March 5th -Jewish Breaking News Daily Roundup

 

Senate rejects Democrat-led resolution to limit President Trump’s authority to continue military operations against Iran.

 *Jewish News*

* UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis visits Australian synagogue damaged in Iranian attack.

* Reclamation and preservation project underway for 150,000 ancient kevorim on Har HaZeisim.

* Special heter issued allowing couples to marry during Sefiras HaOmer due to wartime wedding postponements.

*Israeli News*

* Nearly 20,000 Israelis have already returned home since the start of the Iran war, with another 120,000 still waiting abroad.

* Some Bnei Brak residents whose homes were damaged by missile strikes are temporarily housed in local hotels.

* Prime Minister Netanyahu visits southern Israeli airbase amid ongoing conflict.

* Iranian drone strikes Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan airport in widening regional conflict.

* Outbound flights from Ben Gurion Airport are expected to resume this coming Sunday.

 *International News*

* U.S. State Department halts operations in Kuwait amid heightened regional tensions.

* Reports suggest Israel may be helping arm Kurdish forces as they prepare for possible ground operations against Iran.

* Georgia jury finds Colin Gray guilty of murder and manslaughter after giving the rifle used by his teenage son in the 2024 school shooting that killed four and injured nine.

 *Political News*

* Alleged Marine Veteran Brian McGinnis removed from senate hearing after protest over US policy toward Israel and making anti Israel comments

* Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines announces he will not seek reelection.

* Department of Justice ends probe into President Biden’s autopen pardons after failing to identify applicable criminal statute.

* President Trump fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, appointing Senator Markwayne Mullin as replacement.

* Trump reportedly presses President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Netanyahu, criticizing the delay.

* Trump disavows Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, saying they are no longer MAGA and that Tucker has "lost his way".

🇺🇸 *National News*

* United Airlines is enacting a new policy requiring passengers to wear headphones when watching movies or listening to audio during flights.

* Around 20,000 Americans have already returned home from war-affected regions in the Middle East.

* Trump administration secures deal to bring 1,000 kilograms of gold from Venezuela.

 *Business News*

* Gas prices rise across the United States amid Iran war tensions affecting global energy markets.

* Amazon outage disrupts service for thousands of users nationwide.

 *New York / New Jersey*

* Trump administration continues Medicaid fraud crackdown in New York following earlier enforcement success in Minnesota.

* New Jersey Turnpike Authority testing sticker-based alternative to traditional E-ZPass transponders.

Herzog causing huge Chillul Hashem mocking Trump's request that he pardon Bibi

 US President Donald Trump leveled an especially fierce attack against Israeli President Isaac Herzog regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pardon request.

Trump harshly criticized the Israeli President, telling Barak Ravid of Channel 12 that Herzog is “a disgrace" and warning: “Tell him I’m exposing him." Trump said he has been discussing the issue with Herzog for about a year.

Trump added that Herzog should grant a pardon to Benjamin Netanyahu immediately, saying he does not want anything distracting Netanyahu from the war against Iran.

According to Trump, Herzog promised him several times that he would pardon Netanyahu. He said he told Herzog he would refuse to meet him again if the step was not taken and claimed the issue has been hanging over Netanyahu for the past year.

Litvishe Bochrim of Bayit Ve'Gan Continue their "Purim Minhag" of Beating the Crap out of Bus drivers and Vandalizing the Buses

Chardeidim Examining a downed missile to see if they can kill more bus drivers

Chareidim hold that a "minhag" is even stronger than a Halacha! 

That could very well be, but the Litvishe Bnei-Torah take that dictum quite literally and decided that their mantra of wanting to "die and not enlist" can be reversed with the concept of "Ve'nehapuch Hu" so on Purim instead of being ready to die, they want to kill others! 

What is interesting to note is that Haman himself never killed a Jew and in fact never managed to injure a single Jew, yet here in the year of תשפ"ו we have "emesdika" Bnei-Torah who have a minhag to beating up bus drivers and then vandalizing the buses, just like the "chalyeres in Harlem" 

Now I know, that I am going to get a ton of comments (I will delete them all) that I hate Charedim. 

Which is ironic, because I am a proud Chardeie and value learning and give many shiurim in Beit Shemesh! 

I am not the one beating the crap out of Bus Drivers and I am not the one smashing bus windows, nor do I stop illegally any traffic, I don't call other Jews "Nazis" but these sickos commenting, say that I am the hater, for posting what they do. 

Calling me the "hater" is not going to solve a thing! The "haters" are the ones committing the Chillul Hashem! 

The "haters" always comment "Why are you reporting Chareidie transgression exclusively, why don't you post when the Chilonim transgress?"

