Traffic is snarled across large portions of Yerushalayim after a massive convoy of protesters in vehicles decrying the Israeli governments Covid-19 restrictions made their way into the capital city. The convoy, consisting of some 30,000 vehicles, snaked its way from Tel Aviv to Yerushalayim along Route 1, which links the two cities, briefly blocking the highway from other vehicles. The protest, modeled after the Freedom Convoy in Canada, in which some 50,000 truckers mounted a protest against their government’s Covid restrictions, will soon attempt to block anyone from reaching the Knesset, a protester tells YWN.

A suspect vandalized a school bus carrying Jewish children in Boro Park on Sunday. Video footage of the incident shows the bus making a left turn at 14th Ave. and 37th Street, when a speeding black SUV cut off the bus, and stopped his car, blocking the bus. The SUV driver is seen exiting his vehicle and smashing the front window of the bus with a baseball before fleeing the scene. Boro Park Shomrim and the NYPD are investigating the incident. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A Jewish mother and her two young children were targeted by an antisemite in Stamford Hill, with the perp now being sought by police. In the latest of a string of antisemitic crimes in Stamford Hill, a man shouted antisemitic abuse at the woman and her children, and then topped it off by performing a Nazi salute. During the incident, which was captured on security cameras, the suspect told the woman, “We don’t want Jews here, heil Hitler.” Police and Stamford Hill Shomrim are investigating the incident and searching for the perpetrator. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

The Biden administration on Friday escalated its dire warnings about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying it could take place within days, even as diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis continued. The White House said it still didn’t know if Russian President Vladimir Putin had made a decision to invade, but it said Putin has assembled all the elements to do so quickly and told Americans in Ukraine to leave within the next 48 hours. The stark warning accelerated the projected timeframe for a potential invasion, which many analysts believed was unlikely to start until after the Winter Olympics in China end on Feb. 20. The heightened U.S.

In a Thursday night interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, President Joe Biden denied the findings of a damning Army report that his administration wasn’t prepared for the Afghanistan withdrawal. Holt asked Biden, “I have to draw your attention to that Army report, an investigative report that’s come out about the lead-up to the withdrawal from Afghanistan. It interviewed many military officials and officers who said the administration ignored the handwriting on the wall, another described trying to get folks in the embassy ready to evacuate and encountering people who were in — essentially in denial of the situation. Does any of that ring true to you?” Biden responded, “No, no. That’s not what I was told.” “That you were told that the U.S.

A fire broke out in a home in Flatbush on Friday morning. The FDNY had transmitted a two alarm assignment for a fire on the second floor of a two story private dwelling located at 1560 East 7th Street near Avenue O. Flatbush Hatzolah and Flatbush Shomrim were both dispatched as well. Thankfully, there were no reports of injuries.  
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Shocking video from Lakewood, NJ shows a non-Jewish resident refusing to accept medical treatment because the responding EMTs were Jewish, who were volunteers ffrom Lakewood EMS, dispatched by 911. Paramedics were called in to help with the women, but sadly for her, they too were Jewish! Eventually, the anti-Semite was treated and transported to the hospital by the Jewish first responders, but not before she threw a fit. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

The 15-year-old perpetrator of a string of violent antisemitic attacks in Williamsburg last Shabbos has been apprehended by the NYPD. NYPD sources have confirmed to YWN that a sole suspect wanted in connection to both incidents, in which Chasidic Jews were hit and shoved, has been taken into custody by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force. The teen has been charged with three counts of assault and two counts of committing a hate crime. The suspect is not believed to be connected to a separate recent antisemitic crime in Williamsburg, in which multiple swastikas were spray-painted on buses. However, the NYPD says they are making significant headway in that investigation.

After a long period of quiet, Peleg members took to the streets on Wednesday in a protest against the approval of the Chareidi draft law over a week ago. The protesters blocked traffic on Highway 4 under the Coca-Cola bridge at 4 p.m. during rush hour. Heavy traffic jams ensued and clashes erupted between the protestors and the police who tried to clear the area. Four protesters were arrested. The protestors dispersed on their own accord after two hours. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the “violent insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it’s not the party’s job to police the views of lawmakers. As former President Donald Trump has downplayed the attack by his supporters last year — the worst attack against the Capitol in two centuries — the RNC last week took a voice vote to approve censuring Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois at the party’s winter meeting in Salt Lake City. The two Republicans sit on a Democrat-led House committee that is aggressively investigating the siege and has subpoenaed many in the former president’s inner circle.