southern Israel, and said at least 20 rockets had been fired.

Around 19 Jewish Community Centers around New York received bomb threats on Sunday. All facilities were evacuated and bomb squads swept each location and determined all were safe. Governor Cuomo responded to at least one scene. An investigation is underway. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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A Florida man was arrested last week on charges of threatening to carry out a mass shooting attack at the Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida in Fort Meyers. Sheriff Carmine Marceno of the Lee County Sherrif’s office said on Thursday at a press conference that the suspect, identified as Alfredo Sanchez, 43, was a member of the synagogue. Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, the Chabad center’s director confirmed the sheriff’s report, saying that Sanchez and his family were regulars at the Chabad center, Collive reported.

Depite international outrage including being kicked off UNESCO last year, the city of Aalst in Belgium once again is having despicable anti-semitic floats at their annual carnival. Ahead of today’s parade Mayor Christoph D’Haese said, context mattered and there was no anti-semitism in his city. Clearly, that is a total lie and he is just another raging anti-Semite. At the parade there are floats featuring many anti-Semitic motifs. One float shows the “Wailing Wall” and has caricatures of Orthodox Jews complaining. “Done with all the ‘nagging,’” one sign reads. “I don’t have a big nose,” says another. Some participants are dressed up as Gestapo officers, wearing a sticker reading “UNESTAPO” on their, long black coats.

A non-Jewish man fighting leukemia finally met the stranger – a Frum man from Lakewood New Jersey – who donated bone marrow to help save his life. The two men had the chance to meet for the first time at a bone marrow gala on Thursday night. Bone marrow recipient Scott Novorr said he owes his life to Binyomin Gewirtz. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders will win the Nevada caucuses, Fox News is projecting, furthering the democratic socialist’s lead over his Democratic rivals and raising the question as to whether he can be stopped on his path to the Democratic nomination. With six percent of delegates in, Sanders leads with 54.7 percent. According to those returns, former Vice President Joe Biden is in second place with 17.9 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has 9.7 percent, and former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg has 9 percent and billionaire Tom Steyer has 7.4 percent. Ultimately 36 delegates are at stake. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)