Israel’s attorney general announced Thursday he was not launching a criminal investigation into a company share deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cousin or reopen the submarine case. In a statement, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said he wasn’t pursuing a criminal investigation because of a lack of evidence. Mandelblit’s decision takes a weight off of Netanyahu, who is currently on trial for three other corruption affairs after being charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes. Netanyahu, whose trial begins evidentiary hearings in January, denies any wrongdoing.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert has announced a new Commissioner’s Standing Order related to COVID-19. This order requires that all educational institutions, childcare programs and school transportation companies, are responsible to require and ensure that all children and students over age two cover their noses and mouths with acceptable face coverings at all times, other than during approved mask breaks where students can maintain social distancing. “It is critical that we do everything within our power to protect the children of our community,” said County Executive Ed Day. “This Order gives our inspectors the ability to issue fines to the businesses and institutions responsible for the safety of our children.

The White House doctor said that President Donald Trump was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it. The diagnosis came as the president prepared to resume campaign rallies and other activities. In a memo released Saturday night by the White House, Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley said Trump met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for safely discontinuing isolation and that by “currently recognized standards” he was no longer considered a transmission risk. The memo did not declare Trump had tested negative for the virus. But sensitive lab tests — like the PCR test cited in the doctor’s statements — detect virus in swab samples taken from the nose and throat. Dr.

The following is a joint statement by NY Senator Simcha Felder, NYC Councilman Chaim Deutsch, NYC Councilman Kalman Yeger, and NYS Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein regarding NY Governor Cuomo’s irresponsible rhetoric and constitutionally questionable shutdown of the Brooklyn Jewish communities: We are appalled by Governor Cuomo’s words and actions today. He has chosen to pursue a scientifically and constitutionally questionable shutdown of our communities. His administration’s utter lack of coordination and communication with local officials has been an ongoing issue since the start of the pandemic, and particularly recently as we face this uptick.

Prof. Eran Segal of Weissman Institue published worrying data on the morbidity and mortality rate in the Chareidi sector on Tuesday, indicating a dramatic rise in the number of Chareidi niftarim as well as a rise in the number of Chareidi COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in serious condition. The data shows a 36% rise in the number of Chareidi niftarim in the past week and a 16% rise in the number of seriously ill patients., while the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Chareidi sector rose to 28%. Segal added that the rise of coronavirus cases in the general population has stopped and in the Arab population there has been a decrease in the number of cases, the number of seriously ill patients and the number of fatalities.

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he has checked himself into a hospital, hours after he announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Christie said that after consulting with his doctors, he went to Morristown Medical Center Saturday afternoon. He said he’s only experiencing mild symptoms. “Due to my history of asthma, we decided this is an important precautionary measure,” he tweeted. Christie is the latest in a string of virus cases connected to President Donald Trump’s inner circle. In consultation with my doctors, I checked myself into Morristown Medical Center this afternoon. While I am feeling good and only have mild symptoms, due to my history of asthma we decided this is an important precautionary measure.

An Israeli family suffered a triple tragedy in recent weeks when a father and two of his sons passed away of the coronavirus within three weeks. Eliyahu Shamke, z’l, 77, a resident of the Ahisamakh moshav near Lod, passed away of the coronavirus three weeks ago. His two sons, both in their 50s, had also contracted the virus and were hospitalized before their father’s death in Assaf Harofeh Hospital in Be’er Yaakov. Unfortunately, both of them suffered a deterioration of their condition following their hospitalization and they were sedated and ventilated. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the older son, Rachamim Shamke, z’l, 58, passed away and on Yom Kippur, the younger brother Avraham, z’l, 53, passed away, both leaving families behind. Yehi Zichram Baruch.

President Trump is asking for an additional ground rule ahead of Tuesday night’s first presidential debate between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Fox News has learned that the president’s re-election campaign wants the Biden campaign to allow a third party to inspect the ears of each debater for electronic devices or transmitters. The president has consented to this kind of inspection, but Biden has not, so far, sources tell Fox News. Over the last several weeks, the former vice president’s campaign has also requested two breaks — one every 30 minutes — to break up the 90-minute commercial-free program. But that request has been denied by their Trump counterparts, Fox News reports. (Source: Fox News)

The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating claims by right-wing activist group Project Veritas that individuals tied to Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., engaged in illegal ballot harvesting before the election. “The Minneapolis Police Department is aware of the allegations of vote harvesting. We are in the process of looking into the validity of those statements,” a department statement read on Monday. “No further information is available at this time on this.” President Trump, calling it “completely illegal”, has already called on the Justice Department to investigate the claims, which include allegations of a cash-for-ballot scheme. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ said on Motzei Yom Kippur that Israel’s hospitals are preparing to increase their capacity to treat 1,500 seriously ill coronavirus patients by Thursday, October 1. The prime minister held a series of discussions with senior health officials and other government officials before Yom Kippur about steps to fight the coronavirus as well as gradual steps to emerge from the current lockdown. Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Chezy Levy warned on Sunday that Israel is “almost at the point of no return” and that he doesn’t anticipate that Israel will be able to emerge from the lockdown immediately after Sukkos.