There are readers here that really believe that the Dati-Leumi community are basically "goyim"
They are convinced that it is only their derech that is the authentic Yiddishkeit.
Is Shas worried about losing voters to Ben Gvir?
Shas is in fact worried about losing voters to Ben Gvir running around like a poisoned mouse to stop the fallout after Rav Yitzchak Yosef said the following
“According to Jewish law, it is forbidden to vote for someone who has no fear of God and who ascends the Temple Mount.”
So they publicly invited him to a Shas Council of Torah Sages meeting, hoping to stop the bleeding, and showed a video clip of Rabbi Elbaz hugging and kissing Ben-Gvir.
I really don't remember a more humiliating, cynical, and exploitative event than the current fundraising campaign of the Olam HaTorah Foundation for the seminary girls.
In the past day, we've received calls: 5 from my building,. 10 from nearby buildings Each call more embarrassing than the last, but they have no choice—they were given a target of 4,200₪ per girl, the social pressure is unreasonable, and nothing will stop them.
What about tznius? Is having a teenage girl call random men, ok?
Are they so desperate that they have to recruit high school girls, who come from large families and are busy helping in their homes, to force them to start schnorring?
What is going on?
The tweet below translated
Forgive me, but I haven't calmed down from this event yesterday. There's something particularly cruel about this event.
Thousands of seminary girls are gathered in a hall to prepare them for a fundraising operation for the World of Torah Fund. They are now required to go out and make up from the public's pockets the money that the yeshivas lost as a result of the recruitment crisis.
And they know very well why they're turning specifically to the girls.
These are girls who were raised from a young age that the holiest and most important thing is Torah study and supporting Torah scholars. The entire life path offered to them is built around this idea: learn a profession, go out to work, support a household, and allow the husband to sit and learn. Now, they're taking that same indoctrination and applying it to turn them into fundraisers too.
In my eyes, this is cult-like behavior.
This is a system that stops seeing the people living within it as ends in themselves and sees them as resources for its own preservation. The boys need to study. The women need to work so that the men can study. The voters need to vote as they're told. And now the seminary girls also need to go out and raise money when the model runs into a crisis.
There's not even an attempt here to ask what's fair to demand from these girls. They're the most available resource, the most disciplined, and the one most filled with ideological motivation, so they're being used too.
This is one of the ugliest outcomes of a society that has spent years indoctrinating its children around one supreme goal: at the moment of truth, they can be mobilized for almost anything in the name of that goal
סלחו לי, אבל לא נרגעתי מהאירוע הזה אתמול. יש משהו אכזרי במיוחד באירוע הזה.
— חרדים אקספרס (@haredimex) September 16, 2026
אלפי בנות סמינרים מכונסות באולם כדי להכין אותן למבצע גיוס כספים עבור קרן עולם התורה. הן נדרשות עכשיו לצאת ולהשלים מכיסי הציבור את הכסף שהישיבות איבדו בעקבות משבר הגיוס.
והם יודעים מצוין למה הם פונים… https://t.co/QjWi6GniMI
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Jerusalem and Riyadh reportedly held talks focused on countering the Iran-backed Houthi terror group.
By World Israel News Staff
Israel is assisting Saudi Arabia in its ongoing efforts against the Houthis, including by providing strategic intelligence to the Gulf kingdom, according to a report by Hebrew-language outlet Walla.
The outlet, citing Middle Eastern diplomatic sources, reported that Jerusalem and Riyadh recently held talks aimed at assisting Saudi Arabia in its fight against the Yemen-based Iranian proxy group.
The meetings were reportedly arranged by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
Although Israel and Saudi Arabia do not maintain formal diplomatic relations, the two countries have long been believed to cooperate on shared interests, particularly regional security and stability.
Saudi officials have repeatedly stressed that Riyadh will not formally recognize Israel until an independent Palestinian state is established. Nevertheless, the countries are believed to maintain significant behind-the-scenes ties, particularly in the defense and intelligence spheres.
The reported Israeli assistance comes as the Houthis have intensified their attacks against Saudi Arabia in recent weeks. On Monday, the Iran-backed group launched a barrage of drones and missiles toward the Gulf kingdom, with Saudi officials saying the attacks wounded 13 civilians.
According to Saudi state media, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with U.S. regional commander Admiral Brad Cooper in Jeddah on Monday. The meeting came amid heightened concerns over the Houthis’ expanding military campaign and the potential for the conflict to further destabilize the region.
