Hamas’s release of their latest fatality list has validated every page of our @HJS_Org report into previous lists. Recent revelations reinforce and prove our earlier findings.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Hamas Lies about Casualty Count Exposed and the Media and Hamas Agrees!
Hamas’s release of their latest fatality list has validated every page of our @HJS_Org report into previous lists. Recent revelations reinforce and prove our earlier findings.
Rabbi YY Jacobson on Why Frum Jews Must Vote in WZO Elections
We are facing a critical moment:
*Progressives are trying to take over* the World Zionist Congress.
If they succeed, they’ll use that power to fund movements that oppose Torah, Jewish identity, and tradition.
DIN: I truly believe that Rabbi Feldman and Rav Malkiel Kotler and his gang of 4, who are vehemently against voting, are secretly wishing that the Progressives take over and that they destroy Torah, Jewish identity, and tradition in Israel!
They want Frum Jews to remain in Chutz Le'aaretz!! Their hatred towards the only Jewish State, a home for close to 8 million Jews, makes no sense, just like the hatred that Arabs have against the State makes no sense! They are deliberately sabotaging Israel at the expense of Frum Jews!
That's why The Lakewood gang of 4 had thousands of Koill Guys slam their Gemarras Shut so they could attend an Asifa against the WZO vote, but turned into a Hate-Fest against the State of Israel. Their featured Speaker was R' Aaron Feldman a hater of the State! That's why last week Thursday they had another Asifa for Lakewood Avreichim and Bocrim and shlepped in an accused Sexual Pervert and vile, vicious hater of Israel, R' Schapiro, who wrote a Nazi-Like Book called "The Empty Wagon," a book similar to Mein Kampf!
Just like the Meraglim, that were the Torah Leaders of their time, wanted to stay in the Midbar and not enter Eretz Yisrael, the modern-day Meraglim are no different and want to enrich their own Moisdois in Chutz Le'aaretz
They are עתיד ליתן דין וחשבון
Trump: I don't understand why Israel gave up Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US President Donald Trump on Monday evening. The American president received Netanyahu warmly upon his arrival at the White House.
The two were expected to discuss the hostage deal, Iran, and the tariffs imposed last week on Israeli imports. Netanyahu arrived in the US directly from his state visit to Hungary - during which he spoke with the US president.
Before the meeting, the two leaders spoke to the press in the Oval Office. "I want to thank you for inviting me again to the White House. You've been a remarkable friend to the State of Israel. You stand by us, you are a great champion of our alliance. You actually do things that you say you would, and people respect that enormously," Netanyahu told Trump.
Regarding the meeting, Netanyahu summed up: "We had the opportunity to talk about many subjects. First if I can mention tariffs. I said to the President a very simple thing: We will eliminate the trade deficit with the US. We intend to do it very quickly, we think it's the right thing to do and we're going to also eliminate trade barriers. I think Israel can serve as a model for countries that ought to do the same." Netanyahu noted that he recognizes the US's position on imposing tariffs on countries that have tariffs on US imports.
Netanyahu also noted that he and the President discussed the hostages as well as the elimination of Hamas in Gaza and enabling the people of Gaza to leave.
Israel was not informed of direct negotiations with Iran
A diplomatic source admitted this morning (Tuesday) that Prime Minister Netanyahu did not receive prior updates on the move announced by President Trump - the initiation of direct talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program.
The source noted that while the possibility that Trump would renew contacts with Iran was considered, it was evident from the joint press conference of the US President and the Prime Minister that Netanyahu did not know in advance about the move and was surprised by the statement.
He added that the fact that the Prime Minister was informed about the negotiations and that the USA has pledged to report to Israel on any developments that arise from them is very positive.
The source believes the talks will be noticeably different from those held under the Obama administration. The source claimed that these negotiations are imposed on Iran by American shows of force and sanctions, aligning with the Israeli insistence that America only negotiate through demonstrations of power.
