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| Gateshead Rosh Yeshiva Warns of ‘Great Danger’ to Torah Education |
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The Rosh Yeshiva of Gateshead, Maran Hagaon Rav Avrohom Gurwicz Shlita, has issued an urgent letter warning of a looming threat to Torah education in the UK. In his statement, Rav Gurwicz expressed deep concern over proposed legislation that could force yeshivos to adopt secular curricula that contradict the values of Torah and Emunah. The Rosh Yeshiva described the situation as a “terrible decree” and a “great danger” to the future of Jewish education. “If this law passes,” he wrote, “our children will be educated without Torah and without Emunah, and it will be very difficult to maintain the Yeshivos in accordance with the Mesorah of previous generations.” In response to this crisis, Rav Gurwicz emphasized the urgent responsibility of the community. “It is a holy obligation upon us to daven to Hashem, and to do everything in our power to prevent this danger from becoming a reality.” The warning comes amid growing concern within the UK Jewish community over government policies that could impact Chinuch al Taharas HaKodesh. Jewish leaders are calling on parents, educators, and askanim to unite in efforts to safeguard Torah education for future generations. |
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| Alleged Hamas members go on trial in Germany for plotting attacks on Jews across Europe |
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A trial began Tuesday in Germany for four alleged Hamas members suspected of organizing weapons caches across Europe. The country’s top prosecutor accuses the men of membership in a foreign terrorist organization. It’s a pilot case for prosecutors, German news agency dpa reported. “For the first time in Germany, people are facing charges of participating as members of the foreign terrorist organization Hamas,” prosecutor Jochen Weingarten said, according to dpa. The men are accused of seeking out some weapons depots set up years ago, as well as setting up new ones, for the terrorist group across Europe so terrorists could later use the firearms and ammunition for attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets on the continent, prosecutors said when filing charges last year. The weapons were allegedly moved around Europe in preparation for Hamas’ attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, prosecutors said. Around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in that attack, and about 250 taken hostage. Hamas also considered targeting the Israeli Embassy in Berlin, the area around Tempelhof Airport in the capital and the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany, authorities said. Abdelhamid Al A., Mohamed B., Nazih R. and Ibrahim El-R. were arrested in December 2023. Prosecutors identified them only by their first name and last initial in line with German privacy laws. All four had important positions within Hamas, prosecutors asserted. The men allegedly set up a weapons cache in Bulgaria in 2019 and in Denmark later that year. They sought to find a spot in Poland, but were unsuccessful, prosecutors said. |
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| Hamas: Deal reached for ‘simultaneous’ release of 4 slain hostages, 602 Palestinian prisoners |
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Hamas announces that an agreement has been reached with Israel for the “simultaneous” release of four Israeli hostages’ bodies and 602 Palestinian security prisoners, which would an end to an impasse that risked collapsing the ceasefire agreement before its first phase was even completed. “An agreement was reached to resolve the issue of the delayed release of Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be freed in the last batch,” Hamas says in a statement. “They will be released simultaneously with the bodies of the Israeli prisoners agreed upon for transfer during the first phase, in addition to an equivalent number of Palestinian women and children.” The deal was also confirmed by an Israeli official to The Times of Israel, and another source familiar with the matter said Egypt will be responsible for the swap. Israel was supposed to release the Palestinian prisoners on Saturday but has been refusing to do so, citing Hamas violations of the deal during the return of the three Bibas family members’ remains as well as the propaganda ceremonies it has been putting on throughout the hostage releases so far in phase one. Earlier today, the Israeli official told The Times of Israel that Hamas has agreed not to hold such ceremonies during the release of the four slain hostages, but similar assurances were given ahead of the release of the Bibas family and body of Oded Lifshitz that were not upheld, leading Jerusalem to refuse to release the Palestinian prisoners before the hostages are freed. Hamas says the agreement was reached during meetings that its delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya held in Cairo with Egyptian officials. “The Hamas leadership delegation reaffirmed its clear position on the need for full and precise adherence to all its terms and stages,” the terror group’s statement adds. |
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