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"Remember this day when you came out of Egypt from the house of slavery," is quoted from the Haggadah followed by clarification – "From slavery to freedom this first cup that we raise – what is it for Because we were commanded to remember this day the day of the beginning and birth of a nation And today – when we stand in the midst of it." Another significant Haggadah at the auction is among the first to explicitly reference the Holocaust of the Jewish people it contains a rare and early mention of the Holocaust "Wherever I go I hear the voices of my brothers dragged like herds to slaughter from cities and towns – altars for burnt offerings The groaning of their destruction terrifies my nights and my eyes will never cease to see them and my heart will never stop crying abomination." "Do you know what is happening today?" the writer asks and answers "In Poland our people are slaughtered like sheep Do you hear the knocking in the mountains in the silvery air They are standing in the frost and digging graves for each other," it says The following page shows a person tearing under a swastika while a town burns in the background A third Haggadah being offered for sale is the Haganah Haggadah mere weeks before Israel's declaration of independence it appears the fighters anticipated the coming independence as the Haggadah features distinctly celebratory and Zionist themes "Today you are going out in the month of spring – we raise the first cup to the king of the Seder You think I'm gonna put up with this sh*t at my bar Newly revealed SS officer tape provides direct evidence of Hitler's explicit command for Jewish extermination A group called "Youth Demand" called on protesters to come to the site Analysis  Archaeology Blogpost Business & Finance Culture Exclusive Explainer Environment Features Health In Brief Jewish World Judea and Samaria Lifestyle Cyber & Internet Sports Diplomacy  Iran & The Gulf Gaza Strip Politics Shopping Terms of use Privacy Policy Submissions Contact Us The first issue of Israel Hayom appeared on July 30 Israel Hayom was founded on the belief that the Israeli public deserves better more balanced and more accurate journalism [contact-form-7 id=”508379″ html_id=”isrh_form_Newsletter_en” title=”newsletter_subscribe”] the commander of the IDF's Training Command who worked to establish the new haredi Hashmonaim Brigade went to a Bnei Brak eatery on Thursday night with his advisor Muli Boimel to eat cholent After photos of him at the restaurant were sent around dozens of extremists came to protest the general who works to enlist haredim in the military The protesters shouted slurs including "murderer of souls." Police officers reported to the restaurant and had to rescue Zini who was present at the meeting with the general Police arrested three suspects for the assault The suspects will be remanded later in the day at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court Minister of Defense Israel Katz condemned the attack: "I strongly condemn the violent attack on Maj David Zini by a handful of extremist rioters in Bnei Brak who dedicate their lives to the security of the country and the authorities must work to bring the rioters to justice." A similar incident occurred a few months ago when dozens of haredi extremists in Bnei Brak attacked Zini and the head of the Manpower Planning and Management Division Brig Shai Taib after visiting the home of Rabbi David Label The rioters blocked the officer's vehicle Zini attempted to speak to the protesters but after the situation escalated and projectiles were thrown at them the generals called the police for assistance Police officers arrived at the scene and escorted the generals away as protesters shouted "Murderer" and "We'll die and not enlist." 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Iranian actor and carrying out various tasks on his behalf which posed a threat to Israel's security As per the instructions of the Iranian operator and with his guidance Weiss used a GoPro camera to document the home and vehicle of an Israeli nuclear scientist whose identity is not cleared for publication and sent the footage to the operator for the purpose of advancing the assassination The Iranian operator sent footage to an Arab from the Beit Safafa neighborhood in Jerusalem who was charged with carrying out the assassination (a indictment was filed last week against the suspect and six others) The indictment also showed that as per the instructions of the Iranian operator and hung hundreds of inciting flyers around Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan Weiss was also required to prove to the Iranian operator that the tasks he was given were carried out by means of footage and photos sent to the operator These actions were carried out in exchange for a sum total of $25,271 in payment The dispute has been settled and construction of a high-rise office project in Bnei Brak can move forward owned by haredi businessman Shlomo Teitel has recently acquired the rights from some of the owners of the 1,553 square meter lot in the BBC area in Bnei Brak the company can moved forward together with the other owners on building the 30-floor high-rise with 28,000 square meters of office space worth at least NIS 400 million The high-rise will be built at 20 Masada Street on lot 148 which was owned jointly by five private individuals into an overall lot of 2,771 square meters For many years the plan was stuck due to disagreements among the owners of lot 148 Under the settlement Tlalei Barak has acquired one third of the lot and can now build the new tower two of the owners filed a request to the Bat Yam Magistrates Court to break up the partnership enabling each of the owners to sell their rights in the land separately and settle the dispute Judge Yigal Nimrodi accepted the request and ruled that the lot would be sold as part of a procedure managed by the receiver Adv The procedure began several months ago in which Tlalei Barak offered to buy the rights of three of the owners of lot 148 The purchase offer was submitted by Tlalei Barak with the two other owners of its lot to the owners who had submitted the request to dissolve the partnership This offer worth NIS 11 million was accepted reflecting the value of NIS 33.25 million for the entire plot about NIS 3 million more than the appraisal for the land at the start of the procedure The appraisers Nehama Bogen and Sami Moyal estimate the value of each square meter on the site at NIS 13,500 Thus 28,000 square meters of office space is worth NIs 377 million before the value of public spaces and parking in eight underground floors is taken into account There are currently 15 towers in the BBC district with other planned for construction There are those that claim that the district is already swamped with too much office space in a sector that is in crisis "The company welcomes the procedure and its completion we will invest in the planning process according to Tlalei Barak's standards and we will immediately launch accelerated marketing of the entire tower." Tlalei Barak estimates that the tower will be occupied in about five years." "The tender procedures were carried out during a challenging period we were able to realize the rights to the lot at the best price we were able to bring to an end to protracted disputes between the parties and pave the way for the development of the land and the construction of a new office tower." Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on June 10 © Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. A fire broke out Tuesday in a residential building on Trumpeldor Street in Bnei Brak A young child was severely injured in the blaze Two firefighting teams were sent to the scene and immediately noticed a fire and black smoke from on the first floor of a three-story residential building The teams are working to reach the source of the fire and search for and evacuate anyone who might be trapped in the building Magen David Adom (MDA) reported that six people were injured in the fire: A two-year-old who is conscious and in serious condition due to suffering burns to his body and five people who were lightly injured by smoke inhalation All have been evacuated to Sheba and Beilinson hospitals An MDA spokesperson said: "At 9:20 a.m we received a report to our hotline regarding a fire which had broken out in a residential building on Trumpeldor Street in Bnei Brak providing medical treatment to a two-year-old toddler who was moderately to seriously injured and suffered burns to his body MDA paramedic Yissachar Weiss and EMTs Yehonatan Cohen and Zvika Lehrer said: "We arrived at the scene in large numbers and we saw a large amount of smoke exiting an apartment on the first floor Exiting the building were victims who had suffered smoke inhalation including a two-year-old who was fully conscious and suffered burns to a large portion of his body A number of others had suffered light injuries and were walking around." "We provided everyone with medical aid and evacuated them in ambulances and mobile ICUs to the hospital MDA teams are prepared to provide medical treatment to any additional victims." Tel Aviv received the highest tier ranking of any big city in Israel along with Ramat Gan, Herzliya and Kfar Saba, while Jerusalem was in the bottom tier together with Bnai Brak and Beit Shemesh, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports in its latest socioeconomic rankings The country was divided into ten socioeconomic clusters with only the small local authorities of Savion and Kfar Shmariyahu put in the top number ten tier Kokhav Yair and Omer previously in the number 10 tier fell to nine along with Har Adar and Kiryat Ono were ranked in the ninth tier - higher than Tel Aviv Holon and Rehovot were in the seventh tier Ashdod and Bat Yam were in the fifth tier and down in the second tier were Jerusalem Jerusalem has consistently fallen and was ranked in the fifth tier 30 years ago Other cities falling on harder times include Tiberias which fell from the fourth to the third tier which fell from the fifth to the fourth tier The socio-economic index is formed from 14 socioeconomic variables number of families with 4 or more children receipt of allowances and supplemental income availability of cars and frequency of trips abroad The results are weighted to a relative index where a local authority that receives the value 0 reflects the socio-economic average for Israeli towns The cities of Or Akiva and Or Yehuda were found to be closest to this average. Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on July 29 Hezbollah attempts to attack gas field amid struggles to maintain fire on Israel The IDF Home Front Command issued stricter guidelines for central Israel and Jerusalem on Tuesday after an Israeli man sustained head injuries when Hezbollah fired three rockets at central Israel coinciding with the advance of Israeli troops into southern Lebanon The guidelines will remain in place until Saturday This means that schools and workplaces will only open if a shelter can be reached within the designated time frame and gatherings will be limited to 30 people outdoors and 300 indoors Siren alerts were activated in large parts of central Israel just before noon The IDF stated that the siren alarms were triggered by launches from Lebanon with Israeli media reporting that three rockets were fired at central Israel Reports of a rocket imapct near the Horeshim Interchange in central Israel, following rocket fire from Lebanon. https://t.co/jNkeGqlPaB pic.twitter.com/fcKKA7hGTf A bus driver was struck in the head and his back from shrapnel that landed near Horashim junction He was treated on the scene and evacuated to a hospital in moderate condition according to the Magen David Adom rescue services Two other people were treated for light injuries Residents reported hearing loud explosions in Bnei Brak with debris from rockets and Israeli interceptor missiles found scattered across the area Ramat Hasharon pic.twitter.com/ogoRHUVlRE Rocket debris that landed on and near the highway triggered fires Israel Police announced that portions of the highway would be closed for traffic temporarily to safely remove the rocket parts Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack saying it fired a salvo of “Fadi-4” missiles at the headquarters of Military Intelligence Unit 8200 and the Mossad headquarters at the Glilot base near Tel Aviv The terror group said the launch was “in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant and honorable resistance and within the framework of the ‘Khaybar’ series of operations and in response to the targeting of civilians and the massacres committed by the enemy.” Earlier this morning (September 30th), a Hezbollah UAV was intercepted from Lebanon heading south and apparently on its way to hit the Karish gas rig. The UAV was intercepted by the Israeli Navy at a distance from the rig. The map of potential threats to the rig (whose current… pic.twitter.com/L0Yna438LV the IDF announced it had shot down a Hezbollah drone presumably