White House Calls Newsom ‘too weak’ to protect Los Angeles California Gov. Gavin Newsom was “too weak” to protect Los Angeles as violent rioters attacked federal law enforcement officers during anti-ICE demonstrations over the weekend, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday morning. Leavitt claimed that Newsom “did nothing” as the riots erupted in the city on Friday and continued through the weekend. “Federal law enforcement officers were attacked by violent radicals and illegal criminals waving foreign flags because Governor Newsom was too weak to protect the city,” Leavitt said. “The Los Angeles Police Chief has even said the riots were getting out of hand.” “President Trump has stepped in to maintain law and order and protect federal buildings,” she added.

The chairman of the Ministerial Committee for the Dismissal of the Attorney General, Minister Amichai Chikli, summoned Gali Baharav-Miara on Monday to a pre-dismissal hearing on Tuesday of next week. “As part of the discussion, which will serve as a hearing prior to dismissal, you will be given the opportunity to present your arguments, if any, against the government’s intention to consider your removal from office,” Minister Chikli wrote to Baharav-Miara. Chikli noted that if Baharav-Miara can’t attend the scheduled hearing, an alternative date can be proposed, but no later than Thursday, June 19. Three documents were attached to the letter: the Justice Minister’s claims from March 5, a supplementary document from June 8, and Government Decision No. 3125 to establish the committee.

QUESTION:  What types of cheeses are included in the prohibition of gevinas Akum? ANSWER: There are two types of cheese: soft cheese and hard cheese. Until modern times, the most common coagulant that curdled milk into hard cheese was animal rennet, which is typically extracted from the stomach lining of a calf. (Today, microbial rennet, which is extracted from microorganisms, is more common.) Soft cheese is generally made with acids or acid cultures. (Some common acids are vinegar, citric acid and lactic acid.) Poskim agree that hard cheeses (such as Cheddar, Swiss, and Mozzarella) must be gevinas Yisroel to be kosher. Since these can be made with animal rennet, they were certainly included in the gezeira of Chazal.

Transportation Minister Miri Regev said on Monday that the government is planning to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Mirara even if the Supreme Court rules that it is “illegal.” Speaking in an interview with Ynet, Regev responded to a question about the government’s approval of a new procedure to fire the Attorney General:  “Isn’t establishing a committee now changing the rules of the game?” Ynet asked “Not at all,” Regev responded. “The government that approved the committee can also be the government that cancels the committee.” Ynet: This is a committee that is sold in advance. Its results are known. Regev: “Baharav-Miara will come, express her positions clearly, and then the committee’s recommendations will reach the government.

Defense Minister Yisrael Katz ordered the IDF to screen harrowing footage of the October 7 massacre to the passengers of the Madleen “flotilla, which was seized en route to the Gaza Strip early Monday morning. The 43-minute “Bearing Witness” atrocity film shows footage of unspeakable atrocities, including massacres, beheadings, and mutilation of bodies. Much of the grotesque footage came from the bodycams and dachcams of the terrorists, who proudly and gleefully filmed themselves committing murder and torture. “I commend the IDF for the swift and secure takeover of the Madleen flotilla, preventing it from breaking the blockade and reaching Gaza’s shores,” Katz said.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris called the move by the Trump administration to bring in the National Guard to aid with the anti-ICE riots a “dangerous escalation.” “Los Angeles is my home. And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city,” Harris wrote, in part, in a post on X. “Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos,” she continued. Harris added that the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across the nation are part of the Trump administration’s “cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.” “Protest is a powerful tool – essential in the fight for justice.

Early Monday morning, IDF troops from the elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit seized control of the “Madleen” flotilla, which was en route to the Gaza Strip in an attempt to violate Israel’s maritime blockade. The operation was executed without incident, and the vessel is now being escorted to the port of Ashdod, with all activists on board detained. Prior to the takeover, the flotilla’s activists reported heightened tensions. Their Telegram group posted, “An alarm was sounded on deck, and life jackets are ready in case of an attempted takeover of the ship.” Shortly after, they clarified, “The vessel that approached us has left. All eyes on deck, all eyes on Gaza.” The activists also alleged that drones circled the ship, spraying it with a white, irritating substance.

Hagaon Harav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlit”a, the revered Rosh Yeshiva of Philadelphia and zkan roshei yeshiva in America, made a surprise appearance at the Adirei HaTorah Maamad at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Sunday night. Despite his advanced age, frailty, and recent hospitalizations, Rav Shmuel traveled in person to show his unbreakable ahavah and support for lomdei Torah and their supporters. His presence electrified the already-charged atmosphere in the arena, where over 30,000 participants had gathered for the fourth annual Adirei HaTorah event—a revolutionary movement dedicated to raising the stature and financial stability of Kollel yungeleit.

In a move to safeguard the Gerrer Mosdos in Eretz Yisroel, the Gerer Rebbe departed Eretz Yisroel on Motzeoi Shabbos for the United States, leading a critical emergency fundraising campaign to rescue Gerrer educational institutions facing unprecedented financial peril. The Rebbe’s journey, aboard a private jet graciously provided by Philanthropist Yoeli Landau and his partner David Gefner, comes as government funding for chareidi mosdos has been slashed, with no legislative relief in sight for full-time lomdei Torah. Sources within the Gur community revealed that the campaign aims to secure sufficient funds to sustain all Gur educational institutions for the next two years, ensuring the continuity of Torah and chinuch.

The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed that the body of Hamas terror leader Mohammed Sinwar was recovered by troops from a tunnel beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. The tunnel, used by Hamas as a command center, was accessed by IDF forces several days ago, with Sinwar’s body and those of other Hamas operatives retrieved on Shabbos. Following a meticulous identification process, the IDF verified that one of the bodies belongs to Sinwar, who was eliminated in a precise Israeli strike on the tunnel on May 13. The strike also neutralized Muhammad Shabana, commander of Hamas’ Rafah Brigade, and Mahdi Quara, commander of the South Khan Younis Battalion.