Sunday November 8 News Updates Lakewood

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- United Airlines Flight Diverts to Athens After Emergency. United Airlines flight UA168 from Tel Aviv to Newark diverts to Athens after declaring a 7700 emergency following reports of a burning smell in the cabin. It appeared to be an electrical issue.

- Trump I don't see a reason to escalate the war in Iran. Israel will compensate us for the costs of the war, because without us it wouldn't exist

- Trump said his deportation policy was too tough.

- Trump on the reasons for losing the election: “They (Republican voters) didn’t like the war with Iran. They didn’t like gas prices going up, and there’s a lot of anti-Israel sentiment.”

- President Trump announces the formal commencement of Task Force Iron Gate, BLOCKING Iran's land-based supply routes across their own border. "Task Force Iron Gate is in full force and effect in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Coupled with history’s greatest Naval Blockade, very little gets into, or out of, Iran! President DJT"

- i24NEWS: Israel was prepared over the weekend for the possibility of Trump ordering strikes against Iran, prompting PM Netanyahu to hold a meeting with senior security officials on Friday. However, President Trump gave Vice President Vance and senior administration officials “several days” to exhaust diplomatic efforts

- The Jewish community in Philadelphia stood up to the Hamas supporters targeting Jewish businesses blocking the so called Palestine bike ride and supported our Jewish businesses. Give officials remained silent. Six Jewish-owned eateries in Center City were the target Sunday of a controversial bike-ride boycott  and a counterprotest that drew hundreds of people to patronize the businesses.

- Trump reveals resuming military operations against Iran is “highly unlikely” if negotiations over its nuclear program make progress.

- President Donald Trump issues a stark warning to Iran "We have 38 bridges in our sights that we can knock down in literally one hour. They'll all be down.I don't want to do that because it'll take 10 years to rebuild them. I don't like ripping down bridges. The hardest thing to build is a bridge. It takes years, and I'm a good builder."

- Trump: America took a giant step back in History with the results of the last Election — Even the Stock Market, which has been a “ROCKETSHIP” under “TRUMP,” took a one day, 3 Trillion Dollar loss. But have no fear, we will be back, BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- BDE: Petirah of Rebbetzin Bracha Spiegel A"H Wife of Rav Moshe ZTL Admor Ostrov Kalushin. They moved to Lakewood  from queens and opened the shteible in Pine River Village community in Lakewood. She was 95. The Levaya will take place today 11:0oam at the Lakewood chapel office 7th street. She is survived by her children,Her son Rav Naftoli shlita is rav of the shtieble.

- BDE: Petira of Mrs Chana Murik a”h, wife of R’ Yanky.(nee Rosenberg) she was 26 and lived in the Arlington area. The levaya will take place this afternoon 3:00pm at the  Lakewood Chapel off 7th st She reportedly had a minor infection that rapidly progressed into sepsis R"L.

- Genazym Judaica auction  today including sefer  Noam Elimelech. First Edition. Lvov, 1788. With a starting bud $1.1 million  Here

- Hachnosas Sefer Torah at B"M Khal Mihalovitz procession leaving  at 4pm from 39 Blossom drive Lakewood to the BM at 614 Ocean Ave.

- Moishas in Howell open today 

- James street traffic after truck flips over near  Williams st and Rt 9.

- A planned bicycle boycott in Philadelphia is drawing sharp criticism from Jewish organizations and local and state officials. The ride scheduled for Sunday in Center City targets several Jewish- and Israeli-owned businesses, according to a promotional flyer on social media. The ride is expected to start at noon in Rittenhouse Square. Organizers say they plan to draw attention to businesses they say have ties to Israel.

- Israeli elections 

Eisenkot receives  mamdat  to form a coalition  will meet today with Bennet and tomorrow  with Liberman.

- Responding to criticism Avigdor Liberman Defends Recruitment Compromise he said willingness to compromise on ultra-Orthodox military recruitment does not mean abandoning his principles. He ruled out a government dependent on Ra’am or the Joint List and said the 2018 recruitment bill drafted by the IDF and defense establishment remains a suitable basis for agreement.

- Zoning board meeting tomorrow 

- Lakewood Township MUA: 8 Four Seasons Drive – Install a 100-foot lattice communications tower; height variance required.