headed for Israel’s Karish gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea the drone was intercepted some distance from the rig itself the IDF stated that some 15 rockets were fired at the northern Golan Heights and a volley of around 20 rockets was launched at the southern Golan and the Upper Galilee Another rocket later fell into the sea near Haifa Hezbollah fired around 10 rockets at the area of Meron where the IDF declared a closed military zone the evening before indicating the area might serve as a staging ground for the offensive into Lebanon several more rockets were fired at Avivim and Metula Another 15-rocket volley landed in open areas in the Upper Galilee Hezbollah also fired 15 additional rockets that landed in open areas in the Western Galilee The All Israel News Staff is a team of journalists in Israel 2024Get email notification for articles from Josh Breiner FollowDec 24 2024National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is interfering in the policy of the unit in charge of enforcing construction violations which this year came under the auspices of his office This goes against the government decision that the authority to intervene is the policy lies with the attorney general An apartment in central Bnei Brak was sealed off on Tuesday by an administrative closure order after eleven illegal residents from Judea and Samaria were caught there which served as a shelter for undocumented residents was exposed in a joint operation by the Bnei Brak - Ramat Gan police and municipal police inspectors The head of the Tel Aviv district police signed an administrative closure order for the apartment for thirty days "This initiative is part of a large-scale battle against the employment transportation and lodging of illegal residents," said a senior police source The apartment was located following searches initiated by the police force on January 27 The illegal residents who were caught at the scene were arrested and transferred for interrogation Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker where am I living?' We are more afraid of rats here than terrorist attacks," says Udi Tana who lives on the border of Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan I have to make sure that some of them didn't get in with me," says Ester Horn who has lived in Bnei Brak for more than 40 years In recent months there have indeed been several cases of children in Bnei Brak being bitten by rats These incidents include a two-year-old girl who was bitten throughout her body in bed at night and was rushed to hospital covered in blood where about a quarter of a million residents are crammed into an area of about 7.3 square kilometers fearless and frightening rats scurry openly around the streets Some estimate there are hundreds of thousands Bnei Brak's rats have even reached the Knesset In a discussion earlier this month by Interior Committee the Ministry of Environmental Protection said that this was a unique hazard and that treatment of the problem began in 2021 Bnei Brak's residents can't believe this is happening to them "I served in Hebron as a soldier and as an officer because they were the size of real cats," says Tana "They stroll around the city center and already know the alleys better than I do The rats pop up everywhere there is garbage or sewage The infrastructure in Bnei Brak is so bad that every Saturday night there are pools of sewage here and the rats just party The rats hang out in large gangs and are not afraid of anyone." which seems to have been dragging its feet hired somebody to be in charge of the problem and is acting aggressive on the matter In Bnei Brak they have finally understood: it's either us or the rats It is not certain that the results of this struggle will be appreciated by residents of neighboring cities Bnai Brak Municipality is run by the Haredi political parties who is also Haredi but represents the Likud and serves as a one-man opposition in the city against Mayor Avrohom Rubinstein Vidar says that he brings up the subject of the rats time and again at council meetings over at least the past year but Rubinstein and his supporters deny that there are any rats in Bnei Brak until in his words "they almost bit them in the butt." "From Bnei Brak municipality's point of view "Only recently did the municipality admit that there was a problem and now they are blaming the light rail It is interesting that this did not happen either in Tel Aviv "There is a problem with cleanliness in Bnei Brak It is one of the dirtiest cities in Israel and you can see it with your eyes there are crazy sewage overflows here and everything gets mixed up in the streets The cats in the city are afraid of the rats." Or as he put it in the Knesset debate "The rats don't just come because they like Bnei Brak's cholent Vider says that he represents on the city council everyone who is not Haredi which is 15% of the population in Bnei Brak (most of whom are concentrated in the Pardes Katz neighborhood) "I can say that the most rat-infested areas of the city What are you doing to improve the situation "When I saw that the municipality continued to say everything was fine and even gave themselves awards I began to flooding the media on the subject of rats I knew this was the only tool that could make them move I applied to the Ministries of Interior and Health I went to the Ministry of Environmental Protection where the minister (Idit Silman) is from my party The minister ordered her director general to look into the matter and within a week showed up herself in Bnei Brak Suddenly the Bnei Brak Municipality said it plans dealing with the rats." "Treatment of rodents is the responsibility of local authorities Following complaints received at the Health Ministry's Tel Aviv office on the rodent hazard we passed the issue on for handling by the local authority in charge of it." Publicist and strategic consultant Kivi Hass presents himself as the Bnai Brak spokesperson even though he was not chosen for the role by a public tender he is an aide of Rubinstein and a major figure in explaining the city's new plan to exterminate the rats "We have hired a professional project manager in Portal Ecological Consultants which has already submitted an overall integrated plan that includes clearing waste piles clearing yards and working with residents," Hess reports "The project manager began operating in Bnei Brak since July 1 Teams from his company are in the city with dozens of cranes and trucks as well as outreach teams They have divided the city into six areas