Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), widely known for her critical stance on Israel, appeared to attribute the Democratic Party’s underperformance in the November 5 Presidential election to the influence of the pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC.
“If people want to talk about members of Congress being overly influenced by a special interest group pushing a wildly unpopular agenda that pushes voters away from Democrats then they should be discussing AIPAC,” Ocasio-Cortez, often referred to as AOC, wrote in a post on the social media platform X.
Ocasio-Cortez is part of the progressive congressional group known as the “Squad,” whose members frequently voice criticism of Israel.

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Multiple sirens sounded across central Israel at about 9:00 p.m. on Monday after Hezbollah fired one rocket. Rocket shrapnel fell in Ramat Gan, near Bnei Brak, injuring five people, one seriously, one moderately and three lightly. They were treated at the scene and evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah. The IDF said that the rocket was intercepted but falls were identified, apparently from interceptor missiles. Hezbollah was targeting the four-floor IDF Nimrodi building in central Israel. The Israel Electric Company said that interceptor shrapnel hit a high-voltage line in the Bnei Brak-Ramat Gan area, causing power outages in the area. The videos below show the fire that was ignited at the impact site:     (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists fired a missile from Lebanon towards Israel’s densely populated central region on Monday night, wounding five people—one of them seriously injured.
“Central Israel is on fire because of Hezbollah’s indiscriminate rocket fire,” the Israel Defense Forces stated.
A 54-year-old woman was listed as being in serious condition. The four others sustained moderate and light wounds, stated Magen David Adom, an emergency response group. First responders reportedly evacuated all five victims to Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah.

A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against President-elect Donald Trump. Trump and other defendants had asked the Georgia Court of Appeals to hold oral arguments in the case, and the court had set those arguments for Dec. 5. But in a one-line order with no further explanation, the appeals court said that hearing “is hereby canceled until further order of this Court.” A Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 indicted Trump and 18 others, accusing them of participating in a sprawling scheme to illegally try to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed in principle to a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Israel, marking what a top Lebanese official described as the most serious effort yet to end the ongoing hostilities. Ali Hassan Khalil, an aide to Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, confirmed Lebanon’s written response to the proposal had been delivered to the U.S. ambassador in Beirut on Monday. He also revealed that White House envoy Amos Hochstein is traveling to Lebanon to continue discussions. Hezbollah has backed Berri as the primary negotiator for the ceasefire.

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu convened an emergency meeting at Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening to discuss efforts to free the captives still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The meeting was convened in response to the rejection by Hamas of all proposals currently on the table, a senior security source told Israel’s Channel 13.
The terrorist group has continued to insist on its key demands that the war end and Israeli troops withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
Mossad chief David Barnea was to have presented a new proposal to a select group of ministers and senior security officials at the meeting, including Defense Minister Israel Katz and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, according to the report.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Power of Student Voices: A Torah-True Initiative There’s a problem that we are currently facing that was pointed out yesterday by an anonymous letter-writer in Brooklyn. This challenge presents us with an opportunity to engage our students in meaningful change, while learning from the timeless wisdom of Avraham Avinu’s purchase of Me’aras HaMachpelah. As written in the Tanchuma  [Behar 1], we are taught, “Be not alarmed by a man of evil eye” [Mishlei 28:22] – referring to Ephron the Hittite. The Divine Lesson from the Midrash The Midrash elaborates: When Sarah Imeinu died, Avraham approached Ephron to purchase the cave.

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