Saudi Arabia, which was behind the greatest slaughter of Americans on 9/11, is leading a smear campaign against Amb. Huckabee, a former Christian pastor, in coordination with the lie spread by Qatarlson about Israel having a biblical basis to acquire the entire region — which…
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According to a news report on Sunday, an investigation by the Democratic National Committee to discover what went wrong in the 2024 presidential election found that Kamala Harris lost because of her support for Israel and the Democratic Party policy on the Gaza war.
DNC Chairman Ken Martin ordered the investigation but said he would not publish the findings because it served no purpose.
The DNC “completed a comprehensive review of what happened in 2024,” he said in December. The organization was “putting its learnings into motion.”
“Here’s our North Star: Does this help us win?,” he added. “If the answer is no, it’s a distraction from the core mission.”
Representatives from the IMEU Policy Project, a Palestinian advocacy group, met with the DNC and told the DNC that the party lost the election because of Harris’ policy on Gaza. The DNC confirmed that its own findings matched that conclusion. IMEU accused the DNC of keeping the report secret because of its potentially explosive findings, which the DNC has denied.
Divisions over Israel policy within the Democratic Party have created tension between the far-left progressive flank of the party and the moderate Democratic wing. Harris tried to strike a balance between sympathy for the people of Gaza and support for Israel, but while she didn’t break with Biden on Israel, she took a harder stance. This may have cost her votes with swing voters and moderate Jewish Democrats who are pro-Israel. On the other hand, the progressive left that is virulently anti-Israel felt she didn’t go far enough, costing her votes with that demographic as well.
On her book tour for her memoir describing the events of her presidential campaign, Harris said that the Biden administration should have more forcefully criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and shown greater empathy for the people in Gaza.
In her book, 107 Days, Harris wrote that she believed her support for Gaza cost her votes. She said that she had urged Biden to show more sympathy for the people of Gaza and that his unpopularity, which she partly blamed on his stance on Israel, hurt her electoral prospects.
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The Knesset on Monday evening rejected an order to expand the VAT exemption on imported goods, a measure promoted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. 25 MKs supported the proposal, while 50 opposed it.
Minister Amichai Eliyahu and MK Limor Son Har-Melech of Otzma Yehudit voted against the measure. The following Likud MKs opposed the proposal: Yuli Edelstein, David Bitan, Eli Dallal, Sasson Guetta, Shalom Danino, Hanoch Milwidsky, Akram Hasson, and Osher Shkalim. MKs Avi Maoz and Yitzhak Goldknopf also opposed the proposal.
A significant number of haredi MKs were absent, as were several senior government ministers.
Smotrich responded to the rejection by announcing that he would soon sign the order again.
"The economic left in the Likud is trying to harm the citizens of Israel in service of monopolies and for a few votes in the primaries. While Prime Minister Netanyahu is preoccupied with Israel's security, a small group of Likud MKs is focused on petty politics and, together with the opposition, wants to make us all pay more. I will not allow the public to lose," he stated.
“Narrow personal interests will not triumph over the good of the citizens of Israel. I do not intend to give up or succumb to the left. I will, with God's help, sign a new order and continue to care for the citizens of Israel. Despite the left, it can be affordable here," Smotrich said.
“The President of the United States is a man of action. Wait.”
The babysitter found her unconscious at about 1 p.m. and called rescue services. MDA and Hatzalah paramedics quickly arrived at the scene and carried out resuscitation attempts while evacuating her to Shaare Tzedek Hospital. Sadly, she was pronounced dead shortly later.
Hatzalah paramedics Yosef Gotthold and Eli Roth said, “We performed CPR on the baby and evacuated her to a hospital in critical condition while continuing resuscitation techniques. Due to the nature of the incident, Chusan teams—the United Hatzalah’s mental first aid unit—were also called to the scene.”
MDA paramedic Daniel Elyakim said, “When we arrived at the scene, the baby was unconscious, without a pulse, and not breathing. We provided him with medical treatment and performed prolonged resuscitation attempts and evacuated him to the hospital, where the doctors continued to fight for his life.”
