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Palestinian Authority Schools in Judea and Samaria Incorporate October 7 Massacre Into Curriculum🤬
Schools operated by the Palestinian Authority in Judea and Samaria have incorporated math exercises and songs based on Hamas’s October 7 attack into their curricula, according to monitoring organization Palestinian Media Watch.
Nine-year-old students at Al-Kuwait Elementary School were asked to create multiplication problems based on events from the massacre, including calculating the number of Israelis killed or rockets fired by the Al-Qassam Brigades over nine days. Teachers praised students who accompanied their calculations with derogatory terms and blessings for “martyrs.”
Female students at elementary schools in Hebron, Ramallah, Tulkarm, Nablus and Jenin were also documented reciting songs glorifying the attack and expressing pride in the events of that day.
Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, warned that the institutional glorification of the murder of Israelis shows how deeply rooted the phenomenon is in the PA’s educational system. He said announced reforms would be meaningless without changes in leadership and school oversight.
The findings come as PA schools operate only three days a week amid a severe economic crisis that has led to cuts in public services.
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New York Amish Threaten to Leave Over Vaccine Mandate
New York’s 25,000-member Amish community is threatening to leave the state if it loses a Supreme Court fight over vaccine mandates.
The dispute stems from a 2019 law signed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a measles outbreak in a frum community, which eliminated religious exemptions from school vaccine mandates. New York requires 24 to 27 vaccines for K-12 attendance. Maine and Connecticut later removed religious exemptions, while West Virginia never had them.
Since 2024, upstate Amish parents have challenged the mandate. The state began issuing $2,000 fines two years earlier to small, one-room Amish schools that refused to comply. Three plaintiff schools have accumulated $118,000 in fines, and attorneys say every Amish school in New York faces the same situation.
Lawyer Hiram Sasser called the Amish a test of religious liberty and tolerance.
The only way the community would be able to meet the fines is if the state confiscated their land to pay them according to Aaron Siri, another attorney representing the plaintiffs.
The Supreme Court earlier this year sent the case back to the 2nd Circuit, which reissued its ruling against the Amish. Their lawyers say they will petition SCOTUS again next month.
Amish culture generally rejects litigation and injectables. Plaintiff Ezra Wengerd, 55, wrote that vaccines conflict with his community’s faith and reliance on G-d.
Amish plaintiffs have previously won cases in Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania involving photo IDs, buggy safety equipment and building codes.
Wayne State law professor Christopher Lund said the case is not a slam dunk, noting the 2nd Circuit has rejected at least five other religious vaccine challenges. He said SCOTUS has also been hesitant to intervene in vaccination cases.
The NY Health Department said it must protect public health and enforce science-based immunization requirements fairly.
HHS, however, said President Trump’s recent executive order reaffirmed parental choice and religious freedom regarding childhood vaccination, adding that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department will protect parents’ rights to make health care decisions according to their beliefs.
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Israeli air strikes hit Nabatieh and other areas in south Lebanon
Israeli war jets have launched two waves of morning air attacks targeting the Ali al-Taher Hill on the eastern outskirts of Upper Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, according to reports.
The area reportedly experienced a series of massive concussion missiles that caused powerful explosions echoing across the region, sending up heavy columns of smoke.
Israeli warplanes had carried out further overnight air strikes on the area located between the towns of Eastern Zawtar and Mayfadoun.
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Netanyahu reportedly held direct talks with Hamas behind security establishment’s back during 2014 Gaza war
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held direct talks with Hamas behind Israel’s security establishment’s back during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, using Israeli businessman Shlomi Fogel as an intermediary.
Unlike Israel-Hamas negotiations traditionally conducted through Egypt, Qatar or another mediator, the talks were direct. They also differed from Netanyahu’s later contacts with Yahya Sinwar, which were conducted through Egypt, including when Sinwar sent the note “Take a calculated risk” to then National Security Council chief Meir Ben Shabbat.
Under then-NSC chief Yossi Cohen’s guidance, Netanyahu sent Fogel to speak directly by phone with senior Hamas figure Razi Hamed in Gaza. The talks lasted several weeks, with Netanyahu setting the guidelines, Cohen drafting messages and Fogel conducting them.
