Kanye West Meets with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, Apologizing for Antisemitic Remarks

 

Either way, whether this story is true or not,  this Pinto character himself is a shady guy!

A video currently making the rounds on social media reportedly shows Kanye West—who recently faced backlash for antisemitic statements—meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto. In the footage, West is heard saying:

“I’m taking accountability for my recent antisemitic statements, attributing it to bipolar disorder. I really just appreciate you embracing me with open arms and allowing me to make amends.”

The meeting appears to be a private, in‑person conversation, though the exact date, time and full context of the encounter have not yet been verified by independent sources. Rabbi Pinto, who leads the global Shuva Israel network, is seen listening attentively in the video, but his office has not issued a formal statement confirming the encounter or the remarks.

Social media users are already reacting strongly to the clip: some praise West for taking responsibility and acknowledging his actions, while others remain skeptical about his attribution of his remarks to bipolar disorder and question whether the meeting represents a sincere turnaround or a public relations maneuver.

Given the seriousness of West’s past statements and the sensitivity around his public comments, this video could mark a significant moment—if authentic—in his attempt at amends. Verification remains pending, and fact‑checking organizations have yet to publish a definitive confirmation of the video’s authenticity.

Iran Jails Iranian American Jewish Man for Visiting Israel

An Iranian American Jewish man from Long Island has been sentenced to prison in Iran for traveling to Israel 13 years ago to celebrate his son’s bar mitzvah, The New York Times reports.

According to family members, Kamran Hekmati, a 70-year-old jeweler and resident of Great Neck, was arrested in Tehran earlier this year and later sentenced to four years in prison for violating a law that bans Iranians from visiting Israel. Hekmati, who holds dual U.S.-Iranian citizenship, had returned to Iran in May for a short visit and was detained in July at Tehran’s Evin Prison.

In late August, Iran’s Revolutionary Court convicted him without allowing legal representation, family members told the Times. His sentence was later reduced to two years, though no court date for his appeal has been set. Relatives say they are pleading for his release on humanitarian grounds, citing his deteriorating health and ongoing battle with aggressive bladder cancer.

The case marks a rare instance of Iran imprisoning a Jewish dual citizen solely for visiting Israel for personal, religious reasons. Rights advocates and Jewish organizations have condemned the arrest as politically motivated, saying it highlights Iran’s pattern of detaining foreign nationals and using them as bargaining chips in diplomatic negotiations.

“The Iranian regime has a long history of unjustly detaining other countries’ citizens,” the U.S. State Department said in a statement quoted by the Times, calling on Tehran to “release these individuals immediately.”

Hekmati, who owns a jewelry business in Manhattan’s Diamond District, is described by relatives as a devoted family man, active synagogue member, and proud Iranian American who maintained deep ties to his heritage. “It’s heartbreaking,” one cousin told the Times. “The country he loved so much is now holding him hostage.”

Iran is believed to be holding at least four American citizens at present, including Hekmati and several journalists, according to rights groups. His detention comes amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Jerusalem following recent military exchanges.

For Long Island’s Iranian Jewish community — one of the largest outside of Iran — Hekmati’s case has become a chilling reminder of the risks facing dual nationals and a test of whether quiet diplomacy can secure his freedom.

 

There will be no phase B in Gaza

 

At the Knesset session held in honor of US President Donald Trump, a gathering marked by flattery, obsequiousness, and a loss of national self-respect, Trump promised us a historic peace agreement with the Arab and Muslim world. In practice, however, Israel finds itself facing a Hamas organization that enjoys American protection and is rebuilding its strength in the Gaza Strip under that very umbrella.

