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8+ min ago (42+ words) Real time news brief - NYC Council Member Gennaro rebuts Pope Leo: Two-state plan ignores history - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site NYC Council Member Gennaro rebuts Pope Leo: Two-state plan ignores history...

8+ min ago (497+ words) NYC Council Member Jim Gennaro rebuts Pope Leo's two-state call, says Palestinian Arabs reject peace and urges recognition of Israel as the true path to coexistence. NYC Council Member Gennaro rebuts Pope Leo: Two-state plan ignores history NYC Council Member Jim Gennaro rebuts Pope Leo's two-state call, says Palestinian Arabs reject peace and urges recognition of Israel as the true path to coexistence. New York City Council Member Jim Gennaro issued a pointed rebuttal to Pope Leo's recent call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict, stressing that the Pontiff's vision overlooks decades of rejection by Palestinian leadership. "As an observant Catholic, educated in Catholic institutions, and as a member of the New York City Council representing many Catholic parishes and Catholic institutions in Queens, I hold Pope Leo in the highest regard for his unwavering commitment to…...

21+ min ago (112+ words) During an operation by IDF troops in Burqin on Sunday evening, a terrorist attempted to ram the force with his vehicle. The soldiers responded with live fire toward the car, and a hit was identified, said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.No casualties were reported among the Israeli forces. Security forces are working to locate the terrorist. During an operation by IDF troops in Burqin on Sunday evening, a terrorist attempted to ram the force with his vehicle. The soldiers responded with live fire toward the car, and a hit was identified, said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. No casualties were reported among the Israeli forces. Security forces are working to locate the terrorist....

32+ min ago (86+ words) [Israeli President Isaac Herzog (R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) at the President]Notably, Germany opposed various sanctions proposals in the EU. It is one of the few countries Israel can count on to at least abstain from one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions. Merz visit highlights new strategic, and strained, Germany-Israel bond - analysis Notably, Germany opposed various sanctions proposals in the EU. It is one of the few countries Israel can count on to at least abstain from one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions....

41+ min ago (497+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 793 A group that campaigns against air pollution accused the Finance Ministry of issuing a "death sentence" to hundreds of Israelis after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich failed to include any additional funds to fight illegal waste burning in the state budget approved by the cabinet on Thursday. The budget was approved despite a call by the Environmental Protection Ministry for an additional NIS 134.6 million ($41.6 million) to hire more inspectors, investigators, and prosecutors in the West Bank, and boost inspections within the Green Line, where illegal waste burning is also taking place. An Israel Fire and Rescue Services spokeswoman said that 736 waste fires had been reported in the West Bank so far this year. Citizens for Clean Air said Thursday after the budget's approval that "without even a single shekel budgeted to eradicate waste fires, hundreds of thousands…...

44+ min ago (34+ words) Real time news brief - Hamas willing to discuss 'storing or freezing' weapons - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Hamas willing to discuss 'storing or freezing' weapons...

44+ min ago (399+ words) Senior Hamas terrorist Bassem Naim, a member of the terror group's political bureau, has said that the terror group is willing to discuss "freezing or storing" its weapons as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel. Naim also described the October 7 massacre as an "act of defense" and said that Hamas retains its "right to resist" but that a long-term ceasefire spanning 5-10 years could allow talks to take place. "This time has to be used seriously and in a comprehensive way," he added, claiming that the terror group is "very open-minded" about how it would disarm. "We can talk about freezing or storing or laying down, with the Palestinian guarantees, not to use it at all during this ceasefire time or truce." However, he stressed that the international force expected to control Gaza after the war cannot disarm Hamas. He…...

54+ min ago (40+ words) Cadets in the final stage of pilots" training hosted visitors and drank alcohol during a classified isolation workshop; the IDF says the breaches undermined security and core values. 15 Air Force cadets jailed for severe rule violations at weekend workshop...

57+ min ago (495+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 793 During a visit to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said that the Yellow Line, demarcating where the Israeli military withdrew to under the terms of the ongoing ceasefire, is "a new border line." "We will not allow Hamas to reestablish itself. We control large parts of the Gaza Strip and stand along [strategic] lines. The Yellow Line is a new border line, a forward defensive line for the communities and an offensive line," Zamir said during a tour of Beit Hanoun and Jabalia, in remarks provided by the IDF. On Sunday afternoon, the IDF said that troops'shot dead a Palestinian terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip's south, after approaching forces "in a way that posed an immediate threat." A day earlier, troops killed…...

1+ hour ago (624+ words) The Obligation and the Mitzvah Q: It is well known that there is a mitzvah to wear tefillin all day, and that this was indeed the practice in earlier times. Why, then, don't we encourage the public-especially yeshiva students-to wear tefillin all day? A: According to many halachic authorities, the Torah requires men to wear tefillin daily for just a single brief moment, ideally during the recitation of the Shema, where the mitzvah of tefillin is mentioned. Our Sages taught: "Whoever recites the Shema without tefillin is as one who testifies falsely about himself" (Berakhot 14b). Beyond that, wearing tefillin fulfills a mitzvah, so if someone removes his tefillin and wants to put them on again, he recites another blessing. But this is voluntary, as the obligation is fulfilled in a single moment. Others halachic authorities say one must ideally wear tefillin all…...