These remarks show me that those commenters equate Bnei-Torah to Chilonim!

 I don't, I believe that someone who supposedly is a Ben Torah should be judged on a higher standard! Absolutely! 

I posted awhile ago that one of their gedoilim paskened that a local Mayoral election in Beit Shemesh was a "Milchemes Mitzvah", this just 5 months after October 7 massacres,  but when questioned about the Oct 7th war, he said that October 7 did not fit into the criteria of  a "Milchemes Mitzvah," All I did was post it and I am called the hater! 

What sheer insanity??

 Update from the Israel Police Control Room at 7:00 PM - Shock from a brutal attack on a bus driver in the Beit Vegan neighborhood in Jerusalem. 

At the direction of the police, service to the neighborhood was suspended. In the Beit Vegan neighborhood in Jerusalem, bus windows were smashed and a minority driver was attacked by rioters.

 Following the act of vandalism and according to the direction of the Israel Police, service to the neighborhood will be suspended until further notice. "We view with great seriousness the attack on drivers, whose only sin is their dedication and willingness to serve passengers even in times of emergency. These acts cannot pass in silence and the rioters must be condemned."

The neighborhood council wrote and warned the residents, the young men and the heads of the yeshivas, as if in the name of the rabbis, but they mocked the rabbis, and as every year on Purim, they get drunk and beat drivers and vandalize the buses.

It should be noted that this was  done in other neighborhoods as well, with some o rabbis publishing warning letters, but it did not help everywhere

The driver who was injured is an Arab, the bus was sabotaged in the name of 'Purim' in the Lithuanian style from ancient times

It should be noted that this is the reason why Maran Rabbi Gaon Edelstein enacted a regulation that students should study on Purim in the yeshiva to prevent these plays, but not every yeshiva accepted the custom, some prefer that the young men go collect money for the yeshivas

Missiles Targeting Bnei-Brak

 I am surprised  no one advised the Iranians about the "havtacha" of the Chazon Ish that Bnei-Brak will never be bombed! There weren't any missiles then!

Iran's Grand Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli who declared "“shedding the blood of Trump and the Zionists is obligatory.” " Eliminated

 

BREAKING : Iran's Grand Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli who issued a jihad fatwa, declaring that “shedding the blood of Trump and the Zionists is obligatory.” yesterday, had been killed in U.S. airstrikes. Official confirmation awaited. pic.twitter.com/3McNw6Ie28

— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) March 5, 2026

Strike Reported Against IRGC In Kurdish Town Of Marivan

Reports  indicate a strike targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Kurdish town of Marivan, near the Iran–Iraq border. 

 

Rav Sorotzkin Leaves his Talmidim during a war and flees Israel via Jordan

Well, no one will never accuse Sorotzkin of being an Rav Elchonon Wasserman hy"D who went back to Europe from the safety of the USA to be with his talmidim during WW2! 

 

IDF Eliminated Thousands of Iranian Soldiers in the last 48 Hours

 A senior Israeli Air Force officer says Israel's ongoing strikes in Iran have killed thousands of Iranian soldiers during the conflict. 

In a video released by the military, Col. "Aleph," commander of the Ramat David Airbase, said the casualties occurred over the past two days and noted he took part in the latest wave of strikes on a large Iranian military compound in eastern Tehran.

Muslim migrant from Tajik-Uzbekistani,posts video during sirens mocking Israelis describing them as "rats running" before facing instant regret and karma

 

Tucker Carlsen Uses One of Yossi Mizrachi's Videos to Prove that Jews are trying to bomb the Al Aqsa Mosque on Har Habayis

 

Yossi Mizrachi presents himself as a rabbi, though he admitted that he doesn't have rabbinical ordination and many people challenge the authority he claims.

He has made statements about the Holocaust that have drawn widespread condemnation accusing him of denying the accepted number of 6 million, and he has offered personal justifications for his philandering behavior that are considered morally unacceptable.

Despite this, he continues speaking to large audiences who often take his words at face value.

Yossi's childish and ignorant rhetoric has now reached even broader platforms, with Tucker Carlson recently featuring one of Mizrachi’s videos during a segment widely criticized as antisemitic, giving this kind of reckless commentary an even larger stage. This raving lunatic can get us all killed!

The Iran Question Is All About China

 by Zineb Riboua

Iran is most often discussed as a nonproliferation problem, a sponsor of terrorism, a regional spoiler. Each of these framings captures a real problem, but none captures what matters most.

 The nuclear file, the militia archipelago stretching from Lebanon to Yemen, the question of Gulf security architecture: these only acquire their full meaning when read against the backdrop of Chinese grand strategy.

