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[An Israeli Who Fought Hamas for 2 Months Indicted for Impersonating a Soldier and Stealing Weapons]( [An Israeli Who Fought Hamas for 2 Months Indicted for Impersonating a Soldier and Stealing Weapons]( (AP) — An Israeli man who never served in the military was charged with impersonating a soldier and stealing weapons after sneaking into an army unit and joining the fighting against Hamas. According to an indictment filed Sunday, Roi Yifrach, 35, took advantage of the chaotic situation in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 […] [Read More »]( [The Empire State Rings in the New Year With a Pay Bump for Minimum-Wage Workers]( [The Empire State Rings in the New Year With a Pay Bump for Minimum-Wage Workers]( N.Y. (AP) — New York’s minimum-wage workers had more than just the new year to celebrate Monday, with a pay bump kicking in as the clock ticked over to 2024. In the first of a series of annual increases slated for the Empire State, the minimum wage increased to $16 in New York City […] [Read More »]( [In First, Israeli Supreme Court Strikes Down Basic Law]( [In First, Israeli Supreme Court Strikes Down Basic Law]( – Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down the so-called “reasonableness law,” an amendment to a semi-constitutional Basic Law passed by the legislature earlier this year as part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s now-shelved judicial reforms. The Knesset passed the law in July as an amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary in what proponents […] [Read More »]( [Ori Megidish, Freed From Hamas Captivity, Shares New Years Message]( [Ori Megidish, Freed From Hamas Captivity, Shares New Years Message]( (VINnews) — One of the only soldiers who has been miraculously freed from Hamas captivity is Ori Megidish, a young observer corps female soldier who was rescued by the IDF in October after she managed to make contact with the forces from her place of captivity. Ori is slowly recovering from the horrors of […] [Read More »]( [The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Is Returning Home After Extended Deployment Defending Israel]( [The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Is Returning Home After Extended Deployment Defending Israel]( (AP) — After months of extra duty at sea providing protection for Israel, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will be heading home, the Navy announced on Monday. The Ford and its accompanying warships will be replaced by the amphibious assault ship the USS Bataan and its accompanying warships, the USS […] [Read More »]( [North Korea’s Kim Says Military Should ‘Thoroughly Annihilate’ US, South Korea if Provoked]( [North Korea’s Kim Says Military Should ‘Thoroughly Annihilate’ US, South Korea if Provoked]( South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his military should “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation. North Korea has increased its warlike rhetoric in recent […] [Read More »]( [Israel, US Aim To Build Barrier Between Egypt And Gaza, Preventing Weapon Smuggling And Hamas Leaders Escape]( [Israel, US Aim To Build Barrier Between Egypt And Gaza, Preventing Weapon Smuggling And Hamas Leaders Escape]( (VINnews) — In a move to try and prevent more arms entering Gaza as well as blocking escape routes for senior terrorist elements, Israel and the US are working to create a physical subterranean barrier in the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza border with Egypt. The information about the barrier was revealed to Israeli […] [Read More »]( [NJ Mayor Says Buses of Migrants Bound for NY Are Being Dropped off at NJ Train Stations]( [NJ Mayor Says Buses of Migrants Bound for NY Are Being Dropped off at NJ Train Stations]( N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey mayor says buses of migrants bound for New York City have been stopping at the train station in his town and others in an apparent effort to evade an executive order by New York’s mayor trying to regulate how and when migrants can be dropped off in the […] [Read More »]( [Bank of Israel Cuts Interest Rate for First Time Since 2022]( [Bank of Israel Cuts Interest Rate for First Time Since 2022]( – The Bank of Israel decided on Monday to lower its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.5%, in the first such cut since April 2022. “The war is having significant economic consequences, both on real economic activity and on the financial markets. There is a great amount of uncertainty with regard […] [Read More »]( [YANKI FARBER: Why is their an uptick of Israeli soldiers being killed in Gaza? (VIDEO)]( [YANKI FARBER: Why is their an uptick of Israeli soldiers being killed in Gaza? (VIDEO)]( Podcast) — In this exclusive interview, Charedi journalist Yank Farber discusses these questions (and much more): Has Israel gotten soft on Hamas due to pressure from Biden? How did Israeli intel officials miss so many clues prior to October 7? Will top Israeli officials be forced to resign? Why did it take so many […] [Read More »]( [Ben-Gvir Bans Meat for Oct. 7 Terrorists]( [Ben-Gvir Bans Meat for Oct. 7 Terrorists]( – Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has issued an order instructing prisons to reduce the meal options provided to captured Hamas terrorists accused of participating in the Oct. 7 massacre of some 1,200 persons in the northwestern Negev, Ben-Gvir confirmed on Monday. Ben-Gvir ordered outgoing Israel Prison Service Commissioner Katy Perry to stop […] [Read More »]( [Danny Danon Says Bibi’s Troop Withdrawal Sends ‘Very Bad Message’ to Sinwar]( [Danny Danon Says Bibi’s Troop Withdrawal Sends ‘Very Bad Message’ to Sinwar]( (VINnews) — On Monday, Knesset Minister Danny Danon sharply criticized Benjamin Netanyahu’s withdrawal of thousands of troops from Gaza–suggesting that it projects weakness, and that it Israel is caving into pressure from President Biden “The reports in recent days point to a worrying trend,” said the former Israeli ambassador to the UN. “Israel is […] [Read More »]( [50,000 Jews Visit Temple Mount in 2023]( [50,000 Jews Visit Temple Mount