BREAKING: Gazans raided UNWRA facilities and looted the mass supply of aid. This aid was being hoarded and guarded by Hamas.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 3, 2025
What were Hamas stockpiles of food doing in an UNWRA facility? pic.twitter.com/ZTYJMjjj8j
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) April 3, 2025
One of the biggest names in digital banking has officially shut down its app, sending millions scrambling to make sure they have a way of sending money.
Zelle, which has 150 million customers in the US, will no longer allow users to make payments through their stand-alone app.
The company initially warned users that their app was shutting down its payment services on October 31, 2024, and on Tuesday, the change went into effect.
Although millions of Americans use Zelle to pay their rent, pay bills, and send money to friends and family, the company noted that only two percent of these transactions take place on the stand-alone app itself.
The vast majority of users actually access Zelle through their bank, which led the digital payment giant to decide it was time to cut their app.
Zelle launched in 2017 with the backing of 30 banks operating in the US, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo.
As of 2025, over 2,200 different banks and credit unions in the US offer customers the ability to use Zelle through their own banking apps - accounting for 98 percent of the company's financial transactions.
With the writing on the wall for their underused app, Zelle told anyone still sending money directly through the company to immediately sign up for their bank's online services, which will continue to work with Zelle.
In October, Zelle officials said in a blog post: 'This change will not impact the vast majority of consumers who use Zelle to send or receive money.'
To their point, the process has become incredibly convenient for those sending money through Zelle using their bank's app.
The feature even allows people to easily send money by scrolling through their phone contacts.
Once you log into your bank's app - whether that's Chase, TD Bank, or any other institution - customers will see a Zelle logo somewhere on the screen, giving them the option to send money or make payments.
Once you tap it, your smartphone's contact list pops up, eliminating the need for writing down long account numbers.
If the person you want to send money to has the email or phone number sitting in your contacts registered with a bank, you're all set - Zelle and your bank know where the money is headed.
If the person receiving the funds hasn't signed up for Zelle, they'll receive an email or text letting them know they have money ready to claim after signing up.
'Users of the app will continue to be able to access it, but the app will be dedicated to consumer education about scams and fraud and provide a list of the more than 2,200 banks and credit unions that offer Zelle,' the company explained.
Since 2017, Zelle has become the go-to peer-to-peer payment system in the country, even as they compete with rivals Venmo and Cash App.
Last year, Zelle processed over $1 trillion in payments across 3.6 billion different banking transactions.
It's a 28-percent bump over Zelle's 2023 total of $806 billion processed.
In 2023, Venmo only processed approximately $270 billion and Cash App came in at around $248 billion.
The biggest advantage the digital platform has may be its focus on direct bank-to-bank transfers without holding your money in another account on the app.
With apps like Venmo, the money someone transfers to your account first lands in a Venmo wallet, where it can take a few days to process before it shows up in your actual bank account.
However, you can get that money faster if you pay a fee for an instant bank transfer.
Zelle, on the other hand, does not charge extra fees to move your money instantly.
JUST IN: Democrats Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, and the DNC have filed a lawsuit against President Trump to stop his executive order banning non-citizens from voting in U.S. elections.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) April 2, 2025
Now, why would they do that? pic.twitter.com/3Yn6BmQmmh
And this is,
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the U.S. Border Chief, Aaron Heitke who served under 5 different Administrations:
CONFIRMS BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT,
— Was ordered by the Biden-Harris administration the cover-up, concealment, and manipulation of data on the border crisis and deliberately… pic.twitter.com/Wry5E6dPNn
🚨BREAKING: Tens of thousands are taking to the streets in Beit Lahia, Northern Gaza, in renewed anti-Hamas protests. Crowds are chanting, "Hamas out out!" pic.twitter.com/IUgebp1gCG
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) April 2, 2025
Philip Saada remains in critical condition at Maimonides Medical Center, officials told The Post after visiting the grieving family.