In fact, Beijing has spent years and billions of dollars building Iran into a structural asset. Everything that follows in the Middle East flows from this fact. Which is why Operation Epic Fury is the first American military campaign that threatens to sever that asset. By striking Iran directly, the Trump administration is dismantling, whether by design or by consequence, a pillar of China’s regional architecture.

The urgency of saying so plainly has never been greater. In June 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a 12-day campaign of precision strikes that destroyed Iranian enrichment facilities, killed over 30 senior commanders and a dozen nuclear scientists, and drew the United States into direct strikes on 3 nuclear sites. The Islamic Republic’s deterrent mythology, cultivated over four decades, collapsed within a fortnight. In late December, the largest protests since 1979 erupted across all 31 provinces, fueled by economic freefall and a population that no longer believed in the regime’s strength. The government responded in January 2026 with massacres that killed thousands, prompting the European Union to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization and further increasing the isolation of the regime.

By any conventional measure, the Islamic Republic is weaker than at any point in its history. Yet China was moving to put it back together. This week, it was reported that Tehran was close to finalizing a deal for Chinese-madesupersonic anti-ship cruise missiles, weapons capable of threatening American carriers now massing in the Persian Gulf. Earlier, Chinese suppliers shipped over 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, a key missile propellant ingredient, to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, enough to rebuild a substantial portion of the ballistic missile stockpile that Israel had just spent 12 days destroying. Understanding why Beijing would do this and what it means for the United States requires looking beyond Iran and toward the broader contest in which Iran plays a role.

Israel is at War leaving Widows and Orphans and in Williamsburg They burn the Jewish Flag and curse the Jewish State

 

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Uri Fraenkel The Chief "TUCHIS-LEKKER" of City Hall Sends Shloach Manos to Mamzarani

Mixing "ShloachManos" and "Mehiyas Amalek"

Has Chabad followed Satmar in being over a Biblical Transgression of "Lo Tachnifu"????

Meah Shearim Bochrim Hang Their Own Gedoilei Yisrael in Effigy instead of Haman!

DIN: When the Gedoilim allow their followers to hang Jewish Children in uniform in effigy, then this is the result! They have no one to blame but themselves!

“I cannot remain silent even for a moment”: The leading halachic authority issues a sharp protest

A rare and unusual recording from the home of the leading halachic authority, Rabbi Moshe Shternbuch, has been released in recent hours — following a shocking act of disrespect toward great Torah scholars in Jerusalem, when “Sikrikim” youths hung dolls bearing the names of prominent rabbis, in connection with the custom of hanging effigies of Haman.

In the video, Rabbi Shternbuch is seen sitting at the end of his learning session, dictating the wording of the protest word for word to his regular study partner — his grandson, Rabbi Eliyahu Shternbuch, head of the “Teshuvos V’Hanhagos” kollel in Modi’in Illit. Every word is weighed, every sentence measured, as the rabbi carefully follows the writing.

He is heard saying:

“I strongly protest the mockery in Meah Shearim that was done to degrade Torah scholars. There is no limit to the severity and gravity of this sin, Heaven have mercy. The sin is terrible and frightening, and I cannot remain silent about such disgrace even for a single moment.”

Those close to him report that the rabbi expressed deep pain and astonishment that specifically at such a tense time, when the Jewish people are in need of Divine mercy, there are those who dare to harm the honor of Torah sages.

He concluded his remarks with a plea:

“What more can we do, other than cry out to the Holy One, blessed be He, that He not punish us, and that He pour upon us a spirit of purity from above and hasten our redemption soon.”

The footage is stirring significant controversy in the Haredi community.

The question now being asked:

Will this sharp protest put an end to the phenomenon — or have the extremes already spun out of control?

אני לא יכול לשתוק אפילו רגע": פוסק הדור יוצא במחאה חריפה

תיעוד חריג ויוצא דופן מביתו של פוסק הדור הגר״מ שטרנבוך מתפרסם בשעות האחרונות – לאחר ביזוי מזעזע של גדולי תורה בירושלים, כאשר נערי ה"סיקריקים" תלו בובות הנושאות את שמותיהם של מרנן ורבנן, על רקע המנהג לתלות בובות בצורת המן הרשע.

בוידאו נראה הגר״מ שטרנבוך יושב בסיום סדר לימודו, ומכתיב מילה במילה את נוסח המחאה ל'חברותא' הלומד עמו בקביעות – נכדו, הרה״ג ר׳ אליהו שטרנבוך, ראש כולל "תשובות והנהגות" במודיעין עילית. כל מילה נשקלת, כל משפט נמדד, כשהפוסק עוקב אחר הכתיבה בקפדנות.

