NY Republican gubernatorial Rep. Lee Zeldin on Tuesday blasted the New York Board of Regents for voting to approve new “substantial equivalency” regulations that target yeshivas and other private schools. Speaking outside the Vizhnitz Yeshiva in Monsey, Zeldin asserted that bureaucrats in Albany are ignoring that “inside of these yeshivas, we have young kids who are receiving an education that is promoting values values of service of family, boys and girls living law abiding lives.” “We had an opportunity here for so many in state government to be able to speak up and defend everything that’s great about a yeshiva education. But unfortunately, too many people were silent. Governor Hochul was one of them.

Former Trump advisor Chris Christie claimed in an interview that the Justice Department and FBI had “no choice” but to raid the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Christie was asked by ABC guest host Terry Moran about the Justice Department’s appeal of a judge’s ruling appointing a special master in the case and whether the DOJ’s appeal would be successful. “Look, I think the Justice Department’s chances are pretty good,” Christie said. “I think they are because their main thrust is covered by executive privilege. There is only one executive serving the privilege. The current executive is Joe Biden. A previous executive can’t assert executive privilege. They’re not executive any longer. Biden will not assert executive privilege over the documents.

A Jewish shepherd was seriously injured by a Palestinian Arab, who viciously beat him on his head with a hoe near the Ma’on yishuv in the Har Chevron Regional Council on Monday evening. During the incident, a mob of about 30 other Arabs threw stones at local residents. Magan David Adom reported that the man was evacuated with a serious bleeding head injury to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, where he was hospitalized in the intensive care unit. The Palestinian Red Cresent ambulance that arrived at the scene tried to smuggle the Palestinian attacker from the scene. An Israeli police officer physically blocked the ambulance from leaving until additional Israeli security forces arrived at the scene and arrested the suspect.

Just a day after Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman was excoriated for his comparison of former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to Goebbels and Stalin, he released a campaign video reminiscent of anti-Semitic accusations made by evil leaders in the darkest times of Jewish history. The video begins by stating: “Bibi thinks that he’s the one pulling the strings. He should continue to think. Bibi?! You can’t fool us. Meet HaRav Thau and his opinions.” [HaRav Tzvi Thau, a leading Dati Leumi Rav and Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Har Hamor is the Rav behind the Noam party, which focuses on battling against the intrusion of LGBTQ “rights” and other progressive values into Israeli society.] “[Rav Thau] is the one actually pulling the strings,” the video claims.

IDF forces, Shin Bet operatives and Border Police officers operated overnight Sunday in a number of locations in Yehudah and Shomron, carrying out numerous raids and arresting 12 terror suspects. Undercover Border Police officers and the IDF’s Nachal Unit operating in Jenin arrested four terror suspects and seized weapons, explosive devices and two flak jackets. During the operation in Jenin, local Arabs opened fire and threw Molotov cocktails and other objects at the Israeli security forces, who responded with gunfire, injuring at least three Palestinians, at least one seriously.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams told reporters he is not concerned with the finding of the NY Times article on Sunday, which attacked Yeshiva education. The Mayor made his comments at a press conference on Monday morning, in response to a question by Emma G. Fitzsimmon, the City Hall Bureau Chief for the NY Times. YWN has transcribed the following, and the video is below: REPORTER: Were you concerned about the findings (of the NY Times investigation) and when did you decide to restart the city investigation into the schools (Yeshivas). MAYOR ADAMS: I am not concerned about the findings about the article. The investigation would they turn over to me I am going to use how we move forward, and what ways we move forward so I’m not going to look at a story. I want a thorough investigation.

A Palestinian woman on Sunday morning approached the al-Jib checkpoint next to Givat Ze’ev armed with a knife. Border Police officers yelled at her to halt and when she ignored their calls, they fired in the air. She then halted and threw the knife down. The suspect, a 24-year-old resident of the nearby village of al-Jib was arrested and transferred to the Shin Bet for questioning. During her interrogation, she admitted that she planned on carrying out a stabbing attack. In recent days, Israeli security forces have received dozens of warnings of planned attacks throughout Israel, mainly from terrorists in the Jenin and Shechem areas. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Former President George W. Bush outlines for the first time in a new documentary how events unfolded for him following the 9-11 attacks. In the National Geographic Channel special, “George W. Bush: The 9-11 Interview,” the former President talks about the chaotic moments after the attacks and the reasoning behind decisions he made that day. Bush reflects on being told about the attacks while visiting schoolchildren in Florida and the difficulty in getting accurate information in what he calls “the fog of war.”  He also talks about returning to the White House to address Americans in the hours after the terrorist attacks.

It is twenty one years since that moment in history changed the world for ever. Of course, when it happened, many of us knew we’d never forget that day. Yet time dulls even the most painful memories. Among the heroes of 9/11, which included the FDNY, NYPD, PAPD, EMS and other agencies, were the volunteers of Hatzolah. Chevra Hatzalah played a pivotal role in the World Trade Center rescue operations. The very first ambulance to arrive at the World Trade Center following the first plane crash on September 11, 2001 was a Hatzalah ambulance. By the time the second airplane crashed into the second tower, there were two-dozen Hatzalah ambulances, including Hatzalah’s Communications and Command Center trailer, and more than 100 Hatzalah EMTs, paramedics, and doctors on scene.

At least three Afghan crew members were killed Saturday when a U.S.-manufactured Black Hawk helicopter they were flying crashed, the Taliban’s defense ministry said. The statement said that five others were wounded in the accident during a training session overseen by Afghanistan’s defense ministry at the capital of Kabul. It is not known how many U.S. choppers remain in the hands of the Taliban government. As the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed in mid-August last year, dozens of Afghan pilots fled to Central Asian countries, including Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Afghan air force pilots played a key role, alongside their U.S. counterparts, in the 20-year war against Taliban insurgents that ended with the departure of foreign troops last year.