Be'er Sheva Mayor: 'Hide our Tefilin? What's wrong with us?'

 

Mayor of Be'er Sheva, Rubik Danilovich, responded with surprise and sorrow to requests to remove Tefilin stands from public areas.

The stands are a common sight in Israel, consisting of seveal pairs of Tefilin on a small table to allow any who need to do so to fulfill the daily commandment to don Tefilin. The stands frequently include prayer books and occasionally a charity box to donate to their upkeep. They are maintained most notably but not exclusively by the Chabad movement.

Mayor Danilovich related how a woman said "Mayor, you know there's Tefilin on the guard's table at the public school?' He replied, "So what?" The woman claimed "He's forcing the kids to wear Tefilin."

"I asked her: Excuse me, has Tefilin become something in the Jewish state that we need to hide? To conceal? It's absolutely fine if you are less religious and your lifestyle is secular, do you want me to order the school guard to hide the Tefilin?"

"There is no place to fear or shy away from Jewish symbols in a Jewish state. If a child wants to lay Tefilin, let him do it; what's happened to us? Why are we here in this Jewish state? What have we forgotten? You don't have to be a religious Jew, there's a certain value that connects all of us even if you're not a man who wears a kippah, do we want to be just another Western country without any common moral foundation among us? Judaism connects us all, a Jewish state first and foremost," he concluded.

in Germany Merz from the Conservative Party Claims Victory

 

Friedrich Merz, with the microphone, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, shakes hands with Markus Soeder, leader of CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria, at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany,

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II, projections showed.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” Projections for ARD and ZDF public television showed his party finishing in third place with its worst postwar result in a national parliamentary election.

Merz vowed to move quickly to put together a coalition government. But it wasn’t immediately clear how easy that would be.

The election took place seven months earlier than originally planned after Scholz’s unpopular coalition collapsed in November, three years into a term that was increasingly marred by infighting. There was widespread discontent and not much enthusiasm for any of the candidates.

The campaign was dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy and pressure to curb migration — something that caused friction after Merz pushed hard in recent weeks for a tougher approach. It took place against a background of growing uncertainty over the future of Ukraine and Europe’s alliance with the United States.

AfD’s candidate for chancellor, Alice Weidel, said that “we have become the second-strongest force.” The party’s strongest previous showing was 12.6% in 2017, when it first entered the national parliament.

She said that her party is “open for coalition negotiations” with Merz’s party, and that “otherwise, no change of policy is possible in Germany.” But Merz has repeatedly and categorically ruled out working with AfD, as have other mainstream parties.

AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla told cheering supporters that “we have achieved something historic today.”

“We have gained 100%,” he said. “We are now the political center and we have left the fringes behind us.”

Scholz decried AfD’s success. He said that “that must never be something that we will accept. I will not accept it and never will.”

More than 59 million people in the nation of 84 million were eligible to elect the 630 members of the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, who will take their seats under the glass dome of Berlin’s landmark Reichstag building.

Judge Orders Anti-israel Protesters to Pay Rabbi $182,000 Over False Stalking Claim

 

Hazami Barmada (center) and Atefeh Rokhvand (right) protesting the Israel embassy

A judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled against two anti-Israel activists who sought a restraining order against a rabbi, ordering them to pay $182,000 in legal fees after their claims were deemed baseless.

The dispute began when Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld regularly prayed outside the Israeli embassy, where activists Hazami Barmada and Atefeh Rokhvand had been leading protests. They accused Herzfeld of stalking, but the judge found no evidence supporting their claims. Instead, video footage reportedly showed Herzfeld engaged in peaceful prayer while Barmada used a megaphone to taunt him.

Judge John McCabe determined that the activists’ legal action lacked merit and that Herzfeld’s presence at the location was protected under free speech laws. His ruling cited the District of Columbia’s anti-SLAPP statute, which protects individuals from lawsuits designed to suppress political expression.

Barmada and Rokhvand have been involved in high-profile demonstrations, including outside the residence of a U.S. government official. Court filings noted that their protests included disruptive tactics such as throwing red liquid at vehicles entering and leaving the premises.

The decision marks a significant legal setback for the activists, reinforcing protections for peaceful expression in public spaces. Herzfeld had also filed a separate civil lawsuit, alleging that protesters attempted to disrupt his prayers by using high-decibel sirens.