בדבריו נשמע אומר:

"הנני מוחה בתוקף על השחוק במאה שערים שנעשה לבזות תלמידי חכמים. אין גבול לגודל החטא והחומר שיש בזה רחמנא ליצלן. החטא נורא ואיום, ואני לא יכול לשתוק על ביזיון כזה אפילו רגע אחד".

מקורביו מספרים כי מרן הביע כאב עמוק ותמיהה כיצד דווקא בשעה מתוחה כל כך, כשעם ישראל זקוק לרחמי שמים, יש המעזים לפגוע בכבוד חכמי התורה.

את דבריו חתם בקריאה:

"מה אפשר לנו עוד לעשות, רק לצעוק לקב"ה שלא יעניש אותנו, ויערה רוח טהרה עלינו ממרום ויחיש גאולתנו בקרוב".

התיעוד מעורר סערה ברחוב החרדי.

השאלה שעולה כעת:

האם המחאה החריפה תבלום את התופעה – או שהקצוות כבר יצאו משליטה?

 

The West Turned on Israel — And It May Not Survive This

 

Israel eliminates Terrorist behind the assassination attempt on Donald Trump

 

BREAKING: Israel has eliminated Rahman Makdam, head of the special operations department of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the man reportedly behind the assassination attempt on Donald Trump before the 2024 presidential election.

Adios Amigos!!!! Trump is cutting off all trade with Spain.

This post by Eve Barlow is a bit lengthy but definitely worth the read!

Breaking news today is that President Trump is cutting off all trade with Spain. 

“We no longer want anything to do with Spain. They have great people but they don’t have great leadership.” 

This comes a day after Pedro Sanchez refused to let America use bases in Spain because of the old canard: international law.

International law is to anti-American antisemitic leftists what Islam is to Islamists. It is their own extreme religion. International law applies only when it suits their interests to protect Islamic psychopaths who are going to blow up their countries the second they get the opportunity.

Why is that a leader like Sanchez would send his country into third world status over this?

Ayatollah Sanchez is a buffoon, hated by many people in Spain who wish a Mossad pager would land in his pocket already. He has been ripping out olive fields that grow for centuries to replace them with solar panels. This fanatical eco-Taliban of climate change will take generations to reverse. I wonder sometimes who would kill the planet faster: the communists or the Mullahs?

Even Qatar put out a statement debunking Tucker

 

Insanity Qatar has now put out a statement to debunk Tucker Carlson's false allegation about Mossad operating there. Even a country who is extremely friendly with Tucker is finding itself forced to call out nonsense propagated by him, because such lies make them look weak.

Dovid Feldman YM"S Doesn't Want "Buffer Zones" in front of Shuls

 Dovid Feldman at City Hall on Feb 25, 2026, made clear that protests outside synagogues are not antisemitism and should not be banned—for the sake of both Jews and Palestinians alike.

Sid Rosenberg calls Satmar Mamzarani a "Cockroach"

 New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani said at a press briefing that the language used by WABC host Sid Rosenberg, who called him a “radical Islam cockroach,” was “painfully familiar” and “difficult to hear.”

“I am not ashamed of who I am and I am not ashamed of my faith,” Mamdani added.

So some reporter brought me up at the Mayor’s briefing today & Zohran got all emotional.Give me a break! How about demonizing the Intifada? How about recognizing Israel as a Jewish state? How about not placing blame on the Shuls but rather the Pro Hamas animals? I have more! pic.twitter.com/zT2rNungDv

— Sid Rosenberg (@sidrosenberg19) March 3, 2026

 It’s more painful to watch a man who refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, doesn’t demonize the Intifada, wants to arrest Bibi! Blames shuls rather than Pro Hamas rioters, elevates Mahmoud Khalil, loves America hater Hasan Piker….should I keep going Craig? He can save… https://t.co/8D4FWQ0stF

— Sid Rosenberg (@sidrosenberg19) March 3, 2026

 

The "DEAD" Mojtaba Khamenei Reportedly Chosen as Iran’s Next Supreme Leader

 Iran’s Assembly of Experts has selected Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as the country’s next supreme leader following his father’s reported death in U.S.-Israeli strikes, according to Iran International.

The report said the decision was made under heavy pressure from Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard.

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, has long been viewed by analysts as a behind-the-scenes figure with influence in political and security circles, though he has not held a formal government post. His elevation would mark a significant and controversial shift in Iran’s leadership structure, consolidating authority within the family of the longtime leader.