President Trump announced that the US will start direct talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program this coming Saturday during his recent press conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Netanyahu emphasized that the negotiations should lead to a situation where Iran has no way to obtain nuclear weapons.
Iran on Monday responded to US President Donald Trump’s announcement, made during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, that the US and Iran would hold direct talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
The Islamic Republic said the comments are "a planned psychological move designed to influence local and global public opinion", according to the Reuters news agency.
Meanwhile, three Iranian officials with knowledge of plans for talks with the United States told The New York Times that Iran’s understanding of the talks was somewhat different from what President Trump described to reporters in the Oval Office.
According to the Iranian officials, representatives from Tehran and Washington plan to meet in Oman on Saturday for indirect talks, where representatives from each country would sit in separate rooms and Omani diplomats would carry messages back and forth.
The Iranian officials told The New York Times that Iran would be open to direct talks with the United States if the indirect negotiations went well.
16 Evacuation Flights For Gazans Have Already Departed
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel on Monday stated that the initiative to evacuate civilians from the Gaza Strip is ongoing and 16 evacuation flights have already departed from Israel’s Ramon Airport.
“Over 16 flights have already departed from Ramon Airport – this will increase in the near future,” Arabel said at a conference.
Last month, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered the Mossad to locate countries willing to accept large numbers of Gazan residents.
Israel has already begun discussions on the initiative with several countries, including Indonesia, Somalia, and South Sudan.
Trump Wins Big in Supreme Court ...... Lifts Order Blocking Deportations
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under an 18th century wartime law.
In a bitterly divided 5-4 decision, the court said the migrants still must get a chance to challenge their deportation before they are taken out of the country and said the Trump administration must give them “reasonable time” to go to court.
But the conservative majority said the legal challenges must take place in Texas, instead of a Washington courtroom.
The justices acted on the administration’s emergency appeal after the federal appeals court in Washington left in place an order temporarily prohibiting deportations of the migrants accused of being gang members under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act.
The case has become a flashpoint amid escalating tension between the White House and the federal courts.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Qatari based council: ‘Armed Jihad against Israel an obligation’
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| AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar |
The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUSM) has released a sweeping fatwa calling for waging “armed Jihad” against Israel and religiously banning normalization of ties. This pronouncement, which appeared on the organization's official website and the official X/Twitter account of its president, Sheikh Ali Al-Qaradaghi, represents a striking theological stance promoted by an international Islamist organization during the current Gaza conflict.
Headquartered in Doha with additional presence in Istanbul and claiming to represent tens of thousands of religious scholars from across the globe, the IUSM was established in 2004 by Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradawi, a notorious and revered cleric who led the Muslim Brotherhood axis and was made known for his endorsement and promotion of Hamas’s suicide bombings against Israeli civilians.
Earlier this week, the Union’s “Ijtihad and Fatwa Committee” crafted the edict addressing what they termed "the ongoing aggression against Gaza." The declaration makes several extensive demands, including appeals for a thorough besieging of Israel "by land, sea, and air" while encouraging "prompt military intervention by Islamic countries" to bolster Palestinian armed struggle across multiple dimensions – military campaigns, economic areas, and the diplomatic arena.
ICC sent Hungary a request to arrest and surrender Netanyahu hours after his arrival
The International Criminal Court (ICC) sent a request to the Hungarian government to arrest and surrender Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to its detention center in The Hague, due to the arrest warrant issued against him by the court last year, it emerged on Sunday.
According to a report by Channel 12 news, the surrender request was sent several hours after Netanyahu landed in the country on Thursday, but the Hungarian government refused to comply, and promptly announced it was quitting the ICC.
In May 2024, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan requested from the court that it approve arrest warrants against Netanyahu and then-defense minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The court approved the request in November 2024 and rejected Israeli appeals against them.
The warrants accuse the Israeli leader of directing attacks against the civilian population of Gaza and of using starvation as a method of warfare by hindering the supply of international aid to Gaza, during the current conflict with Hamas, which began with the terror organization’s onslaught against Israel on October 7, 2023.
