“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Trump DEMANDS Netanyahu Trial be Dropped NOW!!
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a scathing denunciation of the legal proceedings against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, labeling the trial a "ridiculous Witch Hunt" and calling for its immediate cancellation or a pardon for the Prime Minister.
In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump expressed his "shocked" reaction to news that Netanyahu is scheduled to appear in court again, describing the Prime Minister as a "Great War Time Prime Minister!" and a "WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel."
Trump's post highlighted his and Netanyahu’s shared struggle against Iran, a "very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel." He asserted, "Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting... Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his LOVE for the incredible Holy Land."
The President credited Netanyahu with achieving an "elimination of potentially one of the biggest and most powerful Nuclear Weapons anywhere in the World," a feat he claimed "nobody thought was possible."
"We were fighting, literally, for the Survival of Israel, and there is nobody in Israel’s History that fought harder or more competently than Bibi Netanyahu," he wrote.
Trump noted his dismay at learning of the Prime Minister's court summons on Monday for a "long running… politically motivated case." Trump specifically mentioned the charges as "concerning cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll, and numerous other unfair charges," characterizing the entire ordeal as a "Horror Show" that has persisted "since May of 2020 - Unheard of! This is the first time a sitting Israeli Prime Minister has ever been on trial."
Trump concluded his post by writing, "Such a WITCH HUNT, for a man who has given so much, is unthinkable to me. He deserves much better than this, and so does the State of Israel." He then directly demanded, "Bibi Netanyahu’s trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State."
Underscoring his close relationship with the Prime Minister, Trump wrote, "Perhaps there is no one that I know who could have worked in better harmony with the President of the United States, ME, than Bibi Netanyahu." He then asserted a strong commitment to intervene, declaring, "It was the United States of America that saved Israel, and now it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu. THIS TRAVESTY OF 'JUSTICE' CAN NOT BE ALLOWED!"
From President Trump
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Welcome Home ..100 new immigrants from France, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands landed today
Around 100 new immigrants from France, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands landed today — some will join the IDF in the coming months
Trump is the little girl who had a little curl
by Scott Kahn
On Saturday night, President Donald Trump helped Israel to a degree rarely seen before in Israel’s 77 year history. Ignoring important voices in the Republican Party and the MAGA movement, Trump took decisive action by sending seven stealth B-2 bombers armed with 14 GBU-57 bunker busters, as well as Tomahawk missiles fired from submarines, to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Fordo, and further damage nuclear sites in Natanz and Isfahan. According to preliminary estimations, the attacks were successful, and have caused extremely serious damage to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Israel had been prepared to continue its war without U.S. intervention, but the decisive action by the United States - the only country to possess non-nuclear bombs of this magnitude and the planes to carry them - unquestionably made the war shorter and easier, and helped Israel avoid the problems associated with other, riskier methods of destroying the Fordo site.
Having given Prime Minister Netanyahu this gift, Trump then announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran; whether Bibi wanted it or not, he clearly had little choice but to accept.
CNN Claimed that IRAN has NO Nukes, Now They Say That Trump Didn't Get all the Nukes
Erin Burnett five days ago: Iran is years away from a nuclear weapon. Trump is risking starting a world war for no reason.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) June 24, 2025
Erin Burnett today: Iran's nuclear program has only been set back a few months. This is a big deal.
This is CNN. pic.twitter.com/qHSRB31LyL
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi: “No Chasunos During 3 Weeks, Even During A War” Defying Harav Yitzchak's Psak
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel HaRav Kalman Bar published a halachic letter on Monday, in which he explains why, despite the war, getting married during the three weeks is forbidden.
Last week, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef called on couples from the Sephardi and even Ashkenazi sectors to get married during the three weeks rather than postpone their weddings. He explained that “there is no greater time of need than this,” and emphasized that even those who are generally machmir should be lenient this year, emphasizing, “המחמיר בזה יוצא שכרו בהפסדו.”
Although as of Tuesday morning, the war is officially over, the dilemma for couples who postponed their weddings due to the war still exists due to the difficulty in finding available chasunah halls after Tisha B’Av.
In a lengthy response to questions by engaged couples who asked whether they can marry during the three weeks, HaRav Bar paskened that there is no heter to get married during these days, despite the circumstances.
The Rav explained the reasons for the minhag not to marry during the three weeks, saying that mourning and joy are contradictory.
