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The world watched on in horror this week as Polish officials determined the fate of 50-year-old Gavriel Lavi of Bnei Brak.

Lavi has been unjustly held in Polish prison for three years without trial after his identity was allegedly stolen and used for fraud. Rav Chaim Kanievsky was involved last year in efforts to secure Lavi a trial, which only came into fruition this month.

During his absence, Gavriel’s wife Sigalit was left to raise their four children alone.

The verdict of the long-awaited trial was that Lavi would be released, on the condition that a steep $150,000 fine be paid by Monday, June 10th. If the fine is not paid, the father of 4 will remain in prison indefinitely.

President Donald Trump attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an interview that aired Thursday night as “a nasty, vindictive, horrible person” in his first public comments since reports that she told colleagues she would like to see him in prison rather than impeached.
“I think she’s a disgrace,” Trump said on Fox News. “I actually don’t think she’s a talented person. I’ve tried to be nice to her because I would have liked to have gotten some deals done. She’s incapable of doing deals. She’s a nasty, vindictive, horrible person.”

A man was reportedly arrested after authorities say he was plotting to throw explosive devices at people in Times Square.
The man, whose name has yet to be released, was planning to throw grenades at people in New York City’s iconic hub, according to a report in The New York Daily News.
The man was taken into custody on Thursday after police launched a sting operation to catch the man when he went to buy the explosives, CBS New York reports.
Officials said they believe the suspect was a “lone wolf” and was acting alone.
Read more at The Hill.
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The Israeli Defense Forces announced on Friday that, in cooperation with the Shin Bet intelligence agency, it thwarted an attempt to smuggle rocket-manufacturing materials to Hamas in the Gaza Strip through Egypt’s Sinai coast.
According to the statement, the Shin Bet found that the suspects in question were en route to Gaza with prohibited materials used to make projectiles fired at Israel by Hamas militants, including two dozen barrels of fiberglass.
“On May 11, 2019, two Palestinian vessels entered the forbidden area of entry (on the maritime border) of the southern Gaza Strip, in violation of the security regulations and ceasefire directives,” the IDF statement read.

{Audio below.] The following shmuess was delivered two years ago by the senior mashgiach, Rav Don Segal, who shared words of chizuk for the Yom Tov of Shavuos. The shmuess was delivered in English.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren positioned herself in opposition to Vice President Joe Biden, who said on Wednesday that he wouldn’t repeal the Hyde Amendment, which prevents the federal government from providing funding abortions except in extreme cases.
“Under the Hyde Amendment and every effort to try to chip away or push back or get rid of Rowe vs. wade, understand this: Women of means will still have access to abortions. Who won’t … will be poor women,” Sen. Warren during an MSNBC town hall. “We do not pass laws that take away that freedom from the women who are most vulnerable.”
When asked if Biden was wrong, in reference to his support of the ban on federal funding of abortion, Warren said: “Yes.”