The police announced that they opened an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
A statement from Shaare Tzedek Hospital said, “A five-month-old baby was brought to the pediatric intensive care unit in critical condition while undergoing extensive resuscitation in the field. Resuscitation efforts continued at the intensive care unit, but unfortunately she was pronounced dead. We share in the family’s grief.”
Ugandan President Idi Amin aided the terrorists and deployed soldiers to help guard the hostages. While all the terrorists and many of the soldiers were killed, Netanyahu was the only casualty on the Israeli side.
Under the code, husbands are allowed to physically punish their wives so long as the violence does not result in serious bodily harm.
By World Israel News Staff
The Taliban has enacted a sweeping new criminal code in Afghanistan that formally embeds many of the group’s hardline social policies into state law, including provisions that permit husbands to physically punish their wives under certain circumstances.
The new legal framework, approved by the Taliban’s supreme leader, took effect immediately upon signing and establishes updated procedural regulations governing Afghanistan’s courts.
The code contains more than 100 articles organized across multiple chapters and sections, reshaping the country’s judicial system under Taliban rule.
Among the most controversial provisions are rules addressing domestic discipline.
Under the code, husbands are allowed to physically punish their wives so long as the violence does not result in what authorities classify as serious bodily harm.
Severe injuries such as broken bones, open wounds, or significant visible damage could trigger legal consequences, but lesser forms of physical violence are effectively permitted.
Article 32 specifies that criminal penalties apply only if a husband strikes his wife with an object, such as a stick, and causes severe injury, including wounds or pronounced bodily bruising.
Even then, prosecution depends on the woman proving the harm before a judge. If the court accepts the claim, the husband faces a maximum punishment of fifteen days in prison.
Legal observers say the burden of proof outlined in the law creates significant obstacles for victims seeking justice.
Women bringing complaints must appear in court accompanied by a male guardian, typically the husband himself, a requirement critics argue makes reporting abuse extremely difficult.
The code also outlines how punishments are administered more broadly within Taliban courts. Corporal penalties for serious crimes are reserved for Islamic clerics, while husbands are encouraged to administer what the law describes as “discretionary punishments” for lesser household offenses.
Another section of the code introduces a formal social hierarchy dividing Afghan society into four categories: religious scholars, social elites, the middle class, and the lower class.
Analysts say the framework appears to classify individuals as either “free” persons or “slaves,” placing women in a legally subordinate position comparable to dependents under male authority.
Human rights groups say the measures represent a significant escalation in the Taliban’s effort to codify its interpretation of Islamic governance since returning to power.
About six years ago, a Channel 13 News investigation exposed the despicable acts of Rabbi Yosef Mughrabi, the head of a yeshiva in Holon, accused of a series of indecent acts against his students.
Now, background before the sentencing and after he signed a lenient plea bargain, the students who were injured tell of the consequences of his actions on their lives: "Everything continued to go on there as usual, he continued to come to the synagogue, to the yeshiva and to give lessons.
This despicable human if you can call him that, takes a holy even like a wedding and turns it into an orgy of hate against the Government of Israel that grants him millions of shekel a year!
What an ungrateful chazir!
The outrageous incident took place at the Chasidic Beit Midrash at Bobov 45 on Hagai Street, where the Oifruff celebration was held for the Dayan's grandson.
The dayan, was sitting by the "mizrach wall"and discussing Torah words with the rabbis and Rebbes who were sitting at the table, was surprised when a man approached him and began hurling harsh and offensive words at him with tremendous chutzpah.
The verbal attack, which lasted about ten full minutes, came against the backdrop of recent rulings issued by the judge in matters of his lenient ruling on carrying in "reshus Harabam". The large crowd that was there, especially the family members and the rabbis, were shaken by the terrible humiliation and asked to react harshly and remove the person from the place.
But here the spiritual greatness of the Chida was revealed, and at the height of his serenity, the Dayan signaled to his associates and those present not to answer anything. He looked at the attacker's face with stoic calm, letting him vent his anger to the fullest. When the insolent one finished speaking, the judge calmly said to him, "Gut Shabbat," and continued his Torah conversation with the rabbis as if nothing had happened.