Saudi Arabia has been engaged in a longstanding conflict with the Houthis since 2015, when Riyadh intervened militarily in Yemen as the Iran-backed group expanded its control over large parts of the country.
Rabbi David Leibel, president of the Torah Brotherhood movement—one of the few rabbis in the Haredi sector who support the enlistment of Haredim and their integration into the job market—is now speaking at the movement's "Yarchei Kallah" conference:
"We need to worry about the livelihood of our community and worry about the security of our community."
נשיא תנועת אחוות תורה הרב דוד לייבל, מהרבנים הבודדים במגזר החרדי שתומכים בגיוס חרדים ובשילוב בשוק התעסוקה, כעת בכנס "ירחי כלה" של התנועה: "אנחנו צריכים לדאוג לפרנסה של החברה שלנו ולדאוג לביטחון של החברה שלנו". pic.twitter.com/LGnYKvgL4g
— יענקי פרבר | Yanki Farber (@yankihebrew) September 16, 2026
Journalist Amit Segal Calls Out Saudi Hypocrisy for Seeking Israeli Help Against Houthis
Devastating blow for NAZA: even Israeli radical left disavows the documentary. Raviv Drucker dismantles Yuval Abraham's film.
The anti-Israeli documentary NAZA faces a stinging rebuke from its own ideological camp. On the Israeli channel Channel 13 as well as in Haaretz, Raviv Drucker, a major figure in radical left journalism, has methodically deconstructed Yuval Abraham's investigative film, stating that he would "never have aired such a piece" due to its complete lack of factual reliability.
The absence of evidence and opacity of sources
Confronting the director, Drucker lambasted a method relying solely on 24 unverifiable anonymous testimonies: "You bring no proof. We have neither their names nor their units, no way to know if they were exposed to the facts. There's nothing concrete to verify or refute your claims." Unable to respond, Yuval Abraham dodged, accusing his interlocutor of passivity. Drucker shot back instantly: testimonies that appear spectacular prove unfit for broadcast once subjected to verification standards.
Contextual manipulation and denial of ground reality
In Haaretz, the journalist highlights the gravity of the editing, which isolates the testimonies from any operational context and deliberately ignores Hamas's strategy. "The use of civilians as human shields is backed by abundant evidence," Drucker reminds us, denouncing the total omission of military infrastructure in schools or hospitals, and the masking of fighters presented as mere civilians by international media.
Key accusations refuted
Drucker finally casts doubt on the central allegation that the IDF would have deliberately struck unevacuated neighborhoods while accepting hundreds of civilian deaths: "I don't know of this case, and it didn't happen." Finally, Drucker notes that Yuval downplayed October 7 and the hostages; Abraham replies to him, "Why don't you just make your own film." A devastating blow for NAZA.
🔴🇮🇱⚡️ | Camouflet dévastateur pour NAZA : même la gauche radicale israélienne désavoue le documentaire. Raviv Drucker démonte le film de Yuval Abraham.
— 🎗️(((SIMON WEINBERG))) (@SlMONWEINBERG) September 15, 2026
Le documentaire anti-israélien NAZA subit un désaveu cinglant, venu de son propre camp idéologique. Sur la chaîne israélienne… pic.twitter.com/AIh62nqHOW
U.S. federal investigators released transcripts Tuesday of phone calls made by an Oct. 7 terrorist who lied on his visa application to get into the United States but was subsequently arrested in Louisiana in 2025.
Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi reportedly belonged to the Gaza-based terror group the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the National Resistance Brigades and only found out about the attack via social media early in the morning of Oct. 7 after it had begun.
Investigators released the call logs, which show that al-Muhtadi assembled a team to join the invasion, as part of their probe into the terrorist. He and his comrades can be heard laughing and joking about the planned destruction as they scramble to join the attack, coordinating transportation and weapons and sharing information.
Calls show that at 8:12 a.m., al-Muhtadi told a team member to “get ready” because the “borders are open.” He told him that others were arriving in a Toyota pickup truck to join the invasion. At about 8:45, he joked with another person about the attack, saying, “Our guys are celebrating inside [Israel],” and that Gazans were celebrating. The pair repeatedly laughed about the impending destruction.
“From now till the afternoon, half of Gaza will be lost. There will be nothing left except my kiosk,” al-Muhtadi said.
“The Jews are still in shock,” the other person said.
