White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is confirming that President Donald Trump “wants to take a look at” buying Greenland, although the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark has said it’s not for sale.
Kudlow tells “Fox News Sunday” that he won’t predict what might happen, but he calls Greenland — which is situated between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans — “a strategic place” with “a lot of valuable minerals.”
Trump is scheduled to visit Denmark in September as part of a previously announced Europe trip.
Read more at ABC News.
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A charedi man from Bnei Brak won NIS 500,000 in the lottery from a ticket he paid just NIS 50 for on Thursday, JPOST reports.
The winner, who lived in poverty and preferred to be called “Ashkenazi Simon Tov,” had paid just NIS 50 for the ‘Chish Gad’ scratch.
Thanking Hashem for his windfall, the former pauper described his decision to buy the ticket.
“I entered the Chazon Ish store to shop for groceries as usual, but for some reason, decided to buy a lottery card this time.” This was the first time he had ever bought a lottery ticket.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel will not hesitate to launch a large-scale military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, even during the peak of election season, if deemed necessary.
Speaking to reporters ahead of his flight to Kiev, he says,”I heard comments that I am refraining from a large [military] campaign because of the elections. This is not correct. Everyone who knows me knows that my considerations are matter-of fact and real, that I act with full cooperation with the security forces, with assertiveness and responsibility.
“If it is required, we will embark on a large campaign, with considerations to the elections — with elections or without elections,” the prime minister stresses.

Aya Na’amana, an Israeli Technion student who went missing in the Danakil Desert in northeast Ethiopia, was found dead on Sunday.
A group of travelers who arrived at the finishing point of the trail in the Danakil salt desert, dubbed as the hottest place on Earth, reported that one of the travelers, Na’amana, split up from the group and did not make it to the end of the trail.
On Sunday morning Na’amana’s body was found, after possibly falling to her death. Word of her death was sent to her family in Israel and to the Foreign Ministry, which began working to transfer her body back to Israel for burial.

Jordan has summoned Israel’s ambassador in protest over “violations” at Har Habayis, the Hashemit Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry says.
It summoned envoy Amir Weissbrod to voice its “condemnation and rejection of Israeli violations” at the highly sensitive site, where Israeli security forces clashed with Palestinian worshipers last week “as well as demand the immediate halt of these provocative and absurd violations in the Noble Sanctuary, which are inflaming the conflict and constitute a clear violation of international law.”
Jordan supervises the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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Last night, soldiers monitoring Israel’s security fence with Gaza identified a terrorist squad armed with rifles attempting to infiltrate into Israel.
In the time it takes to watch this video, IDF troops had already arrived at the scene in order to stop the terrorists.

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A group of Democratic members of the House of Representatives is considering opening an investigation into the conduct of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman following Israel’s decision to bar Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from entering the country.
The group is also reportedly considering releasing a statement of no confidence in Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer.
According to a report by McClatchy DC news, a senior congressional aide told the site that some 12 Democratic representatives—including Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee—were “reviewing all of our options.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Ukraine on Sunday for a two-day trip and is planning to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and take part in a memorial ceremony at the Babi Yar, where more than tens of thousands of Jews were murdered during WWII.
Netanyahu is the first Israeli prime minister to visit Kiev in 20 years.
Reports suggest that Netanyahu may seek to mediate between Moscow and Kiev, as Israel maintains good relations with both countries.

Former vice president Dick Cheney and his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., are to appear at a lunch fundraiser Monday in support of President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee, according to an invitation to the event.
The luncheon fundraiser in Jackson, Wyoming, will feature White House advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, along with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney as “special guests,” according to the invitation, which was obtained by The Washington Post.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its helicopter and tank opened fire at “armed suspects” along the northern barrier that separates Israel from the Gaza Strip, apparently killing three Palestinians according to their health ministry.
The IDF spokesperson said several armed Gaza militants were trying to breach the border in what he called a “serious security incident,”, several hours after rockets were fired towards southern Israeli communities, marking the second night in a row residents were sent dashing to bomb shelters.
Reports originally suggested all five who approached the border were killed but the Palestinian health ministry said Sunday morning three were killed.