in 2023]( – During 2023, 50,098 Jews visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, down from 51,483 in 2022, according to data compiled by Beyadenu, an Israeli NGO dedicated to strengthening the Jewish connection to the holy site. Some 16,000 people ascended in the first four months of 5784, the Hebrew year that started on the evening […] [Read More »]( [Horror: 5 Dead in Early Morning Crash on Cross Island Parkway]( [Horror: 5 Dead in Early Morning Crash on Cross Island Parkway]( – Police are investigating after five people died in a crash on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens early on Monday morning. Police said at least two cars were involved in the crash near Exit 36N, where the Cross Island connects with the Whitestone Expressway, just before 6 a.m. The victims were pronounced dead […] [Read More »]( [A Driver Fleeing New York City Police Speeds Onto a Sidewalk and Injures 7 Pedestrians]( [A Driver Fleeing New York City Police Speeds Onto a Sidewalk and Injures 7 Pedestrians]( YORK (AP) — A driver fleeing police in Manhattan early Monday morning sped onto a sidewalk and injured seven pedestrians, including a woman who was pinned under a food truck struck by the sedan, according to police. The 39-year-old woman trapped under the food truck in midtown Manhattan and six other pedestrians were taken […] [Read More »]( [Israel Is Pulling Thousands of Troops From Gaza as Combat Focuses on Enclave’s Main Southern City]( [Israel Is Pulling Thousands of Troops From Gaza as Combat Focuses on Enclave’s Main Southern City]( AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the Gaza Strip, the military said Monday, in the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began as forces continued to bear down on the main city in the southern half of the enclave. The troop movement could signal that […] [Read More »]( [Russia Launches Record Number of Drones Across Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv Continue Aerial Attacks]( [Russia Launches Record Number of Drones Across Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv Continue Aerial Attacks]( Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, while Russia also reported Ukrainian attacks. A 15-year-old boy was killed and seven people wounded after falling debris from one of 87 downed drones hit a residential building […] [Read More »]( [IDF Kills Hamas Nukhba Commander Who Led Kibbutz Kissufim Assault]( [IDF Kills Hamas Nukhba Commander Who Led Kibbutz Kissufim Assault]( (JNS) – Israel continued pressing its Gaza offensive in the new year, killing a Hamas commander in an airstrike and pounding more of the terrorist group’s infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces said on Monday morning. An air force fighter jet directed by ground forces killed Adil Mismah, the Nukhba company commander in Deir al-Balah […] [Read More »]( [The Chasid And Ex-Commando Who Established Kiryat Malachi’s Local Guard]( [The Chasid And Ex-Commando Who Established Kiryat Malachi’s Local Guard]( (VINnews) — At first glance Assaf Peleg presented an unusual sight to residents of Kiryat Malachi. On the one hand he is dressed as a chasid, with a streimel and kapota on Shabbos, but at the same time he carries an M-16, a pistol and a telephone and gives orders to members of the […] [Read More »]( [Japan Issues Tsunami Warnings After a Series of Very Strong Earthquakes Shook Its Western Coastline]( [Japan Issues Tsunami Warnings After a Series of Very Strong Earthquakes Shook Its Western Coastline]( (AP) — Japan issued tsunami alerts and ordered evacuations following a series of earthquakes on Monday that started a fire and trapped people under rubble on the west coast of its main island. The Japan Meterological Agency reported more than a dozen quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures shortly after 4 […] [Read More »]( [Revealed: Siddur ‘Harashash’ Of Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZT”L Sells For $2 Million]( [Revealed: Siddur ‘Harashash’ Of Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZT”L Sells For $2 Million]( live on the Amnon Levi program on Channel 13, there was a discussion about the sale of the “Shtreimel” of Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZT’L for the astronomical sum of 1.8 million dollars. Amnon Levi, asked Yisrael Cohen, a Chareidi journalist, if he thought that it was an investment that could possibly go up in […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Rabbi YY Jacobson Condemns Neturei Karta on Zev Brenner Radio Show]( [WATCH: Rabbi YY Jacobson Condemns Neturei Karta on Zev Brenner Radio Show]( YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi YY Jacobson reaffirmed his condemnation of Neturei Karta on Zev Brenner’s radio program this past Motzei Shabbos. Rabbi Jacobson said he is not certain they are even Jewish, because of their staunch support of haters of Klal Yisrael, such as the Ayatollah of Iran. “It is hard for me to […] [Read More »]( [Sen. Fetterman Says He Thought News About His Depression Treatment Would End His Political Career]( [Sen. Fetterman Says He Thought News About His Depression Treatment Would End His Political Career]( (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake” and sought treatment for depression. He remembers thinking about his three school-age kids. “I can’t be a blueprint for my children. I can’t let them be left alone or not to understand why he would have […] [Read More »]( [Denmark’s Queen Margrethe Ii to Step Down From Throne on Jan. 14]( [Denmark’s Queen Margrethe Ii to Step Down From Throne on Jan. 14]( Sweden (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced Sunday that she plans to abdicate after 52 years and hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. The queen, who is Europe’s longest-reigning living monarch, announced during her New Year’s speech that she would step down on Jan. 14th, which is the anniversary […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2024 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Vos Is Neias 600 Reisterstown Rd Suite 401Baltimore, MD 21208 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.