Figures obtained by Israeli NGO Palestinian Media Watch following a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request to the Israeli Finance Ministry prove that even after Israel deducted from its tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority the amount that it spends on salaries to terrorist prisoners, the P.A. still would have received more money in the first two months of 2019 than it received on average per month in 2018.
Tax revenues in the first two months of 2019 increased by a total of NIS 109 million ($30.2 million), while the amount of the deduction was only NIS 42 million ($11.6 million)—a positive difference in favor of the P.A. of NIS 67 million ($18.5 million).

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has set a date for its public offering in early July, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to Calcalist on condition of anonymity. The prospectus is being prepared by Israel-based law firm Weksler Bregman & Co. based on the exchange’s first quarter report for 2019, the two people said, and the roadshow is planned for Israel, but also for the US and Europe.

Sen. Lindsey Graham predicted on Tuesday that Republicans won’t follow Rep. Justin Amash’s lead on impeaching President Trump, noting that Democrats who supported impeaching Clinton weren’t “held as heroes.”
Asked how important he thought it was that the House Freedom Caucus member was saying special counsel Robert Mueller’s report described Trump as engaging in “impeachable conduct,” Graham fired back: “Zero.”
“I don’t think anybody is going to follow his lead. I don’t think there’s going to a stampede based on what Amash says,” Graham told reporters outside of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Germany’s Holocaust archive has uploaded more than 13 million documents “from Nazi concentration camps, including prisoner cards and death notices, to help Holocaust researchers and others investigate the fate of victims,” reported the Associated Press on Tuesday.
The International Tracing Service also announced that its name will be changed to “Arolsen Archives–International Center on Nazi Persecution.”
The millions of documents consist of “information on more than 2.2. million affected,” courtesy of assistance from Yad Vashem in Israel. The searchability function is being improved, reported the AP.
“It is so important that the original documents can speak to coming generations,” archive director Floriane Azoulay told the AP.
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The rabbi of Chabad of Poway, who was wounded in last month’s deadly shooting attack at the synagogue near San Diego, performed an impromptu bar mitzvah ceremony in the office of his plastic surgeon, Chabad.org reported on Tuesday.
When Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein discovered that Dr. Yale Kadesky, the son of Holocaust survivors, had never put on tefillin, he visited the doctor in his San Diego area office and helped him don the Jewish prayer item, a mitzvah performed by Jewish males ages 13 and above.
Dr. Kadesky has been treating the rabbi, who suffered injuries to both his hands and lost a finger in the April 27th attack.
The Algemeiner   (c) 2019 .        Shiryn Ghermezian
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The majority of Israelis believe that their Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should not be legally protected from criminal prosecution, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
Israel’s Walla news found that 56 percent of Israelis oppose legislation that would enable Netanyahu to receive immunity as he faces possible indictment in three separate corruption cases. 33 percent support his immunity while 11 percent said they had no opinion.
Netanyahu’s Likud party has denied reports that it is conditioning coalition talks upon to passing of such a law.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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Dear Matzav,
The story of a restaurant in Lakewood that put up an Israeli flag on Yom Ha’atzmaut made headlines last week when rumors began to spread that the head of hechsher certifying the store had threatened to pull the hashgacha if the flag was not removed.
Whether or not the rumors were true, the story caused a stir, with questions about the authority of hechsherim and the legitimacy of Zionist holidays becoming the hot topic. For me, the discussions clarified a similar situation that took place just a few moths prior.