Following a vile speech by New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif in which she called for a “ceasefire” to protect Hamas terrorists, Councilman Kalman Yeger took to the floor of the Council to lay out the harsh truths and realities of the situation in Israel to Hanif and other terrorist apologists. Councilman Yeger referred to Hanif and the “Congressional Hamas Squad” as supporters of a “ceasefire” and questioned why they never called for a ceasefire following the daily barrage of missiles fired by Hamas into Israel. In his impassioned remarks, Yeger said there would not be another Holocaust because this time the Jewish people are protected by a defense force. Concluding his remarks, in an historic first on the floor of the City Council (and possibly any legislative body in the United States), Yeger recited the Mi Shebeirach for the IDF, authored by HaRav Shlomo Goren zt”l in 1956. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)