- River Avenue and James Street – Construct two duplex buildings.

- 1763 Lanes Mill Road – Minor subdivision to create four lots and construct two duplex buildings.

- Kennedy Boulevard – Use variance to construct a duplex.

- Westmount Group, LLC: 270 Albert Avenue – Use variance to operate a used-car lot and sales office.

- SGS Development: Chestnut Street – Use variance to develop duplexes under R-10 zoning standards.

- Congregation Bais Medrash Kerem Shlomo: 712 New Hampshire Avenue – Construct a yeshiva with second-floor dormitory rooms and a basement dining hall.

- Cranbury, New Jersey Mayor Lisa Knierim says the township was the victim of a financial theft involving a $26 million wire transfer of funds designated for the purchase of property to meet the township's affordable housing obligations.

Knierim said the theft occurred September 28, but did not provide details, other than describing it as a "sophisticated financial theft."This information was first disclosed after the elections.

- Israel election analysis can The left form a government: by Amit Segal

This evening President Isaac Herzog will hand Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot the ball. Now all he needs is a team.

With the support of his own Yashar, Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad, Yair Golan’s Democrats, Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beytenu and the two Arab parties, Ra’am and the Joint List, Eisenkot received a comfortable 67 recommendations to form a government compared to Benjamin Netanyahu’s measly 46.

Eisenkot’s problem is that not all his potential teammates want to play together.

The general-turned-captain’s game plan is to stitch the 19 Arab seats to the 48 change bloc votes. With the eight seats of the more moderate Ra’am offering active support while the hard-line anti-Zionist Joint List sits on its hands, the minority government can easily overpower the 53 seats in Bibi’s bloc that would vote against. The plan has backing on Eisenkot’s left. Democrats chairman Yair Golan has publicly called an Arab party’s place in government “natural, right, appropriate.”

Meanwhile, on his right flank, Avigdor Lieberman has his own dream team. In a maneuver that surprised both Eisenkot and his own voters, Lieberman has become the champion of bringing the 13 ultra-Orthodox seats over from the coalition. The man who proposed stripping ultra-Orthodox draft evaders of the vote would now rather count on their votes than sit with Arab parties. United Torah Judaism has already paid a down payment by depriving Bibi of thier recommendations to form a government. Whether out of security consciousness or the electoral tastes of his base, Liberman would rather swallow the Haredi flavor of anti-Zionism than the Arab variety. Eisenkot disagrees. He campaigned on three promises: no Arabs, no Haredim, no Bibi. He would like to break them in that order.

Golan has extended a more tentative hand to Lieberman’s idea. Of the three promises, the only one he cares about keeping is the last.

But one cannot forget the most important player on the field: Naftali Bennett. His 12 seats are indispensable to any lineup, but so far has refrained from endorsing any option. The candidate who pledged a coalition of “those who serve” has little to gain from an minority government albatross whether Arab or Haredi.

Bennett is still suffering the aftershocks of his last Arab-reliant government, and replacing Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas with United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush is unlikely to fix the problem.

In the long term, Bennett’s future doesn’t lie in the Never Bibi camp. He would much rather find a path back to his old homeland on the right in time to be there when the current king’s age finally catches up to him. A unity government offers that possibility. But Bennett has his own troublesome players, mainly his deputy, Yair Lapid, whose six Beyachad seats would not easily fall in line behind a unity government.

Bennett’s silence is menacing to both Lieberman and Eisenkot. If Israel goes to another election, their revealed preferences leave them badly exposed to being outflanked by the only player who kept his concealed.

Eisenkot has 28 days, with a possible extra 14, to convince Lieberman that he will be more comfortable in Umm al-Fahm than Bnei Brak, Bennett that he’d prefer an electoral future in Tel Aviv rather than Jerusalem, and the country in general that 19-48 is the way forward.

If he fails, Bibi will likely get 28 days to try his hand. If he also fails, the Knesset gets a 21-day window in which 61 MKs can sign a petition asking the president to task a specific member. That person gets 14 days. If nothing works, Israel goes back to the polls.

But don’t take that schedule as scripture. Dropping the ball in the first round doesn’t mean Eisenkot can’t pick it up in the next, and at any point along the way, he or Bibi might extend a hand toward unity.

A lot can happen in the next 100-odd days.

Game on.

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