Iranian port blows up injuring 700

 

A powerful explosion at the Port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas, Iran, left hundreds injured.

The Saturday blast left at least four dead and around 700 injured, some seriously, state media said.

An Israeli source said that Israel was not involved in the explosion.

In recent months, shipments with chemicals used as fuel for mid-range rockets have been brought to the port. Some of the rockets were launched at Israel.

An Iranian government spokesperson said that a final determination of the cause will take time, but in the meantime, the containers, which were stored at the port - and which may have contained chemicals - exploded.

"NowJewishNanny" Joining Project Mesorah Women’s Poland Mission

 Among the dozens of women who heading to Poland on April 27th for a five day trip to explore Eastern Europe’s once-vibrant heritage will be one who converted just over a month.

Popular Instagrammer NowJewishNanny announced to her more than 96,000 followers that she would be joining the Project Mesorah Chizuk Mission just hours before the start of Yom Hashoah. The influencer prefers to be known for safety reasons as Adina, the name she took on when her conversion to Orthodox Judaism was completed in late March.

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by the FBI for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest

Dugan previously ranted about how she "used the law" to "advance social change for those who are most vulnerable."

According to FBI Director Kash Patel, Dugan was arrested on obstruction charges.

"The FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction, after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week," Kash Patel posted.

"We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject, an illegal alien, to evade arrest."

The mask should’ve been a dead giveaway…

Zera Shimshon Parshat Shemini

 

ICC Appeals Court Delivers Major Win to Israel, Freezes War Crimes Case Against Netanyahu & Gallant

 

In what is being hailed as a potential turning point in Israel’s long and fraught battle with the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ICC’s Appeals Chamber on Thursday reversed a landmark November 2024 ruling that had rejected Israel’s jurisdictional objections to the issuance of arrest warrants for alleged war crimes against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

As reported by The Jerusalem Post, the decision is not only a major legal win for Israel—its first significant success before the ICC since 2012—but also a dramatic shift in the trajectory of a case that had, until now, been rapidly advancing through the ICC’s procedural stages. Legal experts say the ruling may halt the momentum behind attempts to criminalize Israel’s leaders for their roles in prosecuting the war in Gaza, at least for the foreseeable future.

101-year-old Hasidic family matriarch who fled Russia after WWII fatally struck by unlicensed driver in NYC

 

A 101-year-old Hasidic family matriarch who fled Russia after World War II – and was “extremely independent till her last day” – was fatally struck by an unlicensed driver in Brooklyn, according to cops and her family. 

Taibel Brod was walking home from a birthday party for a rebbe around 8:25 p.m. on April 8 when a 65-year-old man behind the wheel of a 2023 GMC Yukon SUV plowed into her as she crossed at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Montgomery Street in Crown Heights, authorities and relatives said.

Brod was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center, where she was initially listed in stable condition – but succumbed to her injuries less than two weeks later, on Sunday, police said. 

Brod left behind five children – three sons, two daughters — and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, according to her loved ones. 

Born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, Brod was among many Hasidim who fled Russia on escape trains to Poland, according to an online obituary. 

She met her husband, Reb Chatzkel Brod, at the Poking displaced persons camp in Germany, the obit said. 

They married there and had two daughters before moving to the US in 1951, according to Brod’s relatives. 

The growing Chabad family lived in Brownsville before moving to Crown Heights in the mid-1950s.

Brod lived alone after her husband died 20 years ago.

On Thursday afternoon, her Crown Heights home – a short walk from the deadly crash – was filled with grieving family members sitting shiva, a seven-day Jewish mourning ritual.

Her son, Yosef Brod, 73, who works as a building engineer in Los Angeles, said his mother spent decades feeding patients at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center. 

“For over 50 years she would feed patients,” said Yosef, as he sat next to three lit candles. “Over 50 years day in and day out.”

Yosef said his mother, who was “very active in the community,” had “goodness and kindness going for her.”

Another son echoed his sentiments.

Minnesota shoplifting bust narrowly thwarts potential mass-shooting planned by suspect: ‘israelliImperialism’

 A Minnesota shoplifting spree turned out to be something far more nefarious — with police alleging the deranged suspect was plotting to carry out a religiously-charged “mass-casualty” shooting within hours.

Mohamed Adan Mohamed, 24, was arrested on April 17 after he took off from a Mankato sporting goods store with more than $2,000 worth of ammunition magazines, body armor and bear spray, according to Blue Earth County charging documents.

Store employees had noticed Mohamed prowling about the shop in an oversized jacket, medical mask and hat, and grabbing expensive items off the shelves without checking the prices.

When they confronted him, he explained he was buying supplies for his AR-style rifle, according to the docs.

Police were called to the scene over reports of a suspicious person, but before they could arrive, Mohamed ran off with the goods as store security tried to stop him. He then leapt into a minivan without plates and sped away — jumping a curb and nearly hitting somebody in the process, the papers alleged.