Within hours, the event became the talk of the day in Bnei Brak and in the Hasidic centers around the world. The senior dayan, who serves as the rabbi of the Satmar Hasidic community in Antwerpen, is the only brother of the Rebbe HaNagid of Hordanka who lives in Manchester, and is considered one of the most prominent halachic figures in European Jewry. Harming him in any way is considered significant chutzpah.
The Dayan's associates note that this coming Tuesday, the great wedding celebration for the grandson of the Chida is expected to be held in the halls of the "Ganei HaDekel" in Bnei Brak. During these hours, urgent meetings are held with the professionals and security officials, in order to ensure that the simcha passes peacefully and to prevent a recurrence
"We will not accept the humiliation of Torah scholars in the midst of Bnei Brak," the ultra-Orthodox business said. "Whoever raises his hand or opens his mouth against the judge will be met with a determined response."
The report follows assessments that Iran is pressuring the terror group to join the fighting if the US strikes Iran.
Sources who spoke with the Al-Arabiya claimed that the Friday airstrikes carried out in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley were a “prelude" to an Israeli military operation - one that appears likely to be conducted in parallel with strikes on Iran.
The report quoted sources close to Hezbollah who told Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath, both Saudi news outlets, that Hezbollah is no longer run by Lebanese leaders, but rather by officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, some of whom were already present in Lebanon.
According to the sources, the Iranian IRGC officers are not only responsible for rebuilding Hezbollah’s capabilities, but are also personally overseeing operational plans and meeting with Hezbollah teams in various areas in order to issue instructions.
The report added that these Iranian officers also met with members of the missile unit that was targeted Friday in the Beqaa region.
The city of Arad in Southern Israel has been embroiled in controversy after the local mall, the only one in the city, was purchased by two Gerer chasidim, who are trying to make sweeping changes in the mall, including closing it on Shabbat and removing all pictures of females. Secular residents of the town are fuming over the proposed changes, saying that this is an attempt to destroy the character of the town and create charedi domination in the mixed town of 30,000 residents.
“The Mayor, Mr. Yair Maayan, informed me that in recent days an instruction was issued on your behalf to remove images of women or any female representation from all commercial areas of the mall,” the legal adviser of the Municipality of Arad wrote this week in a letter to the new management of the city’s mall.
The letter was sent after the mall was transferred to the new chasidic owners. Following the transfer, the Israeli flag was removed from the building’s entrance, the background music played in the mall was changed, and advertisements containing images of women were taken down at the management’s instruction.
“At the outset, I emphasize that this is a grave, improper, and unlawful directive, one that the municipality will not ignore. This instruction directly harms human dignity, gender equality, and the fabric of public life in the State of Israel in general, and in Arad in particular, which is a secular and liberal city,” wrote attorney Haim Shiman, the municipality’s legal adviser.
The transfer of the Arad mall into the hands of the Gerer chasidim is seen as another chapter in the city’s ongoing religious transformation. This follows the recent allocation of extensive construction areas for charedi neighborhoods, as reported several weeks ago in Maariv, as well as the transfer of public buildings to leaders of the chasidic community.
These developments sparked considerable anger among residents outside the community, and reactions on social media quickly followed. “Arad, the writing is on the wall,” an anonymous resident wrote on Facebook.Another resident posted a drawing depicting a sign that read: “This road leads to an area under charedi control. Entry for soldiers is forbidden and endangers your lives.” The post was captioned: “Coming very soon to Arad, courtesy of the bulldozer backing them.”
One anonymous commenter wrote: “The demand to remove images of women is illegal. Any business that cooperates with the greed-driven demands of this draft-dodging sect and removes such images automatically loses me as a customer.”
Former mayor Nisan Ben Hamo harshly criticized the current leadership: “The mayor sold us out to Gur, that’s a fact. We must save our city. He formed a coalition with them over the heads of the secular residents, handed them all the key positions, and now he complains?
According to Ben Hamo, residents have begun protest actions: “We are fighting. There have already been demonstrations and other protests. For two years now, residents have been struggling. The mayor was not even an Arad resident, he moved here just three months before the elections to meet eligibility rules. Today, residents are extremely angry.”
Former deputy mayor Maxim Okanin expressed a more conciliatory view: “Arad is a city of diverse communities, and that is part of its strength. Property rights are fundamental, but Israeli law is clear: there is no place for the exclusion of women or harm to public rights in a commercial space open to all.”