Israeli Air Force jets currently flying over Beirut during Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral

 

Nasrallah and Safi Al-Din’s Coffins Enter Beirut Stadium for Funeral

The coffins of Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safi Al-Din have been brought into the stadium complex in Dahieh, Beirut, ahead of the funeral ceremony.

Defense Minister Israel Katz: "Israeli Air Force Jets Over Beirut Send a Clear Message"

Defense Minister Israel Katz:

"Israeli Air Force jets currently flying over Beirut during Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral are delivering a clear message: Anyone who threatens to destroy Israel and attacks Israel—this will be their fate."

Associated Press Stated that "Bibas Family DIED in captivity" Trump Jr Corrects Them !

 

Trump Jr. Slams AP’s Wording on Bibas Family:
Donald Trump Jr. criticized the Associated Press for stating that "Shiri Bibas and her children died in captivity," correcting them: 

"They didn’t die in captivity, they were murdered. Fixed it for you."

Response to those who yell "what about the babies in Gaza that Israel killed… don’t you care about them’…

First watch the moment Shiri Bibas and her babies were kidnapped! 

 

Total annihilation for those who abducted and murdered this mother and her babies. They must be wiped out from the face of the Earth! pic.twitter.com/rgpzALgAjP

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) February 19, 2025

 

A baby and a toddler were choked to death by terrorists…

A ‘response’ to those who ‘respond’ with ‘what about the babies in Gaza that Israel killed… don’t you care about them’…

WATCH pic.twitter.com/JuPscjVKCz

— Erin Molan (@Erin_Molan) February 22, 2025

Ahead of Germany’s Crucial Elections, Thousands of Jihadists Rally for Sharia Law

 

Ahead of Germany’s Crucial Elections, Thousands of Jihadists Rally for Sharia Law

As Germany heads into a pivotal election today, thousands of jihadists have taken to the streets, demanding the implementation of Sharia law in the country.

65 Countries Send Representatives to Nasrallrah's Funeral ... Begging Israel Not to attack

 

Lebanon Prepares for the Funerals of Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safi al-Din

Reports indicate that Arab nations have urged the U.S. to pressure Israel into refraining from attacks during the funeral.

A total of 65 countries will send representatives to pay “respects” to the two Hezbollah leaders— a list Israel should keep close.

Trump reveals how White House meeting with Hochul went after he axed NYC congestion pricing

 

She came, they talked, he didn’t budge. That’s how President Trump described his Friday meeting at the White House with Gov. Hochul that centered on congestion pricing.

“It was a very cordial meeting and she brought me a brochure with data about the effect of the new tax,” Trump told me Saturday. “It’s something she thinks is good.”

By no means was he persuaded to back off his plan to kill the program by withdrawing the federal approval granted by the Biden administration. “I don’t see how I can back off,” Trump said. “The tax is devastating.”

“Of course traffic is down, nobody wants to go there and pay the price. Working people don’t make enough to add that kind of charge.” He cited the example of a repairman driving into Manhattan from an outer borough. “If a guy comes to fix your television, you think he can just add a traffic surcharge and people will pay it?”

Trump, showing he was well prepared for the meeting, said he raised the fact that the MTA loses much more money to fare and toll beaters than the $1 billion a year the congestion tax is supposed to raise. The agency says it has lost more than $5 billion to toll evasion on its bridges and tunnels in the last four years. In addition, it lost $800 million in fares last year alone when subway and bus riders refused to pay.

“Those numbers are astronomical,” Trump said he told Hochul. “If you let the police do their job, they can stop that. You feel like a sucker if you pay the fare,” he added. “This is so bad for New York. It’s so bad what they’re doing.” Why doesn’t Hochul understand that?

Karma? Released terrorist dead after falling from roof in Isawiya

 

Dr. Dovid Appelbaum and his daughter Nava, H'YD.

Nael Abid, the terrorist released last week to his home in Jerusalem's Isawiya neighborhood, fell to his death from the roof of a three-story building.

Abid was one of 369 terrorists freed from prison in exchange for civilians Sagui Dekel-Chen (36), Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov (29), and Yair Horn (46), who were kidnapped during the October 7 massacre and held in Gaza for 498 days until their release last Saturday.

It is not yet clear what caused his death.

Abid was sentenced to seven life sentences and an additional 30 years in prison, and was one of the terrorists in the cell which aided the suicide bomber responsible for the Cafe Hillel terror attack in 2003, which killed seven Israelis and injured 57 others. including Dr. Dovid Applebaum, H’yd, and his daughter Nava, H’yd, the night before Nava’s wedding, that  injured 57 people.