While Netanyahu sought a ceasefire, Israel sent generals Fuli Mordechai, Nimrod Sheffer and Amos Gilad, along with then-Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen, to Egypt to negotiate through Egyptian mediators with Hamas and other Gaza factions. The talks stalled. Defense officials then discovered a parallel secret channel in which Netanyahu was negotiating directly with Hamas without their knowledge.
Officials confronted Netanyahu, who denied it and told them to ask Fogel to stop. After Fogel continued, they discovered he had Netanyahu’s authorization and approval.
Hamed, a known Hamas terrorist now serving as chairman of the Gaza Energy Authority, had been Hamas deputy foreign minister and an adviser to senior military-wing figures.
Security chiefs were shocked. “People’s jaws dropped,” one official told Maariv, saying the episode was “a formative event” and “writing that was already on the wall.”
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Israel weighing expelling British officials from US-led Gaza coordination center – FT
Israel is considering expelling British officials from the US-led coordination center for post-war Gaza, the Financial Times reports.
The Israeli government has discussed removing the UK from the International Gaza Support Center, the multinational headquarters monitoring the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to people familiar with the matter.
Jerusalem may take similar action against officials from other European countries as well.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced Tuesday that Dutch representatives would be expelled from the center following a series of “anti-Israel measures” by the Netherlands.
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An emotional meeting took place at the offices of prominent Panamanian philanthropist Mr. Raymond Harari, where told the Gedolim of Keren Olam HaTorah his basic life story and concluded by giving them a Birchas Kohanim.
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🚨 SCN Food-Box Program Allegedly Unravels Into Fraud, Frum Companies Left Holding the Bag
CBN- Covid boxes 2.0🙈! Everyone ran to sign their sister and mother up and make a quick buck and……
What began as a COVID-era government food-box program has unraveled into what insiders are calling a scam of epic proportions. The initiative, which became wildly popular in Monsey and Boro Park, saw agencies and vendors sign up in droves, treating it as free money — and now, with an active investigation underway, those same companies are left holding the bag.
At a Tuesday night meeting with Hudson Valley community leaders, Attorney Jeff Adest, who represents agencies across the region, laid out a series of serious legal, financial, and compliance concerns tied to the Social Care Network (SCN) food-box program, according to a summary of his remarks we reviewed. Local askanim were present at the meeting.
Adest said subpoenas have been issued and an active investigation is currently underway in Hudson Valley, with roughly $39 million in outstanding funds unlikely to ever be recovered — a loss he said will fall on the stores, vendors, and others who already provided goods or advanced money( including some very big names which are not going to mention…). Regional offices in Hudson Valley and Brooklyn are already in communication, he noted, raising concern the investigation could expand into Brooklyn as well. Fidelis/Medicare has brought in a major investigative team to examine the matter, he said.
He warned that once authorities suspect program funds were obtained or used improperly, they immediately freeze all of an agency’s accounts — even when only part of the activity is in question — leaving agencies unable to pay stores regardless of prior commitments. The risk doesn’t end there, he said: if authorities later determine payments were tied to fraud or improper use, stores that already received money could be required to repay it, even years later.#CLAWBACKS
Timeline: A string of funding disruptions played out over recent weeks. In July, on a Friday afternoon, the agency overseeing SCN providers paused payments, initially framed as a one-week hold beginning July 17; in Rockland, providers reportedly have not been paid since. Roughly two weeks ago, a similar disruption hit New York and Staten Island providers — not a full hold, but a requirement that recipients requalify, with payments now covering only one individual per household rather than the full family. Other areas remain active for now, though funding could reportedly be cut off at any time.
According to Adest, the program is intended strictly as an immediate food-need benefit for those with no other resources to obtain food right now; anyone still holding EBT/food stamp funds would not be eligible, and it isn’t meant to stockpile inventory for future months🤯.
Under the eligibility standard being discussed, he said, only a fraction of families would clearly qualify — and large numbers of participants receiving benefits despite the narrow criteria is itself, in his assessment, a sign the program is being used unlawfully, even if unknowingly.
