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The body of American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria nearly 13 years ago, has reportedly been discovered in a cemetery in northern Syria, according to sources cited by Sky News Arabia on Sunday. Tice, a former U.S. Marine and freelance journalist, was kidnapped near Damascus in August 2012 while reporting on the Syrian civil war. At the time, he was working with several major media outlets, including CBS, McClatchy, and The Washington Post. His disappearance became one of the most high-profile cases of a journalist missing in a conflict zone. The FBI has long maintained that Tice was abducted, and over the years, there were multiple reports suggesting he was alive and being held captive. As recently as early May, his mother told The Washington Post that the U.S.

By Ruthie Blum
Israelis awoke to fake news that, in Winston Churchill’s witty words, “got halfway around the world before the truth had a chance to put its pants on.”
The baloney began with coverage by i24News of an item that appeared in The Jerusalem Post. So much of the Hebrew channel’s morning broadcast was devoted to what it was touting as a huge deal that other outlets picked it up and ran with it.
Ditto for social media, of course.
The trouble is that everything about the bulletin was wrong, starting with an inaccurate attribution of its origin. Indeed, anybody who bothered to check could see that the piece in the JPost was a reprint of a write-up in The Media Line.

President Donald Trump says he’ll sign an executive order on Monday that, if implemented, could bring down the costs of some medications — reviving a failed effort from his first term on an issue he’s talked up since even before becoming president. The order Trump is promising will direct the Department of Health and Human Services to tie what Medicare pays for medications administrated in a doctor’s office to the lowest price paid by other countries. “I will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATION’S POLICY whereby the United States will pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World,” the president posted Sunday on his social media site, pledging to sign the order on Monday morning at the White House.

Margot Friedländer, one of the oldest Holocaust survivors in the world, was niftar this past week in her hometown of Berlin at the age of 103. Friedländer, née Bendheim, was born in Berlin in 1921 and survived the Holocaust after losing her mother and brother in Auschwitz. Her mother’s final words, “Try to make your life,” became a guiding principle for Friedländer in the decades that followed. She was captured in hiding at age 21 and deported to Theresienstadt, where she met her future husband, Adolph Friedländer, also a survivor. The couple moved to New York in 1946 and lived there for over 60 years. After her husband’s passing, she made the remarkable decision to return to Berlin in 2010 to dedicate her life to Holocaust education and remembrance.

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday night that Edan Alexander, a U.S.-Israeli dual national who had been held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, is set to be released.
“I am happy to announce that Edan Alexander, an American citizen who has been held hostage since October 2023, is coming home to his family,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account.

With Lag B’Omer’s pilgrimage to Meron approaching, Magen David Adom (MDA), alongside Israel Police and Fire & Rescue Services, will conduct two large-scale drills on Monday night and Tuesday afternoon to prepare for potential mass-casualty incidents. The exercises, led by the police, will simulate scenarios like terror attacks, rocket fire, crowd stampedes, and road closures, following the 2021 tragedy where 45 people R”L died in a stampede. Dozens of MDA paramedics, doctors, EMTs, and volunteers will participate, using ambulances, motorcycles, ATVs, a mobile ICU bus, field clinics, and a helicopter.

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The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official , Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office. The office said in a statement Sunday that Perlmutter received an email from the White House a day earlier with the notification that “your position as the Register of Copyrights and Director at the U.S. Copyright Office is terminated effective immediately.” On Thursday, President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress, as part of the administration’s ongoing purge of government officials perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit), Likud MK Nissim Vaturi, and Otzma Yehudit MK Tzvi Sukkot were summoned by the police for questioning under caution regarding their regarding their break-in into the Sde Teiman base nine months ago. In addition, Deputy Minister Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit) will be summoned to give testimony regarding his statements on the matter. On July 29, 2024, masked military police raided the Sdei Teiman base and arrested nine reservists for the alleged abuse of a Nukhba terrorist. The main charge of sodomy was later proven to be completely unfounded but not before the public arrest caused untold damage to Israel.

