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[Israel Approves Over 7,000 Settlement Homes, Groups Say]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s far-right government has granted approval for over 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, settlement backers and opponents said Thursday. The move defies growing international opposition to construction in the occupied territory. The announcement came just days after the U.N. Security Council passed a statement strongly criticizing Israeli […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Sandy Newman ע”ה גיטל בת משה]( Family getting up: Rabbi Meir NewmanHusband Mrs. Elkie KantorDaughter [Read More »]( [Ukraine: Drone Footage Shows Scale Of Bakhmut’s Destruction]( BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Amid the smoking ruins, a lone dog pads in the snow, surely unaware — or perhaps too hungry to care — that death rains down regularly from the skies on the remnants of this Ukrainian city that Russia is pounding into rubble. But for now Bakhmut stands — growing as a […] [Read More »]( [BREAKING: NYPD Commanding Officer Ritchie Taylor – ‘No credible threat to NYC Jewish Community’ (AUDIO)]( NYC (VINnews) — This is a special community message from frum NYPD Inspector Ritchie Taylor, Commanding Officer of Community Affairs, saying there is currently no credible threat to the Jewish community, regarding the planned Day of Hate. It has been widely reported that the NYPD issued an alert to the Jewish community concerning the Day […] [Read More »]( [Investigation Begins Into Arkansas Plane Crash That Killed 5]( LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal investigators headed to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed five employees of an environmental consulting firm. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board planned to begin work to document the crash site and examine the plane’s wreckage, agency spokesperson Jennifer Gabris said […] [Read More »]( [Police, Security Agencies Advise Jews To Be On Alert Ahead Of Planned ‘National Day Of Hate’ On Shabbat]( NEW YORK (JTA) – The police bulletins have circulated among Jews on social media, in WhatsApp chats and via email: A white supremacist group is calling for a “National Day of Hate” this Saturday and encouraging antisemites to vandalize and deface Jewish institutions. Information about the antisemitic campaign was first provided by the Chicago Police […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Aaron Schwarzbaum ז”ל Aharon Yosef]( Family getting up: Mrs. Janice SchwarzbaumWife Ms. Rivka Rahchael SchwarzbaumDaughter Mrs. Chanee BlauDaughter Sitting at 7111 Park Heights Ave apt. 302 Mr. Mayeer Schwarzbaum Son Mr. Pinchas Schwarzbaum Son Sitting at 7111 Park Heights Ave apt. 302 Rabbi Yitzchak SchwazbaumSon Sitting at 7111 Park Heights Ave apt. 302 Mrs. Malka HirschfeldDaughter Mrs. Bracha EngelDaughter Sitting […] [Read More »]( [US Ending Extra Help For Groceries That Started During Covid]( WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that aid shrink — and there’s a big push to make sure they’re not surprised. Officials in 32 states and other jurisdictions have been using texts, voicemails, snail mail, flyers and social media posts […] [Read More »]( [Ahmed Qureia, Top Palestinian Negotiator With Israel, Dies]( RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Ahmed Qureia, a former Palestinian prime minister and one of the architects of interim peace deals with Israel, has died at age 85. A key player in the 1993 Oslo peace accords, Qureia witnessed the rise of the dream of Palestinian statehood that surged during the negotiations. But he also […] [Read More »]( [Trump Lawyers Blast Election Probe After Grand Juror Speaks]( ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers in Georgia are criticizing the Fulton County investigation into potential illegal election meddling after the foreperson of the special grand jury seated to help the probe went public this week. Emily Kohrs first spoke out in an interview published Tuesday by The Associated Press, a story that […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Gets Funding Boost Under Shadow Of Economic Woes]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli parliamentary committee on Thursday approved new funding for Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, giving the prime minister a boost in personal spending at a time when he is facing mass protests over his policies and as the economy is on shaky ground. The committee voted to approve public […] [Read More »]( [Israel: Oman To Allow Israeli Planes Through Its Airspace]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister said Thursday that the Gulf Arab state of Oman has decided to allow Israeli planes to fly through its airspace. The announcement was another sign of closer ties between Israel and some Arab countries. Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority tweeted that it “affirms that the Sultanate’s airspace is […] [Read More »]( [Caught On Cam: Truck Struck By A Freight Train In Rockland County]( Haverstraw, NY (VINnews) – The driver of the tractor trailer got out minutes before a freight train crashed into it Thursday morning. It happened at Railroad Square, along Route 9W at New Main Street at around 9:30 a.m. Someone in the neighborhood alerted a police sergeant to the truck when it got stuck on the […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Meets With Republican Senators In Jerusalem]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday in Jerusalem with a Republican U.S. Senate delegation led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides also participated in the meeting. Netanyahu called McConnell a “true friend” of Israel, adding that he was deeply […] [Read More »]( [US Nominates