“The challenge in Arad is not to defeat one another, but to learn to live together : to recognize, respect, speak a shared language, and avoid coercion from any side. The city’s future success lies in maintaining the balance between individual rights and the shared public sphere. Live and let live, Arad must remain a home for everyone.”
Mayor Yair Maayan responded firmly to the developments at the mall: “The municipality views with severity any attempt by the mall’s new owners to alter its character and exclude women from the public space.” According to him, the municipality sent a warning letter to the mall’s management demanding that all measures taken be revoked. “If the violations do not cease, the municipality will act to close the mall immediately.”
Some residents expressed pessimism regarding the city’s future. Local resident Shlomi Tabachnik said: “We are heading toward disaster, and it’s not just Arad, it’s the whole country. I heard the mayor threatened to close the mall. That’s a joke. It’s all talk. What is he actually capable of doing? He has two seats on the city council; they have five. One word from Gur and he’s out of office. By issuing such a statement, he is effectively admitting that the situation is improper. But that’s not all. He brought students to the city, and today several female students traveling by bus were spat on. Arad is in terrible shape.”
President Trump said Saturday he’s going to bump his newly imposed global tariff to 15%, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision blocking his sweeping import taxes on international trading partners.
The increase was “based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social.
“During the next short number of months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs, which will continue our extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again – GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!” he wrote.
Trump announced 10% global tariffs Friday after the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that the president had exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, which allows presidents to regulate commerce during national emergencies, to impose tariffs to address trade imbalances and halt fentanyl smuggling.
Trump had previously said he was “ashamed” of three conservative Supreme Court justices who ruled against him, and now plans to rely on a different legal provision known as Section 122, under the Trade Act of 1974.
The legal avenue is fast, but it’s also temporary.
Trump’s executive order cited Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, which allows for tariffs up to 15 % for a maximum of 150 days to address “large and serious” trade deficits.
The president is “already on shaky ground,” claimed Andrew Hale, a trade expert at the think tank Advancing American Freedom, which is affiliated with former Vice President Mike Pence.
He said the law only applies when there are “large and serious US balance of payments deficits under a fixed rate system,” but the world “abandoned the fixed rate exchange rate system in the 1970s.”
Trump also said he would use other authorities to reimpose tariffs, but these take more time and require official investigations before taking effect.
A fierce backlash is brewing in Yerushalayim after city officials announced large-scale Purim celebrations slated to take place along Jaffa Street, drawing opposition from residents of nearby chareidi neighborhoods who say the events threaten the kedusha of the city on one of the holiest days of the year.
Flyers circulating throughout Yerushalayim on Friday warned of a planned transformation of central streets into scenes of “pritzus and hefkeirus,” accusing the municipality of approving mass mixed gatherings, outdoor bars, and public performances in close proximity to long-established Torahdik neighborhoods.
While tens of thousands of frum families will be gathering for seudos and fulfilling the mitzvos of Purim, critics say the city’s program would create a starkly different atmosphere just steps away. According to the announcement, bars are expected to extend operations into public areas along Jaffa Street, with large stages and entertainment venues set up in the heart of the city.
Residents of adjacent neighborhoods say tensions have been building for years, describing previous Purim celebrations as chaotic, with intoxicated revelers spilling into quiet residential streets. They argue that what was once limited has now escalated into a far more expansive municipal production.
Of particular concern is the reported plan for pedestrian access routes to funnel thousands of attendees through narrow streets bordering chareidi areas. Community leaders warn that this could bring large crowds through “the quiet and holy streets of Yerushalayim shel Maalah,” disrupting families and undermining the kedusha of the day.
“We cannot remain silent,” organizers declared. “How can we watch as the holy is swallowed? We will not allow the transformation of Yerushalayim — especially the areas surrounding chareidi neighborhoods — into centers of tumah, rachmana litzlan.”
Sources familiar with the developing response say emergency meetings of rabbanim and community askanim are expected in the coming days to determine next steps.
Municipal officials have not yet publicly responded to the growing protest, but the issue appears poised to ignite a confrontation between city planners and the chareidi community.
