Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he had accepted a proposal to extend budget negotiations, preventing the government from collapsing and plunging the country into a new election. In a nationally televised address, Netanyahu said that now was not the time to drag the country into a fourth parliamentary election in less than two years. “Now is the time for unity. Not for elections,” he said. Netanyahu said that following a historic agreement to establish official relations with the United Arab Emirates, and with the country struggling with a coronavirus outbreak, he felt it was wrong to go to elections.

The IDF attacked Hamas terror targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday morning in response to the continuous launching of arson balloons into Israel in recent weeks. Dozens of incendiary and explosive balloons continued to land in southern Israel on Sunday, igniting at least 28 fires. Fortunately, most of the fires were minor and did not cause damage or injuries, Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services stated. Israel also banned vehicle imports through the Erez Crossing into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after having already closed the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing apart from humanitarian needs last week as well as the Gaza fishing zone and halted the transfer of fuel into Gaza.

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita was once asked an interesting question by a woman who was in need of surgery (Derech Sicha p, 174):  She inquired of the Rav:  “May I delay my surgery so that it can be done on my birthday?” Where was this question coming from?  Some people are of the opinion that noticing and or celebrating birthdays is not a particularly Jewish action. They note that the only mention we find of birthdays is in regard to the evil Pharoah. While there are opinions that certainly held this, in this article, it will be suggested that not all opinions conform to this view, and that noting someone’s birthday may very well be a Jewish thing to do. Let’s explore.

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma — a move he called “a breakthrough,” one of his top health officials called “promising” and other health experts said needs more study before it’s celebrated. The announcement came after White House officials complained there were politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration in approving a vaccine and therapeutics for the disease that has upended Trump’s reelection chances. On the eve of the Republican National Convention, Trump put himself at the center of the FDA’s announcement of the authorization at a news conference Sunday evening.

Help for the U.S. Postal Service landed in stalemate Sunday as the White House dismissed an emergency funding bill aimed at shoring up the agency before the November elections as “going nowhere” and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged senators to act quickly. “The public is demanding action on this now,” Pelosi said. “I can’t see how the Senate can avoid it unless they do so to their peril.” White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rejected the legislation the House passed late Saturday to provide $25 billion and block operational changes by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Meadows called it a “political statement,” stressing that President Donald Trump would consider additional money only as part of a broader coronavirus relief package. “That bill was not a serious bill,” Meadows said.

Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month. Conway, Trump’s campaign manager during the stretch run of the 2016 race, was the first woman to successfully steer a White House bid, then became a senior counselor to the president. She informed Trump of her decision in the Oval Office. Conway cited a need to spend time with her four children in a resignation letter she posted Sunday night. Her husband, George, had become an outspoken Trump critic and her family a subject of Washington’s rumor mill. “We disagree about plenty but we are united on what matters most: the kids,” she wrote.

The Trump administration’s second-highest ranking diplomat will travel to Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine and Austria this week for talks on arms control and other matters, including allegations of Russian election meddling and the crisis in Belarus after disputed elections. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will visit Vilnius, Moscow, Kyiv and Vienna beginning on Monday. The State Department said Sunday that Biegun’s agenda would include discussions on “a range of regional and international issues” on his first three stops.

In the early 1980’s, the Mossad receives a tip on the whereabouts of Adolf Eichmann. Isser Harel, together with David Ben Gurion decide on a brave and risky mission to kidnap the SS officer Deep in Buenos Aires, Argentina selected group is sent by the Mossad to the secret location. With bravery, resourcefulness, and lots of hard work Eichmann is revealed and kidnapped by the Israelis. His son, upon learning of the kidnapping attempts to rally support from German Brotherhood that assisted many Nazis in hiding and with the cooperation of the secret police, a wide hunt for the kidnappers is on. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE 14 DAY ACCESS!The Argentinians have received intelligence of the Israeli plan to fly Eichmann to Israel on an El Al flight.

Republicans will aim to recast the story of Donald Trump’s presidency when they hold their national convention, featuring speakers drawn from everyday life as well as cable news and the White House while drawing a stark contrast with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Trump is looking to shift his campaign away from being a referendum on a presidency ravaged by a pandemic and economic collapse and toward a choice between vastly different visions of America’s future. Reshaping the national conversation around the race has taken on greater urgency for Trump, who trails in public and private surveys as the coronavirus continues to ravage the nation’s economy and his reelection chances.

Reb Naftali Biller, z’l, originally of the US, passed away of the coronavirus on Shabbos at the age of 39 in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. Reb Naftali, a Slonimer chassid, was born and raised in the US. to Reb Dovid Tzvi and Rivka Biller, who tragically already lost a son two years ago in a car accident in the Catskills – Reb Reuven Chaim Biller, z’l, who passed away at the age of 42, leaving behind ten children. After Reb Naftali’s marriage to a Bnei Brak resident, he settled in Ashdod and later in Bnei Brak. Reb Naftali contracted the coronavirus about two months ago. Although he recovered from the virus, he suffered complications and his immune system was apparently weakened.