Adam Bohler, who was assigned by President Donald Trump as an envoy for hostage negotiations, has reportedly been removed from overseeing efforts related to the hostages in Gaza, according to The Jewish Insider.
Sources within the Republican Party have indicated that there is growing pressure to strip him of his role entirely in all hostage-related matters, not just the ongoing situation in Gaza.
Bohler sparked controversy following an interview with CNN, where he openly discussed the direct communication between the United States and Hamas. During the interview, he stated, “We are not agents of Israel, we have our own interests,” and described members of Hamas as “pretty nice guys.”

An 18-year-old named Shneur Zalman from Rosh Ha’ayin survived a terrifying shooting incident near the Ariel Industrial Zone on Wednesday. Now recovering at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, he shared his harrowing experience.
“I was traveling in a vehicle and suddenly I saw a green laser pointed at me,” he recalled from his hospital bed. “I pressed the gas, but then I heard a string of nearly 20 bullets hitting the vehicle. The steering wheel locked, and I managed to escape on foot towards the industrial zone.”
His mother explained that spotting the laser gave him a brief but crucial moment to realize he was in danger and attempt to flee.

This year, more than ever before, with the current difficult matzav for acheinu b’nei yisroel in general and B’nei Torah in particular, there is just so much negativity worldwide. We now have a unique opportunity to portray a beautiful and positive message about our simchas Purim. The zechus of the special simcha emanating from torah learning on the Yom tov of Simcha should encapsulate your life with all the brochos of Simcha! Fifteen years ago on Purim night a mini-revolution happened that addresses this issue. A group of very special Baalei Battim sponsored 23 bochurim from Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Brooklyn, NY to sit and learn for two hours on Purim night. Each bochur received a $250 credit to a tzedokah of his choice.

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On Thursday, President Trump announced that he was considering imposing tariffs as high as 200% on alcoholic beverages imported from the European Union. His threat came in response to the EU’s decision to implement a 50% tax on American whiskey.
“The European Union, one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States, has just put a nasty 50% Tariff on Whisky,” Trump, 78, wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.

There were 127,350 measles cases reported in Europe and Central Asia in 2024, double the number of cases reported the previous year and the highest number since 1997, according to an analysis by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. In a report published on Thursday, U.N. health experts said Romania had the most measles infections, at more than 30,000, followed by Kazakhstan, which reported 28,147 people with measles. UNICEF said that about 40% of measles infections in Europe and Central Asia were in children under 5 and that more than half of all people sickened by measles had to be hospitalized. Measles is among the world’s most infectious diseases and is spread by an airborne virus.

WASHINGTON – Egg prices have dropped sharply in March, offering consumers some relief after months of record-high costs. The decline comes as supply stabilizes and government scrutiny on major egg producers intensifies. However, U.S.

President Donald Trump’s hostage envoy Adam Boehler has been removed from talks regarding the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, The Jewish Insider reported. The report cited Republican sources who said that some are demanding that he be removed entirely from the Trump administration. “It’s like he’s in Never Never Land,” one senator said. Boehler faced a strong backlash following his interviews with CNN and other US and Israeli media outlets on Sunday, during which he defended his direct talks with the Hamas terror group. Boehler not only spoke directly with Hamas but made extremely controversial statements, saying that the Hamas terrorists he met “don’t have horns growing out of their head. They’re actually guys like us.

BRONX, NY — A massive fire tore through as many as six businesses in the Bronx on Thursday morning, sending thick smoke billowing over Jerome and West Burnside avenues in University Heights.