Yechiel Indor, who shot and killed a Palestinian in self-defense after he and others were attacked by a violent Arab mob, was released from Shaare Tzedek Hospital on Sunday and taken into police custody. Indor was severely injured by the mob, suffering a cerebral hemorrhage and skull fractures, and underwent emergency neurosurgery. According to a letter sent to the court by his relatives, “the conditions of his release were given under pressure from the Shin Bet and the police.” Earlier reports said that the Shin Bet and the police had pressured the doctors to interrogate Indor while he was still in the hospital but the doctors refused to allow it.

An Israeli man who hurled an egg at a tefillin stand about three weeks ago rectified his actions by coming to the stand on Friday morning and apologizing. The man, a resident of Nes Tziona, rolled up his sleeve after he apologized and requested to put on tefillin. “He also told us that he’s being mekabeil to put on tefillin every day,” one of the Chabadnikim told the Hebrew-language COL website. Following the egg-throwing incident, which caused a public uproar, the man was detained and questioned by the police. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Opposition leader Yair Lapid has been expressing criticism about recent reports of a potential Isaeli-Saudi deal. According to reports, as part of a deal, Saudi Arabia is demanding, among other things, that the US support a Saudi civilian nuclear program. Lapid, who signed a controversial maritime deal with Lebanon without Knesset approval during his short stint as a caretaker prime minister, told Channel 12 News: “Israel cannot agree to uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia because it endangers Israel’s security, and that is now on the table.” Lapid also met with a delegation of Democratic Congress members visiting Israel last week and told them that the agreement endangers Israel’s security and that of the region.

Former President Donald Trump vehemently defended his innocence on Saturday, asserting that he had “done nothing wrong” amidst mounting legal challenges. Addressing concerns about a potential plea deal in the election interference case pending against him in Georgia, Trump confidently rejected any notion of cooperation. These remarks came as District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County confirmed her plans to present the case to a grand jury in the upcoming week. This would mark the fourth indictment for the former president, following a recent indictment less than two weeks ago in Washington, D.C.

•U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe of the president’s son Hunter Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday. • Weiss will be responsible for the “ongoing investigation” of President Joe Biden’s son “as well as for any other matters that arose or may arise from that investigation,” the Justice Department said. • Weiss, who was already overseeing the Hunter Biden probe and is based in Delaware, asked to be appointed special counsel on Tuesday and Garland agreed it was “in the public interest” to do so. • DOJ noted that Weiss was nominated by then-President Donald Trump in 2017 and confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate in 2018. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Efforts are well underway to launch a Hatzalah emergency response service for the growing Cleveland community. As preparations get underway to make the squad a reality, Hatzalah of Cleveland already has the broad support of the various kehillos in Cleveland, including numerous rabbanim and civic leaders. The introduction of Hatzalah to the Cleveland community comes following years of deliberation and painstaking planning to ensure that the organization would provide real tangible benefits to residents and make a Kiddush Hashem even amongst those who do not use its services.

YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of Hagaon HaRav Shlomo Zalman Kaufman ZT”L, a Rov and dayan in the Chestnut Ridge area. He was 71. Monsey Scoop reports that Rav Kaufman had chest pains and Rockland Hatzolah was called to his home just after 6:00PM. While Paramedics were rushing him to the Good Samaritan Hospital, he suffered a cardiac arrest in the ambulance. Hatzolah and doctors at the hospital did everything they could to save his life, but unfortunately, they were unsuccessful. Rav Kaufman was a tremendous Talmid Chochom, a highly sought-after Dayan and Posek, and had a Shul in Chestnut Ridge. Levaya details are tentatively set for Friday morning 11:00AM at 108 Scotland Hill Road in Chestnut Ridge.

Sylvia Santana, a state senator in Michigan, has extended a formal apology to her Arab and Muslim constituents following her participation in a recent trip to Israel alongside fellow lawmakers. Santana, whose district encompasses parts of Detroit, Dearborn, and Dearborn Heights, areas with significant Arab and Muslim populations, expressed her regret on social media. In her statement, Santana acknowledged the discontent and disappointment her presence on the trip had evoked within the Arab and Muslim communities. She asked for forgiveness and said that her intent was not as the trip was portrayed. “There is no perfect combination of words that I can offer that truly reflects the feelings in my heart.

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Thursday met with Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman about the latter’s plan for a pilot program of separate swimming hours at some springs of the Nature and Parks Authority. The program was scheduled to begin in August at the Ein Haniya and Einat Tzukim nature reserves. The separate swimming hours were to be held only after the normal operating hours in order not to impinge on the general public. However, during the meeting, Baharav-Miara told Silman that she believes that the Nature and Parks Authority does not have the authority to allow separate swimming and that such a program would require legislation.

An explosive new report from Breitbart News exposes how the New York Times collaborated with the New York State government to create a series of articles that targeted Orthodox Jewish yeshivas. Over 800 pages of emails, obtained by Breitbart News through the Freedom of Information Act, provide a mountain of evidence of the coordination between the media outlet and the state authorities. Eliza Shapiro, a reporter for The New York Times, is prominently featured in these communications. The obtained emails reportedly show Shapiro discussing with the New York State Education Department how “we” can craft comments for the series of articles targeting yeshivas.