From the outset, there was an unbridgeable gulf between Phase A of the deal, ending the fighting and returning our hostages and fallen soldiers, and the lofty vision of peace on earth between Israel and the Arab and Islamic states, which, under the terms of the agreement, includes the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Yet it turns out that even within the framework of Phase Am, the easier part of the agreement, Hamas has failed to meet its commitments. Instead, it is playing its usual game, testing Israel's limits and, even more so, those of the United States. Washington, for its part, is buying the false promises Hamas is selling and remains convinced, as President Trump repeatedly assures us after being "educated" by his friends in Turkey and Qatar, that "Hamas will behave properly."

The real problem lies in Phase B of the agreement, whose implementation depends on three "miracles": first, the disarmament of Hamas; second, the establishment of a non-Hamas Palestinian government to administer Gaza; and third, the deployment of an international force to maintain order in the Strip.

But who exactly is supposed to disarm Hamas? The Lebanese precedent teaches us that, contrary to the hopes and illusions underpinning the flimsy ceasefire agreement signed in November 2024, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite terrorist organization, has shown no willingness to even consider disarmament. Lebanon's government and army are neither willing nor able to compel it to do so.

Hezbollah, therefore, remains standing strong and is rebuilding its power, while Israel contents itself with limited "campaigns between wars" that barely scratch Hezbollah's capabilities or its determination to stage a political and military comeback in Lebanon and against Israel.

And in Gaza, just like in Lebanon, Hamas has already declared that it will not disarm. Many speak on its behalf, promising that the organization may consider it someday, but both its leadership and its actions on the ground show otherwise. After all, Hamas did not fight for two years, paying a heavy price in destruction and lives, only to simply surrender and vanish.

Hamas is signaling that it is in Gaza to stay, this time under the cover of an agreement and, effectively, under American protection. Washington has repeatedly intervened to restrain and limit Israel's actions, and it will continue to do so in the future.

The challenge facing Israel is clear and is one it has avoided confronting for more than two years: What should be done about Gaza? And what should be done about Hamas, which is gradually restoring its capabilities, not to the level of a pre-October 7 military threat, but certainly as a governing and military force capable of controlling Gaza? All this while Israel, due to American opposition, cannot and will not reoccupy the Strip.

Israel has therefore failed in its effort to defeat Hamas and is unprepared to deal with it diplomatically. It is now evident that Phase B of the agreement will not materialize, that Hamas will refuse to disarm, and that no international force will enter Gaza to confront it, except perhaps forces from Turkey or Qatar, which would gladly come to assist Hamas.

Israel must therefore prepare for a reality of a living, breathing, and kicking Hamas—albeit weakened and battered—continuing to operate freely in the Gaza Strip under the very deal it signed.

Zohran Mamdani is not antisemitic Says a Satmar Shvantz ..Meanwhile Hamas Congratulates him!

 

This article from The Jerusalem Post appeared before the election!

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is "not an antisemite," leaders of the antizionist haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Satmar community wrote in the upcoming edition of weekly community newspaper Der Blatt.

Screenshots of the article in the newspaper, dated for Friday, were shared by Jewish NYC journalists on Wednesday.

"From the first minute he was very open with the rabbis [of the Satmar community] about the war in Israel, he’s a very liberal Muslim," the letter continued.

The Satmar community in New York is split based on which son of the previous grand rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum is recognized as the legitimate heir.(He chose the younger one R Zalman Leib)

'Vicious campaign portraying Mamdani as antisemitic is false and dangerous'

Der Blatt is the outlet of the followers of Aaron Teitelbaum, However, the other Satmar community, which follows Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, also issued a similar statement, condemning the "vicious campaign" portraying Mamdani as an antisemite as "false and dangerous."

Mamdani visited Satmar community leaders during the Sukkot festival on October 10.

Hamas is literally congratulating Zohran Mamdani.

RIP NYC. pic.twitter.com/hRpDdYXzDU

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) November 5, 2025

Shocking Story of a Meeting that a Family whose Daughtered was murdered had with Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi

 

Rabbi Eitan and Shira Shnerb, the parents of Rina Shnerb, H’yd, who was murdered in a terror attack in 2019, told Arutz Sheva about a shocking and painful meeting they had with disgraced Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, which gave them a glimpse of the liberal views of the military justice system toward murderous terrorists.

