Washington – In a White House where no secret is safe for long, one development has remained stubbornly confidential – the contents of a Middle East peace plan authored by President Donald Trump’s advisers Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt. With Trump having delighted Israelis and angered Palestinians by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2017 [...]

Earlier today, an Israeli civilian was injured by a hammer thrown at his vehicle near the village of Tekoa in Gush Etzion.
He was evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment. IDF soldiers are searching the area for suspects.
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67 percent of Israelis eligible to vote in yesterday’s election did so. The Percentage is quite high for Israel, and for most western countries.
Both Chareidi parties increased the number of seats that they won from the previous Knesset to this one and tied at 8 seats a piece.

Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apparent election victory has deepened the divisions in an already-divided country. Bolstered by his base of religious and working-class voters, Netanyahu can be expected to press ahead with a hard-line agenda that will likely eliminate the last hopes of a two-state solution with the Palestinians. A looming indictment in [...]

Gun rights groups sued Tuesday to block Pittsburgh from enforcing firearms legislation passed after a mass shooting at a synagogue, accusing city officials of blatantly defying the state’s prohibition on municipal gun regulation.
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William Barr testifies in what is meant to be a straightforward DOJ budget hearing in front of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. Senate Democrats, however, are expected to be interested more about the 400-page Mueller report on Russian collusion within the 2016 campaign.
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New York – JetBlue Airways Corp hopes to break into the low-fare, transatlantic travel market beginning in 2021 with multiple daily flights from New York and Boston to London, its first European destination, the carrier said on Wednesday. To service the routes, the sixth largest U.S. carrier will convert 13 Airbus A321LR aircraft from its [...]

In a bid to stop leaks, Kushner and Greenblatt are reportedly keeping details close to their chests, and that includes the president, who has been briefed but has not read document

Shas MK Yaakov Margi had harsh words for his chareidi partners in Knesset, Yahadut Hatorah, blaming the ashkenazi chareidi party of “playing in our arena” during elections, trying to grab away Shas voters to get them to vote Yahadut Hatorah.