In advance of this year’s hilula of the Tanna Rav Shimon bar Yochai, several leading gedolei Yisroel from the Sephardic community have issued a powerful letter urging the public to avoid traveling to Meron close to Shabbos.
The letter, signed by Rav Yitzchak Yosef, Rav Moshe Tzadka, Chacham Nissim Ben Shimon, and Rav Shlomo Machpoud, declares that visiting Meron in the days surrounding Lag Ba’omer—either before or after—is to be treated as equivalent to visiting on the actual day of the hilula.

Turkish President Erdogan spoke with French President Macron, stressing a historic chance to end the Ukraine-Russia war. He offered to host peace talks and emphasized Türkiye’s readiness to support Ukraine’s recovery and push for lasting peace.

UPDATE: The emotionally disturbed individual at Ocean Parkway and Avenue P has been taken into custody and is being transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation.

PHOTOS: Catskills Hatzalah held a Hanochas Even Hapinah on Sunday at the site of its future garage facility, located at the intersection of Anawana Lake Road and Fraser Road in Kiamesha. The new facility will include three garage bays for several ambulances, a fully equipped paramedic stock room, and two lodging areas for on-call paramedics A small group of Catskills Hatzalah coordinators, the Viznitzer Rebbe of Kiamesha, and members of the donor’s family attended the event. The ceremony marked an important milestone in Hatzalah’s ongoing mission to expand and strengthen emergency response services throughout the Catskills region.

FLATBUSH: A significant police presence, including the NYPD Emergency Service Unit and Drone Team, are currently at the scene of a barricaded emotionally disturbed person (EDP) who is throwing objects from their apartment near *Ocean Parkway and Avenue P.* Police sources confirm to Flatbush Scoop that there is no threat to the community despite heightened public concern over the activity in the area.

Thousands of people attended the two-day People’s Peace Summit on Thursday and Friday, taking part in an extensive schedule of events centered on culture, dialogue, and coexistence.
The gathering was spearheaded by It’s Time, an alliance made up of over 60 Jewish and Arab organizations focused on building peace and shared society. With partial backing from the New Israel Fund, the summit marked the largest civilian demonstration promoting peace since the events of October 7.
“Here in Yerushalayim, we stand united — Jews and Arabs, across generations and communities — to envision a new reality,” said the summit’s organizers. “We hold firmly to the belief that peace is achievable, and the moment to strive for it is now.”

Nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran concluded in Oman on Sunday without a major breakthrough but with both sides expressing cautious optimism and committing to continue the diplomatic process. The meeting marked the fourth and most recent round of high-level discussions between the two longtime adversaries, the first such sustained engagement since the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement in 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first term. Talks resumed nearly a month ago and have been described by officials as the most substantive since the collapse of the original deal.

Catskills Hatzalah held a Hanochas Even Hapinah on Sunday at the site of its upcoming garage facility, located at the intersection of Anawana Lake Road and Fraser Road in Kiamesha. The new facility will feature three garage bays to accommodate several ambulances, a fully equipped paramedic stock room, and two lodging areas for on-call paramedics—significantly enhancing Hatzalah’s emergency response capabilities across the Catskills region. In attendance were a small group of Catskills Hatzalah coordinators, the Viznitzer Rebbe of Kiamesha, and members of the donor’s family. The event marked a meaningful step forward in Hatzalah’s continued mission to provide lifesaving care to the community. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A man of faith, Rabbi Pinchas z”l was niftar suddenly after the Seder, leaving behind a young widow and seven orphans—the youngest only a few months old, the oldest around 11. Despite a life full of yissurim, including severe asthma, sudden sleep episodes, and the tragic loss of their firstborn to crib death, he never complained and always said, “It’s all for the best.” He was deeply devoted to his children’s chinuch and lived a life of emunah and ahavas Torah, always seeking guidance from his Rav. His last Seder was full of simcha, and he passed away that very night. The family lives in a cramped two-bedroom apartment, and five of the children require special education. The widow, just 30, has no stable income and now faces the burden of raising the children alone.

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