Iran Oil Tanker Pursued By Us Turns Off Tracker Near SyriaAn Iranian oil tanker blacklisted and pursued by the U.S. turned off its tracking beacon off the coast of Syria, leading to renewed speculation Tuesday that its oil will end up there, despite earlier assurances it wouldn’t.
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Border Police Confiscate Weapons & Ammo in a Vehicle InspectionBorder police making a routine traffic stop arrested a 40-year-old Shomron resident after finding weapons and ammunition in his vehicle, including 15 long weapons, thousands of rounds of bullets, silencers and scopes.
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 Moving Scene At Kosel As Holocaust Survivor Tells His Story To American Yeshivah BochurimIn a moving scene by the Kosel last week, an English-speaking Holocaust survivor told his story, surrounded by a group of American yeshiva bochurim from Camp Yaaleh Yerushalayim.
Rabbi Shmuel Beller, 92, grew up in the Polish town of Oświęcim which later became the most notorious concentration camp associated with the Holocaust – Auschwitz.

Mcconnell Says He’s Waiting On Trump To Chart Path On GunsCongressional Republicans are waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, effectively putting the burden on President Donald Trump to decide the GOP’s legislative response to the spate of mass shootings that included another deadly attack in Texas over the weekend.

 Incoming Tourism Continues to Rise; 9 Percent Increase in Tourist Entries in August 2019According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, approximately 304,600 tourist entries were recorded in August 2019, 9% more than August 2018 and 20% more than August 2017.
In the period January – August 2019, 2.892 million tourist entries were recorded, as opposed to 2.634 million in the same period last year, an increase of 10%.

New US-Led Patrols In Persian Gulf Raise Stakes With IranAs the U.S. tries a new way to protect shipping across the Persian Gulf amid tensions with Iran, it finds itself sailing into uncertain waters.
For decades, the U.S.
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4th Person Sentenced In Plot To Bomb NY Muslim CommunityThe last of four young men who authorities say planned to use homemade explosives against an upstate New York Muslim community has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Twenty-year-old Vincent Vetromile appeared Tuesday in Monroe County Court.
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Head of an Animal Thrown at Ramat Sharret HomePolice on Monday launched an investigation into an attack involving an animal’s head being hurled at a home in the Ramat Sharret neighborhood of Jerusalem.
The investigation led to the expeditious arrest of a 30-year-old Jerusalem resident, who is now facing charges of blackmail, extortion and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Respecting The Law – Dina D’malchusa Dina [WATCH THE VIDEO]Every so often the public requires gentle reminders about important aspects of halacha. One such area concerns respecting the laws of the United States of America.
Chazak were well aware of the obligation to observe Dina dmalchusa and it was quantified in both the gemorah as well as shulchan aruch.

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