Trump says an Iran deal is reached and called off tonight's strikes — after the worst Israel-Iran exchange in months last week. At home, Haredi draft protests shut Israeli highways. And the Lakewood antisemitism saga keeps rippling through the US frum world.
Trump said discussions "have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved," and cancelled the strikes that had been set for tonight — "time and place of signing to be announced." This comes after the Jun 7–8 ceasefire faltered into the worst Israel-Iran strikes in months. live
Israeli airstrikes reported to have killed ~17 in southern Lebanon the prior day — the northern front still hot even as the Iran track de-escalates. background
Mass protests after police transferred 19 draft-dodgers to IDF custody — demonstrators blocked Routes 1, 4 and 6 in central Israel, dispersing after ~2 hours; roads since reopened. The giyus fight stays the live communal flashpoint. ToI
The Tyler Oliveira videos targeting Lakewood (millions of views, amplifying antisemitic tropes) keep drawing response — Patreon pulled his account, and the broader right is "grappling with antisemitism." Worth knowing as it shapes how our communities are covered. JNS
Local + national frum coverage this week including congressional Israel-support voting records. Your home paper for North Woodmere / Five Towns. 5tjt.com
The meraglim saw the same land as Yehoshua and Calev — the facts were identical; the read was opposite. The difference was what they chose to build on. (A fitting one for a week of deciding what's real and what's fear.)
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