ICC warrants require all member states of the court to detain and surrender the subject of the order to The Hague.
Netanyahu and the government have strongly rejected the allegations, pointing to efforts to facilitate the passage of large amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza during the war, and insisting that the IDF does not deliberately target civilians.
The Supreme Court, acting in its capacity as the High Court of Justice, ruled last month that organizations that petitioned the court to order the government to increase the supply of aid to Gaza had “not even come close” to showing that Israel had violated legal prohibitions on starving a civilian population as a tool of war or as a form of collective punishment.
In the document sent to the Hungarian government on Thursday, the ICC wrote that its surrender request was “confidential” in order to enable the arrest to be executed. ICC arrest and surrender procedures are often kept secret in order to maximize the possibility of arresting the subject of a warrant.
The document also featured Netanyahu’s personal details, including place and date of birth, and the allegations against him.
“The Registrar requests the cooperation of Hungary to: Provisionally arrest the following person [Netanyahu] when the opportunity to do so arises in the event that he is present on their territory,” the arrest and surrender request stated.
The Hungarian government announced its decision to withdraw from the ICC several hours after Netanyahu arrived.
Lakewood Buiness Robbed of over $4 million in Merchandise on Shabbos Hagodol, may close up now!
In a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood thriller, a group of skilled thieves broke into a Lakewood warehouse, making off with an estimated $4 million in electronics after cutting through the roof and disabling the building’s security systems.
The heist targeted CloseoutNJ, a wholesale electronics business located in Lakewood, New Jersey. According to police, the burglars cut a hole in the roof of the warehouse, used a ladder to descend inside, and deployed cellphone signal jammers to disrupt communications before ransacking the facility.
The robbery occurred during Shabbos, when CEO Yaakov Jacobs and many of his employees were not present. Jacobs said the loss is devastating and could threaten the future of the business.
“We might have to shut down, you know? That’s where we are at because of this,” Jacobs told reporters. “We are looking at probably about $4 million of our costs in that neighborhood.”
The thieves focused primarily on high-value Apple products, including Apple Watches, iPads, MacBooks, displays, Mac Minis and other laptops, Jacobs said.
Police said the suspects disabled the building’s security systems, cut wires, smashed monitors and destroyed hard drives. Authorities believe the group may be tied to a previous burglary at the same location. The suspects in that earlier case were arrested but later released.
The investigation is ongoing, and police are urging anyone with information to come forward.
Chareidim Covering Up Death of 13-year old Beit Shemesh Bochur Who Got Killed While Proresting Against the Draft
*Tragedy: Beit Shemesh Teen Collapses in Bnei Brak – Passing Confirmed at Hospital*
A 13-year-old boy from Beit Shemesh collapsed and suffered severe head injuries this afternoon on a street in Bnei Brak, near a protest held on Route 4 in the area, against the backdrop of the ongoing draft issue.
At Schneider Hospital, doctors were forced to confirm his passing.
What happened?
How did he get his injuries?
Why isn't the Chareidie press talking about this?
Did another Chareidie beat him up?
Will we ever know?
Czechoslovakia Slaps EU in the Face by Announcing Move of its Embassy to Jerusalem
💥BOOM. The Czech Republic is about to slap the EU across the face with a history book and move its embassy to Jerusalem — becoming the FIRST European Union country to officially recognize the eternal, undivided capital of the Jewish people.
— Jews Fight Back 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@JewsFightBack) April 6, 2025
This is a direct F-YOU to every… pic.twitter.com/TD4AwmDL1N
Two MEN compete in the finals of a WOMEN'S Pro event in England.
BREAKING: Two MEN competed in the finals for the Ultimate Pool Series WOMEN'S Pro event in England.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 6, 2025
Literally beyond parody. What a time to be alive pic.twitter.com/l9Yd0wfyP5
Wow Crazy: Muslim Student Says that the "hostages lived peacefully with Arabs" in Chilling Exchange with Charlie Kirk
During a recent campus Q&A, Charlie Kirk asked a pointed question:
“What would happen if Israel laid down its weapons?”
