A Tale of TWO Men!

 

Let's tell the story of two men...

On the left is Netanel Shakron, 36 years old. 

On the right is Kadri Samara, 37 years old.

On Sunday, Shakron, an Israeli Jew, took some of his six children to ritually bathe in a fresh water spring near his home. 

On that same day, Samara, a Palestinian Muslim, took a gun and went to kill Jews. 

Both men went to do what they considered sacred. That should get you angry enough. 

But, here's the more disturbing news. Samara murdered Shakron as an act of Palestinian terrorism. 

His son was right next to his father Netanel when he was murdered. Samara pointed his gun at the child to murder him next, but thank God, an Israeli Jew nearby had a gun, and acting quickly shot Samara before he could murder the child. 

Here's some more upsetting facts.

Shakron's widow, Dr. Merav Shakron, is left to raise her kids on her own. Without the generous salary of her husband, who worked in hi-tech.

Samara will enjoy a Palestinian Authority paid stiped SIX TIMES as high as a PA public school teacher. This comes from the Palestinian Authority's "welfare" pay-for-slay program, which pays Palestinian terrorists a monthly stipend based on how many Jews they kill. 

Here's some even MORE upsetting facts.

Two weeks ago the British, French, and Canadian governments announced boycotts on Jewish produced goods from the "West Bank." [SIC]. Dr. Shakron, a professor at Ariel University, is subject to those sanctions.

The British, French, and Canadian governments give annual financial aid to the Palestinian Authority. They will be funding the pay-to-slay PA program that pays Kadri Samara for murdering Netanel Shakron.

The widow is sanctioned, the terrorist rewarded. 

I'm so sick and tired of this. 

Here's what else I'm sick and tired of. Forgive me for writing passionately from the heart, but I'm tired after Yom Kippur and out of patience. 

I'm challenged directly multiple times a day by fellow Jews about the exaggerated, and many times, baseless accusations of "widespread" settler violence. [I'm not going to rehash the actual data that shows this is a tiny problem compared to real issues, but anyone honest and willing to do an hour of research will discover how blown out of proportion the settler violence label is.] I have no tolerance for people telling me to address settler violence when they don't even take the time to post, talk about, or even mention Netanel Shakron's murder and the countless other victims of Palestinian terrorism. 

Three of my children have been victims of Palestinian terrorism, I lost neighbors on October 7th, my town needs security and armed guards patrolling 24/7 to protect from Palestinian terrorists. None of the Palestinian cities, towns, villages, or hamulas have guards because they don't need to protect themselves from non-existent settler violence. 

Mamzarani/Satmar Again Calls Netanyahu A ‘War Criminal’ And ‘Architect Of Genocide’

 

אבינו מלכנו סטום פיות משטיננו ומקטריגנו

New York City Mayor, the Satmar, Zohran Mamdani on Monday again accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a “war criminal” and the “architect of a horrific genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza, repeating language he has used since last year’s campaign as the Israeli leader prepares to address the United Nations.

Satmar/Mamdani made the remarks in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, according to CNN transcripts and reporting. “When it comes to Benjamin Netanyahu, I have described him as I believe him to be — a war criminal and an architect of a horrific genocide of the Palestinian people,” he said.​

The comments come days before Netanyahu is scheduled to speak at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Thursday. Israel confirmed last week that the prime minister will travel to the city for the address.​

Satmar/Mamdani campaigned last year on directing the New York Police Department to arrest Netanyahu if he entered the city, citing a November 2024 International Criminal Court warrant accusing the Israeli leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the Gaza war. After taking office, the mayor’s Law Department reviewed the question and concluded the city lacks independent legal authority to enforce the warrant. Mamdani then called on the federal government to act instead.​

The United States is not a party to the ICC. President Donald Trump has said Netanyahu will not be arrested while in the United States. Israel has rejected the ICC charges as politically motivated and denies that its military campaign in Gaza constitutes genocide, describing the operation as self-defense following the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.​

Satmar/Mamdani has previously said he considers the Oct. 7 attacks a “horrific war crime” while maintaining his characterization of Israel’s subsequent campaign. Jewish organizations and Israeli officials have condemned the mayor’s language as inflammatory and a blood libel, particularly given New York’s large Jewish population and a rise in antisemitic incidents since 2023. Students from several Jewish day schools gathered outside Gracie Mansion last week for morning prayers in a public show of presence ahead of the U.N. visit.​

Netanyahu has previously accused the Satmarer Mamdani of fomenting hate and aligning himself with Hamas. The prime minister’s office has not issued an immediate response to Monday’s interview. Protests are expected outside U.N. headquarters during the General Assembly session.

