The Temple Mount Debate: A False Narrative

 What if the debate surrounding Har Habayit is based on assumptions, misinformation, and a narrative that doesn’t match the facts on the ground?

In this video, we take a closer look at the Temple Mount, examine the claims and assumptions that shape the conversation, and compare them with what is actually happening on the ground. This isn’t about taking someone’s word for it. Look at the facts. Look at the reality. See for yourself.

And if our understanding of Har Habayit is being shaped by misinformation or a distorted narrative, what does that mean for us—and for the Geulah?,

We take a closer look at the Temple Mount, examine the claims and assumptions that shape the conversation, and compare them with what is actually happening on the ground. This isn’t about taking someone’s word for it. Look at the facts. Look at the reality. See for yourself. And if our understanding of Har Habayit is being shaped by misinformation or a distorted narrative, what does that mean for us—and for the Geulah?

Hundreds of chickens believed to have been used for Kaporos, were found abandoned in Williamsburg

 

Hundreds of chickens believed to have been used for Kaporos, were found abandoned in two U-Haul trucks in Williamsburg, with many dead and others still alive. 

About 200 chickens were discovered Friday in crates inside a U-Haul on Winthrop Avenue, with activists saying only about 80 were alive. 

More chickens were later found in another abandoned U-Haul on St. John’s Place. Animal-rights activists condemned the conditions, while police are investigating the discovery.

OTD Father Blesses his Charedie Son Erev Yom Kippur

 

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Latest Charedie Candidate for Shas is a Thief!

 

Millions of shekels in public funding awarded to a nonprofit founded by Shas Knesset candidate Dror Amos to assist bereaved families were instead used primarily to fund stipends for married yeshiva students, according to a Channel 12 investigation on Saturday.

The report added that relatives and associates of Shas officials benefited from jobs and contracts linked to the organization, called “Kindness, Life and Truth.”

Amos, a reserve IDF major who heads the Haifa Religious Council, was recently given the No. 6 spot on the ultra-Orthodox party’s Knesset slate ahead of the upcoming election.

The nonprofit received NIS 4.8 million ($1.45 million) in 2024, ostensibly to assist bereaved families in the wake of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, the report said. Yet numerous bereaved families and affected communities told Channel 12 they had never heard of the organization. The outlet reported that instead, more than NIS 2.5 million ($760,000) was spent on stipends for yeshiva students.

The investigation also found indications that the nonprofit was receiving funding for the same services from the Religious Services Ministry and from multiple public bodies — mainly Shas-linked local authorities and religious councils. It also alleged that the nonprofit and private family companies shared an address and at least one employee.

Amos reportedly left the nonprofit over conflict-of-interest concerns after becoming head of the Haifa Religious Council in May 2025, and was replaced by his brother.

Shas denounced the report as a “false investigation” intended to harm the party, while the Religious Services Ministry said Amos’s conflict-of-interest concern “was duly approved in accordance with the law” and that “nothing was concealed.”

Religious rights group ITIM said it would ask Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to open a criminal investigation into the allegations.

ITIM earlier this week petitioned the Central Elections Committee to disqualify Amos from the election, arguing that he illegally remained in his public post as head of the Haifa Religious Council after joining Shas’s slate rather than resigning by the required deadline. Under Israeli law, public officials who run for office are required to resign their public posts at least 100 days before election day.

Amos was a notable addition to the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party, allowing Shas to prominently feature an IDF reservist on its slate despite staunchly opposing efforts by the outgoing government to draft Haredi men. The party has since tried to moderate its image on the issue.

Shas has long been dogged by corruption allegations, most prominently involving party chairman Aryeh Deri, who served 22 months in prison after being convicted in 1999 of taking bribes as interior minister in the 1990s. He was convicted again of tax offenses in 2022 but returned to the Knesset later that year, and remains Shas’s leader.

The party has also faced longstanding accusations of cronyism, with critics alleging that it uses the Religious Services Ministry and local religious councils as a patronage network, directing appointments, contracts and public funding to party members, associates and supporters.

Recently, Shas MK Haim Biton was questioned by police for a second time on suspicion that, while heading the party’s school network, he diverted public education funds to finance the children’s supplement of Shas’s HaDerech newspaper. He has reportedly been investigated on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust, falsifying corporate documents and money laundering.

Only in Israel does an Entire Country Shut Down for Yom Kippur

 

Earlier today, normally packed streets and highways across Israel were almost completely empty.

No planes, trains or automobiles were seen. For Yom Kippur, much of the country simply stopped.

