Gaza – Hamas’ leader in Gaza left for talks with Egyptian officials Thursday after a new outbreak of violence, as the militant group accused Israel of slowing down the implementation of Egyptian-mediated understandings aimed at easing the situation in the Palestinian enclave. The visit by Yehiyeh Sinwar to Cairo came hours after the Israeli military [...]

 Thousands March In Poland To Remember Holocaust Victims [VIDEOS & PHOTOS]Thousands of young Jews from around the world are joined by Holocaust survivors and politicians in an annual Holocaust remembrance march in southern Poland that focuses on fighting anti-Semitism, prejudice and hatred.

Official Palestinian Authority TV last month broadcast pictures of bodies of Holocaust victims in a Nazi concentration camp, presenting them as pictures of Arabs killed by Jews in the village of Deir Yassin in 1948.
Two other pictures, which P.A. TV also claimed were of Arabs killed in 1948 by Jews, were actually pictures of the the Sabra and Shatila massacre of Palestinians by Christian Phalangists in Lebanon in 1982.

Top adviser for prevention of genocide says ‘signs of the '30s are resurfacing' with resurgent anti-Semitism and growing anti-immigrant sentiment

Former Israeli atomic official Elie Geisler describes guarding a plutonium core, as well as plans to turn it into a nuclear bomb, during the 1967 Six Day War

Interior Ministry had ordered Omar Shakir out of the country over claims he supports a boycott of Israel, but move now delayed as appeal considered

 Chareidi Girls Under Arrest In Oslo For Smuggling “Khat”; Scheduled for Deportation ON ShabbosFollowing the YWN report of the arrest of chareidi girls upon their arrival in Manchester for smuggling in Khat (a drug), it has been learned the matter is gaining notoriety throughout areas of Europe, and there are two girls currently under arrest in Oslo.

Washington – He was not originally included on the roster of speakers at the National Day of Prayer at the White House, but Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, heroic senior rabbi of Chabad of Poway, drew tears from his listeners and words of grateful appreciation from President Donald Trump when the president spontaneously called him up to [...]

Hartford, CT – A Connecticut state lawmaker says her children were threatened online by a person who opposes mandatory vaccinations for all school children. Democratic Rep. Liz Linehan, of Cheshire, posted Wednesday on Facebook that state Capitol police are investigating what she interpreted as a threat, which she said won’t change her support for mandatory [...]

Castries – The Caribbean nation of St. Lucia has imposed a quarantine on a visiting cruise ship, barring any passengers or crew from leaving the boat while in port, after a case of measles was diagnosed on board, the island’s chief medical officer said. Dr. Merlene Frederick-James said in a video statement posted to YouTube [...]

 Police Respond To A Brawl At Kever Rashbi(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE)
Police on Wednesday night were summoned to the tziyun of the Rashbi in Meron after a brawl erupted between persons at that location.
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 New York is now providing free phone calls from jails, making it the first major U.S. city to eliminate fees for inmate calls, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.

The Democratic mayor said the city has fully implemented the law passed by the City Council last August.

“For too long have people in custody faced barriers to basic aspects of everyday life,” de Blasio said. “With free phone calls, we’re eliminating one of those barriers and ensuring that people in custody have the opportunity to remain connected to their lawyers, families and support networks that are so crucial to re-entry into one’s community.”

Washington – The skeptical response to President Donald Trump’s choice of Stephen Moore for the Federal Reserve has thrown a spotlight on the tough task Trump has set for himself: Finding a rare conservative ally who both favors cutting interest rates and is respected enough to win Senate confirmation. Frustrated by the Fed’s handling of [...]

 Trump Rhetoric Undermines Media, JudgesPresident Donald Trump’s frequent criticism of the media and of judges who rule against his policies undermines the public’s confidence, New York state’s top legal officer said Wednesday amid several state investigations of him or entities linked to him.
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Reacting to Attorney General William Barr’s testimony on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton said the notion that the President can fire any prosecutor investigating him if he feels the accusations are false is “the road to tyranny.”
Clinton made the comments during an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Wednesday evening. During the show, Maddow pointed to something Barr had said in his public testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Born in Berlin in 1937, the former judge's family fled Nazi Germany on the eve of World War II; 'The issue of the Holocaust was very close to his heart,' says wife Sima

Berlin – A new survey has found that many Austrians lack basic knowledge of the Nazi genocide — even though the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp was just outside of the city of Linz, and some of the key perpetrators of the Holocaust were Austrian. The study released Thursday by the New York-based Conference on Jewish [...]

Yahadut Hatorah Seeking a Position to Prevent Chilul ShabbosYahadut Hatorah is demanding from the Likud a deputy minister in the Ministry of Labor & Welfare in the next government in order to prevent the Chilul Shabbos, News12 reported on Wednesday night.
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