Former prime minister Naftali Bennett has submitted the required documents for the registration of a new political party, according to an official document from Israel’s Corporation Authority published on Tuesday. The party, named “Bennett 2026,” names one of its two goals as “the recruitment of all Israeli citizens to the security, civil, and economic burden.” The party’s other goal is “to restore security to Israel and restore the public’s trust in Israel’s ability to defend its borders and the interior of the country through the implementation of an active security concept.” In other words, since ensuring Israel’s security is a goal shared by all political parties, the raison d’être of Bennett’s new party is for all Bnei Yeshivos to enlist in the IDF.

A Kentucky woman was in a sticky mess when she found stacks of boxes containing lollipops on her front doorstep. The surprise delivery was ordered by her young son while he played on her phone. Holly LaFavers says she tried stopping 8-year-old Liam’s Amazon order for about 70,000 Dum-Dum suckers before the treats arrived but it was too late. Amazon had already delivered 22 cases to her home. “He told me that he wanted to have a carnival, and he was ordering the Dum-Dums as prizes for his carnival,” LaFavers said. “Again, he was being friendly, he was being kind to his friends.” The surprise got worse after a quick check of her bank account. She owed about $4,000 for the order. “When I saw what the number was, I just about fainted,” LaFavers said.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he’s informed the White House that he won’t support Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’spick for top federal prosecutor in Washington, stalling the nomination in the Senate weeks before the temporary appointment expires. The North Carolina Republican told reporters Tuesday that he had met with Martin and was opposing his nomination because of his defense of rioters who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Martin, a leading figure in Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election, spoke at a rally on the eve of the violent riot and represented defendants who were prosecuted for the attack. “We have to be very very clear that what happened on January 6th was wrong,” Tillis said. “It was not prompted.

National Unity chairman Benny Gantz on Tuesday expressed opposition to a Palestinian state and said that the biggest mistake of Israel’s disengagement from Gaza was withdrawing from the northern part of the Strip. Speaking at the Makor Rishon Settlement Conference in Ofra, Gantz said:  “The State of Israel cannot allow a direct and significant threat to its citizens on all its borders. Therefore, we must maintain security control and freedom of action in Gaza, Yehudah and Shomron, southern Lebanon, and the area along the border with Syria.” “The implication is clear, and anyone who talks about a Palestinian state or withdrawals is simply detached from the security reality.” “In this context, the disengagement was a move with many problems.

In 2023, the Centers for Disease Control reported that an estimated 450,000 Americans suffered from alpha-gal syndrome or AGS. Numbers may be higher since AGS is not a reportable condition, which means health care providers don’t have to notify public health authorities when it’s diagnosed. Even worse, there is currently no cure. From barns and backyards to hiking trails and hunting blinds, Americans rethink how they live after a single tick sinks in. Alpha-gal syndrome is a life-altering food allergy triggered by a tick bite, and it’s changing careers and pastimes across the country. AGS isn’t your typical food allergy. It’s a delayed allergic reaction to a sugar molecule found in mammalian meats, like beef and bacon, and products derived from them.

Yehuda Shaffer, a lifelong Crown Heights resident and veteran Hatzalah member (CH-97), has announced his candidacy for New York City Council in District 41, a diverse area that includes Remsen Village, Brownsville, and parts of Crown Heights and East Flatbush. Shaffer, a proud Lubavitcher, brings 12 years of emergency response experience to the campaign trail and a message: it’s time for the Jewish community to take its place at the table. “Recent events have shown us that we cannot depend on others to speak up for us,” Shaffer wrote in a letter addressed to local residents. “We must stand up for ourselves—and now is that time.” With hundreds of new Lubavitch families settling in the district in recent years, Shaffer’s campaign emphasizes both representation and collaboration.

Three young children — twin 8-year-olds and their 10-year-old sibling — have been rescued from a suburban home in Spain where they had been kept in near-total isolation for years under obsessive and outdated COVID restrictions. Authorities in Oviedo, a city in Spain’s northwest, were alerted after neighbors reported the children had not been seen attending school since 2021. What investigators uncovered was described as a “house of horrors” — not in terms of physical abuse, but in the extreme psychological and social deprivation the children were subjected to.

President Donald Trump welcomed Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, with a bit of menace on social media, only to then turn on the charm and hospitality once the two leaders were sitting together in the Oval Office on Tuesday. “I just want to congratulate you,” Trump told Carney on his election win as they met in front of reporters. “Ran a really great race. I watched the debate. I thought you were excellent.” As the two countries struggle over a trade war sparked by Trump’s tariff hikes, the U.S. president gave a full display of his unique mix of graciousness and aggression. Shortly before Carney’s arrival, Trump said on social media that the United States didn’t need “ANYTHING” from its northern neighbor, a contrast to his public warmth in the Oval Office.

In the aftermath of a Houthi missile landing dangerously close to the runways of Ben Gurion Airport, thousands of Yidden were left stranded across the globe — some en route to Eretz Yisroel, others stuck abroad with their return flights suddenly canceled. As fear and confusion rippled through the Jewish world, a different scene was unfolding on the Israeli stock exchange. With most foreign airlines immediately halting operations to and from Israel due to security concerns, Israeli carriers El Al and Israir became nearly the sole providers still flying. The result: their share prices soared, and their owners saw massive financial gains. According to The Marker, Kenny Rosenberg, a frum businessman from the U.S.

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a historic loss in the first round of voting threatened the new government’s promises of stability. No other postwar candidate for German chancellor has failed to win on the first ballot. The stunning but short-lived defeat sent shock waves throughout Europe and dragged down the stock market. The DAX, the index of major German companies, fell by 1.8% at one point. As the most populous member state of the 27-nation European Union and the continent’s biggest economy, Germany is Europe’s diplomatic and economic heavyweight.