The ICC warrant remains unenforced. Legal analysts have long said a U.S. city mayor has no power to detain a visiting foreign head of government.

Gaza journalist who met with Mamdani/Samar admits he buried Oct. 7 footage of Israeli hostages being beaten to protect perpetrators

 

A Gaza journalist who has met with Mayor Mamdani/Satmar and been honored with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and a spot on the Time100 list admitted that he buried footage of Israeli hostages being beaten by a Palestinian mob on Oct. 7, 2023 in order to protect the perpetrators.

Photographer Motaz Azaiza also revealed that all media in Gaza is controlled by Hamas through a single WhatsApp group — and the terror group will target any journalist who publishes criticism.

Azaiza — who has become one of the most famous journalists in Gaza — was in the territory on Oct. 7, when Hamas marched the hostages taken from Israel through the streets of Gaza, where all hell broke loose.

“People got out, watched, beat them, hit them, and I followed them and filmed,” Azaiza told the Taqarrab podcast.

“But I did not publish those videos.”

“Why? Because I did not want to ruin the lives of the people who were filmed,” the photographer said.

“I understood that Israel would use those videos to identify every person who was there and eliminate them.”

“I did not want to be responsible, even indirectly, for the deaths of those people in exchange for a few likes and views online,” he added.

Aziza also revealed that “every journalist in Gaza” is in a Hamas-run WhatsApp group called “Smart” that coordinates coverage in Gaza. One of the Hamas media directors based at the Rafa Crossing ran it, he said.

Aziza went on to say that he was targeted by pro-Hamas media — run through that channel — when he showed a video of a Gaza resident cursing Hamas.

“Photographers in Gaza have become accustomed to lowering their cameras the moment someone says something bad about Hamas, he said, “because anyone who dares to show reality is persecuted relentlessly.”

He said he had to flee the territory after publishing people criticizing Hamas. He now lives in Qatar.

Despite Azaiza withholding the footage of the hostages being beaten as part of his coverage of the war, some of the hostages who were paraded around the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7 eventually spoke out about the ordeal.

Itay Regev, a survivor of the Nova Music Festival massacre, said Hamas had driven him and others around the streets of Gaza and displayed them like human “trophies” to the angry crowds.

Outrage also broke out when reports emerged on how the body of slain hostage Shani Louk was desecrated by Hamas, with crowds in Gaza cheering and spitting on her corpse.

Along with his admission, Azaiza also criticized Hamas for plunging the Palestinian enclave into a war that has leveled huge portions of the territory — and resulted in the deaths of an estimated 73,000 people.

He also slammed Hamas for cracking down on local journalists who depicted the horrors in Gaza, which forced many like Azaiza to flee the enclave in the early months of the war.

“You brought us back to the Middle Ages,” he said of Hamas. “You caused women in Gaza to urinate into a plastic bucket. This does not bother you, but what bothers you is if someone suddenly criticizes you?”

Azaiza was named among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024 for his nearly four month coverage of the war, where he highlighted civilian deaths and the destruction caused by the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

He has also met with with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani/Satmar, and even attended his election night watch party last November.

Despite the acclaim, he said he is haunted by what he saw in the Gaza Strip during the war.

“Gaza is the most toxic place in the world. You love it, but at the same time you hate it. You love it, but it hurts you and destroys you,” he said.

“The reality there forced things upon me that I never wanted — the price we pay to satisfy leaders who do not count us is simply unimaginable.”

Missing!! Yehuda Sferka, 24, was last seen in Jerusalem on July 20.

 

The Israel Police on Sunday appealed to the public for assistance in locating Yehuda Sferka, 24, who has been missing since July 20, 2026.