and each area has appointed an area manager results will be seen in the field within a few weeks We are finishing mobilizing the residents for the operation and expect them to show patience towards over the heavy vehicles that will be driving around the streets as well as clearing and cleaning yards in accordance with the project's requirements." reported in the Knesset on the progress and said that "this is a mega-event cleared 250 tons of garbage in five days." To put things into perspective a person in Israel produces an average of 1.7 kilograms of waste per day according to data from the Ministry of Environmental Protection exterminator Boaz Kaiserman told the Knesset Interior Committee meeting "The case of Bnei Brak is a unique because of the limestone hills on which it sits and the problem will get worse." He explains that there are many stone terraces and walls in the city built of relatively brittle concrete "The creepy feature of the brown rat is that it knows how to gnaw through the brittle concrete from which Bnei Brak is built The brown rat has the ability to gnaw any wall and any concrete," said Kaiserman there is almost no connection between the construction of the light rail and the rat problem and the neglect and garbage are also a supporting factor Is the plague of rats related to work on the light rail in Bnei Brak there was a fierce debate between us and the NTA which says that in other cities where works were carried out there were no rat hazards," says Hess "We claim that the facts are simple: in all the neighborhoods adjacent to the route of the light rail works the train route does not go through such densely populated areas as here the route goes right through Jabotinsky Street with very densely populated neighborhoods on both sides - Pardes Katz and Givat Sokolov No local authority in Israel has had to cope with the phenomenon on this scale." but we knew that in any case there is no systematic change zoologists - and each one of them said something different Some tried to calm us down and said that this is a plague that is reaching the peak of an outbreak but after a few years the reproduction of rats stops and they begin to decrease Others claimed that the problem is in the garbage bins that we installed in Bnei Brak which created a problem for the rats to access food and forced them to come out into the open." "When we turned to the Ministry of Environmental Protection but we did not receive emergency aid at all similar to what the city received during the Covid pandemic At least the ministry approved the project we took and its action plan Such a situation is too big and too much for a municipal authority We had to take a NIS 20 million bank loan to deal with the plague of rats The loan is supposed to finance only the first phase of dealing with the rats What do you say to the criticism of Yaakov Vidar "The Bnei Brak Municipality has been dealing with the issue of rats in the city for more than a year I personally participated in dozens of meetings and discussions on this issue You have to remember that there is a rapid outbreak here and what it was in the winter is not how it is today It may be that at the beginning we did not understand the scope of the phenomenon but we learned as we went along and today we are absolutely sure that in a few weeks everyone will see a very big change." The mayor allegedly said at a council meeting that there are no rats in the city "They attribute to the mayor a sentence that was taken completely out of context to make it clear to the speakers that they really had not made a startling discovery Dozens of people were at that meeting and all of them can testify that the words were said as a joke In addition to the NIS 20 million loan that the municipality is asking the Ministry of the Interior to approve the deputy ombudsman of the municipality of Bnei Brak "Additional budgets are needed from the government ministries and funds for cleaning for a comprehensive treatment of the problem." does not believe that the representative of the municipality is actually talking about taking a bank loan specifically to treat the rats the sanitation budget of the municipality of Bnei Brak is NIS 120 million pay municipal taxes like in New York and receive infrastructure like in Gaza sometimes the garbage is not removed for four days." The municipality says handling such a problem is too much for them financially "The municipality of Bnei Brak can't deceive us into thinking it doesn't have money It sits on the property taxes of all the office towers in its jurisdiction - BSR 1,2,3,4 The return that the residents receive for what they pay is simply terrible Tana agrees that fear stops residents from protesting "The residents here are afraid that anyone who speaks out will pay for it later for example when registering children for school." Comments on WhatsApp groups reflect the feelings of despir of Bnei Brak residents they only go to religious and ultra-Orthodox Jews after eight in the evening no one leaves their home In WhatsApp groups there are descriptions of rats that climbed to the fourth floor through the gutters 'There's a dog,' 'There's a cat,' I tell her but are they waiting wait for someone to die?" So why is there really no rat infestation in Tel Aviv "The Sanitation Department of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality has had an innovative model for years," the municipality explains "in which a monitor is employed by the Construction Supervision Unit at construction sites and enforcement is imposed regarding pests (mainly rats and mosquitoes) The municipality also has a control system that covers all construction sites making handling of calls more thorough and efficient; and stressing work platforms interfacing all bodies (sanitation etc.) with publications on the subject available." the municipality has begun to deal seriously "Expanded reproduction usually indicates that there is a lot of food available to rats there is no vacuum in nature: a jump in the numbers of any animal indicates that there is currently no other animal that threatens it which balances its reproduction," explains Dr chairman of the Histadrut of Veterinary Doctors in Israel Ettinger suggests focusing on the human factor: "Man throws so much food in the trash that it is really not surprising that more and more animals cross the virtual fence and come to look for food in the human living environment We see this happening with the wild boars in Haifa and probably also with the rats in Bnei Brak." Why have the rats suddenly moved