Askanim say the SCN program began in a manner resembling COVID-era food-box distributions — initially serving postpartum and pregnant women — before eligibility expanded significantly over time, built around a recruitment structure connecting an approval company and a servicer. End users reportedly received supermarket gift cards or store credit worth up to $800 per week, while the larger sums flowed to the companies distributing the boxes themselves, which competed to enroll more participants; per-box values reportedly climbed from $200–$500 toward a cap near $1,000. Over roughly the past year and a half, offerings expanded from raw food boxes to prepared meal boxes and eventually to toys and small household appliances, with importing and wholesale companies opening specifically to supply the items, many of which are reportedly still owed millions.
Adest was clear that store owners cannot rely on a claim of innocence alone: if an owner knew, suspected, or saw obvious signs something might be illegal and continued participating anyway, he said, that owner can be held liable under conspiracy or related legal theories, the same as the actual perpetrators of any underlying fraud. He also raised a separate concern about transparency — that customers may not know what was submitted in their name to obtain approval, and a customer’s lack of awareness does not make the underlying transaction safe if false or inaccurate information was submitted.
No store, Adest warned, should assume that an agency’s approval, a customer’s approval status, a promise of future payment, or past reimbursement automatically guarantees payment or protects it from future government scrutiny.
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USPS plans temporary holiday pricing changes starting Oct. 4
The U.S. Postal Service plans to raise prices for some package products during the peak holiday season.
USPS officials filed notice this week with the Postal Regulatory Commission seeking approval for temporary increases from Oct. 4 through Jan. 17, 2027.
Increases start at 50 cents for lighter packages sent by Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage. The largest increase, more than $20, applies to Priority Mail Express packages weighing 26 to 70 pounds.
Based on USPS distance zones, most of the impact will be on large items traveling long distances. Zones 1 through 4 cover items traveling 1 to 600 miles, while Zones 5 through 9 cover items traveling 600 to 1,800 miles or overseas.
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AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile fend off Asus patent lawsuit
A federal jury in Texas ruled Wednesday for AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile in a patent case brought by Taiwanese electronics maker Asus over 4G and 5G wireless technology.
The jury found the three patents Asus accused the companies of infringing invalid. Asus argued the companies’ devices infringed its patents through their use with Ericsson and Nokia network equipment.
The jury also cleared Ericsson and Nokia of allegations that they violated obligations to license their standard-essential patents on fair and reasonable terms. It further found that Asus breached its own fair-licensing obligations to all five companies.
Asus had sought $436 million in damages, according to a release from the telecom companies’ law firm, McKool Smith.
Nokia said it welcomed the verdict, respects intellectual property rights and will “vigorously defend our products against unfounded accusations.”
Asus first sued the companies in 2023.
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Bruce Blakeman to unwind Nassau’s ICE agreement, join sheriffs lawsuit against Hochul admin
Nassau County will comply with a new anti-ICE sanctuary state law, Executive Bruce Blakeman said Wednesday, while pledging to join a lawsuit challenging Albany’s mandate.
Blakeman, the Republican candidate for governor, announced the decision a day after the law signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul took effect, banning municipal cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“This is one of the saddest days of my life as county executive,” said Blakeman, who has called Nassau’s deal with the feds the state’s “most expansive.”
Blakeman said he would “abide by the technicalities of the law,” while insisting Nassau would continue working with ICE without providing details. County attorneys reviewed every possible way to avoid compliance but concluded the county had to follow the law, he said.
“I am a law and order county executive. I believe in the rule of law, even when it’s a bad law, and this is a very, very bad and dangerous law,” Blakeman said.
He also plans to have Nassau join a federal lawsuit filed by sheriffs from 15 other New York counties arguing the law is unconstitutional and improperly prevents local officials from making public safety decisions. Rensselaer County, led by Executive Steve McLaughlin and Sheriff Kyle Bourgault, is the only remaining municipality that has not complied with the state order to end its ICE agreement.
Hochul, whom Blakeman is challenging for governor in November, threatened Tuesday to take legal action against Nassau and other holdouts. “If you try me again, I say, ‘bring it on,’” she said.
Hochul pushed the ban after widespread outrage over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts. The package also restricts local police from “informal” cooperation with immigration authorities.
Blakeman warned the law would “lead to mayhem, and violence and drug overdoses,” calling it “completely misguided” and saying it has made New York more dangerous. He said every murder, robbery, burglary or drug overdose committed by an illegal migrant would be “on the hands” of Hochul and state Democrats.
