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Hundreds of border policemen accompanied by Civil Administration forces arrived at Givat Maoz Esther on Tuesday morning, April 30, 2019, which is located in the vicinity of Kochav HaShachar.

While Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that playing soccer and other similar activities, by Muslims and others alike, is prohibited on Har Habayis, the soccer continues.
This ruling was handed down in light of the sanctity of the site.

Members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, were sworn in three weeks after a tumultuous national election.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday delivered a message of national unity to the 120 members of parliament ahead of the swearing in ceremony in Jerusalem, calling upon them “to fight for our common home where secular, religious, ultra-Orthodox, Jews and Arabs … right and left can find themselves equal.”

Several hundred people gathered on one day’s notice in Midtown Manhattan at The New York Times office building to send the publication a strong message: Jews will not tolerate the mainstreaming and globalization of antisemitic hatred in any form be it overt or disguised as cartoon social commentary.

A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have come from a Russian military facility.
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Armored vehicles plowed into anti-government protesters as troops loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro tried to restore order Tuesday after opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets in a risky attempt to lead a military uprising against the embattled socialist.

HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Shlita, head of the Shas Moetzas Gedolei Torah, has instructed Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri not to enter into any government coalition until the matters of yeshiva funding and conscription of bnei torah have been arranged.

A fire ripped through a Jewish-owned home in Monroe, NY, Tuesday morning, causing serious damage.
It was unknown if there were any injuries.

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The man seen in this video is Dr. Howard Kay. He is the husband of Lori Kay HY”D, who was gunned down in the shooting attack at Chabad of Poway.

Human error may have caused a crane collapse that killed four people and injured four others over the weekend, experts said Monday.
Based on videos of the collapse, they said it appears workers who were disassembling the construction crane had prematurely removed pins securing the sections of the crane’s mast to each other, and that could explain why the crane toppled in relatively minor wind gusts.