above ground in such large numbers in Bnei Brak "They live most of the time in the sewer infrastructure but sewage overflows can cause them to rise to the surface It is very possible that the work on the light rail is involved here The excavation drives the rats out of the burrows they escape through the sewer system and rise to the surface." How influential do you think the light rail excavations really are When they started building new neighborhoods in cities like Tiberias and Karmiel This led to an outbreak of leishmaniasis (Rose of Jericho a skin disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly) This has also been happening in recent years with jackals that have entered residential areas and currently roam the streets of Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan." Ettinger stresses it is by no means certain that the rat infestation will begin and end in Bnei Brak "Rats have been known in the distant and less distant past as carriers of diseases that are no longer supposed to be here They are immune to most diseases themselves but can transmit them to a person through contact with food Can they mass-migrate to neighboring cities If you provide very little food to a lot of rats they have two options: run away or eat each other An animal that is in an environment where there are many mouths to feed will try to run away to a place where it will be easier for it to find food as soon as one runs away others will follow because the first runaways mark the escape route with secretions Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on July 25 Radical haredim from the Jerusalem Faction blocked Route 4 near Bnei Brak in central Israel for several hours on Sunday to protest the arrest of a non-haredi draft dodger protesters called police officers "Nazis" and blocked vehicles between Ben Gurion Street and the Geha Junction was blocked as well The police declared the demonstration an illegal assembly who is not haredi and does not study in a yeshiva was arrested for draft dodging at Ben Gurion International Airport as he attempted to board a flight to Uman He was sent to 20 days in a military prison The anti-haredi conscription protest organizations claimed at first that he was a married yeshiva student but after it was discovered that he did not study in a yeshiva they explained: "Because he looks like that two in moderate condition and two lightly wounded after impact in Bnei Brak During the earlier impact of rocket shrapnel in Bnei Brak two were in moderate condition and two others were lightly wounded Five people are wounded, including one seriously, in the Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan area following a Hezbollah missile attack on central Israel, medics say.Magen David Adom says it is taking a 54-year-old woman in serious condition, another person in moderate condition, and three… pic.twitter.com/Ce1vzXuGUH 20:59 - Hezbollah rocket triggers alarm sirens across greater Tel Aviv area a single rocket fired from Lebanon was responsible for triggering rocket alarm sirens across the greater Tel Aviv area The military said that reports of an impact were probably due to falling rocket debris after the interception three people were lightly wounded during the attack debris hit an empty bus in Bnei Brak and an electricity pole in Ramat Gan 🔴 Rocket Alert [20:45:46] - 115 Alerts 🔴:• Dan — Holon, Ganei Tikva, Savyon, Tel Aviv - City Center, Gelilot - Pi Compound, Or Yehuda, Maas, Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv - East, Morasha Cemetery, Petach Tikva, Kfar Sirkin, Bat-Yam, Cinema City Glilot, Mikveh Israel, Tel Aviv - South… pic.twitter.com/5UjnyTJlNv 19:34 - Hezbollah fires 10 rockets at western Galilee Hezbollah fired a volley of ten rockets at several commmunities near Nahariya in the Wester Galilee 🚨 Rocket Alert [19:10:04] - 10 Alerts:• Confrontation Line — Cabri, Nahariya Cemetery, Ben Ami, Neveh Ziv• Upper Galilee — Oshrat, Klil, Netiv HaShayara, Abu Snan, Sheikh Danun, AmkaPopulation: 48,000 pic.twitter.com/lMSRmfcWcL 19:22 - US envoy Hochstein delays Lebanon trip planned to finalize ceasefire U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein will delay his planned visit to Beirut tomorrow until he gets "more clarifications" about the Lebanese position on the latest proposal for a ceasefire with Israel ten wounded in earlier rocket attack on central Galilee A woman was killed and ten other people were lightly wounded by glass shards in Shefaram according to the Magen David Adom rescue service A rocket had hit a building in the northern Israeli town MDA later said the woman was in a shelter when the rocket hit the building the IDF said "interceptions were attempted Impacts were detected," after five rockets were fired at the central Galilee 6 פצועים בשתי זירות נפילה בשפרעם, בהם פצועה באורח אנוש@CBeyar https://t.co/zstBTwcNAx pic.twitter.com/myiO0rMB0X 18:27 - Rocket alarm sirens sound in Tamra Rocket alarms were activated in several towns in central Galilee 🚨 Rocket Alert [18:27:09] - 6 Alerts:• Upper Galilee — Achihud• Center Galilee — Tamra, Ibillin, Tamra Industiral Park, Kabul, ShfaramPopulation: 113,000 pic.twitter.com/3yKG2aiWbk 17:15 - IDF shoots down 2 drones launched from Lebanon The IDF said following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the Western Galilee area regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration that two UAVs that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory were successfully intercepted by the IAF and in Nahariya and surrounding communities 16:45 - Hezbollah confirms that 4 operatives were killed along with Afif in Beirut strike yesterday Hezbollah announced that four operatives of the terror group were killed alongside Mohammed Afif, in the Israeli strike yesterday in the heart of Beirut 15:51 - About 40 launches in latest barrage towards Galilee The IDF said following the sirens that sounded between 15:09 and 15:11 in the Western Galilee area that approximately 40 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory Interception attempts were made and fallen projectiles were identified Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets at Israel today 15:50 - Smotrich: If Hamas doesn't release hostages Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel "must occupy the entire northern Gaza Strip and turn to Hamas – if they do not release the abductees – we will remain there forever." "The IDF's freedom of action in Lebanon and in Gaza is an insurmountable condition we will not accept any other agreement." These comments came in the setting of a rumored ceasefire deal in Lebanon 15:08 - Around 60 launches cross into Israel today approximately 60 projectiles that were fired by the Hezbollah terrorist organization have crossed from Lebanon into Israel today (Monday "The IDF will continue to defend the State of Israel and its people against the threat posed by the Hezbollah terrorist organization." 