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Firefighters in Israel are working to extinguish 6 blazes caused by incendiary balloons near Gaza.
A spokesman for the Israeli Fire and Rescue Services says the fires were all burning in the Eshkol Regional Council adjacent to the Gaza Strip and were caused by terrorist from Gaza flying incendiary balloons over the border.
This new tactic has burnt down thousands of acres of land in Israel these past two years as the IDF struggles to combat the attacks.
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Likud holding negotiations with several parties as it looks to secure government agreement before May 28 cutoff

 Lag B’Omer Bonfire & Tischen Schedule For MeronHundreds of thousands of Jews are participating in the annual celebration of Lag Ba’Omer in Meron.
Police in the quiet town situated just one mountain away from the mystical city of Tzfas are expecting half a million Jews to arrive, traveling in busses, private cars, and some even on foot.

 Trump Storms Out Of Dem Meeting; Gives Surprise Presser, Blasts Pelosi Over “I” Word MeetingPresident Donald Trump is blasting Democratic leaders after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused him of engaging in a cover-up.
Trump on Wednesday made a surprise appearance in the Rose Garden after cutting short an infrastructure meeting with Democratic leaders.

Precautions For A Safe Lag Ba’OmerLag Ba’omer is a holiday that many people have a tendency to light bonfires. It is with this in mind that United Hatzalah has issued the following precautions to help people avoid injuries big or small and instructions on what to do should the worst occur and a person gets injured.
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More attempts to murder Jews have been reported, as stone attacks continue throughout Israel.
Arab terrorists hurled rocks at vehicles on the Gush Etzion road in Chevron with damage  caused to the windshield of one of the vehicles. The driver was slightly injured by shrapnel.
In another case, at approximately 05:30 am, Arabs threw stones near Deir Abu Mash’al, northwest of Ramallah. One of the vehicles was damaged, but no injuries were reported.
(via BELAAZ)
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A 22-year-old Jewish Russian woman was murdered in Moscow last week, allegedly by a shuttle driver, an Israeli report said Tuesday night.
Rivka (Irena) Tsipishev disappeared last Friday after getting on a shuttle that was supposed to take her home, the report said. Police investigations eventually led to the arrest of the shuttle driver, who told authorities where to locate the body.
Tsipishev was buried Tuesday, in a funeral attended by family, friends, Jewish community members and Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar.
“Rivka was a special person with a special soul,” said Lazar, who had accompanied Tsipishev — along with a thousand other young Russian Jews — on a trip to Italy that ended last week.

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A swastika was found today engraved into an elevator in the British Parliament, according to Oliver Denton Lieberman, an aide to Labour MP Tulip Siddiq.
Lieberman posts a photo of the swastika, calling it “sickening” and adds that he has reported it to police.
The UK has seen a sharp rise in antisemitism in recent years, with many pointing to leaders such as Jeremy Corbyn, who is staunchly opposed to Israel, as fanning the flames.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt urged the Palestinians to stop their boycott of the U.S. administration and help make next month’s peace conference in Bahrain a success.
The “Peace to Prosperity” workshop will focus on economic programs to complement the political component of the peace plan, which will be unveiled at a later stage.
“It’s difficult to understand why the Palestinian Authority would reject a workshop designed to discuss a vision with the potential to radically transform lives and put people on a path toward a brighter future,” said Greenblatt.
Greenblatt has been entrusted with the peace efforts along with senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.

Authorities urged Israelis to exercise caution due to an extreme heatwave expected to hit the country on Wednesday, raising temperatures by as much as 20 degrees in some areas of the country, until Saturday.
Temperatures in the more temperate Judean hills were expected to reach 97 degrees Fahrenheit, while the heat is set to reach a scorching 116 degrees in the Dead Sea region.
With the yearly Lag b’Omer festivities beginning with customary bonfires on Wednesday night, Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service placed a ban on lighting fires in any forests, reserves, or parks—even in designated areas.
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority urged the public to refrain from engaging in any exertion outdoors, including long walks, until Friday evening.

Republican Rep. Van Taylor defeated Democrat Lorie Burch in Texas’ 3rd Congressional District in the 2018 midterm elections to replace retiring longtime Republican Rep. Sam Johnson.
Previously, he served in both houses of the Texas state legislature.
Taylor, 46, fought in Iraq as part of the U.S. Marine Corps and was a captain during “Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
He and his wife, Anne, have three children.
JNS talked with Taylor in person. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Q: What’s your overall stance on the U.S.-Israel relationship, having served overseas, specifically in Iraq?

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The religious community of Tiveria was struck a devastating blow this month after the passing of beloved father of 5 Rabbi Dovid Sher a”h.
Rabbi Sher was known in the community as a loving father and hardworking mover, married to neighborhood ganenet “Morah” Tali. For the past few years, however, the family lived a secret life of difficulty. Diagnosed with a rare form of kidney disease, Rabbi Sher suffered from excruciating pain, and eventually became completely bedridden. He was forced to leave his career, and Tali did as well, in order to oversee his treatments and other medical needs. Before long, they were in the negative.

According to a report by Israel’s Channel 12 that was aired on Tuesday evening, Israel and Hamas have reached informal new understandings, designed to allow calm to prevail in the next six months.

Newark, NJ – A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for attempting to provide material support to Hamas, lying on his application to enlist in the U.S. Army, and making a threat against pro-Israel supporters. U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security [...]

Jerusalem – Its insistence on relying solely on technology and intelligence to identify hidden tunnels has had the IDF refusing to make use of a “secret weapon” that has successfully pinpointed multiple subterranean passages well ahead of the Israeli army for several years – a 50 year old kabalistic rabbi who lives in the Galil. [...]

Vocal Democrats Pressing Pelosi As Impeachment Talk SwellsMore Democrats are calling – and more loudly – for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying.
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