The answer from a Muslim student stunned the audience—bluntly stating that Hamas and much of the Islamist world aim for the total conquest of the world and the subjugation of Jews, as he referenced “The Golden Age of Islam.
Kirk pressed further, asking for an example of Jews living peacefully under Islamic rule.
Kirk pressed further, asking for an example of Jews living peacefully under Islamic rule.
The student replied: “Most definitely. When Hamas had Israeli captives.”
Kirk immediately shot back:
Kirk immediately shot back:
“The Israeli captives they killed? There was a 9-month-old baby who just returned home as a corpse.”
Israeli Supreme Court Orders Attorney-General To Respond To Petition Against Her
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg on Sunday instructed Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to respond within 18 days – by April 24, 2025 – to a petition filed by the Lavi organization claiming a severe personal conflict of interest in her handling of proceedings related to the current Shin Bet head, Ronen Bar, and former Shin Bet head, Nadav Argaman.
The petition states that Baharav-Miara maintains close and long-standing personal relationships with Bar and Argaman, stemming from their deep acquaintance with her husband, a former Shin Bet member. According to publications, Bar and Argaman accompanied the family over the years in personal visits and meetings – connections that have never been denied by the Attorney General, who chose to respond to inquiries on matter with “no comment.”
Despite these connections, Baharav-Miara has personally involved herself in opposing Ronen Bar’s dismissal from his position as head of the Shin Bet – contrary to the government’s position. She is also personally involved in a petition filed by Argaman regarding the government commission of inquiry on spyware – again, contrary to the government’s position.
The petition claims that this conduct clearly violates Shin Bet regulations, the rules of ethics for public servants, and the conflict of interest arrangement signed by the Attorney General herself, according to which she must refrain from handling the affairs of relatives or friends who may influence her judgment.
It's a Reverse World: Zionist High-Tech Israel Aerospace Industries Being Mekareiv Charedim buy Hiring over 400 of them!
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on Sunday reported a steady increase in the number of Charedi employees within its ranks. According to the company, over 400 Charedi men and women are now employed at IAI — a notable figure for one of the country’s most prestigious technological firms.
At a recent conference dedicated to integrating Charedi professionals into technological and engineering roles, IAI highlighted its broad-based efforts to make its workforce more inclusive while respecting the values and lifestyle of the Charedi tzibbur.
“At IAI, we run various programs throughout the year to recruit employees from a range of backgrounds, including the Charedi community,” said Nir Reis, Vice President of Human Resources at IAI. He credited the company’s success in this area to “wide-ranging recruitment initiatives, exposure events tailored for Charedi engineers, partnerships with Charedi training organizations, and job postings specifically targeted to Charedi neighborhoods.”
In 2024 alone, 48 new Charedi employees joined IAI — part of a broader trend that has seen a 45% increase in Charedi hiring over the past two years.
In addition to recruitment, IAI has taken meaningful steps to ensure that frum employees feel comfortable and supported in their work environment. The company has implemented internal web-filtering systems, hosts family-friendly events with sensitivity to the community’s standards, and provides a fully functioning on-site bais medrash.
“IAI is proud to be a place where all segments of Jewry can find a professional home,” said Boaz Levy, CEO of IAI. “We are deeply committed to increasing the representation of diverse communities — including Charedi men and women — within our workforce.”
Netanyahu Lands In Washington
Rumors have it that Netanyahu asked Trump if he could have more cars in the Motorcade than the Satmar and Skverer Rebbes motorcades!
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife landed in Washington D.C. on Sunday evening and were greeted by Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter.
Shortly later, Netanyahu and his entourage rushed to the Blair House for a meeting with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
The meeting, which focused on the 17% tariff imposed by the Trump administration on Israel, was described by the Prime Minister’s Office as “warm, friendly, and productive.”