“One day, the phone rang at our home: ‘Hello, Shnerb family, Eitan and Shira, you are invited to a meeting with the Military Advocate General and the Chief Military Prosecutor in a few days,'” the Shnerbs said.

“We asked ourselves, ‘What did we do to deserve such an honor?’ When we arrived, we couldn’t believe what the meeting was about: the Military Advocate General and the prosecutor tried to persuade us to agree to plea bargains that would see our daughter Rina’s murderers released within a few years. Why? To avoid a long trial—and other such shallow arguments.”

“We couldn’t believe it. We asked, ‘You want to reach plea bargains to release terrorists who were already freed from prison, returned to terror, and murdered and injured Israelis—just to close the case quickly?’ Their response was, ‘Don’t you want to put this story behind you? Don’t you want to rest?’ We replied that we were thinking of all of Am Yisrael, not only of our personal feelings or our own case. It seemed they had never heard such words before. Instead of changing their approach, they mocked us. We were shocked, hurt, and deeply disappointed. We couldn’t believe this was the view of the Military Advocate General.”

Shortly later, the Shnerbs realized that ex-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar held similar views. “A few weeks later, we received an invitation to meet with the then-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, who also tried to persuade us to agree to plea bargains. We asked him, ‘But why? Why release murderers without a proper trial or punishment? Why not let them rot in prison for the rest of their lives?’ Bar responded, ‘I’m afraid of the Supreme Court,’ and said that the Military Advocate General was also involved in the matter.”

“You have to understand that the Sde Teiman issue is only part of the story,” the Shnerbs emphasized. “The Military Advocate General, the prosecutor, and the former Shin Bet chief had weak and liberal views that led to the release of terrorists through absurd plea bargains—views that affect the entire military justice system.”

They provided hair-raising examples of the weaknesses in the military justice system. “Hearings in the military courts are run by the terrorists’ defense attorneys, who themselves are members of terrorist organizations. Here are some examples: The dates of hearing are set by the murderers’ attorneys. These attorneys shut down the military court at Ofer Prison for weeks because they claimed there was a shortage of parking spaces and coffee rooms. The attorneys arrive late to hearings; attorneys who are unrelated to the case walk in and out of the courtroom with total disrespect for the ongoing murder trial; there are attorneys who speak with unimaginable insolence to the military judges—who represent the state—and to us, the bereaved family. And nothing is done about it.”

“At the same time, the military justice system prevents us, Rina’s family, from being present at many of the hearings, doesn’t update us on developments, and prefers that we stay out of the process. And where are the judges? When the heads of the system are weak, it trickles down. The court is liberal, doesn’t fight back, and doesn’t protest enough against the insolence during the hearings. Baruch Hashem, our lawyers still have the will to fight and to win.”

“Today, we must all offer thanks and praise to Hakadosh Baruch Hu that the truth is coming to light,” the Shnerbs concluded. “Those who acted and made decisions that endangered the citizens of the state are leaving the system, and this is the time for a major and vital change in the military prosecution.”

8 SUSPECTS and Growing in the Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi Scandal

 A police representative said in court on Wednesday that top officials in the military prosecution are maintaining a “bond of silence” about the leak of the Sde Teiman video.

Speaking at the hearing on Wednesday regarding the extension of the arrest of disgraced Military Advocate General (MAG) Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the representative told the judge. “There is still a persistent bond of silence among the suspect’s close associates, and we are trying to break it.”

The representative also revealed that the number of suspects in the case has risen to eight, with police having questioned “at least three additional suspects and others as witnesses.”

It was revealed last week that the number of senior officers in the Military Advocate’s Office who knew that Tomer-Yerushalmi had directly instructed a subordinate officer to transfer the Sde Teiman footage to the media was significantly higher than initially believed.