In addition, the Rav noted that “it is not a good siman” to marry during these days, and חמירא סכנתא מאיסורא (danger is stricter than prohibition), and therefore we have not found any posek who permitted this, and certainly not with a fancy seudah. HaRav Bar emphasized that the poskim did not allow marriage even on the night of the 17th of Tammuz [before the fast begins], even at a sha’as hadchak (time of need).
DIN: He "couldn't find a posek?" How about Harav Yitzchak Yosef?
DIN: Apparently most Chassidim and even Yeshivishe rabbanim do in fact allow marriage on the night of 17th of Tammuz ...
HaRav Bar noted that the Sephardim who are noheig to hold chasunos until Rosh Chodesh Av are of course, permitted to wed during those days and ended with “כל המתאבל על ירושלים זוכה ורואה בשמחתה.”
The State with the largest Jewish Population Outside of Israel Elects a Vicious Muslim Antisemite
‼️‼️ polls will show 30 percent of NYC jews voted for Mamdani who is pro Palestine. Adl led Bnai Jeshurun, COJO Flatbush and others hosted him warmly.
— Betar Worldwide (@Betar_USA) June 25, 2025
Author Norman Podhoretz wrote in Why Are Jews Liberal that “To most American Jews, then, liberalism is not, as has often been… https://t.co/iqZqPMQsiG
Zohran Mamdani had a significant lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night, leaving the young liberal upstart poised to land a stunning upset in a race still to be determined by a ranked choice count.
Cuomo, who was trying to make a comeback from a harassment scandal, conceded the contest less than two hours after the polls closed, saying he had called Mamdani to congratulate him.
“Tonight is his night. He deserved it. He won,” Cuomo told supporters.
The race’s ultimate outcome will be decided by a ranked choice tabulation after neither Democrat got a clear majority in the vote. Mamdani, 33, a democratic socialist member of the state Assembly, held a significant lead with about 90% of ballots counted. Mamdani was also ranked second on more ballots than Cuomo, narrowing Cuomo’s path to catch up.
As news broke of Cuomo’s concession, Mamdani supporters erupted into the chorus from “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.”
Mamdani would be the city’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor if elected. Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams skipped the primary. He’s running as an independent in the general election. Cuomo also has the option of running in the general election.
“We are going to take a look and make some decisions,” Cuomo said.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Converts in Ramat Beit Shemesh Describe Their Stay During this War!
For the last week, I have been listening to the "mainstream" Rabbis giving Chizik, and unfortunately, I found no comfort in anything they had to say, then I came across this video, and I found these converts to be genuine but more important their message which is full of Amunah and Bitachon!
Iran breaks ceasefire with missile attack on Israel; Katz instructs IDF to ‘respond forcefully in heart of Tehran’
Sirens sounded across northern Israel shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, after Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Israeli territory.
The IDF called on the public to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command and stated that the IAF was operating to intercept and strike where necessary to eliminate the threat.
The missile was assumed to have been intercepted; no injuries or fallen projectiles were reported.
The launch came three and a half hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran went into effect.
Minister of Defense Israel Katz condemned the violation of the ceasefire and stated: "In light of Iran's blatant violation of the ceasefire declared by the President of the United States, and the launch of missiles toward Israel—and in accordance with the Israeli government's policy to respond forcefully to any violation—I have instructed the IDF, in coordination with the Prime Minister, to continue the intensified strike operations in Tehran, targeting regime assets and terrorist infrastructure in the city. This follows the actions carried out yesterday."
IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir held a situational assessment following the infringement and declared: "In light of the severe violation of the ceasefire carried out by the Iranian regime, we will respond with force."
Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionists) reacted to the launch, stating: "Teran will shake."
Iranian state television denied that Iran launched a missile after the ceasefire began and warned that Israel would bear responsibility for any attack.
Overnight, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire. The Israeli government confirmed that Israel agreed to a bilateral ceasefire with Iran, in full coordination with President Trump, following what Prime Minister Netanyahu called the successful completion of Operation Rising Lion. The operation eliminated both nuclear and ballistic missile threats, achieved air superiority over Tehran, and struck key regime and military targets. Netanyahu hailed the campaign as a historic achievement that positions Israel among the world’s leading powers.
In the two hours leading up to the ceasefire, Iran launched six barrages of a total of approximately 20 missiles at Israel.
