Nearly 1 in 4 Israelis live in development towns and southern cities. The left simply doesn't speak their language, say experts and locals -- one reason it keeps losing elections

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On 13 April 1944, sisters Susan-Zsuzsa and Lili Klein wrote their father Hugo a short letter: “Dear Daddy, We are well – goodbye.” Hugo had been drafted into a forced labor battalion in 1943; his wife Matild had stayed with their two daughters in their hometown of Hencida in the Bihar district of Hungary.

In an op-ed in the New York Times today, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein vowed to “never back down” in the face of hate and to use his “borrowed time” to promote freedom and liberty.
“I do not know why God spared my life,” Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was injured after a gunman opened fire at the Chabad of Poway on Saturday, wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times published Monday.
“I do not know why I had to witness scenes of a pogrom in San Diego County like the ones my grandparents experienced in Poland,” he continued. “I do not know God’s plan. All I can do is try to find meaning in what has happened. And to use this borrowed time to make my life matter more.”

Hélène Le Gal summoned to Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem over statement by Paris's outgoing Washington ambassador; Gérard Araud says he was referring to the West Bank only

Agudath Israel Convenes Dialogue Between NYC DOE And Special Ed Yeshiva AdministratorsOn Monday, April 15, shortly before Pesach, Project LEARN, Agudath Israel’s special education division, hosted a meeting of New York City special education yeshivos with Howard Friedman, General Counsel of the city’s Department of Education, and the leadership of the DOE Special Education Unit.

US online retail giant reaches out to some local retailers, offering a new local Amazon platform to sell their products via delivery program in Israel

Family of 19-year-old man is stunned by his radical embrace of white supremacy and anti-Semitism, won't provide him with legal counsel

Authorities Crack Down On Illegal Palestinian Construction In The Etzion District [PHOTOS]The phenomenon of illegal Palestinian construction in Yehuda and Shomron continues to gain momentum, including cutting roads, construction of agricultural roads, and the construction of new structures.

In speech delivered at a UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East on Monday, Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon defended the Jewish state’s territorial claims, citing history, the Bible, international law and global security interests.
“Refusing to acknowledge the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in the Land of Israel keeps us from forging peace in the future,” Danon said.
“Palestinian rejectionism is chronic,” the Israeli diplomat charged. “There should be no reward for rejectionism. There should be no prize for aggression.”

Jason Greenblatt calls on newspaper to apologize to Netanyahu and Trump; NYT drops syndication service that supplied anti-Semitic caricature

Only 534 Brits moved to Jewish state last year, compared to 770 in 2015; Jewish Agency official says immigration is 'practically never motivated by one single push or pull factor'

Betar Illit Mayor Rubinstein’s Plan For 10,000 Additional Charieid ApartmentsBetar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein sent a letter to chareidi representatives involved in coalition negotiations towards forming the next coalition government. Rubinstein cites that the chareidi housing shortage has reached a critical stage and land between Betar and Tzur Hadassah must be allocated towards the construction of an additional 10,000 apartments.

Uri Ariel May Be Retiring But Is Looking For A Cushy PositionOutgoing Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel, the former head of the Ichud Leumi faction, recently announced his decision to step down and retire from politics.

PA official reportedly says there will be no compromise on issue; US unable to resolve crisis because Ramallah cut off contact with Washington

President Donald Trump and his family, as well as the Trump Organization, filed suit against one of their lenders and one of their banks late Monday, seeking to stop them from complying with subpoenas from congressional committees.
The lawsuit against Deutsche Bank, which has loaned Trump more than $360 million in recent years, and Capital One are designed to prevent the two institutions from providing records to the House Intelligence and Financial Services committees. The panels are led by Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Maxine Waters, D-Calif., respectively.

Serge Klarsfeld says American Jews expect a stronger response to anti-Semitism from the US president

Police have not said whether latest incident is linked to March attack in which gunman killed 50 people at two mosques

Recordings show instructors at settlement academy openly promoting Jewish supremacy; principal says Arabs want to live under Israeli occupation due to their genetic inferiority

Breakthrough may lead to new drugs for the 30%-40% of epilepsy sufferers who don't respond to existing treatments

President Donald Trump ordered major changes to U.S. asylum policies in a White House memo released Monday night, including measures that would charge fees to those applying for humanitarian refuge in the United States.
Trump’s directive also calls for tightening asylum rules by banning anyone who crosses the border illegally from obtaining a work permit, and giving courts a 180-day limit to adjudicate asylum claims that now routinely take years to process because of a ballooning case backlog.
The order, announced in a presidential memorandum, comes as the president is seeking to mobilize his supporters with a focus on illegal immigration ahead of his 2020 reelection campaign.

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