A complete “pact of silence” on the matter was held for 14 months by Tomer-Yerushalmi and her subordinates, including numerous senior IDF officers—no one spoke about the leak they were all aware of.

The secrecy was maintained even after an official internal investigation was supposedly launched to identify the source of the leak.

That investigation—led by Col. Gal Asahel, the Deputy Military Advocate General—did not include the questioning of the people in the immediate circle who had access to the video. These individuals were the first group within the legal corps who should have been interviewed, even as a matter of basic procedure. Some of them, according to the report, might have revealed the truth had they been properly questioned.

The code of silence was so deep that the affair might have remained buried indefinitely—if not for one officer, who decided to disclose the information during a routine Shin Bet polygraph examination.

Frum Maryland State Senator Dalya Attar has been indicted on federal extortion and conspiracy charges related to an alleged blackmail scheme involving a former campaign consultant.

 

Maryland State Senator Dalya Attar Charged With EXTORTION After Allegedly Recording Political Rival in Bed With a Married Man 🚨

In a shocking scandal rocking Maryland politics, Democratic State Senator Dalya Attar — the first Orthodox Jewish woman elected to the Maryland General Assembly — has been indicted on federal extortion and conspiracy charges.

According to federal prosecutors, Attar conspired with her brother and a Baltimore police officer to secretly record a former campaign consultant having an affair with a married man. Hidden cameras disguised as smoke detectors were allegedly used to capture the footage — which prosecutors say was then used to threaten and silence the woman from speaking or campaigning against Attar.

The trio now faces eight counts, including:
• Conspiracy
• Extortion via interstate communications
• Aiding and abetting
• Illegal wiretapping

The alleged victim, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, was reportedly living in an apartment owned by the officer’s family at the time of the recordings.

This case raises major questions about ethics, surveillance, and corruption inside state politics — and could have serious implications for Maryland Democrats heading into 2026.

Former Satmar Chusid now a Woman Congratulates Mamzarini in Yiddish

 

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The legal scandal roiling Israel’s unelected oligarchy

 

 No hyperbole is necessary to describe the tectonic shifts the latest scandal surrounding the now former Israeli Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi could bring about, not only within the Israel Defense Forces but throughout Israel’s entire legal establishment. Even at this early stage, the potential ramifications of what is slowly coming to light are as staggering as they are far-reaching.

Beyond the IDF’s Military Advocate General (MAG) Corps, the corruption almost certainly involves Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and her cohorts in Israel’s Justice Ministry. It may even reach so far up as a sitting justice on the Israeli Supreme Court. The only question, and indeed hope, is that this administration employs this opportunity to conduct a thorough “house cleaning” in the most extensive manner possible.

Jewish FDNY chief resigns on the same day city elects socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani

 

New York City's Fire Department Commissioner reportedly handed in his letter of resignation hours after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of the city. 

Robert Tucker, who is Jewish, will step down from his position with the city's fire department on December 19, sources told The New York Post. 

His resignation came hours after Democratic Socialist Mamdani, who is anti-Israel, defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa and former state governor Andrew Cuomo. 

It remains unclear exactly why he tendered his resignation. The Daily Mail has approached Tucker for further comment. 

A source told the New York Daily News that there were no talks between Tucker and Mamdani's team about him staying on in his role under the new mayor. 

The same source added that due to Tucker's religion and pro-Israel stance the commissioner felt that he wouldn't fit in well with Mamdani and his team. 

According to the Post, Tucker will make a return to running a private security firm he had led before joining Mayor Eric Adams' administration. 

The Post also reported that Tucker was set to fly to Israel later today to meet with a fellow fire commissioner. 

Mamdani's win, which saw him take over 50 percent of the vote, means he will become the city's first Muslim mayor. 

He told supporters: 'I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.'

The 34-year-old directly addressed the president, saying: 'Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up!'