Channel 12 News reporter Amit Segal exposed the hypocrisy of opposition leader Yair Lapid’s hypocrisy when he hosted him on his show and quoted an article Lapid wrote in 2005 about Israelis protesting against the Disengagement. At the time, Lapid wrote in his column in Yediot Achranot that protesters should absolutely not be permitted to block streets due to the danger it posed to those who may need to travel to the hospital for treatment. Segal challenged Lapid on why he’s now one of the leaders of the current protests, which have closed down major highways across Israel. “You wrote: ‘Someone will die. No one should have their lives endangered.

HaGaon HaRav Yosef Yitzchak excoriated former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak for an interview he in which he stated that he doesn’t believe in Hashem. Speaking at his weekly shiur on Motzei Shabbos, HaRav Yosef said: “Aharon Barak was asked on the radio: ‘Does Hashem exist? Do you believe in Hashem?’ He responded. ‘No, there’s no G-d.

Unwaveringly staunch Trump back, election conspiracy theorist, and semi-sane pillow tycoon Mike Lindell warned CPAC attendees that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a “Trojan Horse” for whom the media is “covering up.” “Now I’ll tell you what Ron DeSantis — and he’s got money behind him — did he do anything for Disney? Remember that was the big thing, you’re gonna go after Disney,” Lindell said. “He did nothing, they got everything they wanted, everything — look it up!” “The media is covering up for Ron DeSantis. He is a Trojan Horse, he is the Trojan Horse,” Lindell shouted.

Police have arrested Ron Reeder, 52, in connection with the fatal shooting of 46-year-old Jermaine Dixon in Queens in September 2021. Reeder, who was dressed in Hasidic-style clothes at the time of the shooting, was apprehended in New Jersey in late February and extradited to New York on Thursday to face charges of murder and weapons offenses. The shooting took place on South Conduit Avenue near 132nd Street in South Ozone Park, Queens. Dixon was shot at point-blank range and died shortly after. The gunman had attempted to steal the $10,000 in cash that Dixon had on him, but he ran away before he could take the money.

Police needed to rescue Sara Netanyahu from an angry mob of violent demonstrators, Tuesday night. The mob had gathered outside a hair salon in Tel Aviv, where the prime minister’s wife was getting a haircut. Once the protesters learned that Netanyahu was at the Kikar HaMedina Plaza, they rushed to the scene, and the police were called to keep the masses away from the building, as she was forced to wait inside the salon for hours. Eventually, large police forces arrived on the scene and evacuated Netanyahu. Afterward, the prime minister tweeted a picture of himself embracing his wife, expressing that the anarchy needs to stop because it could end up costing lives.

The levaya of Elan Ganeles, a US-Israeli citizen who was murdered in a terror attack near Yam Hamelech on Monday, was held in Ra’anana on Wednesday. Ganeles’ family members flew to Israel for the levaya and are returning to Connecticut to sit shiva. Ganeles, z’l, was in Israel on a visit to visit friends and attend a friend’s wedding. Among the maspidim were Elan’s parents, brothers, friends, uncle and Rabbi Tuvia Brander, the Rav of the family’s shul, Young Israel of West Hartford. Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit) also spoke as a representative of the government. In a heartwarming display of sympathy, over 1,000 people, most of whom did not know the niftar, attended the levaya, with most having to stand outside the beis levayos due to the large crowd.

As per their usual heinous custom, Palestinians celebrated following the murder of Hillel and Yigal Yaniv, h’yd. Numerous videos and photos of Arabs in Shechem and other cities handing out candies and other sweets circulated on social media. One video showed a Palestinian being asked why they celebrate even when civilians are killed. While Israeli security officials are meeting in Jordan with US, Egyptian, Jordanian and PA officials in order to calm tensions in the West Bank down, Palestinians are celebrating the murder of 2 Israeli brothers today (16 and 21 year olds) by a Palestinian terrorist near Nablus. pic.twitter.com/uc4K15wV9Z — Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) February 26, 2023 (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Thousands of people on Monday afternoon attended the levaya of Hillel and Yigal Yaniv, h’yd, who were murdered in a terror attack on Sunday. The levaya took place at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. Some of those who attended were Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich, Construction Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf, and MK Simcha Rothman. Among those who were maspid were Chief Rabbi Rav Dovid Lau, Rishon L’Tzion Rav Shlomo Amar, the Rav of the Har Bracha yishuv, Rav Eliezer Melamed, the head of the Shomron Regional Council Yossi Dagan, Smotrich, and the grandfathers from both sides. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Esty Yaniv, the mother of the kedoshim Hillel, h’yd and Yigal, h’yd, who were murdered in a shooting attack early Sunday afternoon, recorded a chilling message to the youth on her yishuv, Har Bracha, only hours after her sons’ deaths. Despite her terrible loss, she spoke words of emunah and tried to be mechazeik them. “I spoke with my children and you’re also like my children…I want to tell you something,” she said. “We received a slap from Hakadosh Baruch Hu, a powerful slap. I don’t know why.” “We’re trying to find the good things and the chessed – that beforehand we had a family Shabbos, that we had good conversations with them yesterday, that we took a family photo.

Dozens of Israelis descended on the Palestinian town of Huwara and protested violently after the death of two Israeli brothers in a Hamas-claimed shooting attack. Hillel and Yagel Yaniv HY”D were killed earlier Sunday in an attack that took place in the town targeted by the Israeli protesters. Homes and vehicles were set ablaze by the Israelis, and violent clashes left at least 98 Palestinians injured, and one Palestinian dead. It was not immediately clear if he was shot by civilians protesting or IDF troops amid the clashes. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that at least 20 were treated for smoke and tear gas inhalation, and at least one Palestinian was seriously injured after being struck in the head with a rock.