President Reuven Rivlin addressed Shas leader Aryeh Deri’s complaints about his lack of response to the widespread incitement against the religious population during the election campaign on Twitter on Sunday evening. Deri had written on Twitter on Sunday: “Yesterday, in a shul in Jerusalem, I asked President Reuven Rivlin why he doesn’t protest against the call to boycott the Chareidim. Why doesn’t he demand from Lapid, Gantz and Liberman to refrain from boycotting entire communities only because they are Shomrei Shabbos, put on tefillin and eat kosher? To my sorrow, the president was silent. Reporters who asked for a response were also not answered. Sad.” Deri later tweeted: “If I would call for a government without Russians, Israel would erupt in a storm.

According to a U.S. report based on Israeli sources, the Iranian hacking of Prime Ministerial hopeful Benny Gantz’s  phone is far more serious than it was originally reported. The initial report came out on Israel’s channel 12 news just a few weeks ago. According to the recent report on The Gateway, the Iranians were able to gather personal information and addresses of people on Gantz’s phone as well as private emails that could embarrass the leader of the Blue and White faction including messages between Gantz and his mistress. The current worry is that if Iran managed to gain damaging information on Gantz then that could be used as leverage against him should he become Prime Minister.

A fatal accident took place on Sunday evening in the Talpiyot neighborhood of Jerusalem when a 40-year-old man riding an electric bicycle was R”L killed after he was involved in an accident with a car on Yanovsky Street near the intersection with Beitar street. Volunteers from United Hatzalah and ambulance teams from Magen David Adom rushed to the scene and treated the man who was initially in critical condition. Following a lengthy resuscitation attempt, paramedics in the field were forced to pronounce his death. Volunteers from Zaka arrived to deal with the Kavod Hames. Police arrived at the scene and detained the driver of the car as well as opened an investigation.

President Trump on Sunday suggested U.S. investigators had “reason to believe” they knew who launched crippling attacks against a key Saudi oil facility, and vowed that America was “locked and loaded depending on verification.” While he did not specify who he believed was responsible for Saturday’s drone attacks, U.S. investigators previously have pointed the finger at Iran. “Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!” the president tweeted. Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked.

Tragedy was B”H averted on Sunday afternoon, after a child nearly drowned in Woodmere. Rockaway-Nassau Hatzolah was dispatched to reports of a 2-year-old that was pulled from a swimming pool on Browers Point Branch in Woodmere, just after 4:00PM. Bichasdei Hashem, the child was conscious and breathing when Hatzolah arrived on the scene just moments later. The child was being transported to Long Island Jewish Hospital by Hatzolah Paramedics and was reportedly in stable condition. *****SIGN UP NOW —- GET YOUR NEWS IN RECORD TIME***** Make sure you are one of the more than 22,000 that signed up to YWN WhatsApp Status to receive news in live time. Click this link – or send a message to 1-888-4-YW-NEWS (888-499-6397) – to see our status posts***** (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A large anti-election atzeres is taking place in Jerusalem’s Meah Shearim neighborhood on Sunday night. The atzeres will focus on the chareidi parties running for Knesset; Yahadut Hatorah and Shas, and the prohibition of voting in the election. The head of the Eida Chareidis HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Shlita is expected to participate in the major event along with Ravaad Eida Chareidis HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita, the Toldos Avraham Rebbe Shlita, the Toldos Aharon Rebbe Shlita and other rabbonim and admorim. The rabbonim and rebbes will speak out against the establishment of the State of Israel and the prohibition of taking part in elections.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The Democrat announced Sunday that the state health commissioner would be making a recommendation this week to the state Public Health and Health Planning Council. The council can issue emergency regulations that would go into effect as soon as they are voted on and start being enforced in as soon as two weeks, following a short grace period for retailers, officials said. In announcing the action, Cuomo sharply criticized the flavors that are for sale, like bubble gum and cotton candy. “These are obviously targeted to young people and highly effective at targeting young people,” he said.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Yerushalayim, Sunday afternoon, to attend a historic election rally headed by Gedolei Hador Shlita, at the Bar Illan and Shmuel Hanavi intersections. Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky was travelling from Bnei Brak to the rally, followed by him going to the Kosel to Daven. Many Gedolim are expected to attend, including the Gerrer Rebbe, Sanzer Rebbe, Boyaner Rebbe, Hagaon Harav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi and many others. The crowd will hear speeches by many including MK Moshe Gafne and MK Yaakov Litzman. THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES *****SIGN UP NOW —- GET YOUR NEWS IN RECORD TIME***** Make sure you are one of the more than 22,000 that signed up to YWN WhatsApp Status to receive news in live time.

The final pre-election poll for the upcoming race for 22nd Knesset was released, and the results show that the right-wing is still two seats short of a minimum majority of 61 seats. This being the case, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would not be able to establish a coalition government without the backing of Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beitenu party. According to the poll, which was conducted by Midgam Institute on Friday, released on News12, if elections for 22nd was held today, the following would be the results.

In one class in the kindergarten of Talmud Torah Medrash Meir in Kiryat Sefer, there are 21 children with the name Hillel, named after Rosh Yeshivas Knesses HaGedolah HaGaon Rav Hillel Zaks ZT”L. According to a BeChadrei Chareidim report, in the kindergarten, 21 of the 29 children have the first name Hillel, all named after the late rosh yeshiva, who was niftar 4.5 years ago, and this is the first group of children entering the school system carrying his name. In the city of Modi’in Illit, there are mosdos of Rav Hillel ZT”L, including a yeshiva gedola, yeshiva ketana, and now the new talmud torah, which opened to a kindergarten, mechina and continues to second grade.