14:45 - IDF thwarts ramming attack in Judea IDF soldiers thwarted an attempted ramming attack during which a terrorist in a vehicle accelerated toward soldiers who were patrolling adjacent to At-Tuwani in the Judea area The soldiers responded with fire and neutralized the terrorist Authorities said she will be transferred to Israeli security forces for further questioning 14:04 - Detained Netanyahu aid transferred to observation cell over suicide fears a former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspected of involvement in the "secret documents affair," was transferred to an observation cell over concerns that he might attempt suicide The Prison Service said: "Prison officers located materials in the cell that necessitated in accordance with the instructions of the Prison Commissioner Feldstein's detention was recently extended with state prosecutors saying they planned to formally charge him by the end of this week 13:50 - IDF destroys underground Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon The IDF said Monday afternoon that the 226th Reserve Brigade targeted ground raids in southern Lebanon to remove threats to communities in northern Israel troops scanned mountainous areas where Hezbollah concealed dozens of its combat compounds both above and below ground The troops also located multi-barrel launchers and military equipment used in Hezbollah's attacks against Israel over the past year the soldiers located and dismantled extensive underground terrorist infrastructure where Hezbollah stored weapons and established living quarters including a kitchen stocked with food supplies 13:29 - Sirens sound in Misgav Am and Margaliot 13:20 - Sirens sound in the Upper Galilee area 12:55 - Man wounded in last rocket barrage fired at Nahariya A man of about 65 years was hit on his neck by shrapnel during the latest 30-rocket barrage fired at the Nahariya region earlier today Another person was treated for acute anxiety due to the attack 12:47 - IDF confiscates weapon production tools and weapons arrests terror suspects in Judea and Samaria raids During overnight counterterror raids in Judea and Samaria IDF troops located and confiscated seven lathes used to produce weapons found several weapons and arrested two terror suspects IDF troops interrogated dozens of terror suspects while two wanted terror suspects were arrested in Silwad בפעילות בדהיישה שבחטיבת עציון, הכוחות תחקרו עשרות חשודים במעורבות בפעילות טרור. באל מועייר שבחטיבת בנימין, הוחרמו מעל עשרה רכבים בלתי חוקיים ובסילוואד שבגזרת החטיבה הכוחות עצרו שני מבוקשים >> pic.twitter.com/Riv7A9MxcT 12:30 - Lebanese media report Israeli strikes in city of Tyre reported Israeli strikes in the city of Tyre 11:51 - Sirens sound in the Maalot Tarshiha and nearby towns in Western Galilee region 11:47 - IDF: Hezbollah fired some 30 rockets at Nahariya and surrounding areas Following rocket sirens that sounded in Nahariya and nearby towns in the Western Galilee region the IDF said it identified around 30 rockets that crossed into Israel from Lebanon The army said that some rockets were intercepted while the rest fell in open areas There were no reports of casualties or major damage 11:35 - IDF says 30 launches in last barrage to Galilee The IDF said following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the Upper and Western Galilee areas that approximately 30 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory Some of the projectiles were intercepted and the rest fell in open areas 11:04 - Rocket alerts sound in Nahariya and nearby towns in the Western Galilee 🔴 Rocket Alert [11:04:41] - 23 Alerts 🔴:• Upper Galilee — Mazra'a (×2), Regba (×2), Beit HaEmek, Ness Amim, Netiv HaShayara, Shavei Zion (×3)• Confrontation Line — Lehman, Milouot Industrial Zone North, Ben Ami (×2), Evron (×2), Gesher HaZiv (×2), Sa'ar (×2), Nahariya (×3)… pic.twitter.com/TKFfK67nsR 10:50 - Hostage families demand hostage deal outside Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem Dozens of family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas protested outside the Jerusalem residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that the hostages' condition would only worsen as winter is approaching “The hostages won’t survive the freezing cold in the tunnels of Gaza,” organizers said in a statement “While Netanyahu and his team are busy trying to skew public opinion 101 hostages are dying in impossible conditions.” 10:25 - Sirens sound in Kiryat Shmona and surrounding communities 🚨 Rocket Alert [10:23:30] - 4 Alerts:• Confrontation Line — Manara, Margaliot, Kiryat Shmona (2nd)Population: 90,000 pic.twitter.com/Qa35BuzXiw 09:50 - Rocket alarms sound in the Western Galilee area 09:10 - Hochstein to visit Middle East in ceasefire push President Joe Biden's special envoy to the Middle East will visit the region as part of an effort to bring about a ceasefire in Lebanon 🚨 Rocket Alert [08:35:04] - 1 Alert:• Confrontation Line — ZaritPopulation: <500 pic.twitter.com/n7X1cqIEwM 01:18 - Lebanese Ministry of Health says 11 killed in Israeli strikes in Tyre the Lebanese Health Ministry reported 11 people killed and 48 wounded in IDF strikes targeting Hezbollah assets in the area of Tyre in southern Lebanon one interceptor fell - no reported injuries The IDF announced: "A short while ago during the interception of the UAV in Eilat several interceptors were launched toward the target 00:33 - Sirens sound in the Upper Galilee area The IDF announced following the hostile aircraft infiltration sirens that sounded in Eilat that the IAF intercepted a drone that approached Israel from the east The UAV was intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol 00:01 - Israel beats Belgium in UEFA Nations League The Israeli National Football (Soccer) team beat Belgium 1-0 in the UEFA Nations League Sunday night The win represents Israel's first win in the UEFA Nations League The winning goal was scored by Yarden Shua in the 86th minute of the game Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety recently approved a pilot to put self-driving buses on public roads for the first time ever The approval allows the ministry to kickstart the second part of its