United Hatzalah and Rashbi Hachnasas Orchim continue to prepare for the arrival of the hundreds of thousands of mispallalim making their way to the tziyun of the Rashbi on Lag B’Omer.
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Dozens of large pro-Israel banners were hung today on Thursday in Hebron in response to the far-Left organization ‘Breaking the Silence,’ which commissioned a billboard in Tel-Aviv encouraging Eurovision tourists to join its tours in Hebron.

Border police officers operating in the Jerusalem Envelope area arrested a resident of Jerusalem in her 40s who tried to smuggle Palestinians, illegal aliens, into Israel.
An multicount indictment was filed against the driver for the three instances in which she tried to smuggle illegal aliens, and she was ordered remanded without bail pending the outcome of her trial.

According to Bentzi Lazerovich of Kol Chai Radio, in a meeting held at the office of Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Eliezer Ruchberger, who holds the building & planning portfolio, a meeting which also included the head city prosecutor Chaim Nergasi, Director of the Licensing & Supervision Division Ofir May, Director of the Religious Buildings Administration Rabbi Yitzhak Hanau and the Chairman of the shul’s administration, Rabbi Yaakov Spitzer, they agreed on

Israel Police completed its preparations for the second Friday of the month of Ramadan in Jerusalem.
Israeli police, border police and reinforcements will deploy on Friday morning in East Jerusalem and in the alleys of the Old City, to allow freedom of worship for tens of thousands of Muslims to pray, maintain order and security, and regulate movement.

Police on Wednesday, May 16, 2019, arrested a suspected who allegedly broke into shuls in the southern district, making off with hundreds of shekels. He was taken for a remand hearing on Thursday.
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A fifth grader arrived Thursday morning at his school in the Ramat Negev Regional Council with a training grenade that exploded when he played. There were no casualties and no damage resulted.
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The chairman of the Bayit Yehudi party, Rabbi Rafi Peretz, arrived at the residence of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita on Rashbam Street in Bnei Brak Thursday, in the shadow of coalition negotiations to form the next government.

A new website launched by the Zionist organization Im Tirtzu enables students to search and access information about Israeli academics who promote anti-Israel activity.
The website, “Know Your Professor,” contains a listing of some 85 Israeli professors who are involved in anti-Israel activity such as promoting BDS, encouraging international pressure on Israel, accusing the IDF of war crimes, and calling to refuse service in the IDF.

MDA on Thursday morning responded to a call for a flipped dump truck in the Yarkon district, on Route 4613 from the Bedek Junction to Barkat Junction. The truck was loaded with sand, and it fell on a parked car.