In a tense hearing at the High Court of Justice, judges challenged the government’s legal counsel, Attorney Doron Taubman, on the issue of conscripting Charedim into the army, pressing Taubman to explain why the government cannot commit to drafting even a small percentage of the approximately 63,000 eligible men. The hearing comes as part the court’s response to petitions filed by left-wing organizations demanding that all funding to yeshivos be permanently halted and that the IDF immediately begin drafting Chareidim. The petitions are being deliberated by an expanded panel of nine judges headed by acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman. After the Chareidi draft law expired, the Supreme Court issued an interim order halting funding to yeshivos for bochurim ages 18-26.

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Israel Police on Sunday lifted a gag order on the arrest of a terrorist in the Old City of Jerusalem two weeks ago. The 31-year-old Palestinian traveled to the Old City of Jerusalem with the intent to murder Chareidim or Israeli police officers. At the last minute, the terrorist, who entered Israel illegally, got cold feet and turned himself into the police. He admitted in his investigation that that evening he stole a knife from a fruit stand in the Old City to carry out a stabbing, hiding it in his pants. He began searching for a Chareidi or police officer to attack but got scared off due to the police activity in the area. It was also discovered that the terrorist received instructions from an accomplice.

Donald Trump’s lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at Trump’s stoic demeanor as he listened to the verdict that made him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Todd Blanche was sitting to Trump’s left in the Manhattan courtroom as the verdict was read — the jury foreman repeating the word “guilty” 34 times. “I was shocked at how he took the verdict,” Blanche said. “He just stood there and just kind of took it. And I think had a lot of appropriate solemnness for the moment that made me very proud to be sitting next to him when it, when it was happening,” said Blanche, adding that he thought Trump was still handling himself well on Friday, the day after the verdict, even as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee railed that the trial was unfair.

A New York state municipal leader has received blowback for a series of postings on social media.
Deputy Mayor Alexandria Wojcik in New Paltz, N.Y., wrote online about the “geopolitical interests of Zionism,” frequently used the pro-terror term “intifada” and pilloried police for arresting 132 people at the SUNY New Paltz campus. She further characterized anti-Israel activists as “brutally assaulted by law enforcement armed to the teeth in riot gear.”
The Jewish Congregation of New Paltz (JCNP), released a statement warning that Wojcik’s statements could contribute to “violent uprisings against Jews and Jewish institutions in Israel and elsewhere.” It pointed out that her words allude to “baseless conspiracy theories rooted in centuries-old antisemitic tropes.”

On Sunday morning, a nine-justice panel at the High Court of Justice will hear petitions demanding immediate conscription of Charedi men to the IDF.
On Thursday, Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara came out in support of the petitions, writing in the state’s response that the government was acting “without authority,” “violating express rules of the court,” and “undermining the rule of law” in it’s attempts to deal with the new legal situation regarding Charedim and the draft.
The government has tried to get private representation in the High Court, instead of that of the attorney general, as she opposes the governments position.

The Hezbollah terror group continued to pound Israel with rockets and drones beginning early Sunday morning. Sirens blared as children were on the way to school, forcing them to run off the bus and seek shelter. In the video below, school children run off their bus in a panic as the sirens soar. At the end of the video, the bus driver could be heard saying: “It’s become routine.” Army Radio military correspondent Doron Kadosh posted the video, commenting: “There are tens of thousands of residents of the north who were evacuated but we must not forget the tens of thousands of residents of yishuvim who were not evacuated [as they are a bit further from the Lebanese border] who are under constant fire. Sirens are the norm for them.