The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Daniel Nachmani to the maximum sentence for the offenses he committed: life imprisonment plus 16 years in prison and maximum monetary compensation for the family of the deceased.
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Jerusalem – Earlier this month, just hours before the start of Passover, the British Labour Party tweeted out holiday greetings to its more than 671,000 followers. “As Jewish people prepare for Passover, we’re wishing everyone in the Jewish community chag sameach,” read the now deleted message, which was accompanied by the image of a Star [...]

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route, in response to U.S. sanctions on the regime, which he labeled as “hostility,” reported the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“We are not after closing the Strait of Hormuz, but if the hostility of enemies increase, we will be able to do so,” Mohammad Bagheri told the outlet. “Also, if our oil does not go through the strait, other countries’ oil will certainly not cross the strait, too,” he added.
The strait lies between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman as the sole maritime passage from the former to the open ocean.
Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled al-Jarallah expressed alarm over Bagheri’s remarks.

For the first time in five years, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appeared in a video released by the terror group on Monday.
It’s unclear when the footage was filmed but Baghdadi uses past tense to refer to the months-long fight for Baghouz, ISIS’s final bastion in eastern Syria, Agence France-Presse reported. That dispute ended last month.
The reclusive boss was last heard from in August 2018, when he urged his supporters to “persevere” in an audio recording. He has appeared in public only once in 2014. The US has offered a $25 million reward for information leading to his death or capture.
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Brooklyn, NY – The MTA has identified the driver who allegedly made discriminatory remarks to a Chasidic passenger earlier this month referring the large number of reported cases of the highly contagious virus that has swept through Williamsburg’s Jewish community, placing her on restrictive duty while it investigates the incident. While not identifying the bus [...]

The condition of Tehila ben Zino has unfortunately deteriorated, and she is in need of Rachmei Shomayim, requiring brain surgery, which took place today. Tehila’s surgery began at 3:00PM Monday, and the family is calling on Klal Yisrael to continue being mispallel on her behalf.

Jewish community of sunny California suburb grapples with disbelief and the conviction that they, too, are targets after Chabad attack

Top city pols backed switching the Verrazzano Bridge to two-way tolling Sunday as a way to cut down on congestion on Staten Island and in southern Brooklyn.
The proposal — backed by top members of the city’s Albany and Washington delegations — would cut the current tolls in half, but charge drivers both ways.
Supporters say that will stop New Jersey commuters from avoiding tolls as they drive towards Manhattan and Brooklyn, reducing traffic on the island and generating badly needed cash for the MTA.

Amazon.com Inc. expects to improve the delivery times for customers who sign up for its Prime subscription program, cutting free deliveries to one day instead of two, an executive said Thursday afternoon.
Amazon offers one-day delivery on some products now, and even same-day delivery for some purchases. But Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky suggested that the company now expects that the standard free two-day shipping that is the biggest selling point for the Prime subscription plan will be improved to a one-day schedule globally.