In an appearance on Peacock’s “Mehdi Hasan Show,” former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci, flip-flopped once again and backtracked on his previous claims about the origins of Covid-19. Fauci now claims that he has always maintained an open mind regarding the virus’s source and insisted that his past comments characterizing the lab leak theory as a “shiny object” were aimed at individuals asserting the lab leak theory as definitive without concrete evidence. “I think if you go back, Mehdi, it wasn’t a dismissal. It was my opinion of what I felt was the most likely cause of the outbreak. I had always had an open mind, always have. I didn’t articulate, by the way, I have an open mind. I just was very open—,” Fauci said.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday held an interview with CNN. One of the main topics discussed was a potential Saudi-Israeli normalization deal. Netanyahu said that a deal was likely and it will “change the Middle East forever.” Watch the video below: (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Kosel before midnight on Motzei Shabbos to attend the erev Yom Kipper Selichos. The Selichos began with HaTaras Nedarim. The Selichos were recited by the Chazan Moshe Chavushah. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Tensions flared at Thursday’s White House press briefing as White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre engaged in a heated exchange with Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy over the pressing illegal immigration issue. The confrontation ultimately led to Jean-Pierre refusing to answer Doocy’s question. The fiery exchange unfolded during the press briefing when Doocy confronted Jean-Pierre with a question regarding the recent surge of illegal border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, where more than 10,000 unauthorized entries were recorded in a single day earlier this week.

Tens of thousands of Israelis have been gathering at the Kosel for Selichos every day during the Aseres Yimei Teshuvah. On Wednesday, the Rav of Be’er Sheva, HaRav Yehuda Deri, [brother of Shas chairman Aryeh Deri] delivered divrei chizzuk to the mispallelim. “Kabblas Ol Malchus Shamayim – I want to just say one sentence on this – very very significant. Kabblas Ol Malchus Shamayim is the key to opening the gate of rachamim. It’s an explicit passuk in the Torah. Shema Yisrael – don’t fear because Hashem is with you. Rashi says in the name of Reb Shimon Bar Yochai – ‘Hakadosh Baruch Hu says to Yisrael: ‘My children, if all you had was Shema Yisrael alone – it’s k’dai to save you – there’s nothing to fear.'” “A person doesn’t have enough zechuyos – but he has Kriyas Shema.

Jewish music superstar Avraham Fried sang together with Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit) on Wednesday evening. The duet took place at the ‘סליחות בדרך לכותל’ event in Bat Yam, which was sponsored by the municipality’s Torani culture department. Earlier on Wednesday, Fried performed for Chareidi IDF soldiers at a chizzuk event ahead of Yom Kippur which was organized by the Netzach Yehudah organization in cooperation with the Charedi department in the IDF. הזמר אברהם פריד באירוע לחיילים חרדים לקראת יום כיפור. @hardim_idf @HrdyhH75239 pic.twitter.com/oPbcvlmEKJ — יענקי פרבר | Yanki Farber (@yankihebrew) September 20, 2023 (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel (Shas) on Wednesday became the first Chareidi minister to deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly. Speaking in Hebrew, Arbel said. “First, I would like to express my deep sympathy to the Kingdom of Morocco, our partner today in submitting the declaration regarding the prevention, treatment and handling of pandemics. I express my condolences to the people of Morocco following the devastating earthquake that occurred in the kingdom and wish the injured a speedy recovery on behalf of the State of Israel and the government of Israel. The State of Israel will always be ready to help our friends and this time as well.

In a stomach-churning display of self hatred and loathing of fellow Jews, a group of terrorist-supporting, anti-Israel, hate-filled figures from Neturei Karta met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, aka the “Butcher of Tehran,” at the UN on Wednesday. Neturei Karta has long kissed up to despicable figures like Raisi, and are used as pawns by terrorists across the globe to justify their lust for Jewish blood. “I have heard that there are anti-Zionist Jews here, and this is a great thing,” Raisi said, highlighting his support for Jews who wish harm on other Jews.

A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp hurtled off a New York highway and down an embankment Thursday, killing one person and hurting dozens of others, officials said. The wreck happened in the early afternoon on Interstate 84 in the town of Wawayanda, about 45 miles northwest of New York City, state police said. Forty-three people were taken to hospitals, county fire officials said on social media. At least five people were badly hurt, Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus told WNBC-TV. News footage showed ripped-up grass on the embankment and the bus lying on its left side with its roof warped. A ladder allowed rescuers to reach the windows.

Huge signs of support for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were erected in Times Square in Manhattan on Thursday morning, ahead of his speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday evening.