With nuclear tensions mounting and the clock ticking toward a sixth round of high-stakes talks, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a grim assessment Tuesday, saying he’s “less confident” than ever that a deal can be reached with Iran — as Tehran threatened to unleash attacks on American military installations across the region. “I don’t know. I did think so, and I’m getting more and more — less confident about it,” Trump said on the Pod Force One podcast with New York Post columnist Miranda Devine. “They seem to be delaying… Something happened to them.” Trump said that regardless of whether a deal is ultimately reached or not, he won’t allow the regime to get a nuclear weapon. “If they don’t make a deal, they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon.

The body of Yair Yaakov HY’D, has been recovered in Gaza, his family says. Yagil Yaakov says IDF troops recovered his father’s body during an operation in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military has yet to issue an official statement regarding the operation. Yair Yaakov, 59, was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, alongside his partner, Meirav Tal, during the brutal Hamas terrorist assault on the community. That same day, Yaakov’s sons, Or and Yagil, were also taken captive from their mother’s nearby home in Nir Oz. Meirav Tal and the Yaakov brothers were freed in a November 2023 hostage exchange with Hamas. Tragically, Yair Yaakov was murdered during the initial October 7 attack, with his death confirmed by the IDF in February 2024.

LA Mayor Karen Bass suggests things won’t be “peaceful” in Los Angeles until the Trump Administration stops enforcing immigration law and removing violent criminal illegals from the streets.

A meeting of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) that was scheduled to be held next week at a hotel in Sarajevo was cancelled after a Bosnian minister called to ban it, saying its presence in the “city of openness” would “morally humiliate our capital and country.” Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), wrote, “The CER’s biannual Standing Committee meeting was due to be held at the Swisshotel in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, next week. Chief Rabbanim from all over Europe, including France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, were due to convene to discuss the most pressing issues facing European Jewish life today and matters of freedom of religion or belief.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee pushed back strongly against allegations accusing Israel of committing genocide or using disproportionate force in Gaza. In an interview with CBN, Huckabee derided the accusations, saying, “They’re doing a lousy job at genocide. If they wanted to do genocide, they could drop a few bombs and everybody would be dead.”
Huckabee praised Israel’s efforts to minimize civilian casualties during its operations in Gaza. “The fact that they are surgically going into Gaza, trying to move the civilians out of harm’s way. They announced to them with leaflets, with paging, with cell phone texts, with loudspeakers, and they’ve put it on every media outlet and social media and say, ‘If you’re in this area, get out. We’re going to attack it.'”

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved the voluntary departure of military dependents from multiple locations across the Middle East.

BREAKING IN FALLSBURG: Catskills Hatzolah and other emergency personnel are on the scene at Estate Drive and Laurel Park Road, where a child was struck by a vehicle. The child is reportedly unconscious, and a medevac has been requested. Catskills Scoop will share a name for Tehillim once it becomes available. Updates to follow.

The Trump administration has called on nations to steer clear of an upcoming United Nations conference in New York that will focus on the possibility of a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a report by Reuters.
A classified diplomatic message, dated June 10, warned that any country taking steps against Israel following the conference could be viewed as acting in opposition to American diplomatic objectives. The cable suggested that such actions might carry consequences for those countries’ relationships with the United States.
The communication made it clear that Washington remains strongly opposed to any move to recognize a Palestinian state outside of a negotiated process.

BREAKING: IDF troops recovered the body of slain hostage Yair Yaakov during an operation in the Gaza Strip, his son Yagil says. The military has not yet commented on the operation.

U.S. officials stated that the State Department will order nonessential personnel to leave the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and allow nonessential staff and dependents to depart from U.S. diplomatic facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait due to heightened regional tensions and potential unrest.

Rav Aharon Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel, is preparing to visit Israel this week, marking a decade since his last trip to the country.
He will be flying in on a privately arranged charter, joined by a large group of Chassidim traveling from the U.S. and various other countries to accompany him.
The itinerary for the trip features several major milestones, including the dedication of a new girls’ school in Bnei Brak, along with an event connected to the ongoing development of a Satmar complex in Yerushalayim.

That perfect slice of Jersey pizza. Garden State puns about putting down roots. A whirlwind lesson on Navy helicopters. And diners, lots of diners. If you’re paying attention to New Jersey’s race for governor between Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli and looking for signs about the national mood on President Donald Trump’s agenda and how voters are reacting to Democrats’ messaging, getting to know the candidates might help decode things for you. Both Sherrill and Ciattarelli emerged from competitive primaries and began the general election campaign Wednesday with efforts to unify their parties.

Argentinian President Javier Milei delivered remarks to the Knesset on Wednesday evening, during which he revealed that Argentina plans to move its embassy to Yerushalayim in 2026.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ochana formally greeted President Milei, calling his presence in the Knesset a “historic moment” for bilateral ties between the two nations.
“It is a tremendous honor for me to host, together with you, dear Members of Knesset, the greatest friend the State of Israel and the Jewish people have ever had in the Casa Rosada and in Argentina – President Javier Milei,” Ochana said.

JERUSALEM – Argentine President Javier Milei announced during a speech to Israel’s Knesset on Wednesday that Argentina will move its embassy to Jerusalem in 2026.

JERUSALEM – US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee pushed back sharply against claims that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, calling the accusations “unfair” and “absurd” in an interview

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