Sferka was last seen on Shaarei Chesed Street in Jerusalem. Police said they believe he may have traveled to northern Israel, specifically the Tiberias and Mount Meron areas.

Sferka is approximately 1.70 meters (5 feet, 7 inches) tall, with dark hair and green eyes. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, dark pants and a black kippah.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to contact the Lev HaBira Police Station at 02-5381550

 or the Israel Police emergency hotline at 100.

Yeshiva students end Yom Kippur with song and dance

Students at the Akko (Acre) Yeshiva concluded the Yom Kippur prayers by singing, "Next Year in Rebuilt Jerusalem," and dancing together.

At the Sderot Yeshiva, students were filmed after the conclusion of the fast singing a heartfelt verse from the prayers.

 

R' Tuvia Kampe 20 year old of Bnei Brak takes his life just 3 Months after marriage

 

 A tragic incident in Bnei Brak – a 20‑year‑old young man took his own life in a severe manner three months after his wedding. 

ZAKA in a statement:

 A few hours ago, a report was received at the ZAKA hotline about a young man, around 20 years old, who fell from a great height in the city of Bnei Brak. The rescue forces that arrived at the scene were forced to declare his death. 

The funeral of Rabbi Tuvia Kampe z”l will depart at 16:30 from the Beit Midrash Elyon Yeshiva on Uziel Street in Bnei Brak, to the Yarkon Cemetery, Petah Tikva Gate.

 If you or someone you know is in need of emotional support, please contact

 ERAN at 1201.

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A full 654 Jews Ascend to Har Habyis as worshipers pray for hours with police-approved prayer books; National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir joins Mincha service ahead of the fast.

 

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir ascended the Temple Mount on the eve of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) and participated in the Mincha afternoon prayer service together with Rabbi Elisha Wolfson, head of the Temple Mount Yeshiva, and other worshipers.

During the service, Ben Gvir and the worshipers began singing, "Sha'arei Shamayim P'tach," (lit. "open the gates of Heaven").

On Yom Kippur itself, the Temple Mount opened at 6:30 a.m., and hundreds of Jews ascended the site. The Temple Mount Yeshiva prepared full prayer books that had been approved by police and distributed them to worshipers.

The prayers were led by Rabbi Eliyahu Weber, head of the Temple Mount Yeshiva. According to the yeshiva, more than 200 people prayed together for approximately four hours. A total of 654 Jewish ascents to the Temple Mount were recorded over Yom Kippur.

Temple Mount activist Arnon Segal commented on the prayers and the change regarding the admission of prayer sheets and books to the site.

"Anyone who did not see hundreds of Jews prostrating themselves this morning on the Temple Mount while reciting the Temple service has not seen the redemption of Israel advancing by leaps and bounds," Segal wrote.

"On Yom Kippur last year, 50 Jews were detained, arrested, or barred for bringing in prayer sheets - and this year the police themselves distributed prayer books printed by the Temple Mount Yeshiva. We are moving forward. A year of redemption!" he added.

Rabbi Wolfson blessed Ben Gvir during the visit, saying: "We are here with our dear Minister Itamar, who is truly bringing about an enormous, moving, and joyous historic change here. How much we prayed for this, and now we have merited to see it. Great things still lie ahead of us. We bless you greatly - may you act and succeed!"

Ed Sheeran Caves in to Pro-Palestinian Mobs As He Calls Gaza War “Catastrophic And Unjustifiable”

 

British superstar Ed Sheeran became emotional on stage in Philadelphia Saturday night as he publicly addressed the Israel Gaza war, declaring the situation in Gaza “catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate.”

The comments came at Lincoln Financial Field during Sheeran’s first concert since rapper Macklemore was removed from the North American leg of his Loop Tour following controversy surrounding Macklemore’s outspoken pro Palestinian messaging.

Sheeran told the crowd that he had never intended to become a political activist through his music, but said the escalating controversy surrounding his tour had placed him in the middle of an intensely divisive debate.

“I’ve never wanted to be an activist musician,” Sheeran said, explaining that he now felt compelled to address what he described as a humanitarian issue.