A spokesperson for Attorney General Letitia James, whose office will enforce the policies, said it had not received Nassau’s termination notice Wednesday afternoon.
“Counties do not get to pick and choose what laws they follow,” Hochul spokesperson Alexia Nizhny said, adding that compliance would protect New Yorkers’ rights, keep police focused on local crimes and make communities safer.
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Man Arrested at Trump Golf Club Had Melania’s Schedule, Secret Service Details and Course Sketches
A man arrested with a gun at President Trump’s golf club allegedly amassed a dossier detailing First Lady Melania Trump’s daily schedule, Secret Service agents’ schedules and security details, and 208 pages of golf course sketches.
Jeanine John Taele, 38, a decorated Marine veteran from Downey, California, appeared before Judge John Lonergan in Los Angeles Wednesday wearing a suicide smock, which is a special piece of thick clothing given to people in jail or mental hospitals to stop them from hurting themselves or trying to die by suicide.
Prosecutors revealed new details about his arrest and said he had researched “going off the grid.” Taele is currently mentally unfit to stand trial.
Federal agents first spotted Taele at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles on July 31 while assessing security for Trump’s Aug. 4 visit. He allegedly wore an earpiece while photographing and filming security-planning activities. He returned Aug. 2, approached agents and falsely claimed he worked for the State Department on a security detail. He allegedly admitted having a loaded firearm in his pickup.
Sheriff’s deputies detained him after learning he was wanted in an unrelated robbery case. A pat-down allegedly found a 16-round magazine with hollow-point ammunition. His truck contained a loaded 9mm pistol, ammunition, binoculars and a “security protection agent” badge.
A search of his home found an illegally modified AR-style rifle, additional firearms, body armor, high-capacity magazines, communications equipment and seven notebooks with surveillance logs.
Judge Lonergan called the allegations “alarming,” citing rising violence and political partisanship. Taele’s bail was revoked, keeping him jailed until Sept. 9.
Taele faces a separate federal charge for possessing an unregistered short-barreled rifle allegedly cut from 14 to 10 inches, carrying up to 10 years in prison. He has not entered a federal plea.
Taele served in the Marine Corps from 2008 to 2016, reaching corporal and deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. His decorations included two Good Conduct Medals, Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign Medals and a NATO ISAF Medal.
Trump visited the Rancho Palos Verdes club two days after Taele’s arrest for an RNC fundraiser and told Fox News he took “solace” in being a “consequential” president.
Taele pleaded not guilty Aug. 4 to four state charges: felony possession of a short-barreled rifle or shotgun, felony large-capacity-magazine offense, felony second-degree robbery and misdemeanor carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle. The robbery stems from an unrelated November 2025 incident in El Segundo.
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Judge blocks Trump overhaul of funding for fair housing groups
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from restructuring a federal grant program to redirect money away from more than 100 nonprofits that historically received funding to prevent and investigate housing discrimination.
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston ruled the Department of Housing and Urban Development had failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its “sweeping changes” to the decades-old program.
His ruling came in a lawsuit filed in July by the National Fair Housing Alliance and Massachusetts Fair Housing Center. Lila Miller, a lawyer for the plaintiffs at Relman Colfax, said the ruling “rightfully recognizes the stakes at issue and protects the rule of law.”
Joun, appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden, said Congress has long recognized the need to fund fair housing organizations supporting HUD’s work through multi-year grants.
But HUD announced in July that it would not use any of its congressionally appropriated fiscal 2025 funding for private enforcement initiatives or multi-year grants under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, created by Congress in 1987.
HUD typically awarded more than 100 grants ranging from $75,000 to $425,000. Instead, it planned to use $46 million of $56 million appropriated by Congress for five grants, including $25 million for a law school. The remaining $10 million could go to a state or local agency.
“The effect of HUD’s restructure effectively bars the very housing organizations that have been effectuating FHIP’s mission year after year since its enactment,” Joun said.
The administration also sought to require recipients to agree not to use funding to support “gender ideology” or “illegal immigration.”
HUD argued it had discretion to impose the conditions as part of a modernization effort to broaden participation. Joun said that explanation “falls woefully short” and that it was “hard to see how or where Defendants relied on relevant data” in making the changes.
