As President Joe Biden approaches the end of his term, his administration is coming under fire for policies that punish Israel while easing restrictions on Hamas and Hezbollah. The president, once vocal in his support of Israel after the Oct. 7 massacre, now appears to be bending to anti-Israel pressures within his own party. The controversy intensified last week when the Biden administration reversed a 2022 Treasury Department decision that barred the U.S.-based Foundation for Global Political Exchange from hosting Hamas and Hezbollah representatives at a Beirut conference. The sudden approval has drawn outrage, with critics accusing Biden of capitulating to Iran-backed terror groups.

The head of Hezbollah’s medium-range rocket array was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the area of Kfar Jouz in Southern Lebanon on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.
According to the IDF, Ali Tawfiq Dweiq was responsible for the launch of more than 300 rockets at Israel, including at Haifa and central Israel, since taking command of the rocket array in September.

The IDF issued arrest orders for 1,126 bnei yeshivos who ignored their draft orders, Army Radio reported on Tuesday. “Our target was for 1,110 Chareidim to show up for the first summons out of 3,000, and only 290 came,” said Brig. Gen. Shay Taib, the head of the IDF’s Manpower Division, at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. “We issued 1,126 arrest warrants to those who didn’t respond to the first and second orders.” “They will then receive a call to come to the induction centers and anyone who fails to appear will be declared a draft dodger.” Those who are declared draft dodgers will not be arrested immediately but will be taken into police custody if they try to leave the country and be prevented from receiving a driver’s license.

It can be minimal, it can be tremendous. It can be positive, it can be negative. It can disappear after mere moments, it can last for millennia. It can be felt across the world, it can create ripples that radiate outwards ad infinitum. What is this phenomenon? It’s IMPACT. The mark something leaves is a measure of its importance and its success; as we view the impact, we can begin to appreciate the reality of what created it. Enter Yeshiva Toras Chaim of Denver. Within the walls of the Yeshiva, young men study Torah, engage in prayer, build their character and lay the foundations for a productive life as committed and knowledgeable Jews. At first glance, not something one would regard as earth-shattering. Not an institution impacting the world. Take a second look.

When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty experiences” while trying to navigate at night. The heart-stopping flights led to his research of unmanned aircraft systems while getting his doctorate degree in aerospace engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Then, he formed Rotor Technologies in 2021 to develop unmanned helicopters. Rotor has built two autonomous Sprayhawks and aims to have as many as 20 ready for market next year. The company also is developing helicopters that would carry cargo in disaster zones and to offshore oil rigs. The helicopter could also be used to fight wildfires.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tu

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will decide on Tuesday whether to postpone the sentencing of Donald Trump following his conviction on charges related to hush money or potentially dismiss the case altogether, now that Trump is preparing for a return to the White House.
The prosecutor may request a delay in Trump’s scheduled Nov. 26 sentencing after his conviction for concealing a payment that helped prevent a scandal from affecting voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Bragg may also seek to have the case dismissed entirely.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan would need to approve any proposal by prosecutors before it is implemented.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been charged with three counts of

NEW YORK (JNS) – The Zionist Organization of America’s annual gala always features prominent pro-Israel, Israeli and American speakers who “inspire Jews to

An Israel Defense Forces reservist was killed in action battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Omer Moshe Gaeldor, 30, from Jerusalem, served in Lebanon as a member of the 5111th operational support unit of the IDF’s Golani Brigade, according to the statement.
According to Israel’s Ynet news outlet, Gaeldor was killed when his unit was attacked by a Hezbollah suicide drone. Three additional soldiers were seriously wounded in the incident, the IDF confirmed.

Ukraine fired six American-supplied longer-range missiles at Russia’s Bryansk region, Moscow said Tuesday, in what would be Kyiv’s first use of the weapons inside Russia in 1,000 days of war. The reported use of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, came as Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for using nuclear weapons, opening the door to a potential nuclear response by Moscow to even a conventional attack by any nation supported by a nuclear power. That could include Ukrainian attacks backed by the U.S. The developments marked a worrying new escalation in the conflict that has repeatedly ratcheted up international tensions. U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to appoint Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, as his commerce secretary, a source close to the situation confirmed to The Post on Tuesday.
Lutnick, who serves as the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, had previously been considered a frontrunner for the more high-profile position of treasury secretary. However, his chances for that role seemed to have dwindled in recent days.
The news of the 63-year-old’s expected nomination was initially reported by Punchbowl News.
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House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) has indicated that his committee is unlikely to heed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) request to hold back the release of its investigation into former Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Breitbart reports.
Matt Gaetz, who resigned after President-elect Donald Trump announced him as his pick for Attorney General, is no longer part of the House, meaning he no longer falls under the Ethics Committee’s jurisdiction. Johnson has expressed strong opposition to releasing the report, directly conveying this to Guest over the weekend, according to Politico.
“I appreciate Mike reaching out,” Guest told Politico. “I don’t see it having an impact on what we as a committee ultimately decide.”

House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader, receiving support from his colleagues despite the party’s inability to win back majority control of the chamber in the November election. Jeffries of New York was chosen during an internal party vote of the House Democrats underway at the Capitol. Most of the Democratic leadership team is expected to be reelected for the new Congress. In line to become the House speaker, Jeffries remains the highest ranking Black elected official in Congress, and the first to hold the job of party leader. He fell short of being in place to win the gavel after Republicans swept to power alongside President-elect Donald Trump, winning control of the White House, the Senate and the House.

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It is often said that “no one truly understands another’s struggles until they’ve walked a mile in their shoes.”
Nowhere is this more true than in the life of a rosh hamossad. Running a school is not just a responsibility. It is an all-consuming mission that eats up every corner of one’s life—mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Yet, despite the Herculean effort it requires, the rosh hamosad is so often treated as a convenient punching bag for every complaint, grievance, and unmet expectation within the school system.
Let me pull back the curtain for a moment and explore what it truly means to shoulder the leadership of a mosad chinuch.

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