Sheeran specifically acknowledged the Hamas led October 7 attack on Israel and the massacre at the Nova music festival, becoming visibly emotional as he spoke about the Jewish people.

“What happened in Israel, and at the music festival on October 7th was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain,” Sheeran said.

He then turned his attention to Gaza.

“What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate,” Sheeran said, adding that his “heart has been broken” by the devastation and deaths of civilians and children.

Sheeran also criticized what he called “systemic injustice” in the West Bank, saying it “cannot be overlooked.”

The remarks came after a turbulent week surrounding Sheeran’s tour.

Macklemore had appeared as an opening act at Sheeran’s MetLife Stadium concerts earlier this month, where he used the stage to promote his pro Palestinian views, repeatedly declaring “Free Palestine” and performing his protest song “Hind’s Hall.” His appearance drew condemnation from Jewish and pro Israel organizations.

Macklemore was subsequently removed from the remaining U.S. dates. Sheeran has stressed that the decision was made by the tour promoter rather than by him personally, saying several stadium venues had objected to aspects of Macklemore’s presentation.

The fallout continued when several other scheduled opening acts withdrew from the tour in solidarity with Macklemore. Sheeran’s Philadelphia concert was ultimately pushed back from its originally scheduled start time after the opening acts pulled out.

Pro Palestinian demonstrators also gathered outside Lincoln Financial Field ahead of Saturday night’s show to protest Macklemore’s removal.

Despite the controversy, Sheeran told the Philadelphia audience that his goal remains to use music to bring people together rather than divide them.

His emotional remarks received applause from the crowd before he moved on with the concert.

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Rosh Hashana on the Har Habyis with Shofar Blowing

 

By Rabbi Josh Wander

There are moments in Jewish history that seem ordinary while they are happening. Only years later do people look back and realize that something fundamental had shifted. For those who are watching the process of Geula unfold before our eyes, however, there are times when the significance is impossible to miss. Rosh Hashanah 5787 was one of those times.

Two extraordinary events took place this Rosh Hashanah in Jerusalem. To much of the Jewish world they may appear obscure, technical, or even insignificant. But to anyone who understands Geula not merely as something we pray for, but as the gradual restoration of Jewish national and spiritual life in Eretz Yisrael, they were groundbreaking. Practices that had disappeared from Jewish public life for generations—and in one case are directly associated with the avodah and institutions of ancient Jerusalem—were heard again.

The first occurred on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, which this year fell on Shabbat. Throughout virtually the entire Jewish world, no shofar was sounded that day. This follows the longstanding halachic practice established after the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash: when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, the shofar is generally not blown. Yet Chazal preserved an extraordinary exception connected to a Beit Din, and the precise parameters and contemporary applicability of that exception have been debated by major halachic authorities.

This year, I merited to participate in a minyan in the Old City of Jerusalem where the shofar was actually sounded on Shabbat in the presence of a specially designated Beit Din. Hundreds of people packed into the room at Machon HaMikdash to witness something almost no Jew alive has experienced as part of the normal Rosh Hashanah landscape: the sound of the shofar on the first day of Rosh Hashanah even though it was Shabbat.

Israel must defeat its enemies instead of containing them

 

By Jonathan Pollard

For the past several weeks, there have been numerous reports describing the IDF’s efforts to increase security along our border with Gaza.

The army’s measures include better-trained and better-equipped community quick-response teams, enhanced border fortifications, and a commitment to the complete disarmament of Hamas before authorizing any withdrawal to the pre-October 7 border.

The fact that so many people consider these measures “reasonable” and appropriate only demonstrates that we have still not learned the most important lesson of October 7.

It seems obvious, but apparently it needs to be said again: You cannot claim to have defeated an enemy while building defensive walls against it and leaving that enemy with the ability to restart hostilities whenever it chooses.

That is not victory. It is threat management.

Indeed, this is precisely the flawed mindset Israelis came to call the “conceptzia”: managing an enemy while assuming that deterrence, intelligence and defensive barriers will keep the threat contained. It was this mindset that helped set the stage for October 7 and allowed Hezbollah to grow into a clear and present danger to our country.