“They are still drunk, because it’s the last day of their Eid,” al-Muhtadi said, likely referring to Simchat Torah using an Arabic word.
“There is kidnapping, and it’s a game, which will be a good one,” he added, showing that he knew hostages had already been abducted, which he said he expected would lead to a ceasefire deal.
“If things go the way they should, Syria will take part, Lebanon will take part, and it’s going to be a third world war,” he said, referring to Hamas’ idea that other countries that made up the “ring of fire” around Israel would join the attack and defeat the only democracy in the Middle East. “This war will last two months, a month, or it will be a war of attrition.”
“The guys are calling, I swear by God. They want to go inside,” al-Muhtadi said.
Other calls show the terrorists making preparations to join the invasion, discussing whether they should keep their stores open, transportation, getting coffee, and obtaining weapons. One of them said he would go without weapons because he didn’t have any.
At 9:33 a.m., a call indicated that al-Muhtadi had entered Israel.
“I went inside,” he said, laughing. “Come in, boys.”
The terrorist told the others to turn off their phones, but investigators found that his phone linked to a tower in Israel that morning, showing that he had crossed the border.
Court filings did not reveal the extent of al-Muhtadi’s participation in the attack or whether he had killed or abducted anyone.
Al-Muhtadi’s wife, Nieama Hsnein Al-Ghazzawi, serving as his visa sponsor, filled out his application and coordinated with the U.S. State Department to arrange the visa. Prosecutors alleged that she wrote on his visa application that he had never participated in firearms training, had never belonged to an armed group, and had never had ties to terrorism. They alleged that she did in fact know about his membership in the DFLP and his involvement in the Oct. 7 attack.
She was charged with fraud and is also under investigation for using a crowdfunding campaign to cover her husband’s visa costs, part of a series of crowdfunding campaigns that were used to fund terror groups.
So what happened with the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement?
Turkey recently made a defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, forming what is officially called the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement.
This trilateral pact was signed on August 7, 2026, in Mecca
What a joke!
Day after day, we read about anti-Semitic attacks throughout Europe.
Fox example, today, Arutz 7 reported about three Jewish teenagers in London who were assaulted while riding on a bus . Also we read about the fear of Jewish hospital patients in England due to threats and expressions of anti-Semitism in hospitals across the country
These are merely two examples out of thousands. So I ask, shouldn't the Rabbis of Europe be calling for Jews to make Aliyah now?
Truthfully, the question could have been asked over a hundred-and fifty years ago when Jews began immigrating to Eretz Yisrael in greater numbers. After all, the Jewish People had been praying for almost two-thousand years to return to Jerusalem. Certainly the question could have been asked after the Balfour Declaration when Jews were awarded the right to rebuild their national homeland. Understanding the greatness of the hour, Rabbi Kook urgently called upon them to come home in widespread public announcements.
Again, the question could have been asked some eight decades ago after the Holocaust and upon the creation of Medinat Yisrael.
To be fair, there was a Rabbi in Paris who did call for the Aliyah of French Jews about a year ago and was met with stiff opposition prompting him to take back his words - and The Netherland's Chief Rabbi told Dutch Jews to come on Aliyah before that.
And while the Jews in America have not yet encountered anti-Semitism on the level it has reached in Europe, there is certainly cause for deep worry and the same question can be asked - shouldn't Rabbis in America be calling on their congregations to make Aliyah? We know that entire synagogue congregations are buying apartments in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood of Jerusalem, but do they really intend to live in them?
Any answer from me can be easily dismissed. After all, what does a baal t’shuva from Hollywood know about crucial issues of Torah and Jewish History? How can someone who isn’t a Rabbi speak about Torah Scholars immersed in Jewish scholarship and law, Rabbis in Europe and America who are dedicated to upholding the foundations of Torah? That is a fair question.
So let’s hear the answer of the holy Rabbi Yisachar Shlomo Teichtal, a onetime leader of the Haredi community in Hungary and author of the book, “Eim HaBanim Semeichah."
Five years after a bitter dispute split the Gur Hasidic community and divided families, an unprecedented settlement has been reached between the leadership of the official Gur Hasidut and the breakaway community led by Rabbi Shaul Alter.
The agreement, signed at the courthouse, includes a first-of-its-kind commitment by the official Gur leadership to refrain from harming members of the rival community and to avoid any form of violence.
