1 dead, 2 hospitalized from tree falling on Palisades Parkway

The accident happened in the northbound lanes in Stony Point.

 A pickup truck passenger was killed Sunday when a tree fell on the vehicle on a parkway in New York’s northern suburbs, a report said.

The freak accident occurred in the northbound lanes of the Palisades Parkway near Exit 16 in Rockland County at about 4 p.m., News 12 Westchester reported, citing police.

Three people were inside the red truck when it was struck by the falling tree.

The front seat passenger was killed and the driver and rear passenger were hospitalized, the report said.

Photos from the scene show the mangled remains of the vehicle that veered off the road during the accident.

Police closed off the northbound lanes of the parkway for several hours as they investigated and cleared the crash.

Rabbanute Pats themselves on the back after getting a guy to give his wife a get after 33 years

 

#RealStoriesfromtheRabbinicCourt
Israel’s state rabbinic court released a story about an #agunah case that they recently “solved” involving a woman who got her get after 33 years. Keep in mind that they published this as a *success* story:
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— Center for Women's Justice (@cwjisrael) June 19, 2022

 

In China it's "Shabbas Shira"

 

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/b1o4J9OqeP

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) June 19, 2022

World swimming bans men athletes that dress up like women from women’s events

 

 World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday.

FINA members widely adopted a new “gender inclusion policy” on Sunday that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. The organization also proposed an “open competition category.”

“This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press.

“They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.”

Pearce confirmed there are currently no transgender women competing in elite levels of swimming.

Palestinians Message to Queers "Gay in Dreard" "go to hell

 

Queers for Palestine: “Free Palestine”

LGBTQ in Palestine:

Video from this week in Ramallah #pride pic.twitter.com/rrwlk5w7xO

— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר (@emilykschrader) June 18, 2022

Askanim busy with "asifa"for ladies where they will ban smartphones ...Now the husbands won't have to worry about their wives snooping on them

 

Germany will finally limit use of gas but too late for the 6 million Jews they already gassed

 Germany’s economy minister said Sunday that the country will limit the use of natural gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible shortages caused by a cut in supplies from Russia.

Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that Germany will try to compensate for the move by increasing the burning of coal, a more polluting fossil fuel.

“That’s bitter, but it’s simply necessary in this situation to lower gas usage,” said Habeck, a member of the environmentalist Green party.

Russian gas company Gazprom announced last week that it was sharply reducing supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for technical reasons, but which Habeck said appeared to be politically motivated.

Germany, which has long relied heavily on energy imports from Russia, began significantly scaling back its imports because of the war in Ukraine.

The government has nevertheless insisted that Russian gas will be needed for a while until alternative sources of energy, such as LNG brought in by ship, are available. Over the past months the German government has taken measures to fill gas storage facilities to 90% capacity by November to ensure enough gas is available as a heating fuel through the winter.

Habeck said storage facilities — currently at 56.7% capacity — were still able to make up the shortfall from Russia with purchases from elsewhere, but nevertheless described the situation as “serious" and said further measures may be necessary.

The German government recently called on citizens to cut back their energy use in light of the tense supply situation.

“It's obvious that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's strategy is to unsettle us by driving up the price and dividing us," Habeck said. “We won't let that happen.”

Is the Pope is about to RESIGN ?

 

Pope Francis has fuelled speculation that he could resign after postponing a trip to Africa and announcing an unusual meeting of cardinals. 

Hobbled by pain in his knee and forced to use a wheelchair in recent weeks, the 85-year-old pontiff postponed a July trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan last week.

He also announced an unusual decision to hold a consistory to name new cardinals during a Vatican vacation month and arranged meetings to ensure his reforms stay intact.

The extraordinary consistory will be held on August 27, a slow summer month at the Catholic headquarters, to create 21 new cardinals - 16 of whom will be under the age of 80, thereby eligible to elect his successor in a future conclave.

Israel Should tell the EU "No Gas Until You Cut out your anti-Israel Actions"

 People dining this week on the charming terrace at Jerusalem's King David Hotel were surprised to find at the next table Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.

Given the EU's long-standing hostility towards Israel, it was a bit like spotting Amber Heard knocking back the tequila with Johnny Depp in a Los Angeles bar.

That may be unfair to von der Leyen herself, who was described later that day by Israel's prime minister, Naftali Bennett, as "a great friend of the Jewish people and a great friend of Israel."

She had certainly come to Israel on a charm offensive. In a speech at Ben-Gurion University, where she was awarded an honorary degree, she said: "I have put the fight against anti-Semitism and fostering Jewish life in Europe at the core of the European Commission's agenda. Our democracy flourishes if Jewish life in Europe flourishes, too. Throughout the centuries, the Jewish people have been 'a light unto the nations.' And they shall be a light unto Europe for many centuries ahead."

So she pressed all the right buttons about the Jewish people. The real reason for her trip, however, was panic.

Saudi Calls for Palestinian State in Jordan

 

Jordan’s King Abdullah II (L) in Ramallah with his host, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, 

Ali al-Shihabi, an author and commentator on Middle Eastern politics and economics with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia, last week threw a bombshell into regional Arab politics with an op-ed in the pro-Saudi TV channel and website Al Arabiya, headlined: “The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine.”

Al-Shihabi is a graduate of Princeton University and the Harvard Business School, and his articles are considered mainstream in the Sunni Arab world, which is why his op-ed caused such a stir and outrage on social media and news sites in Jordan. Former Jordanian Information Minister Muhammad al-Momani responded in an article headlined, “The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine – unrealistic, illogical, and not patriotic.” Some in Jordan have suggested that al-Shihabi’s article was part of a Saudi-Israeli plot designed to “bring the Palestinian issue to an end at the expense of the Palestinian people and the expense of Jordan.”