One of the missiles in that early-morning barrage struck a residential building in Be'er Sheva, murdering four and injuring dozens of others.
‘You have 12 hours to escape’: Israel launched covert campaign to intimidate Iranian officials
Largest camera ever built captures eye-popping images of millions of distant stars and galaxies
The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory showed off a breathtaking preview of its capabilities — capturing millions of stars and galaxies light-years from Earth, along with thousands of never-before-seen asteroids.
The observatory — perched atop Cerro Pachón in the Chilean Andes Mountains — will train its high-powered 27.5-foot Simonyi Survey Telescope at the night sky over the next decade to give astronomers an unprecedented look at the cosmos.
The newly released images were compiled from around 10 hours of test observations, showing swirling clouds of pink and golden dust that make up the Trifid nebula and a large cluster of galaxies known as the Virgo cluster — both located thousands of light-years away.
In all, the video made from the first 1,100 test images shows around 10 million distant galaxies in the camera’s wide-view lens, a tiny fraction of the approximately 20 billion galaxies the Rubin observatory is hoping to capture over the course of its work.
“NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory will capture more information about our universe than all optical telescopes throughout history combined,” National Science Foundation Chief of Staff Brian Stone told CNN.
The test images also uncovered 2,104 asteroids that had never before been seen in our solar system, including seven “near-Earth” asteroids — those within about 30 million miles of Earth’s orbit.
Scientists at the observatory said none of them pose any threat to our planet.
Images of the asteroids are expected to be shared with the public on Monday.
Typical telescopes based in space or on the ground are capable of spying around 20,000 asteroids each year, while the Rubin Observatory is expected to discover millions of the rocky space objects in just the next two years alone, according to the US National Science Foundation, which funded the observatory along with the US Department of Energy.
The primary objective of the $810 million observatory, which took approximately 20 years to build, is to create an ultra-high-definition movie of the images it captures over the next 10 years known as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
The resulting time-lapse compilation will show details like comets and asteroids zooming by, exploding stars and distant galaxies transforming over time.
“[Rubin] will enable us to explore galaxies, stars in the Milky Way, objects in the solar system, and all in a truly new way. Since we take images of the night sky so quickly and so often, (it) will detect millions of changing objects literally every night,” Aaron Roodman, a professor of particle physics and astrophysics at Stanford University, told the outlet.
The observatory’s unique capabilities will help other powerful telescopes direct their focus, acting as a “discovery machine” to discover other interesting areas of the universe that warrant a closer look.
The telescope’s namesake, Vera C. Rubin, is considered one of the most influential female astronomers of all time.
She is credited with providing some of the first evidence proving the existence of dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up much of our universe.
🚨🚨 PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN 🚨🚨
President Donald Trump has announced a pending ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran, officially bringing an end to what he called “The 12 Day War.” The agreement, brokered after days of intense diplomatic and military maneuvering, marks the conclusion of nearly two weeks of devastating conflict across the Middle East.
According to the statement, Iran will begin the ceasefire in approximately six hours, followed by Israel after 12 hours. After a full 24-hour truce, Trump said, the war will be considered officially over and “saluted by the world.”
The ceasefire follows a relentless Israeli military campaign that saw the IDF carry out thousands of precision strikes across Iran, targeting Revolutionary Guard facilities, missile factories, and infrastructure. Among the most significant blows were the assassinations of some two dozen top Iranian military commanders, and numerous leading nuclear scientists.
The campaign culminated in a joint U.S.-Israeli operation involving America’s B-2 stealth bombers, which dropped bunker-busting munitions on Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear facilities — including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Defense analysts believe the strikes may have obliterated Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and set back its nuclear ambitions by several years, if not more.
In his announcement, President Trump congratulated both nations for what he described as their “stamina, courage, and intelligence” in reaching the agreement. He emphasized that the ceasefire would require both sides to remain “peaceful and respectful” and hailed the outcome as a historic breakthrough that prevented a much wider and potentially longer war.
“This is a war that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East — but it didn’t, and never will,” Trump wrote. He closed the statement with a series of blessings: “God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and God bless the world.”
Moments after President Trump’s announcement, Vice President J.D. Vance discussed the ceasefire on Fox News: “The President without … having a single American casualty obliterated the Iranian nuclear program. We are now in a place where we weren’t a week ago.”
HaRav Zilberstein: “We’re Seeing The Revelation Of Hakadosh Baruch Hu” NO Credit to the IDF!