Update on the Chareidie Guy Who Murdered His Wife
In a horrendous tragedy which occurred on Friday afternoon, a Charedi couple were found shot dead in their home on Moshe Sneh Street in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem, in an apparent homicide-suicide. A gun belonging to the husband was found adjacent to the bodies.
The couple’s names have been cleared for publication: Or Chaim Hamdani Cohen (38) and his wife Esther (35), of blessed memory. Details regarding the funeral, which will take place today, will be announced separately. The couple are survived by their four children, one of whom heard the shots, found them dead and alerted police.
According to sources familiar with the family, they were a normative, well-regarded family belonging to the Sephardic community in the neighborhood. The husband regularly prayed at the local synagogue, and the wife worked in the Atarot industrial zone. She was also well known in the community for managing a central charity organization (Gemach) to support new mothers.
The couple’s children attend well-known educational institutions in the neighborhood. The tragedy has left the community in shock, including acquaintances from the boys’ Talmud Torah and the girls’ neighborhood school.
MDA paramedic Eden Marzayev and MDA emergency medical technician Omri David, who arrived at the scene, said:
“We were led into the apartment and saw a man and a woman unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing. We performed medical examinations and were forced to pronounce them dead at the scene.”
Shira, whose daughter studied with Esther, the murdered woman, said that “She was a righteous woman. She ran a clothing charity. Her daughter is in the same class as my daughter. She has a two-year-old baby, a child in kindergarten, and a daughter in third grade. From the outside, it seemed like her husband was disconnected from her—off in his own world, in his own head,”
Shira also participated in weekly Torah classes with the victim. “I would see her often at the Torah lessons. A classic charedi family. I ran a summer camp a year ago, and her daughter attended. The husband would bring them in the morning. Even in my darkest thoughts, I never imagined it could come to this.”
Despite what seemed like the outward appearance of a family dealing with ordinary challenges, Shira shares something that might shed light on the tragic incident.
“I understood that she opened a case at the Rabbinical Court a week ago—she wanted a divorce. In the neighborhood, we don’t know how to process this. What to think, how to feel.”
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Hear what Pelosi, Bernie Saners, Obama said about Tariffs not too long ago!
1) 1996 Nancy Pelosi encourages all of Congress to back reciprocal tariffs
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) April 4, 2025
2) 2008 Bernie Sanders wants tariffs, says jobs are going overseas
3) 2018 Barack Obama calls for reciprocal tariffs
4) 1988 Donald Trump says foreign countries must pay tariffs
Only 1 hasn’t sold out pic.twitter.com/6jqXqaYALC
Shocking: Chareidie Kills his wife and then commits suicide in Neve Yaakov Yerushlayim on Shabbos HaGodol
Below is translated from Hebrew Blog:
It happened today in Jerusalem, no one wanted to believe that such a thing could happen, especially when it comes in an environment of many yeshiva students, but when they arrived at the scene, they saw how a small child was standing next to his dead parents.
It turns out that the father was angry with his wife - it is not clear at the moment what - he shot her, and shot himself, apparently telling himself that we will not both live, and leaving the child without a father and mother
How does such a thing happen in general and among the Chareidim in particular?
This is not something that has not happened in the past, unfortunately we have heard of cases like this where a husband shot his wife and committed suicide, but the outcry here is twofold, how is it that someone who is considered 'Chareidie' would do such a thing?
How is it that the Chareidie education system brought out such a horrible act?.
It is not enough to wear a white shirt and a yeshiva hat, Charedie education must be so different, that even in moments like this we should know how to overcome and not go so far. There are red lines that existed in the past and we are learning that these no longer exist, something very serious and difficult is happening in Charedie education, that an act of this kind happened,proves that something is sick in the education
They are trying to explain to me with a racist reason that this is someone who comes from a background of '... Knives' and who get angry and hit each other, it is in their nature.