Ajay Banga For World Bank President]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is nominating former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday, crediting him with critical experience on global challenges including climate change. The news comes days after Trump appointee David Malpass announced plans to step down in June from his role leading […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: TV Journalist Breaks Down On Camera Reporting On Death Of Fellow Reporter In Orlando Mass Shooting]( ORLANDO (VINnews) – A Florida reporter broke down in a heartbreaking live shot Wednesday night from Orlando Regional Medical Center, where victims were being treated after a chaotic shooting in a Florida neighborhood. Another local television journalist and a 9-year-old girl were fatally shot, while the girl’s mother and another journalist were left fighting for […] [Read More »]( [Buttigieg Visits East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment Site]( EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment. The Feb. 3 derailment led to evacuations and fears of air and water contamination after […] [Read More »]( [Florida TV Reporter Killed While Covering A Fatal Shooting]( ORLANDO (AP) – A Florida television station identified Thursday a 24-year-old reporter who was fatally shot while covering a shooting death in an Orlando area neighborhood, as well as its photojournalist who was critically injured in the rampage. Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons and photojournalist Jesse Walden were in their unmarked news vehicle on […] [Read More »]( [Six Weeks Of Falling Applications For Unemployment Benefits]( WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell again last week as the labor market remains resilient in the face of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases meant to cool the economy. Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ending Feb. 18 fell by 3,000 last week to […] [Read More »]( [IDF Publishes Radio Recording From Shechem Operation: ‘There’s A Child Behind Terrorist, I’m Not Shooting’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an attempt to demonstrate the moral level of its soldiers while in action, the IDF published a conversation between one of the combatants in Shechem during Wednesday’s operation and his commander. The soldier has seen an armed Palestinian terrorist near him but behind the terrorist there is a child. The soldier […] [Read More »]( [Female Terrorist Neutralized After Attempted Stabbing Attack At Entrance To Maale Adumim]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 27-year-old female terrorist who brandished a knife and attempted to carry out a stabbing attack at the entrance of Maale Adumin, on Jerusalem’s eastern outskirts on Thursday morning was neutralized by security forces at the scene. The terrorist was hit in the lower body and suffered moderate injuries. There were no […] [Read More »]( [IDF Attacks In Gaza Hours After Hamas Fires 6 Rockets At Israel]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli warplanes attacked installations of the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip early Thursday morning, according to an IDF report. The attack came hours after Palestinians fired six rockets into southern Israel in an apparent revenge attack for the Israeli operation in Shechem on Wednesday, which led to the deaths of […] [Read More »]( [Orthodox Jewish Family Perish In Devastating Monroe Fire]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a terrible tragedy which occurred early Thursday morning in the city Monroe, a fire on Highland Ave which broke out in a local home claimed the lives of three people: Kalman Goldstein, his wife Sarah and seven-year-old daughter Miryam. The fire apparently broke out late in the night as the […] [Read More »]( [Bris Milah – a Long Article]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This article is printed in honor of the Bris Milah of our new einekel, who was named after Rabbi Yitzchok Wenger z”l of Lakewood, NJ, who exemplified “ivdu es Hashem b’simcha.” The author can be reached at yairhoffman2@gmail.com At the seudas haBris, Rav Yeruchem Olshin shlita posed the question […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Residents of East Palestine Confront Train CEO – ‘We are not Dummies’]( OHIO (Yaakov M / VINnews) — In this dramatic, heart-wrenching CNN footage, angry residents of East Palestine confronted the Norfolk Southern CEO at a town hall discussing the toxic train wreck in Ohio. One local resident, who lives just a block from the disaster, Jim Stewart, spoke passionately as he described the heartbreaking experience that […] [Read More »]( [National “Day of Hate” Against Jews Planned for Shabbos Around Country]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — A “Day of Hate” is being planned for this Shabbos by a group of Neo-Nazi antisemites. It was first reported by the Chicago Police Department to its local Jewish community, and now authorities in New York and Florida are warning their Jewish communities to be vigilant. Last month, an anti-Semitic group […] [Read More »]( [READ: Israel Ambassador Sends Letter to NYT Blasting Coverage of Israel: ‘Twists truth…Incentivizes terror’]( NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Israel’s Ambassador to the UN sent a scathing letter to the Executive Editor of the NY Times, Joseph Kahn, blasting the newspaper’s egregious anti-Israel bias. In the sharply-worded letter, Gilad Erdan accused the paper of “whitewashing Palestinian terror” and “the propagation of half-truths.” He also said the Times […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2023 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 7939 West Ridgewood Rd.New York, NY 10028 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.