“It’s heartbreaking,” city Comptroller Brad Lander said as he left the Brooklyn home after visiting with the family as they sat shiva. “He’s still in critical condition. He lost one kidney but they are hopeful about his prognosis.”
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams also stopped by to express her condolences.
“My heart breaks for this family,” Adams said. “I will continue to pray for this family.”
Philip was the only member of his family at the scene to survive the heartbreaking Saturday afternoon crash on Ocean Parkway.
His father, Sidney Saada, was home with the couple’s youngest child at the time.
His 32-year-old wife, Natasha Saada, was crossing the street after leaving a synagogue with the three children — Philip, Diana, 8, and Debra, 5 — when they were mowed down and killed by a speeding car, police said.
Miriam Yarimi, a Brooklyn wigmaker who suffered minor injuries, was charged with three counts of second-degree manslaughter, three counts of criminally negligent homicide and four counts of second-degree assault for the other four people hurt in the crash.
She is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning.
Yarimi, 35, was driving nearly double the speed limit when her Audi allegedly struck an Uber, flipped and mowed down the family, police and sources said.
She allegedly had a suspended license, and the Audi she was driving was uninsured and had an expired registration when she allegedly blew past a red light, police and sources said.
The controversial wigmaker has a history of posting bizarre and paranoid conspiracy theories on social media, and neighbors said she has claimed she is being followed by the CIA.
Yarimi also has a troubled history with the NYPD — she successfully sued the department claiming she was repeatedly raped by a Brooklyn cop starting when she was 14 years old and settled for $2 million.
In January, she filed a notice of claim — which signals an intent to sue — alleging she was manhandled by cops in October when they showed up to her home to take her to the hospital for a psych evaluation.
She has been held at Bellevue Hospital since the Saturday afternoon accident pending her arraignment.
Also hurt in the crash were another Brooklyn mom and her three children, who were passengers in the Uber and were injured but survived, as did the 63-year-old Uber driver.
“I got knocked out,” Mahbuba Ahmedova, 35, told The Post through tears Tuesday. “When I opened my eyes, I saw two kids were killed, and I thought they were my kids.”
“But my kids were sitting down” on the street, she said.
Ahmedova said her 12-year-old son and daughters, 6 and 4, were bruised and battered in the wreck.
He is a 33-year-old Muslim and a harsh critic of Israel running to lead the city that has the world’s largest Jewish population.
He accuses Israel of “committing a genocide” in Gaza and counts among his high-profile supporters and fundraisers two notorious antisemites, Linda Sarsour and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
He is also an avowed socialist whose quest to lead the city that sits at the heart of American capitalism has been endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America.
A Bernie Sanders acolyte, he believes free is the right price for passengers on city buses. He also wants to freeze rents in the city’s 1 million rent-stabilized apartments.
He promises to raise the city’s minimum wage to $30 an hour and make child care free while also raising the wages of child care workers.
And to address the high cost of groceries, he would open a government-run grocery store in each of the five boroughs that, he claims, could offer lower prices than privately owned stores.
He would, of course, pay for all this government largesse by raising taxes on the “wealthy,” most of whom would be smart enough to flee before he gets the chance.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Har Habayis in Jerusalem on Wednesday, just days before the start of Pesach. His appearance at the site reflects his ongoing advocacy for increasing Jewish presence and prayer rights at the location, which holds profound religious significance in Judaism.
Ben-Gvir, who temporarily stepped away from his government position earlier this year before returning, has made several visits to the Har Habayis since assuming office in late 2022. One of his most notable visits took place on Tisha B’Av in August 2024, a date of particular historical and religious significance.
According to figures released by the organization Beyadenu, more than 52,000 Jewish individuals ascended Har Habayis over the course of the Jewish year 5784 (2023–2024). This marks a 14% increase compared to the previous year, making it the highest recorded number since 1967.