For roughly 25 hours, the usual traffic and noise disappeared as people walked through the streets and children rode bicycles on roads normally filled with vehicles.

A Tale of TWO Men!

 

Let's tell the story of two men...

On the left is Netanel Shakron, 36 years old. 

On the right is Kadri Samara, 37 years old.

On Sunday, Shakron, an Israeli Jew, took some of his six children to ritually bathe in a fresh water spring near his home. 

On that same day, Samara, a Palestinian Muslim, took a gun and went to kill Jews. 

Both men went to do what they considered sacred. That should get you angry enough. 

But, here's the more disturbing news. Samara murdered Shakron as an act of Palestinian terrorism. 

His son was right next to his father Netanel when he was murdered. Samara pointed his gun at the child to murder him next, but thank God, an Israeli Jew nearby had a gun, and acting quickly shot Samara before he could murder the child. 

Here's some more upsetting facts.

Shakron's widow, Dr. Merav Shakron, is left to raise her kids on her own. Without the generous salary of her husband, who worked in hi-tech.

Samara will enjoy a Palestinian Authority paid stiped SIX TIMES as high as a PA public school teacher. This comes from the Palestinian Authority's "welfare" pay-for-slay program, which pays Palestinian terrorists a monthly stipend based on how many Jews they kill. 

Here's some even MORE upsetting facts.

Two weeks ago the British, French, and Canadian governments announced boycotts on Jewish produced goods from the "West Bank." [SIC]. Dr. Shakron, a professor at Ariel University, is subject to those sanctions.

The British, French, and Canadian governments give annual financial aid to the Palestinian Authority. They will be funding the pay-to-slay PA program that pays Kadri Samara for murdering Netanel Shakron.

The widow is sanctioned, the terrorist rewarded. 

I'm so sick and tired of this. 

Here's what else I'm sick and tired of. Forgive me for writing passionately from the heart, but I'm tired after Yom Kippur and out of patience. 

I'm challenged directly multiple times a day by fellow Jews about the exaggerated, and many times, baseless accusations of "widespread" settler violence. [I'm not going to rehash the actual data that shows this is a tiny problem compared to real issues, but anyone honest and willing to do an hour of research will discover how blown out of proportion the settler violence label is.] I have no tolerance for people telling me to address settler violence when they don't even take the time to post, talk about, or even mention Netanel Shakron's murder and the countless other victims of Palestinian terrorism. 

Three of my children have been victims of Palestinian terrorism, I lost neighbors on October 7th, my town needs security and armed guards patrolling 24/7 to protect from Palestinian terrorists. None of the Palestinian cities, towns, villages, or hamulas have guards because they don't need to protect themselves from non-existent settler violence. 

Mamzarani/Satmar Again Calls Netanyahu A ‘War Criminal’ And ‘Architect Of Genocide’

 

אבינו מלכנו סטום פיות משטיננו ומקטריגנו

New York City Mayor, the Satmar, Zohran Mamdani on Monday again accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a “war criminal” and the “architect of a horrific genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza, repeating language he has used since last year’s campaign as the Israeli leader prepares to address the United Nations.

Satmar/Mamdani made the remarks in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, according to CNN transcripts and reporting. “When it comes to Benjamin Netanyahu, I have described him as I believe him to be — a war criminal and an architect of a horrific genocide of the Palestinian people,” he said.​

The comments come days before Netanyahu is scheduled to speak at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Thursday. Israel confirmed last week that the prime minister will travel to the city for the address.​

Satmar/Mamdani campaigned last year on directing the New York Police Department to arrest Netanyahu if he entered the city, citing a November 2024 International Criminal Court warrant accusing the Israeli leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the Gaza war. After taking office, the mayor’s Law Department reviewed the question and concluded the city lacks independent legal authority to enforce the warrant. Mamdani then called on the federal government to act instead.​

The United States is not a party to the ICC. President Donald Trump has said Netanyahu will not be arrested while in the United States. Israel has rejected the ICC charges as politically motivated and denies that its military campaign in Gaza constitutes genocide, describing the operation as self-defense following the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.​

Satmar/Mamdani has previously said he considers the Oct. 7 attacks a “horrific war crime” while maintaining his characterization of Israel’s subsequent campaign. Jewish organizations and Israeli officials have condemned the mayor’s language as inflammatory and a blood libel, particularly given New York’s large Jewish population and a rise in antisemitic incidents since 2023. Students from several Jewish day schools gathered outside Gracie Mansion last week for morning prayers in a public show of presence ahead of the U.N. visit.​

Netanyahu has previously accused the Satmarer Mamdani of fomenting hate and aligning himself with Hamas. The prime minister’s office has not issued an immediate response to Monday’s interview. Protests are expected outside U.N. headquarters during the General Assembly session.