larger pilot program, okayed in 2022, in partnership with Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), Ayalon Highways, and Israel’s biggest bus operator, Egged The first part of the pilot saw authorities test the viability of autonomous buses vis-a-vis corporate initially operating the vehicles in designated areas The second part of the pilot will take place in the city of Nahariya, in collaboration with Nateev Express a public transportation company operating primarily in northern Israel an autonomous electric bus will drive through Nahariya’s busiest streets beginning and ending its 8-kilometer (5-mile) journey at the local mall The bus participating in the pilot is able to travel up to 200 km (124 miles) after each charge Authorities hope to test the vehicle’s response to pedestrians traffic jams and other unfavorable road conditions However, Nahariya has been under heavy bombardment from Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror group for the past months It is unclear whether the pilot will be delayed due to the escalating security situation Transportation Minister Miri Regev told the media that the pilot program puts Israel “at the forefront of global development in vehicle and transportation technologies.” “Smart transportation companies upgrade the travel experience contribute significantly to road safety and the preservation of human life.” the Bnei Brak City Council Hall held a tribute event to honor the Rebbe in connection with thirty years since Gimmel Tammuz and the local shluchim in honor of 70 years since the establishment of Tzach in the city.  a grand tribute event was held at the Bnei Brak City Council Hall to honor the Rebbe in connection with thirty years since Gimmel Tammuz The event also recognized the Rebbe’s shluchim who work tirelessly throughout the city of Bnei Brak which is celebrating its 100th anniversary.  Gracing the event as the honorary guest was Chief Rabbi of Russia invited by Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Chanoch Zeibert The gathering was led by prominent Chabad rabbonim and activists The event was masterfully MCed by the city’s CEO who praised the shluchim’s work and highlighted the collaboration between the mayor and the Chabad community Rabbi Yehoshua Greenfeld of the Mayonei Yisroel shul read a perek of Tehillim for the safety and salvation of Jews in the Holy Land Chairman of Aguch and Tzach in Eretz Yisroel read a special letter from the Rebbe sent seventy years ago with the establishment Tzach in Bnei Brak in Elul 1954 the Rebbe expressed his wish for the Bnei Brak branch to “increase its size in quantity and ascend higher and higher in quality.” Mayor Rabbi Chanoch Zeibert delivered an emotional speech recalling his encounters with the Rebbe during visits to New York and praising Rabbi Lazar’s incredible accomplishments on behalf of Russian Jewry He noted the ongoing collaboration with the Chabad community throughout the year presented the mayor with a special photo of him receiving a bracha from the Rebbe in Tammuz 1988 the rov of central Bnei Brak and rosh yeshiva of the Central Tomchei Temimim in Kfar Chabad spoke about the famous parable of the Alter Rebbe about Elul where “the king is in the field and welcomes everyone with a smiling face.” Representing Chabad rabbonim in the Holy Land encouraged the audience to strengthen their commitment to the Rebbe’s missions during the thirtieth anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing as we continuously see how the Rebbe continues to lead us The main speech was delivered by the Chief Rabbi of Russia who praised the mayor and council members for their support of the shluchim and the Chabad community He shared greetings from Russian Jews and urged everyone to intensify their efforts as they mark seventy years of Chabad’s presence in the city Rabbi Lazar received an award and a special gift from Mayor Zeibert and the shluchim in the city were also honored by the mayor The event concluded with Rabbi Kastel summarizing the development and expansion of Chabad activities in Bnei Brak since 1954 who is dedicated to the activities year-round the shluchim presented certificates of appreciation to the mayor and the council members for all their support throughout the year for their extensive activities Rabbi Lazar was invited to meet with leading Litvish figures Roshei Yeshiva of Slabodka Rabbi Dov Landau and Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsh He also held an extended conversation with Rabbi Meir Mazuz of Yeshivat Kisei Rachamim The rabbonim expressed deep appreciation for the ongoing work of the shluchim in Russian Jewry under Rabbi Lazar’s leadership noting the continuous development and expansion of their efforts Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Rabbi Chaim Moshe Katz of the "Rachem" community in Bnei Brak was moved by a post from Fauda star and singer Idan Amedi and shared on his show Kol Berama Radio's "Lechaim Lechaim" why that was "I want to address a topic that really moved me this week," Rabbi Katz began, explaining that he was moved by the words of "the singer and creator Idan Amedi, a secular Jew with a lot of faith, who was in a difficult situation for a long time after being injured in battles in Gaza." "This week he shared with his fans the feelings he experiences in the rehabilitation ward," the rabbi continued saying that Amedi mentioned in a post he made that he learned firsthand to feel that nothing in the routine of life is taken for granted "each action in our lives is a whole world unto itself." "that a person says in the rehabilitation ward take on such special significance - seemingly simple things Rabbi Katz wanted to convey a message from these words to the listeners: "Specifically a Jew who was at death's door and fought for his life and comes and says this moving phrase that every action is a whole world unto itself - this should really pierce through to each of us He added that the message is that "each of us needs to make it a point to express gratitude in everyday life to have a song and praise for the eternal one ready on our lips." "That same singer Idan Amedi who speaks like this - we need to appreciate every action in our lives and then we will be deserving of the great light of faith and confidence in the Creator of the world," Rabbi Katz added The latest data on quality of life in Israel; from the Central Bureau of statistics ranks the country's 16 largest cities according to 80 different indices some which objectively measure data and others based on subjective