The Har habayis is considered the most sacred site in Judaism. It is the location of the First and Second Temples, and associated with the Binding of Isaac, it has remained a central focus of Jewish worship and identity throughout history.
Hungary is expected to announce during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official state visit on Thursday that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court in The Hague and that it is moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, JNS has learned.
The diplomatic moves would serve to strengthen the alliance between Hungary, Israel and the United States at a time of fractious divisions over foreign policy within the European Union.
The Israeli leader travels to Budapest late Wednesday night to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday as part of an official four-day visit.
Netanyahu’s rare wartime trip to Hungary is his first visit to Europe since the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him and Yoav Gallant, his former defense minister, last year for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. His wife, Sara Netanyahu, will accompany him on the visit.
Orban had invited Netanyahu to visit Budapest the day after the ICC decision last year, and said he would not enforce the arrest warrant.
The long-planned embassy decision, which had been delayed by the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which triggered the 17-month-long war in Gaza, would make Hungary the first country in the European Union to open an embassy in Israel’s capital in the wake of the landmark move promulgated by the United States in 2017 under the first Trump administration.
Hungarian officials reached in Budapest declined to comment on Wednesday ahead of the summit meeting, citing diplomatic protocol.
Hungary’s Honorary Consul in Israel said bilateral ties were stronger than ever before, and Hungary under Orbán was “by far” the strongest ally Israel has in the European Union.
“The relations between Hungary and Israel are excellent, and develop every day to an additional level,” Honorary Consul David Wiernik told JNS on Wednesday. “The recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and the move to Jerusalem, is very important to the State of Israel and is much more than a symbolic move.”
Hungary has been operating a trade office in Jerusalem since 2019.
Two years ago, Eli Cohen, Israel’s foreign minister, announced during a visit to Budapest that Hungary would open an embassy in Jerusalem, but the move never materialized. The Hamas attack took place that fall.
Hungary, which has aligned itself closely with U.S. President Donald Trump and Netanyahu on foreign policy, has emerged as one of Israel’s strongest allies in Europe, staunchly backing the Jewish state in global arenas, and when it comes to the European Union and NATO.
Six countries have their embassies in Israel’s capital: the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea.
All other nations that maintain ties with Israel have their embassies in Tel Aviv or its suburbs due to the political sensitivities of Jerusalem.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in December 2017 set the stage for other countries to follow suit, but the war against Hamas in Gaza triggered by the Oct. 7 massacre delayed such action.
‘Interfering in an ongoing conflict’
Earlier this year, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar visited Hungary and thanked Budapest for its stance against the “politicized and corrupt” ICC.
Orbán has accused the court of “interfering in an ongoing conflict for political purposes” and has called the court’s decision to issue the arrest warrant “brazen, cynical and completely unacceptable.”
Neither Israel nor the United States is party to the court, and the Trump administration has sanctioned them for their actions against Israel.
“City Councilman Brad Lander believes that “ending Israel’s military occupation is a moral imperative.””
– NY Post
Search images for Lander and Linda Sarsour. He supports BDS.
City Comptroller Brad Lander launched a fierce response to Andrew Cuomo’s accusations, cursing the former governor in Yiddish during a press conference on Wednesday. The exchange follows Cuomo’s controversial remarks at a synagogue on Tuesday, where he accused Lander and other mayoral opponents of being antisemitic “disciples” of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Cuomo had taken aim at Lander for allegedly divesting from Israel bonds, In his remarks, Cuomo also criticized Lander for his policy stance on Israel, accusing him of turning his back on the Jewish state.
In an impassioned rebuttal, Lander hit back at Cuomo’s comments with an expletive-laden response in Yiddish, saying, “A beyzer gzar zol er af dir kumen,” which roughly translates to “May an evil decree come upon him.”
Lander, visibly frustrated, added, “Andrew, if you want to question my commitment to my people, say it to my face.” His outburst underscored the growing tension between the two as they vie for the mayoral seat in the 2025 race.
