Tallying ballots from soldiers, diplomats and prisoners likely to be completed Thursday morning, with Naftali Bennett's party 0.02% short of entering Knesset

Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he is reviewing the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, declaring he believed the president’s campaign had been spied on and wanted to make sure proper procedures were followed.
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A man in his 50s suffered smoke inhalation and a woman around 25-years-old suffered burns after an electric bicycle battery exploded in a Netanya parking garage.
The incident occurred around 5:00PM in a garage on HaAhva Street in the city.

Washington – As President Donald Trump rails against an influx of migrants at the border, two of his most influential White House power players are at odds over the future of his immigration policy. Fresh off orchestrating a shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security, an ascendant Stephen Miller is making a renewed push to [...]

A passenger on an El Al flight which landed in New York opened the plane’s emergency exit and attempted to jump out of the aircraft Wednesday.
The incident took place on flight LY001 from Tel Aviv to New York after the Boeing 747, which had about 400 passengers, landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport. (JFK) Wednesday morning local time.
El Al stated that “when the plane arrived at the gate and during the descent of the passengers, an American passenger opened one of the rear passenger doors that are not intended for passengers. Two EL AL crew-members who noticed the passenger kept their cool and acted resourcefully in grabbing the passenger as he hung from the door at a great height, and thereby saved his life.”

By Gabriel Geller
As over the past few years more wine lovers have been adding wine as a regular companion to their weeknight dinner, the period known as the 9 days during the Hebrew month of Av have been dubbed “the wineless week” (and change).
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Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is lambasting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s remarks at the U.N. Security Council as both “ridiculous” and “racist.” In a televised address early Wednesday evening, Maduro said Pence’s comments show U.S. leaders “think they are superior to Venezuelans.” He added that on Pence’s face he could see “the [...]

On Wednesday, the Mayor of Jerusalem, Mr. Moshe Leon, met with the US Ambassador to Israel, Mr. David Friedman, at the US Embassy in the capital.
The two discussed the work of the embassy in the city, the assistance required from the Jerusalem municipality, and joint issues of work in dialogue between the embassy and the municipality.

Shlomo Swinkin performing a cover of “Ribono” by Simcha Leiner. Song was Composed By Mordechai Brezel and First Recorded on Simchas Latest Album “Meraked”
Video: David Ross
Videographer: Luis Gomez
Piano: Yitzy Glicksman
Violin: Joe Deninzon
Audio, recording, mixing and mastering: Shir Soul Sound
Lyrics:
ריבונו של עולם אני מבקש ממך
בכל ליבי ובזה התפילה
שתנחה אותי בדרך ישרה
ותודיעני אורח התורה
שתדריכני באמיתך
וזכה לי ולבני ביתי
לעבוד אותך באהבה ויראה
אני מבקש ממך
English Translation:
Master of the world, I plead to You with all my heart in this prayer…
That You lead me to a righteous path and teach me the way of the Torah