An Arab attempted to stab a Border Police officer at a security check post by Mearas Hamachpeila early Monday afternoon. During the inspection, the Arab put on his jacket which raised the suspicion of the officer on duty who prepared to carry out a more thorough inspection on him. Suddenly the Arab pulled a knife from his jacket and attacked the police officer with it. Fortunately, the border police officer’s protective vest resulted in the knife breaking during the assault. Border Police officers overcame the Arab without drawing fire and the incident ended without injuries. The 19-year-old Arab, a resident of the village of Ramadin, was arrested and transferred to security forces for interrogation.

The Eim B’yisroel. Who ensure the future of klal yisroel. The women who are tasked with running a healthy, happy, Torahdik home. The heroes who tackle a never ending list of to-dos. Carpools. Appointments. Supper. Errands. Work. Simchas. But then comes the precious moment of birth. Exciting. Delicate. Fragile. Euphoric. Exhausting. All in one. And the hero in our story needs a hand to hold. Someone to help with the daily chores that cannot be ignored. The kids still come home hungry from school. Supper. Homework. Tests. Baths. Bedtime. The grateful new mother opens the door of her home. And ushers in the new hero. Eim Leah. Lunch. Supper. Mother’s Helper. Layette. Cleaning help. Now she can rest. Care for her newborn. Regain her strength.

The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc as a third Israeli aboard the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship quarantined off Yokohama port in Japan, was confirmed to have contracted the virus on Sunday evening. Earlier on Sunday, Japan’s Health Ministry announced that two Israelis, a married couple, tested positive for the virus. All three Israelis have been transferred to local Japanese hospitals for medical treatment. Also, on Sunday, Israel’s Health Ministry announced that Israelis returning from trips to Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau will be required to self-quarantine at home for two weeks and according to a Channel 12 News report, anyone violating the quarantine period could receive a prison sentence of up to seven days.

The Palestinian prime minister lashed out Sunday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the Mideast conflict, saying it would be “buried very soon.” Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Mohammad Shtayyeh said the U.S. plan was “no more than a memo of understanding between (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and Trump.” Shtayyeh criticized the fact that the proposal would leave a future Palestinian state fragmented and with “no sovereignty,” allowing Israel to annex large parts of the West Bank.

By Monet Binder, Esq. Often, when I work with children who have elderly parents, or the senior individuals themselves, I find them struggling with long term care planning concepts, including Medicare and Medicaid.  Defining the Concepts  Most people have a difficult time with long term care planning concepts, including Medicare and Medicaid, and don’t understand how it all works. Some people mistakenly believe that Medicare pays for long term care and others believe they could never qualify for Medicaid because of the amount of their belongings. Medicare is actually a federal program that provides health coverage if you are 65 or older, or if you are under 65 and have a disability, and it is not based on your income.

Democratic presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer were unable to name Mexico’s president during a Nevada candidate forum in Las Vegas. Klobuchar, Steyer, and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg were asked during separate televised interviews with Telemundo on Friday whether they could name Mexico’s leader, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador. Watch the two embarrassing videos below:
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A YWN video from 2011 is being used nationally against Bloomberg campaign where he1 predicts that Oabmacare will implode. The video was from when Nachum Segal was sitting Shiva for brother R’ Moshe Z”L. In the video, the Segal family notes that their brother was in the emergency room for 73 hours before he died and they wonder what can be done about emergency room overcrowding. “It’s going to get worse with the health care bill and with the government’s cutbacks,” Bloomberg said. “All of these costs keep going up. Nobody wants to pay any more money, and at the rate we’re going, health care is going to bankrupt us.” “If you show up with prostate cancer and you’re 95 years old, we should say, ‘Go and enjoy. Have a nice (inaudible). Live a long life.

Former Tiveria mayor Ron Kobi’s ouster from his position was finalized on Monday when the Supreme Court rejected the appeal he filed against the decision of  Likud Minister Ze’ev Elkin to remove Kobi from office last month due to his failure to approve a budget for Tiveria over a year after he was elected as mayor. Following the decision, Kobi filed an appeal to the Supreme Court claiming that “a witch-hunt is being carried out here led by [Interior Minister] Aryeh Deri. Unfortunately, we have a weak prime minister who is also a big liar. He promised to stop Aryeh Deri but he’s afraid of him and Aryeh Deri controls Tiveria.

A judge has ordered the developers of a condo tower under construction in New York City to remove several floors from the top of the building because it is too tall. State Supreme Court Justice W. Franc Perry’s ruling last week instructs the Department of Buildings to revoke the building permit for the nearly completed tower on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and remove floors that exceed the zoning limit, The New York Times reported. The number of floors to be removed from the 52-story tower is not yet known, but the newspaper said it could be 20 or more. A lawyer representing the project said the developers would appeal the Feb. 13 decision.

(by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) Yesterday, Yeshiva World News reported that Naama Issachar, the Israeli citizen imprisoned in Russia for 10 months, continues to light Shabbos candles every week, a practice she began in the Russian prison. In fact, jast Friday, Miss Issachar lit Shabbos candles in her home in Rechovot and sent a picture to Rabbi Shea Deitsch, the heroic Chabad shaliach in Moscow who supported the Issachar family from the time Naama was arrested last Erev Pesach. “It’s almost a year since we met,” Issachar wrote to Rabbi Deitsch. “I haven’t forgotten – lighting the candles for Shabbos.” The Chofetz Chaim once said that Shabbos observance is the key to blessing.  He pointed to the words of the lecha dodi – “ki hi mekor habracha” to make this point.