However, he left behind a shopping list at the scene, labelled “Survival Gear List with Alternative” — which included a sleeping bag, gun magazines, pepper spray, knives, lighters and bow and arrows.

One of the responding officers reviewing the bizarre list remembered a recent investigation into a local man who’d been posting videos of himself pointing guns at the camera.

And the hashtags on those videos — allegedly posted by Mohamed — read “deathtoamerikkan&israelliImperialism,” according to police.

Investigators found that a Sienna matching the one seen at the scene was registered to Mohamed’s address in nearby St. Peter, and determined “there were strong indicators that Mohamed was preparing to conduct some sort of attack in the next twenty-four hours,” which they also called a possible “mass casualty event.”

Investigators searched Mohamed’s home and found an assault rifle and two 3D-printed guns. He was then arrested at his home.

Neighbors said they are saddened by Mohamed’s arrest but not entirely surprised. A former classmate recalled that he had been struggling with mental health since high school.

“We grew in St. Peter together, and it’s heartbreaking,” a neighbor named Dunia told CBS Minnesota. “We just start seeing Mohamed just start talking to himself, not socializing with us, with the kids.”

“He has a very beautiful heart,” she added. “He’s a really good guy. It’s just, he’s not mentally, physically there right now at the moment.”

Mohamed was charged with felony theft, and threats of violence. Both charges could carry sentences of up to five years in prison.

Unilever lays down the law after Ben & Jerry’s woke founders try to buy back brand

Unilever on Thursday said the conglomerate has no intention of selling Ben & Jerry’s — despite a bid by the founders of the popular ice cream brand to buy back the company.

Starting July 1, Unilever’s ice cream brands will be spun off and renamed the Magnum Ice Cream Company, a nod to the division’s other popular company. The spin-off will be listed in the Netherlands as a separate company.

“The separation and listing of ice cream is the option that we consider maximizes shareholder value, that has not changed,” Unilever CEO Fernando Fernandez said on a media call, according to Bloomberg.

Ben & Jerry’s did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Ben & Jerry’s has been battling its London-based owner for years over its freedom to support liberal causes publicly, like protesting President Trump and the war in Gaza, and calling for police departments to be defunded.

In 2022, the ice cream brand sued Unilever for selling its Ben & Jerry’s business in Israel to a partner who continued to sell the sweet treats with slightly different branding.

The companies reached a settlement that same year, which required Unilever to respect Ben & Jerry’s independent board.

Earlier this week, news broke that Unilever allegedly threatened to pull funding for the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, a nonprofit supporting organizations that advocate for prison reforms and undocumented youth.

Unilever demanded the foundation submit to an expedited audit to continue receiving funding – about $5 million each year, sources told Reuters.

“We have not made any threat,” Fernandez said, adding that audits are a valid form of governance and the company wants to know where its money is going.

“It is our responsibility to ensure that these funds are used properly,” he said. “It has to be allocated to areas or institutions that are absolutely in line with the ones that are part of the acquisition agreement.”

In March, Ben & Jerry’s claimed Unilever fired its chief executive David Stever, who started as a tour guide at the brand’s Waterbury, Vt., factory, over anti-Trump activism. 

The brand argued the firing violated its 2000 merger agreement with Unilever.

Unilever responded that it has the authority to appoint a new chief executive, and that it would only make such a decision after speaking with the board.

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, childhood friends from Long Island, NY, founded the company in 1978. They sold the company to Unilever for $326 million in 2000.

 

Sa'ar wants Banks to revoke 200 shekel bills in order to undermine Hamas' economy.

 

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar has submitted a request to Prof. Amir Yaron, Governor of the Bank of Israel, to carry out an extraordinary economic move and revoke the legal tender status of certain 200 Shekel bills.

The goal is to undermine Hamas’ economic power base in the Gaza Strip. Sa'ar explained that Hamas relies heavily on cash circulating within Gaza, estimated at billions of shekels.

According to Sa'ar, Hamas uses these bills to pay its operatives and collect “taxes” from merchants. According to a team of experts, who worked on a voluntary basis, about 80% of the amount in Gaza is held in 200 shekel bills.

“Denying the financing capacity of terrorist organizations in general and Hamas, in particular, is a vital pillar of the war effort,” Sa'ar wrote.

Sa'ar added that canceling a certain series of 200 shekel bills, which were transferred to Gaza in recent years, could deal a "strategic economic blow" to Hamas, disrupting its governance abilities and recruitment mechanisms.

This is for the Idiot That commented on DIN That The Female IDF Are "Not Heros"

 

In memory of the IDF female soldiers who fell in battle in this war while bravely defending the homeland until their last breath.

May their memory be forever a blessing. pic.twitter.com/K0ocHHXcOQ

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) April 23, 2025