In a statement, the European Union denounced Israeli “plans for more than 4,600 new housing units for settlers in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of an illegal outpost.”
The plans were announced last week by the Israeli Higher Planning Council of the Civil Administration.
“The European Union’s position on Israeli settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territory is clear and remains unchanged: All settlement activity is illegal under international law,” an EU spokesperson said on Friday.
“It erodes the viability of the two-state solution and the prospects for a lasting peace as reaffirmed by UN Security Council Resolution 2334,” the statement said.
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Washington -Melania Trump says she’s ready to serve another four years as first lady if her husband is re-elected. “I love what I do,” she said Monday. The first lady revealed her intentions during a question-and-answer period with students at Albritton Middle School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She traveled there with Karen Pence, Vice [...]

Trump Speaks With Jimmy Carter About China TradePresident Donald Trump spoke over the weekend with former President Jimmy Carter about his China policies and “numerous other topics.”
White House spokesman Hogan Gidley says Trump reached out to Carter on Saturday after the former president wrote him “a beautiful letter” about ongoing trade negotiations between the U.S.

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There’s just something exciting about the pre-Yom Tov rush. The hectic driving, the shopping plazas filled with cars, the packed shopping carts, the endless lines….
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On Sunday, SpaceIL president and main investor Morris Kahn held a first meeting for the Beresheet II project, which aims for a second Israeli spaceship and a soft moon landing. While representatives from SpaceIL, the nonprofit organization behind the development of Beresheet, attended the meeting, a major partner was missing: there was no representation from Israeli state-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which partnered with SpaceIL to construct the spacecraft.
IAI is proud of its contributions to the Beresheet project and would gladly take part in other space-related projects in partnership with SpaceIL and Kahn, a spokeswoman for IAI stated Friday.

New York – Department of Buildings Acting Commissioner Thomas Fariello, R.A. announced today, the deployment of more than 90 DOB inspectors throughout New York City to perform safety sweeps of construction sites, and educate workers about the importance of construction site safety. These construction inspectors, including those from the Department’s newly created Construction Safety Compliance [...]

Beyond keeping the architectural gem from being engulfed, some 400 firefighters protected the area where most precious relics, like the Crown of Thorns, were kept

Jerusalem – Hundreds of people gathered in the old city of Jerusalem on Monday evening to reenact the Temple Passover celebration described in Jewish sources. The spectacle included silver trumpets, the washing of the hands of those believed to be priests and the feasting on lamb meat. People reenacting the Passover celebrations in Jerusalem with [...]

US Terror Label For Iran Revolutionary Guard Takes EffectThe U.S. terrorism label for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard formally took effect on Monday, amid a battle between the Trump administration and some in Congress over waivers on oil and nuclear sanctions that are due to expire or be extended early next month.
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Israel may soon have to take sides between the US and China, and technology will serve as a weapon in this struggle, CEO of LeumiTech Yifat Oron said Thursday, speaking at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in New York. “In terms of the Israeli tech world, we are exactly halfway between the US and China,” Oron added.
“I’m not sure that we Israelis can actually stay ambivalent in terms of where the money comes from,” Oron said.
Leumitech is the technology banking arm of Israeli Bank Leumi.
The Israeli tech ecosystem was lucky to have US investment flowing for many years, Oron said, “But guess what? China did exactly the same, although about 15-20 years later.”
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Washington – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is giving its highest honor to the Syria Civil Defence, a volunteer group that operates in rebel-controlled areas in Syria and Turkey. The group, also known as the White Helmets, was founded in 2014 during the Syrian Civil War and provides aid and rescue to those affected [...]

Democratic White House candidate who has railed against top 1 percent of earners shown to be part of group, says he won't apologize for income from successful book

Kosher Guru’s Kosher For Passover 2019 Guide features content curated by Team Kosher Guru. Enjoy The Recipes, Chol Hamoed trip suggestions, and the Kosher for Passover Restaurant directory. Keep us posted on what you ate, where you ate, and how you spent your Chol Hamoed! Recipes It’s hard to put together a list of the [...]

Israel‘s president began post-election consultations on Monday with political parties that will lead to his appointment of a candidate to form a government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nomination seemed virtually ensured after his right-wing Likud won the largest number of parliamentary seats in Tuesday’s ballot, and his closest rival, Benny Gantz of the centrist Blue and White party, conceded defeat.
The president, Reuven Rivlin, said he would announce his choice on Wednesday after meeting with all of the parties that captured seats in the 120-member Knesset.

Building at the center of Paris, both spiritually and physically, was damaged during both the Renaissance and the 18th century

San Francisco – Thousands of tourists could soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco. City and state officials on Monday announced a bill that would give San Francisco the authority to establish a toll and reservation system for the street that winds down a steep [...]

Serial Shul Burglar on the Loose in Williamsburg [VIDEO]The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying the suspect in the attached surveillance video and photo wanted for questioning in regard to multiple burglaries of Williamsburg Shuls.
Incident # 1:
On Shabbos, February 9, 2019 at 2:30AM, an unidentified male entered a Shul at 27 Lee Avenue through an unsecured front door and removed approximately $250 from a Pushka.

If you don’t believe in angels, you must watch this moving story about how divine providence led Levi Welton to a convert who was inspired to name himself Chaim, after dancing with an angel he met in Westchester.

Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) asserted in a media interview over the weekend that cutting military and economic aid to Israel should be “on the table.”
“I think it is certainly on the table. I think it’s something that can be discussed,” the prominent progressiver lawmaker said on Yahoo’s “Skullduggery” podcast on Sunday.
Ocasio-Cortez said that newly re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to annex territory in the West Bank should be opposed by the US government. She also criticized Netanyahu as a “Trump-like figure.”
“I think these are part of conversations we are having in our caucus, but I think what we are really seeing is an ascent of authoritarianism across the world,” she said.

Administration invites Orthodox leaders, AIPAC and Republican group, but leaves out Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, ADL and other organizations

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