Earlier this morning Officers were dispatched to Greenwald Caterers, located at 40 East 8th Street in Lakewood, NJ at approximately 1:00 am in response to a 911 hang up call.

Upon arrival Officer Daniel Spagnuolo quickly learned that a 48 year old female employee was robbed at knife point while working approximately 30 minutes before.

According to the victim, two unidentified black males entered the business around 12:30 am armed with a knife and hammer. Both suspects began demanding to know where the money was. When the victim advised that she didn’t know, one of the suspects grabbed her wallet from a nearby chair and took an undetermined amount of cash.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday dashed hopes of a potential meeting with his U.S. counterpart in the foreseeable future, saying that the United States should lift all sanctions before Iran agrees to talks.
Rouhani’s remarks came just one day after he had signaled an apparent willingness to meet with President Donald Trump, urging Iranians to support diplomacy to resolve the country’s crises.
“We will not witness any positive development unless the United States abandons its sanctions and corrects the wrong path it has chosen,” Rouhani said Tuesday.
The Trump administration reimposed sanctions on Iran in the fall, after withdrawing from the nuclear pact Iran struck with the United States and other world powers.

Brazil will reject a donation of $22.2 million to help fight the fires that have swept across the Amazon because it was not involved in the decision-making process, the country’s ambassador to France said Tuesday.
“We refuse the aid because we see interference. [It’s] help we did not ask for,” Luís Fernando Serra told French national television, adding that the terms of the offer were too “ambiguous.”
The decision escalates an international spat between Brazil’s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro and the European countries led by French President Emmanuel Macron, who have pledged to fight the Amazon fires but condemned Bolsonaro’s lack of commitment to the environment.
On Monday, Bolsonaro – a climate change skeptic – questioned the aid’s “colonial mentality.”

A young man was pulled out of the water at the Tel Dor beach and is in critical condition after having drowned.
United Hatzalah volunteers who arrived at the scene treated the young man who is approximately 19 years of age.
The incident took place near the archaeological site by Tel Dor close to Kibbutz Nachsholim
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Hani Fachama who was one of the first responders to perform CPR on the young man said: “The young man was pulled out of the water by a lifeguard. At the time he was rescued he had no pulse and was not breathing. I together with other EMS volunteers performed CPR On the young man. After receiving initial treatment in the field he was taken to the hospital while still undergoing CPR and in critical condition.”

Israel‘s central bank is expected to hold short-term interest rates steady this week, but analysts belief a rate cut is now possible by the end of the year — a reversal from last month when rate hikes were deemed likely in 2019.
All 12 economists polled by Reuters said policymakers would leave the Bank of Israel‘s benchmark rate at 0.25% when it announces its decision at 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Wednesday.
After making a surprise increase from 0.1% last November, the Bank of Israel has left the key rate unchanged at its five subsequent policy meetings, the last being on July 8.
Economists said rates will remain unchanged amid a drop in inflation, lower rates around the world, a strong shekel and solid economic growth of around 3%.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) prayed for regime change in Venezuela and thus help for its citizens at the Western Wall in Jerusalem while on a trip this week to Israel.
“Today, I visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem to pray for an end to Nicolás Maduro’s evil regime and genocide in #Venezuela,” tweeted the freshman senator on Wednesday.
Scott’s tweet came as Maduro said he wants to meet with US President Donald Trump amid the economic and diplomatic pressure on Venezuela from the United States, which, along with more than 50 countries, recognize the head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, as the country’s interim president.
Officials from the United States and Maduro’s administration have reportedly held talks.

President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that first lady Melania Trump has “gotten to know” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, prompting the White House to clarify that the two have never met.
Trump made the comment at a news conference at the Group of 7 summit in Biarritz, France. While answering a question about Iran, the president took a detour to discuss the country’s real estate potential, then pivoted to North Korea.
“I also say that, by the way, with respect to North Korea, Kim Jong Un – who I’ve gotten to know extremely well; the first lady had gotten to know Kim Jong Un, and I think she’d agree with me – he is a man with a country that has tremendous potential,” Trump said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday spoke to Vice President Mike Pence, who said that the US backs Israel’s right to self defense, as tensions skyrocket in the Middle East.
“Had a great conversation with Prime Minister @netanyahu this morning. The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself from imminent threats. Under President @realDonaldTrump, America will always stand with Israel!” Pence wrote on Twitter.
The statement of support comes amid reports of Israeli airstrikes against Iran-linked targets in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, and a war of words between Israeli officials and leaders in neighboring countries, heightening fears of further violence in the region.

US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Robert Bowers, the man accused of bursting into a Pittsburgh synagogue last year with a semi-automatic rifle and shooting 11 people to death, according to court papers filed on Monday.
Bowers, 46, shouted, “All Jews must die,” as he fired on congregants gathered for a Sabbath service at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, authorities said.
Bowers has pleaded not guilty in US District Court in Pittsburgh to a 63-count indictment.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday made her first public appearance since completing radiation treatment for her latest bout with cancer, saying it was “both a joy and a sorrow” to appear at an event organized by a college friend who died late last year.
The 86-year-old justice received an honorary degree in the morning and regaled a packed performing arts hall in the evening.
She was invited last year by Wayne Wisbaum, a friend from her undergraduate days at Cornell. Wisbaum died in December, but not before making sure Ginsburg could still attend the event, which included an honorary degree at the University at Buffalo law school.