Kan News interviewed Naama Issachar’s mother Yaffa on Thursday morning in Moscow as she shared the news about her daughter’s release from Russian prison with the Chabad shaliach in Moscow who had accompanied her on the long journey from the very beginning. Yaffa heard the news about her daughter’s release the same way everyone else did – on the news. She was not officially informed of the development by the Russian authorities. “Yaffa is a symbol and example of ‘eim ha’banim s’meicha,’ the Chabad shaliach said to Kan. “He was the first person who saw [Naama],” Yaffa said emotionally, with tears running down her face. “He was the one who helped me the entire time.” “Why are you so emotional right now?” the Kan reporter asked Yaffa.

Strong winds gusting across Southern California have toppled several panels of a new barrier being installed along the U.S.-Mexico border, a newspaper reported. The U.S. Border Patrol said the panels fell into Mexican territory Wednesday about 100 miles (161 kilometers) east of San Diego where the border separates the U.S. city of Calexico and the Mexican city of Mexicali, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The 30-foot-tall (9.1-meter) panels had just been anchored in concrete that had not yet set when the gusts hit, the newspaper said. The panels fell onto a road. “Luckily, Mexican authorities responded quickly and were able to divert traffic from the nearby street,” said U.S. Border Patrol Agent Carlos Pitones. U.S.

Naama Issachar and her mother Yaffa are currently flying to Israel together with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara. Naama and her mother met with Netanyahu and his wife Sara around noon on Thursday at the airport in Moscow after Netanyahu’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Netanyahu began his meeting with Putin at the Kremlin by thanking him for pardoning Issachar. “I want to thank you in the name of all the Jewish people for your quick decision to pardon Naama Issachar. This moved all of us and our thankfulness is from all Israeli citizens with all our hearts.” Putin said that his meeting with Yaffa Issachar in Israel last week played a large part in his decision to pardon Naama.

The Roman Spring in Chamat Tiverya, which hasn’t flowed in ten years, began flowing again on Wednesday morning thanks to the heavy rainfall this winter which has raised the Kinneret’s water level. The temperature of the flowing spring is 140 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the Gemara, these ancient springs were heated when they passed the entrance of Gehinnom. “It’s due to the Kinneret’s rise in water level which put pressure on the aquifer,” explained the manager of the Chamat Tiverya National Park. The Kinneret’s water level, which is currently a meter higher than it was last year at the same time, exerted pressure on the aquifer – the underground layer of water-bearing rock and sediment – and caused the dormant spring within the ground to resume its natural flow.

In the city Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia, everything is frozen and covered in snow in the winter with an average temperature of 5 degrees Fahrenheit in the month of January. But the frosty weather didn’t deter the local Chabad shaliach from visiting the kever of a Jew who passed away recently, Chareidim 10 reported. The video shows Rabbi Dani Krichevsky, as he trudges over piles of snow in the cemetery. What happened? A woman from the Jewish community recently passed away and was brought to kever Yisrael. Rabbi Krichevsky wasn’t going to let the piles of snow prevent him from saying Tehillim by her kever. (YWN Israel Deesk – Jerusalem)

A Jewish female was robbed at the LifePlex Health Club (gym) on College Rd in Monsey at around 8:30PM, Wednesday night. The suspect fled in a vehicle, but crashed just nearby in front of “Wine on 59” on Route 59. The suspect then bailed from the vehicle, and fled on foot. Ramapo PD and Rockland Chaverim responded and conducted a search for the suspect. Authorities apprehended a possible suspect in front of the 7/11, but as of this YWN post, it has not been confirmed to be the suspect. The victim is being brought to the Ramapo Police Headquarters to make a positive identification. Rockland Hatzolah is treating one victim from the crash for minor injuries. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Ami reporter Shloime Zionce recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and visited blogger and Twitter influencer Mohammed Saud at his home in the capital city of Riyadh. Zionce, a Breslover chassid who visited Saudi Arabia in his role as a journalist for Ami magazine, gave Saud, a lover of Israel, a likeness of the city of Jerusalem with the passuk אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני engraved on it – quite an ironic gift for a resident of Saudi Arabia, which still denies entry to Israeli citizens. Saud prepared snacks and drinks that he knew were kosher for Zionce and interestingly, Saud opened up his bottle of Coke and made an almost perfect birchas Shehakol before drinking it. “I hope that one day we’ll walk down the street together in Riyadh and take a direct flight to Tel Aviv,” Zionce said.

A terror attack was Bichasdei Hashem averted on Wednesday, after police arrested two terrorists armed with knives. It happened at around 4:00PM, when the two Palestinians were taken into custody on the Har Habayis. Police immediately closed off the entrance to the Old City from Sha’ar Shechem. No further details were available. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner made the case for President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan Tuesday, praising the relationship his father-in-law has with Israel and admonishing Palestinians not to blow their “big opportunity.” “What you’ve seen today is that President Trump has built a lot of trust with the state of Israel. He’s done a lot of great things that have made Israel more secure and the relationship between America and Israel stronger,” Kushner said in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.

Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Monday that its “Drone Guard” – a new anti-drone solution – has successfully passed tests at several large international airports, according to a report by the Globes business daily. There has been increasing demand for dome protection systems since Gatwick Airport in London – the UK’s second busiest airport – was forced to suspend flights in December 2018 during the busy holiday season due to drones in the runaway areas, affecting 1,000 flights and disrupting the travel plans of over 100,000 people. After 36 hours of flights being unable to take off, the British army deployed the “Drone Dome” system – an anti-drone system developed by Rafael, an Israeli defense company.