I don't buy that, yes it's true that we're on the eve of Pesach, and the pressure is especially great in homes where the cleaning and everything that happens around the holiday puts pressure on a husband, but to take a gun and shoot his wife and then to shoot himself?
We have had too many suicides lately, this matter has become much more serious, and this time he not only killed himself but also his wife
They will argue, and ostensibly there is something to it, because we are dealing with a 'patient.' True, anyone who does such a thing must be mentally disturbed because a sane person would not do such a thing. Still, how is it possible that they did not know that the person was dangerous and did nothing to ensure that such a thing would not happen?
This is a well-known neighborhood in the holy city of Jerusalem, a neighborhood populated by Bnei Torah yeshiva students, who will have to deal with how such a thing happened in their surroundings on Shabbat HaGadol
Kamala Harris was ‘completely shocked’ by election night loss to Trump after she ‘bought the hype’
Former Vice President Kamala Harris was floored by her loss to President Trump this past November, having “bought the hype” that her campaign was in good shape in the run-up to Election Day, according to the author of a new book on the 2024 presidential election.
“She was completely shocked, and Tim Walz was shocked,” The Hill correspondent Amie Parnes, co-author of “FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” told the podcast “Somebody’s Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri” Thursday.
Walz was so “stunned” by Harris’ crushing defeat that he was unable to speak, according to Parnes.
“He has no words,” the reporter told Palmeri, describing the Minnesota governor sitting in his hotel room silently on election night as staffers tried to explain the situation.
“And people are kind of explaining to him, same thing with [Harris]. And she’s like, ‘Are you sure? Have we done a recount? Should we do a recount?’” Parnes continued.
“They thought that they were going to win,” she added. “And so, you know, when they come back now and say, ‘Oh no, we didn’t really have a chance.’ No, that’s not what they were thinking. They thought they were going to win.”
Parnes reported that some members of Harris’ team felt they were being “gaslit” by senior campaign officials, who were confident that “things were looking good” for the Democratic nominee.
Harris “bought the hype,” according to the journalist, and thought she was on a path to victory.
In Beit Shemesh the Division between Charedim and Dati Leumi Residents Growing as Chareidim Divert 85% of Funds Towards their Own Interests!
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| Mayor Greenberg the Puppet of the Charedim , Chareidim themselves almost killed him two weeks ago at a wedding that he attended; he had to be shlepped out by police who even put a helmet on him! This Mayor got elected because Rav Landau of Bnei-Brak called the Mayoral elections in Beit Shemesh against another Frum person a מלחמת מצוה! R Landau ordered Bochrim who live in BS but learn in Yeshivos all over Israel to close their Gemarras for the day and had askanim pay for buses and bused them in! |
Beit Shemesh, one of Israel’s fastest-growing cities, is undergoing unprecedented transformation—but not without significant challenges. The Ramat Daled neighborhood, already home to approximately 70,000 residents, is projected to grow to 100,000 in the near future, making it comparable in size to entire cities like Beitar Illit. Despite the population boom, city planning has struggled to keep pace. Makeshift structures, including trailers and temporary buildings, dominate the urban landscape. Public spaces such as sports fields are being repurposed for educational and religious use, often without clear regulation or sufficient infrastructure.
At the heart of the issue lies the city’s outdated master plan from 1996, designed for a small town, not a sprawling urban center. With Beit Shemesh expected to become Israel’s second-largest city within 15 years—surpassing Tel Aviv in size—its planning failures have become impossible to ignore. Critical services like schools, parks, and shelters remain underdeveloped or absent, leaving both new and existing residents underserved.
The city is also experiencing a complex demographic shift. Tami Sussman, Beit Shemesh city councilor, says that currently, 85% of Beit Shemesh’s educational institutions serve the haredi community, a figure that reflects not only population growth but also deliberate political maneuvering. Recent housing tenders have been redirected from the general public to the haredi sector, intensifying tensions among various communities. Mayor Shmuel Greenberg, elected with haredi political backing, has faced both physical attacks and political backlash, revealing deep internal divisions even within the ultra-Orthodox population. Many haredi residents themselves voice concerns about extremism and the lack of balanced urban planning.