The Assembly of Experts, an 88-member clerical body tasked under Iran’s constitution with selecting and overseeing the supreme leader, reportedly conducted the vote amid heightened security concerns. According to the report, members did not gather in a single location due to fears of targeted attacks, and ballots were counted at the body’s building in Qom.

There was no immediate official confirmation from Iranian state media.

The reported selection comes at a time of heightened tensions in the region and uncertainty over Iran’s political future following the reported killing of Ali Khamenei.

ZIONISTS STRIKE TOP SECRET NUCLEAR SITES ..... "HISGARUS BA'MUS "

Satmar and Lakewood pushing back on Zionists destroying Iranian Nuclear sites, saying this violates the Talmudic dictum of "Hisgarus Ba'mus" "instigating the gentile nations".

 Zionists responded, saying, that all Satmar chicken soup will not stop missiles from Iran! 

Zionists found a small window to strike Iran while the Briskers were not in Bais Medrish "klaring a chakira, whether striking Iran was a cheftza or gavra" they were busy eating prune hamentashin!

 The Israeli Air Force carried out a strike earlier today on what the military describes as a covert Iranian nuclear facility located on the outskirts of Tehran.

Speaking at a press briefing, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the partially underground site housed a team of nuclear scientists allegedly operating in secrecy to advance components necessary for a nuclear weapons program.

According to the IDF, despite damage inflicted during the 12-day conflict in June 2025—when multiple Iranian nuclear facilities were hit—Tehran continued pursuing military nuclear capabilities. The military claims Iran relocated key infrastructure to a fortified underground compound designed to withstand aerial bombardment.

The IDF said it had been tracking the scientists’ movements and activities, eventually identifying the new operational site and carrying out what it described as a precise strike against the concealed complex.

Kurdish Uprising In Iran May Begin Within Days

UK outlet reports a possible Kurdish revolt inside Iran could erupt within days.

Weapons were allegedly smuggled in over the past year to arm thousands of fighters.Kurdish sources are said to have requested Israeli and US aerial cover if the operation proceeds.

The United States is intensifying efforts to build an opposition within Iran. According to intelligence sources talking with CNN, the American initiative is not limited to ethnic groups such as the Kurds and the Baloch. It is also focused on garnering support from within Iran's regular army, public figures, local leadership and even relatively moderate senior officials within the regime.

President Donald Trump himself hinted at the effort in an interview with Politico on Tuesday. Asked whether it was too late to consider working with figures in a new Iranian government, Trump replied: "No, it's not too late. Forty-nine were killed, don't forget, so it's pretty deep, right? New ones are emerging. A lot of people want the job. Some of them will be very good."

Iran's regime relies on two separate military arms: the regular army, tasked with defending the country's borders, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a parallel force established after the 1979 Islamic Revolution as a counterweight to the army, which at the time was considered loyal to the shah. The Revolutionary Guard answers directly to Supreme Leader rather than to the elected president and also controls the Basij militia, the regime's primary tool for suppressing protests. The hope among those backing the plan is that the regular army will prove more committed to Iran as a state and, in a moment of crisis, act against the ideological establishment led by Revolutionary Guard commanders and the clerical leadership.

I will Survive even with Missiles raining down my head

 

INCREDIBLE - Partying Amid Missile Attacks:

 Israelis are seen singing “I Will Survive” while celebrating inside a bomb shelter, with the lead singer dressed as Nicolás Maduro for Purim.

Mamdani Caught On Camera Breaking Ramadan Fast With His Own Ears

 Mamdani Caught On Camera Breaking Ramadan Fast With Hamantaschen

In Israel Hamantaschen are called "Haman Ears"

Zohran Mamdani himself posted the photo to his social media account, showing him attending an Iftar gathering at a mosque  during Ramadan. 

In the image, he is seen holding a plate of hamantaschen.

Many Jewish observers noted the irony. Mamdani has faced criticism over his response to pro Hamas demonstrations where protesters chanted “Globalize the Intifada,” a phrase many Jews see as a call for violence against Jews, and for supporting efforts critics say would shield pro Hamas protesters from criminal consequences.

Online, commenters quickly seized on the symbolism. 

“Is that Mamdani eating his own ears?” wrote David Rosen, referencing the tradition that hamantaschen represent Haman’s ears.

 Rachel Goldberg added, “Only on Purim could you see something this symbolic.”

 

Bnei-Brak Hit by Missile Attack, at least 4 injured ...

 

Several people are reported injured in Bnei Brak after shrapnel from Iranian missile barrage hits a building

Initial reports of missile strikes in Bnei Brak, Israel, emergency services in route. Footage from inside a nearby apartment shows destruction.