The surprise development was revealed on the eve of Rosh Hashanah by attorney Shlomo Elboim, a member of the Bnei Brak municipal council and chairman of one of the factions who has managed the legal campaign in recent years on behalf of those who were harmed.
In a special letter to members of the Hasidut titled "A Letter of Peace and Truth," Alboims announced the conclusion of the dramatic legal proceedings stemming from the events of "Shabbat Bechukotai", the night when large groups of Hasidim attacked members of Rabbi Shaul Alter's community in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh and Ashdod.
The lawsuit was filed against members of Gur's leadershp committee." Alboims and attorney Asher Ohayon represented plaintiffs who suffered serious violence, including Jerusalem developer Hezekiah Lev.
After dozens of hearings in the district and magistrates' courts, and with the case reaching the testimony stage, an unexpected development took place in the judge's chamber.
The president of the Jerusalem Magistrates' Court, recognized the potential for a serious public desecration of God's name, and decided to intervene. He summoned the parties to his chambers and formulated an unusual settlement proposal under which the defendants representing Gur would accept responsibility for their actions and commit not to repeat them.
Although the conduct constituted an offense under Section 216 of the Penal Law, the court ultimately decided not to convict the defendants. Instead, each signed a financial undertaking of 1,260 shekels pledging to refrain from committing any offense for one year.
The settlement agreement, which was granted legal force, includes quotations from Jewish sources and the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov concerning Ahavat Yisrael, or love of one's fellow Jew, and the value of every Jew. Judge Harbest wrote that, particularly in the period leading up to Yom HaDin, the appropriate outcome was to reach Rosh Hashanah "when the events of the past have been forgiven and erased."
In his letter, Elboim called on members of the Hasidic community to leave past grievances behind, forgive one another and extend a hand in peace, echoing Rabbi Shaul Alter's instruction .
Secret messages have been exchanged in recent days between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Otzma Yehudit chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, as well as the party's No. 2, MK Tally Gotliv, ynet reported.
The exchanges come against the backdrop of an extensive campaign being waged by Ben Gvir among right-wing voters, in which he claims that Netanyahu intends to form the next government without him.
Otzma Yehudit's campaign is aimed at drawing votes from Likud's electoral base. Initially, Likud sent reassuring messages to Ben Gvir, urging him to stop the attacks.
When the campaign continued, Netanyahu held a direct conversation with Ben Gvir and made clear that if he forms the next government, it will be based on the current coalition's composition and its guiding principles.
As part of the effort to ease tensions, Netanyahu also met with MK Gotliv in an attempt to outline a framework for understandings. However, Gotliv made clear that she was not persuaded by his explanations. “At the meeting with the Prime Minister, he tried to convince me that Itamar was wrong and that he would not sit with Eisenkot," Gotliv wrote immediately after the meeting. “I told him that Ben Gvir was right, and that the Prime Minister has always preferred to rely on left-wing and centrist parties. The Prime Minister pushed me down to 20th place so that I would not prevent a government with Eisenkot instead of Ben Gvir. Fortunately, the people decide. You, the right-wing voters, should vote for Otzma Yehudit, which will keep Netanyahu on the right."
Meanwhile, Likud's leadership is closely monitoring the independence Otzma Yehudit is demonstrating and the possibility that Ben Gvir's party could finish the election with a significant number of seats.
Ben Gvir's party denied the report. “This is completely fake news. There has been no conversation between Minister Ben Gvir and the Prime Minister in recent weeks, nor were any such messages sent. The opposite is true. There are growing reports of concern, including over the past weekend, that the Prime Minister's Office conveyed messages to several countries around the world that Otzma Yehudit will not be part of the next government."
A reported $6 billion deal between Anthropic — the American AI company behind Claude — and Israeli startup Decart has fallen apart.
According to Globes, one of the major sticking points was Anthropic’s reported demand that Decart’s three founders — brothers Dean and Orian Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev — along with much of the company’s Israeli team, relocate from Tel Aviv to San Francisco.
They refused.
Instead, the founders reportedly chose to keep building Decart in Israel and keep its core team there — even with a deal on the table that could have made each of them extraordinarily wealthy.
Bloomberg confirmed that Anthropic walked away from the acquisition talks after due diligence, although neither company has publicly confirmed the exact reason the deal collapsed.
So for now, the $6 billion deal may be gone.
But Decart remains independent.
#decart #startupnation #anthropic #telaviv
Its team remains in Israel.
And so does the technology they’re building.