Former mayor Aliza Bloch, who had championed coexistence and diversity during her tenure, now watches with concern as the city’s socioeconomic status declines. Beit Shemesh currently leads all Israeli municipalities in economic deterioration, with per capita income and public services falling behind. The city is increasingly seen as a microcosm of larger national issues: religious-secular divides, political patronage, and the struggle to maintain a shared civic identity amid demographic upheaval.
Residents like Michael Levit, who moved to Beit Shemesh hoping for a pluralistic community, now express disillusionment. Promised mixed neighborhoods have become predominantly haredi through strategic land allocation, and flyers discouraging rentals to non-haredim have appeared. Despite assurances from the mayor that Beit Shemesh will remain diverse and inclusive, skepticism remains widespread.
The future of Beit Shemesh—and perhaps the broader vision of shared society in Israel—depends on whether leaders can balance community needs with infrastructure development, ensure equitable governance, and resist the pull of divisive politics. As one resident poignantly asked: “Where will our children live?” For many, that question now carries deep uncertainty, while mayor Shmuel Greenberg promises to “maintain the diversity in the city.”
UN extends mandate of the Wicked Witch the anti-Israel rapporteur Francesca Albanese
The United Nations Human Rights Council has extended Francesca Albanese’s term as special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the “Palestinian territories” for an additional three years, despite her continued anti-Israel statements and actions.
Appointed in 2022, Albanese retained her position following procedural approval by the 47-member council. Attempts to halt the renewal—led by Israel and supported by Hungary and Argentina—were ultimately unsuccessful, according to Ynet.
Albanese has become a polarizing figure within diplomatic and human rights circles. Israeli authorities and advocacy organizations have repeatedly accused her of promoting an anti-Israel agenda.
Albanese’s anti-Israel bias was first exposed in 2022, in the form of antisemitic posts she made on social media, in which she claimed that the “Jewish lobby” controls the US.
At the time, Albanese rejected arguments that the comments about the “Jewish lobby” were antisemitic and claimed they were “mischaracterized”, but her anti-Israel bias has continued to be exposed since.
Her criticism of Israel has grown since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack in Israel. The attack, in which Hamas terrorists killed over 1,200 people and took 250 hostages, was described by Albanese as an act that must be viewed in “context” and as a response to Israeli “aggression.”
She has also in recent months accused Israel of genocide, likened the Government of Israel to the “Third Reich,” and compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler.
UK Foreign Secretary Cries Because Israel deported two Labour MPs who called for a boycott of Israel.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Saturday issued a sharp rebuke to Israeli authorities following the denial of entry and deportation of two Labour Party members of Parliament, The Guardian reported.
The two MPs, Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, were barred from entering Israel on Saturday afternoon after suspicions arose regarding their intentions.
Upon questioning, the two claimed to be part of an official delegation from the British Parliament. This was later found to be untrue, after no official Israeli source was familiar with the arrival of such a delegation.
It also became clear that the purpose of the MPs' arrival was to document Israeli security forces and spread libel against Israel. In light of this, and in accordance with Israeli law, Interior Minister Moshe Arbel (Shas) refused the entry of both MPs and their aides, and ordered them to be distanced from Israel.
Reacting to the incident, Lammy released a statement on Saturday night, saying, “It is unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning that two British MPs on a parliamentary delegation to Israel have been detained and refused entry by the Israeli authorities.”
“I have made clear to my counterparts in the Israeli government that this is no way to treat British parliamentarians, and we have been in contact with both MPs tonight to offer our support,” he added.
Lammy emphasized the UK’s ongoing diplomatic focus on securing a renewed ceasefire and advancing efforts to end the conflict in Gaza.
“The UK government’s focus remains securing a return to the ceasefire and negotiations to stop the bloodshed, free the hostages and end the conflict in Gaza,” he stated.
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