The ICC warrant remains unenforced. Legal analysts have long said a U.S. city mayor has no power to detain a visiting foreign head of government.

Gaza journalist who met with Mamdani/Samar admits he buried Oct. 7 footage of Israeli hostages being beaten to protect perpetrators

 

A Gaza journalist who has met with Mayor Mamdani/Satmar and been honored with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and a spot on the Time100 list admitted that he buried footage of Israeli hostages being beaten by a Palestinian mob on Oct. 7, 2023 in order to protect the perpetrators.

Photographer Motaz Azaiza also revealed that all media in Gaza is controlled by Hamas through a single WhatsApp group — and the terror group will target any journalist who publishes criticism.

Azaiza — who has become one of the most famous journalists in Gaza — was in the territory on Oct. 7, when Hamas marched the hostages taken from Israel through the streets of Gaza, where all hell broke loose.

“People got out, watched, beat them, hit them, and I followed them and filmed,” Azaiza told the Taqarrab podcast.

“But I did not publish those videos.”

“Why? Because I did not want to ruin the lives of the people who were filmed,” the photographer said.

“I understood that Israel would use those videos to identify every person who was there and eliminate them.”

“I did not want to be responsible, even indirectly, for the deaths of those people in exchange for a few likes and views online,” he added.

Aziza also revealed that “every journalist in Gaza” is in a Hamas-run WhatsApp group called “Smart” that coordinates coverage in Gaza. One of the Hamas media directors based at the Rafa Crossing ran it, he said.

Aziza went on to say that he was targeted by pro-Hamas media — run through that channel — when he showed a video of a Gaza resident cursing Hamas.

“Photographers in Gaza have become accustomed to lowering their cameras the moment someone says something bad about Hamas, he said, “because anyone who dares to show reality is persecuted relentlessly.”

He said he had to flee the territory after publishing people criticizing Hamas. He now lives in Qatar.

Despite Azaiza withholding the footage of the hostages being beaten as part of his coverage of the war, some of the hostages who were paraded around the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7 eventually spoke out about the ordeal.

Itay Regev, a survivor of the Nova Music Festival massacre, said Hamas had driven him and others around the streets of Gaza and displayed them like human “trophies” to the angry crowds.

Outrage also broke out when reports emerged on how the body of slain hostage Shani Louk was desecrated by Hamas, with crowds in Gaza cheering and spitting on her corpse.

Along with his admission, Azaiza also criticized Hamas for plunging the Palestinian enclave into a war that has leveled huge portions of the territory — and resulted in the deaths of an estimated 73,000 people.

He also slammed Hamas for cracking down on local journalists who depicted the horrors in Gaza, which forced many like Azaiza to flee the enclave in the early months of the war.

“You brought us back to the Middle Ages,” he said of Hamas. “You caused women in Gaza to urinate into a plastic bucket. This does not bother you, but what bothers you is if someone suddenly criticizes you?”

Azaiza was named among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024 for his nearly four month coverage of the war, where he highlighted civilian deaths and the destruction caused by the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

He has also met with with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani/Satmar, and even attended his election night watch party last November.

Despite the acclaim, he said he is haunted by what he saw in the Gaza Strip during the war.

“Gaza is the most toxic place in the world. You love it, but at the same time you hate it. You love it, but it hurts you and destroys you,” he said.

“The reality there forced things upon me that I never wanted — the price we pay to satisfy leaders who do not count us is simply unimaginable.”

Missing!! Yehuda Sferka, 24, was last seen in Jerusalem on July 20.

 

The Israel Police on Sunday appealed to the public for assistance in locating Yehuda Sferka, 24, who has been missing since July 20, 2026.

Sferka was last seen on Shaarei Chesed Street in Jerusalem. Police said they believe he may have traveled to northern Israel, specifically the Tiberias and Mount Meron areas.

Sferka is approximately 1.70 meters (5 feet, 7 inches) tall, with dark hair and green eyes. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, dark pants and a black kippah.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to contact the Lev HaBira Police Station at 02-5381550

 or the Israel Police emergency hotline at 100.

Yeshiva students end Yom Kippur with song and dance

Students at the Akko (Acre) Yeshiva concluded the Yom Kippur prayers by singing, "Next Year in Rebuilt Jerusalem," and dancing together.

At the Sderot Yeshiva, students were filmed after the conclusion of the fast singing a heartfelt verse from the prayers.