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The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a major Palestinian legal group for prisoners and detainees along with five other “charitable” entities across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, accusing them of supporting Palestinian armed factions and terror groups, including Hamas’ military wing, under the pretense of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Those sanctioned include Addameer, a nongovernmental organization that was founded in 1991 and is based in the city of Ramallah in the the Shomron. The Palestinian group provides free legal services to Palestinian political prisoners and detainees in Israeli custody and monitors the conditions of their confinement.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar refused to speak with his British counterpart, David Lammy, when the latter called on Tuesday evening to “update him” on the decision to impose sanctions on Ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. According to a Ynet report, Sa’ar’s refusal is considered a highly unusual move due to the close alliance between Israel and the UK. But the Foreign Ministry explained that the move was taken in response to the British move, which was “unprecedented in its severity.” The Trump administration on Tuesday slammed the sanctions as “extremely unhelpful,” with State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce saying, “They should focus on the real culprit, which is Hamas.” (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

A moving Pidyon HaBen ceremony was held last week for the firstborn son of an American couple who had waited 19 long years to embrace a child. A bracha and a segulah suggested by Rosh Yeshivah HaGaon HaRav Chaim Feinstein was the catalyst for the yeshuah. Last year before Shavuos, the couple traveled from their home in the US to celebrate Shavuos in the Old City of Yerushalyim, close to the Kosel. On Motzei Shavuos, on their way to the airport, the couple stopped in Bnei Brak, accompanied by the gabbai of one of the famous kollel networks in the country, to which the couple had generously donated. Together, they visited the home of HaRav Feinstein to receive his bracha. The gabbai described the couple’s plight to HaRav Chaim and asked him to help them.

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Hamas attacked a bus carrying about two-dozen members of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation team at about 10 p.m. in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, with “at least five fatalities, multiple injuries and fear that some of our team members may have been taken hostage,” the aid group stated.
The “local Palestinians,” who were “working side-by-side with the U.S. GHF team,” were on the way to one of the U.S.-backed aid group’s distribution centers west of Khan Younis, the foundation said.
“We condemn this heinous and deliberate attack in the strongest possible terms,” it stated. “These were aid workers. Humanitarians. Fathers, brothers, sons and friends, who were risking their lives everyday to help others.”

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration cannot deport or continue holding Mahmoud Khalil, a controversial anti-Israel activist, in detention.
Judge Michael Farbiarz of the U.S. District Court in New Jersey issued a preliminary injunction blocking federal authorities from removing Khalil from the United States. According to court records reviewed by The Post, Farbiarz found that the administration’s justification — that Khalil’s presence threatened U.S. foreign relations — did not meet the legal threshold required to proceed.

Airfare costs have soared since the onset of the war between Israel and Hamas, and El Al Israel Airlines has come under fire for its role in the spike. On Tuesday, a class action complaint was submitted to the Lod District Court, accusing El Al of inflating ticket prices during the national emergency that erupted after the events of October 7, 2023.
The legal motion, filed by attorney Ilan Verednikov and represented by Tal Rotman and Adi Zitron of the Perl Cohen law firm, contends that El Al exploited its dominant market position to impose unfair price hikes on passengers. The damages sought in the case exceed NIS 2.5 million.