Pipe Bomb Neutralized Near Kalandia B’chasdei HashemBorder police bomb squad technicians neutralized a pipe bomb found near the Kalandia Crossing, which borders northern Jerusalem and the PA (Palestinian Authority) area of Kalandia.
The vigilance of the policemen operating at the crossing detected a suspicious object to the side of the road on the Palestinian side of the crossing.

Dan Caesarea reopens after 8 months of renovations, as part of luxury hotel chain's new strategy to attract younger generation with sleeker options

Los Angeles – Pro-Palestinian groups have called on Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to retract his statement saying he supports the move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Garcetti, a Democrat, made the statement last week in Jerusalem while leading a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Mayors on a five-day visit to Israel. “I [...]

The Rebbe pays his debt (video)People told me not to speak at a Lag Ba’omer parade. I asked Rav Moshe Wolfson what to do.People told me not to speak at a Lag Ba’omer parade.
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 Hundreds Of Skeletons Of Brisker Yidden HY”D Shot In The Head During Holocaust UnearthedA delegation of ZAKA volunteers from Tel Aviv traveled to the city of Brest (Brisk), Belarus, to bury the skeletons of the bodies of murdered Yidden found in a mass grave from the Holocaust.

New Zealand Police on Tuesday said the man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshipers at two Christchurch mosques will be charged with terrorism, the first time in the nation’s history such a charge has been filed.
The charge marks the first time New Zealand has invoked such facet of the terror suppression legislation adopted in 2002 following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
In addition to the terror charge, Tarrant now faces 51 charges of murder and 40 of attempted murder over the March 15 attacks in the South Island city.
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Finance minister said last year the PM would have to go if he were indicted. As Netanyahu now seeks legislation to keep himself out of the dock, Kahlon is best-placed to stop him

Troops storm hideouts in coastal city of el-Arish two days after a roadside bomb struck a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids outside Cairo, wounding 17

Dover, NJ – Three New Jersey police officers are on paid administrative leave as authorities investigate a violent arrest that was caught on video. The probe stems from the arrest of 19-year-old Cyprian Luke Sunday in Dover, New Jersey. The video shows him being punched repeatedly in the face by officers as he was taken [...]

Ruling party lawmaker asserts no records show Poland ever renouncing its right to do so, even as Warsaw refuses to discuss Jewish restitution

Hundreds of people participated in a levayah Tuesday for hundreds of bones that were discovered in a burial cave near Yericho, dated to the time of the Second Beis Hamikdash. The bones were scattered outside the cave, which had been bulldozed by Arabs who were doing illegal agricultural work.
The cave was found by hikers a few days before Pesach. The hikers were in the area of the Hasmonean Palaces, near Yericho, where they noticed the tractor work being done by Arab laborers in a protected archaeological area. When surveying the damage, the hikers discovered the dug up bones.
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Beijing – The United States is delaying restrictions on U.S. technology sales to Chinese tech powerhouse Huawei in what it calls an effort to ease the blow on owners of its cell phones and smaller U.S. telecoms providers that rely on its networking equipment. The Trump administration insists the sanctions are unrelated to its escalating [...]

Cohen Claims Trump Lawyer Shaped False Statement To CongressPresident Donald Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, told Congress it was Trump’s personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, who suggested he tell lawmakers that the negotiations for Trump Tower Moscow ended in January 2016, even though they continued for months after that.
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Al Sharpton spoke at an event for Reform Jews and acknowledged how his “cheap” rhetoric stoked divisions with the Jewish community, publicly acknowledging his role for the incendiary rhetoric that helped fuel the deadly Crown Heights riots in 1991, which led to the death of Yankel Rosenbaum hy”d.
Without mentioning the Crown Heights riots specifically, Sharpton said he could have “done more to heal rather than harm.” And he said that all the public criticism he received paled next to the rebuke from Coretta Scott King, who was known for her closeness to the Jewish community. It appears to be the first time Sharpton has publicly shared the tale.

Jerusalem – Hundreds of Israelis on Tuesday participated in an uncommon funeral in which the human remains of Jews from the Second Temple Era were brought for burial at Kfar Adumim, south of Jerusalem. The remains were found in April when Israelis on a hike in the Jericho area came upon a gruesome scene: an [...]

Prime minister says 'land in Judea and Samaria is our patrimony,' in response to former security officials' warning that move will bolster terror groups and harm nation's security

 Emergency Simulation Exercise In Meron Ahead Of Lag B’Omer [PHOTOS]An emergency simulation exercise was held on Tuesday morning, May 21, 2019 involving police, fire and emergency medical service personnel in Meron ahead of Lag B’Omer.
The training event lasted for three hours, during which the various emergency agencies simulated dealing with various emergency scenarios that may occur over the Lag B’Omer weekend.

 MK Rabbi Rafi Peretz, who is Chairman of Habayit Yehudi party, initiated a new policy for his party.

In order to strengthen themselves in the mitzvah of not speaking lashon hara, Peretz has instituted the limud of Chofetz Chayim which will take place at the beginning of every party meeting. The group will learn two rules of lashon hara every day before carrying on with official business.

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A delegation from ZAKA has flown down from Israel to participate in the search and identification of bodies in a mass grave identified in a building site over a former Jewish ghetto in the city of Brest on the Belarus border with Poland.
The grave was expected to yield above of 1,100 bodies, most of whom were shot in the head and many of them women and children.
“The sights are shocking to every Jewish heart,” ZAKA Executive Director Rabbi Tzvi Hasid said in a statement.
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