Perhaps the esteemed Rav should take into account that the Shluchim of HKB”H that destroyed Iran’s leadership were from the IDF – the very institution that Chareidi leaders waste no opportunity to denigrate. What about Megalgilin Zechus al yedei Zakai
I find it ironic that the Charedie R"Y are all yelling that the IDF claims "Koichi Ve'etzem Yadi" but they themselves will never give credit to the shluchim of the RBS"O!
What happened to "Hakoras Ha'toiv?"
Moshe Rabbeinu was named "Moshe" to give thanks to Batye who rescued him
HaRav Arie Kovalevcki, the Rosh Yeshivah of Hadras Melech, a yeshivah in Bnei Brak for bochurim from Spanish-speaking countries, went this week to the kollel of HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein together with his talmidim.
The kollel, normally in Holon, is being temporarily housed in the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak.
After Mincha, the Rosh Yeshivah and his talmidim gathered around HaRav Zilberstein, who was wrapped in a tallis and tefillin, since his minhag since the war began is to learn all day with tefillin on his head, and for Mincha, he donned a tallis.
The Rosh Yeshivah told HaRav Zilberstein that the parents of the bochurim are nervous because of the war, and some of them want their sons to return home as soon as possible. The talmidim wanted to know what HaRav Zilberstein says about the matter.
HaRav Zilberstein responded in a lengthy and emotional message, speaking directly to “the parents of the bochurim in Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, and Panama. One of the ikarei emunah is believing in bias Moshiach. If we await him every day, then don’t bring your sons home, especially during these days when we see the revelation of Hakadosh Baruch Hu in all His glory. We are seeing awesome things now. Who dreamed of this? Who thought that the Jews would so successfully instill fear in Iran?”
“They killed every official and important figure there; they killed them all in one fell swoop. We see that Hashem—Hu Elokim. Now is the greatest time for the Jewish nation. Everyone needs to declare, ‘I believe in bias haMoshiach, and even though he may tarry, I’ll await him every day.’
“So, if that’s the case, I think that leaving your sons here now in Eretz Yisrael is a Kiddush Hashem, and it will help every father and mother who is worried, and they really do worry—and yet they leave their children here; they believe in bias haMoshiach.”
“Believe me, the children need to stay here now! This is the greatest time there is. This is truly an awesome time, a time when we see the revelation of Elokim!”
Therefore, I advise all the dear and esteemed parents to leave their sons here. Do not be afraid, they will not be harmed! They will only grow and grow and grow! And you will have nachas. Ashreichem and happy is your lot, ashreichim if you listen to me, and don’t bring them home. They should stay here, and you’ll daven for them, and in this zechus, you will have a long life.”
From a Real Gadol " Should Hallel be Said Over The Destruction Of The Iranian Nuclear Program
DIN: A breath of fresh air, finally! A R"Y who has no political motives!
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon is a Rosh Yeshiva at the Lev Academic Center’s Beis Midrash program, rabbi of the Gush Etzion region, head of the World Mizrachi and founder of the Sulamot program for interactive teaching of Judaism. He was asked whether we should say Hallel over the destruction of the Iranian nuclear program.
For decades, we have known that the greatest threat to the Jewish people is Iran—a country more than 2,000 kilometers away from Israel, with no territorial dispute with us, but which seeks to destroy the State of Israel solely because we are Jews. This threat recalls the words of Haman in ancient Persia some 2,500 years ago: “to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews.”
Operation “Am KeLavi” is a tremendous miracle. A miracle in the very boldness of the State of Israel to act in the heart of Iran; a miracle in the success of the Air Force, in its operational precision, and in the wisdom of the Mossad over the years. And above all—a miracle in the bombing of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure by the United States—an act that will be remembered for generations as a great deliverance for Israel and for the entire world. All of these are accompanied by great miracles and Divine assistance.
Monday, June 23, 2025
Ami Magazine Continues to Slander the Jewish People in Israel
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Yitzi Frankfurter Editor of Ami |
IDF Strikes Six Airports in Iran: UAVs Destroy 15 Iranian Regime Fighter Jets and Helicopters
You Can Run But You Cannot Hide!
🚨 JUST IN: WSJ: Israel eliminated an Iranian nuclear scientist who specialized in weapons in Tehran. According to the report, the apartment where he was killed was a safe house to which he had been transferred to protect him.
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) June 20, 2025