feelings The Central Bureau of Statistics information relates to December 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic struck but even some might be surprised that there are seven areas in which the haredi city of Bnei Brak scored highest The city came in top in terms of work satisfaction satisfaction about the balance between work and other aspects of life the lowest number of new cancer cases per capita and the highest voter turnout in Knesset elections Kfar Saba scored highest among Israel's 16 largest cities in nine areas: longest life expectancy satisfaction about cleanliness of the city in residential neighborhoods and lowest number of people with part time work who would like to work full time highest number of people working in their profession Tel Aviv - Yafo leads in seven quality of life categories: level of employment number of schoolchildren receiving matriculation Rishon Lezion led in satisfaction with parks and green areas and the highest proportion of women in management positions in the public sector Petah Tikva led in civil involvement and the lowest percentage of neighbors who make a noise Ramat Gan led in the highest amount of garbage put in for recycling and the lowest in feeling of being discriminated against Rehovot led in the number of residents who felt their job offered opportunities for promotion and Beersheva led in the lowest dissatisfaction in the amount of time it takes to travel to work Haifa led in the lowest percentage of housing services costs and Netanya led in the quality of water and the lowest percentage of householders paying 30% or more of their income for housing Beit Shemesh led in trust in the health services feeling of being able to cope with problems Ashkelon has the highest number of college graduates among people over 30 and Ashdod's residents have the highest feeling of security about the online environment Bat Yam has the lowest level of baby mortality the highest satisfaction with public transport and the highest confidence in the government The residents of Jerusalem have the lowest percentage of people with feelings of loneliness and feelings of depression Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on December 29 © Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd © copyrights reserved to The Israel Democracy Institute We must not allow autonomous Haredi enclave to continue to develop within the State of Israel – it will be to everyone’s detriment The agreements currently being finalized for the formation of the new coalition government lay the foundations for the two-state solution: The State of Israel The Haredi enclave that until now has been autonomous for the most part and in the wake of the recent elections it is set to go one step further and become an autonomous state—a “shtetel,” if you will The ambassadors of the shtetl state have gained positions of power and influence within the political system of the State of Israel from which they can now rule their new state as they see fit In addition to the ministerial positions that were specially created for the Haredi and national- religious publics and Religious Celebrations,” new positions are being created within the existing ministries for the shtetl’s ambassadors a Knesset member from the United Torah Judaism party is being appointed (in addition to his position as head of the Haredi Administration) as Deputy Minister for Public Transportation-- specifically for the Haredi public The shtetl state’s leaders are also worried by the same challenges that concern the leaders of the State of Israel They can see that there are more and more Haredim who are unable to reach the ideal standard recommended by the Mishna to dedicate one’s life to the study of Torah and to be satisfied living in poverty and sorrow: “Bread and salt you will eat and in the Torah you will labor.” These leaders also want to ensure that their citizens have a reasonable standard of living But it would seem that their preferred solution to this challenge is to change the rules of the game in the State of Israel To be accepted into a civil service position candidates must have an academic degree and meet various criteria The heads of the shtetl state want to change these rules so that holding a Torah education will be considered equivalent to holding a bachelor’s degree When added to the Appropriate Representation Law which requires that Haredim be employed in government ministries in numbers proportional to the relative size of the Haredi population in Israel this proposal offers an excellent solution to the economic problem: The State of Israel will simply employ the citizens of the shtetl state en masse the shtetl state's ambassadors are also demanding that women's' studies at Haredi post-secondary institutions ("seminars") of paramedical subjects such as art therapy be recognized t as equivalent to academic degrees It seems that an academic diploma and appropriate training it is enough that the seminars teach students the proper religious mindset bring in someone who has a diploma from somewhere and lo and behold - they have a qualified expert art therapist Including Haredim as employees in the state’s public systems is a highly necessary and welcome process but there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it of the two roads that diverge in this wood the one being chosen is that which leads us over the edge of a cliff We will all pay the price for instant solutions and at a very high rate of interest over many years Not only will this price be paid by Haredi parents who will unwittingly send their children for treatment to what are essentially babysitters who have had no proper training; even more critical is the fact that these solutions will be the death blow for the trend toward Haredi integration which has gained momentum over the last decade and a half This change will deal a mortal blow to the efforts to integrate Haredim into Israeli society and its economy from which it may not be possible to recover The future of the State of Israel hangs in the balance All of us have the responsibility to ensure that the Meron disaster (crowd crush during Lag BaOmer in which 45 men and boys were killed) is not repeated on a national scale for Israel as a whole First published in The Times of Israel Eliyahu Berkovits is a research assistant for the Ultra-Orthodox in Israel Program at the Israel Democracy Institute’s Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center for Shared Society and a doctoral student in Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem