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It's Wednesday, Parshas Emor, April 29th, 2026. My name is Gershy Schwartz and I'm your host with breaking news of the last 24 hours on edge. On edge. Your daily report of the news of the last 24 hours powered by Yiddish 24 provided to you by The Click. There was a terrible tragedy this morning that shook up the entire Jewish community in London. Golders Green woke up this morning to a maniac terrorist, 45-year-old maniac, who ran around town with a knife with one intent to kill. Thank you, Hashem, he didn't achieve what he wanted to do because he was apprehended by our heroes. The Golders Green Shomrim members together with law enforcement, the police. We will get to the story soon. We have also a special report coming from one of the members of the Shomrim members, his name is Gavriel Ost, who thanks to Ari Feferkorn from Pushka dot and as well the one running the London Jewish Expo right now, he's very busy. He managed to get hold of Gavriel, who's very, very busy right now with the police. He's on the scene. He'll come on soon, so we'll hear a report from him. And we'll give you more details about the story, but first, Iran is drowning in too much oil. Hidden COVID-19 research documents are now being investigated tied to Dr. Fauci. And if you want a limited edition US passport with Trump's face on it and his golden signature, stay tuned. Okay, let's get to the news. But before we do so, let's not forget Protobites. Protobites. Now, if you want to design software, okay, you're busy in your business, you have no time to handle it on your own, even though you have AI and you tried it. You tried Claude, you tried ChatGPT, the new code that just came out that you can It can do It can make a program. I know. I know it can make amazing programs for you, but guess what? You're going to waste so much time and money and it won't do actually what you want it to do. You have to call Protobite. 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And he is in hospital and being treated right now. Now, I I don't know exactly what's going on, but I did hear and I did reach out to one of the victim's family members who kindly gave me some information even though they're going through a very they're going through a very hard time. It's really hard. What they did tell me is that their family member, this um the the 30-year-old man is actually a US citizen. And they said that they believe that the US now will have to get involved because the UK government obviously does so very poorly. As you can imagine, the police commission the the Scotland Yard's official spokesperson who gave the report didn't mention not once the word Jewish people. All he said is a man attack attacked two men in the 30s and 70s. Didn't give any information about Jewish about Jews. And this is the big this is the question actually in London in Golders Green, especially after the recent attacks that happened. They're not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism. Condemnation from Keir Starmer and the mayor, Sadiq Khan, not enough. That's all they can do. No, thank you. And now Keir Starmer needs it because he's afraid he's being ousted. He's actually right now in session, or he was in session a a few minutes or hours ago, and this is when he said his statement about this attack. They're trying very hard. The 45-year-old terrorist maniac was immediately arrested and apprehended by Shomrim together with police. And like I said, we will hear soon from Gavriel Ost, one of the Shomrim members, who I'm waiting for him to come on. And the reason for the attack is obviously still being investigated. Well, they did determine it was a terrorist attack. They gave it over to the the terror terrorist um police investigators. Both of the victims are now doing fine and recovering in hospital, so I heard. I don't know if both of them One of them at least I know. I don't know exactly what's going on. The Actually, the way the police apprehended that, I was told There's actually a video circulating online about this that the police First of all, this this attacker approached the police trying to attack them as well. They tased him and threw him to the ground and kicked his head several times. And with the help of Shomrim and other people around Shomrim members, they they actually released his knife from his hand. I think I think one of them who released the knife from his hand actually was a Shomrim member. Or one of the bystanders, I'm not sure who tried to help. The names for Tehillim are [ __ ] ben Baila and Nachman Moshe ben Chaya Sura. Please say some Tehillim. Today's terrorist attack brings me back to several past incidents in the same area. One that stands out until today, in the 20 is the 2021 year old Hamas convoy that drove through Jewish neighborhoods in London using terrible language. They urged people to use violence and support Palestine. It was awful. Awful. Awful awful what's going on there. And like I said, Gavriel Ost, I think he's coming on right now. Let me try and get him on. Let's see. Gavriel? Can you hear me now? >> Oh, I can hear you now. Yes. Okay. What's your >> Doing my best here. Sorry. Every time I get >> of all, what's your name? For the record, what's your name? My name is Gavriel Ost, and I'm one of the coordinators for Shomrim in Northwest London. Okay. Um we're here just above Golders Green Road. Uh, just behind me is the cordon, the police cordon, um, for this terrible attack that happened this morning where two Jewish people were stabbed. Um, uh, and we, uh, received some phone calls from members of the public to our control room uh, alerting us to the fact of somebody with a knife who was trying to stab Jewish people uh, along Golders Green Road, which is the main high street in Golders Green in Northwest London. Okay. >> However, our dispatchers, our volunteers, uh, they extremely brave, uh, apprehended the suspect together with the police. Together with the police? They, there was Yeah, they were, they, well, initially one of our dispatchers tried to to block him, uh, ran towards the danger, uh, and detained the suspect, uh, and subsequently the the suspect was arrested, and, uh, the police have declared this a terrorist incident. Two people, unfortunately, have been, uh, have been taken, have been dealt with by Hatzalah. Okay. >> injuries, stab injuries. Uh, and, uh, How are they doing now? This, this, this crime scene remains a a a crime scene. I cannot speak to the welfare of of the two victims as that's something you'd have to ask Hatzalah. Okay. >> Coming on. Um, but, I I would like to speak to the to the two Chaverim volunteers that ran towards the danger, uh, and >> to protect two people and to protect life. Uh, this this gentleman, well, this this suspect was out to try and and cause harm and to cause death to visibly Jewish people. My question is >> And, uh, I I have a I have a question for you. What is the, how is the English authority uh, treating it? Are they, cuz I heard one of the police commissioners didn't mention a word of Jewish or Jews through his speech, the Scotland Yard I think it is. What do what do they have to say to that? Well, police said in the last not so long ago have declared this a terrorist incident. Um so it it it has been officially been declared as such. Um other incidents that have happened recently which are anti-Semitic in nature um have not necessarily been declared as as terrorist. This one has really been declared as a terrorist incident. It was clear the motive this person wanted to harm or kill Jewish people. And it was clear that they wanted to do so to to visit the to Jewish people. Right. >> As Shomrim is an organization that is for the community and and protects the community. And uh and and our our members are made up of the local community. And we will run towards danger. Wow. >> To protect >> Wow. That's unbelievable. Thank you. Gavriel, thank you so much for your courage. And thank you so much for what you do there. That's unbelievable what you do because I can't take any credit. I can't take I can't take any credit. The credit goes out to the volunteers that were on the scene. I personally wasn't on the scene. I only came after the uh suspect was arrested. Um our credit goes out to those that actually put themselves on the line and ran towards the danger and and apprehended the suspect. Uh and and and they they are the heroes here. Listen, it's a you're part of that group so the credit goes to everyone there but especially to those members if I could if I could if I could have a word with them it would be great. I'm sure everyone is very busy now giving reports to the police. And may you all stay safe and be safe from our listeners here on Edge and um hats off to Rabbi Gavriel. Thank you so much for coming on. I appreciate it. All the best. All right, my friends. So, you've heard the story of heard Gavriel. Thank you so much for Gavriel for coming on. The US-Iran war is now more than 60 days old. Well, you could call it a war there's an actual ceasefire going on but yeah. And the pressure on Iran is building very fast. Right now, more than 20 ships are waiting outside Iran's Chabahar Port. On a normal day, you'd see about five. The line is getting longer because the ships cannot cross the Strait of Hormuz. Some of those ships are carrying oil worth around $200 million. Treasury Secretary Bessant said Kharg Island, or Kharg Island if you pronounce it that way, is nearly out of storage space. This place is Iran's main oil export terminal, might I remind you. Once it fills up completely, and like my Hava Moussa from Jackson said here on Edge, someday, and many many times I've repeated it here on Edge as well, Iran would have to stop oil production. If this happens, Iran will lose $170 million every single day and suffer long-term damage to its oil infrastructure. Meanwhile, Iran's currency, the rial, has lost about 10% of its value in just 3 days. Well, it's already low as we speak. The US Congress wants to wants ans- sorry, now wants answers about the US-Iran war. And there's no better person to explain this than Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who is right now in session and it's heated. So, Hegseth Hegseth will visit is visiting Washington right now and is in Washington right now standing before Congress or sitting before Congress to testify or to say. One of the questions would be about the military's budget for 2027. If approved, the proposal would raise the budget to a record-breaking 1.5 trillion with a T dollars. Hegseth and the top military general, Dan Cain, are expected to explain why they need to buy more drones, missile defense systems, and obviously warships. All right. So, the US just shut down Iran's money machine. The US government has punished 35 people and businesses connected to Iran's hidden money system. This is a secret network that Iran uses to move money around with without going through normal banks. The US also sent a warning to banks around the world. Basically, they said, "Don't do business with Chinese oil companies that are paying Iran." They are referring to the payments for buying Iranian oil or using the Strait of Hormuz for that. That warning comes after last week when the US went after one Chinese oil company and accused it of buying billions of dollars worth of Iranian oil. Yesterday, King Charles III told American lawmakers, he was at Congress by the way, that the US UK friendship will last forever. And that the two countries need each other more than ever now. When he said, "It's important to make sure no single person or country gains too much power." The entire room clapped and standing ovation. Trump was probably thinking, "Besides America, obviously." Cuz we're the most powerful. King Charles III, King Charles III, excuse me, is the first British king to address the US Congress in 35 years. Former FBI director, James Comey, is facing federal charges and an arrest warrant. Why? Well, it's because of a social media post. Now, those of you remember, I did report it here on Edge. North Carolina charged him with two crimes, threatening the president and sending a threat using the internet. For those of For those of you who has been who have been watching, listening to my On Edge report long enough, remember this story. Comey's post, well, was in May 2025. A picture, almost a year ago, a picture that showed seashells arranged on a beach to spell 8647. Harmless, right? But 86 actually, well, means uh it's an American slang that means get rid of, like as in kill. It's a slang used by gang members, like 86 them. And 47 refers to Trump, who is now the 47th president fighting with the 47-year-old regime. >> [sighs and gasps] >> On day 47 of the war, I'm joking, now we're day 60 of the war, almost, yeah. He It found If this Comey guy is found guilty, Comey can face up to 20 years in prison. He is, don't forget, he's the former FBI director. Peace talks between Iran have uh and America have broken down and drivers are paying for it at the pump. Gas prices across the United States just hit their highest level in 4 years. As of Tuesday, the average price for a gallon now is $4.18. In Ohio, the average is even higher at $4.29 a gallon. And in some parts of this of the Cincinnati area, prices have already gone past $4. The Federal Reserve is announcing today whether it will change interest rates or not in America. This announcement is also getting extra attention because it may be the last one Jerome Powell runs as the head of the agency. Kevin Walsh, congratulations, who has Trump's support and was nominated has just received his official nomination from the Senate Banking Committee for the same role. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 both went down this morning. These are two major stock indexes in the US investors are now keeping a close eye on the Federal Reserve. Obviously, Powell's future and the late and also the latest earnings reports from big tech companies, which is also stirring up a little bit of the news today. We'll get to it soon, obviously. All right, now, the US-Iran ceasefire isn't the only thing that is going back and forth today. As you can imagine, international oil prices also went up and down yesterday. They went down for a short time after the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC. Now, I had a report yesterday from my Hava Demouchet from Jackson, who came on specially to give me a reason why OPEC is a good thing or isn't a good thing, but to become independent, basically. The UAE wants to become independent. Then prices went up again because of problems near the Strait of Hormuz. At the end of the day, oil was over $112 a barrel. This is almost 3% higher and the highest since March. Leaders from Gulf countries, Arab countries, basically, met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting. They talked about the crisis and they said no to Iran's idea of well, to charge ships tolls, $2 million tolls to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. This decision mostly agrees with the United States. At the same time, shipping companies are using a new route through the Panama Canal and basically to avoid the issues and more ships are going there to avoid basically the problem area. It is a bit a little bit of a headache because like I said, if you look at the map Cog Island, it's actually a very difficult route to take because straight up from this is just straight to the point and Panama Canal is a little bit out of the way for most of them. Qatar tried to help Karim Khan from the International Criminal Court. He wanted uh arrest he basically warranted arrest orders for the Israeli leaders like Bezalel Smotrich and also Ben-Gvir whoever it was. Oh, and the the Israel Katz Defense Minister and obviously Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The report says Qatar may have told him that they may look after him quotes if he pushes forward with the Israeli arrests. Though his claim though his claim is not proven, it is [snorts] supported by a document and audio recordings. Qatar says it is not true and Khan also denies wrongdoing in this. He is also accused of other scandals obviously. Wild terrorists wounded two Israeli soldiers overnight in the in the Silwad area of the West Bank. The soldiers were there for military activity during the night. Both were taken to hospital and their families were notified. Israeli media said the two attackers stabbed the soldiers but the Israeli Defense Forces IDF has not officially confirmed the exact method of the attack. One soldier opened fire and the terrorist was killed. The second terrorist was also killed and taken into neutralized I guess disabled not killed. Taken into custody. A large-scale search for terrorists began yesterday. As of today, the IDF and border police have searched 100 buildings and investigated 40 people for this. Now, Israel needs to be more patient. That's because analysts said that its war of redemption will keep going throughout 2026. This is what they call it. IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir also warned that Israel is still fighting in several places at once. Well, they have a big war on on all fronts, but they have a secret weapon, the Mossad. Mossad director David Barnea, who's to step down in June, by the way, and to be replaced by someone else, forgot his name, Kaufman, Kaufman, said that the Mossad can work deep inside enemy territory. They can get hold of Iranian secrets and now have a powerful new system for hitting enemies. Didn't say more details. Israeli military intelligence, known as Aman, gave a briefing to the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Aman warned that Lebanon's president is putting his life in danger by taking part in talks with Israel. They also warned that Iran and Hezbollah are both building up their supply of missiles again throughout the ceasefires. It's an interesting ceasefire, by the way, I'm hearing people are hearing bombs and drones and other sort of means of battle sounds on the field there. True enough, Hezbollah Hezbollah drones are now still killing and wounding Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon. A Defense Ministry worker named Amir Hujairat Amir Hujairat was killed when a drone slammed into him while he was driving an excavator. He was actually helping Israeli forces tear down Hezbollah buildings at the time. That's his job. He's an Arab. His son was hurt at the same attack. Another IDF soldier was also badly wounded by one of these explosive drones. The big problem is these drones are cheap and easy to make in big numbers. The usual electronics, like basically what the Ukraine is fighting, right? The usual electronic tools the military uses to block drones are not working well against them and they're expensive. These drones are also guided by a thin wire instead of radio signals because they don't use radio, the military cannot block them in the same way, which makes them much harder to stop. I guess they need to contact Ukraine. The prime minister has said that Israel is working on a special program to deal with this problem. The IDF has blown up the biggest Hezbollah tunnel network ever found in southern Lebanon. The tunnels were built under the village of Al-Qantara and was taken down in a planned explosion at 6:00 in the at 6:00 in the evening using between 450 and 500 tons of of last night. The main tunnel was 2 km long and dug 25 m into the ground through solid rock. The whole network has 30 shafts shafts going down into it into the actual tunnels. 30 rooms where where fighters could sleep and live and dozens of other rooms with other things and food and kitchens and bathrooms. It was large enough to hold hundreds of fighters who were supposed to use it to attack Israel. The IDF says Iran paid for it to be built obviously. They found evidence and that they found it through solid intelligence work. During the operation Israeli strikes in the area killed five people including three rescue workers. Lebanon's president Joseph Aoun said that Israel was breaking international law. Then in Lebanon's prime minister called the strikes war crimes. Israel has sent a final warning to the Lebanese government including international mediators who are trying to help with the peace talks including France and England. Israel says a deal needs to be in place before the current ceasefire ends in mid-May. Israeli officials say the next few weeks are the last chance to get an agreement done. If nothing is worked if nothing is worked out in time officials are saying a warning that the ceasefire could fall apart which is probably falling apart as we speak. I mean it is falling apart as we know. The problem is it is impossible to discuss peace with Lebanon without naming Hezbollah. Well, they're running the town now. That's what Israeli ambassador Danny Danon said at the United Nations Security Council yesterday. He said Lebanon cannot claim independence while Hezbollah obviously continues to fire on Israeli civilians in the north. People who ignored the military invitations well in other words invitation to come to serve are being arrested across Israel. Haredim The most recent arrests were made on two Talmudim and this caused more protests in Israel. One Talmud from Yeshivas um Bnei Bnei Shimon in the Shalom's Gilo neighborhood I said yesterday was arrested at his home in the middle of the night. Another Talmud learning at Yeshivas Chazon Machon at Salia Itzeli, was also arrested by military police who was disguised as a delivery driver. In response, hundreds of young men from Pnei Brak Shlomi blocked Highway 4 at the Geha Junction, which is near Bnei Brak. In a separate gathering, multiple members of the Pnei Brak Shlomi broke into a high-ranking official's home. IDF military police chief, um, General Yuval Yamin and his family were inside their Ashkelon home when the protesters forced their way in. 25 pro- protesters were later arrested. However, the Jerusalem faction announced, "Leave the Torah students Leave the talmidim alone. Leave them alone and they won't attack you." Guys, they're bringing it on to themselves. Why they messing around with Torah? Don't mess around with Torah. Another anti-Semitic attack. Someone destroyed a billboard promoting United Torah founder Ellie Beer's upcoming Melbourne appearance in Australia on May 31st. It was torn down and partly burned. Still, Ellie Beer responded that the threats will not stop him from going to this event. May Hashem be with him. My friends, I made an a a robo call through our Pesach that went around. I mean, you know, I was hired to do it, so actually I know that I feel like personal to this. [ __ ] Danziger won the Surfside mayor's race by 22 votes. Danziger is an Orthodox Jewish former mayor and he's and he's returning to office, baruch Hashem, in Surfside and it's a big victory for my friends and Jewish brothers and sisters in Florida. He beat the vice mayor, Tina Paul, in a runoff election. I'm so happy for him, baruch Hashem. Yeah, baruch Hashem. Anyway, Danziger now replaces outgoing mayor Charles, um, Burkett. The Flatbush Shomrim members helped the NYPD arrest suspects wanted in a citywide fraud case. Police say the suspects were were wanted in Queens and and also tied to other fraud cases across the city. NYPD 108th Precinct commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Hamid Armani, honored Flatbush Shomrim members for their role in the arrests. Now, let's see what Tyler Oliveira has to say to that, obviously. A top health officer is being investigated for hiding COVID-19 records from the government. David Morens, a top aid in an Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, has been charged with hiding COVID-19 records. Federal lawyers say he deleted government emails and told co-workers to reach him through his private personal email account instead. All of those records could be found could couldn't be found, obviously. In one email from June 28th, 2021, he wrote, "The best way to avoid FOIA hassle is to delete all emails when you learn a subject is getting sensitive." The records he hid were were connected to COVID-19 to research into where the virus came from. This is something the government still hasn't reached a clear answer on. If convicted, Morens could end up in prison. I'm wondering what that means. Elon Musk is suing OpenAI. ChatGPT boss Sam Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman, and Microsoft. Musk says they broke their promise about what OpenAI was supposed to be, which was a company built to help people not to make money. Musk helped start OpenAI back in 2015. He helped he was one of the founders and gave $38 million to the company before he walked away from its board in 2018. Now, he wants a court to force OpenAI to go back to its original mission. To do this, he wants to remove Altman and the and the Brockman and Mr. Brockman from their jobs. He also wants them to pay back damages costing hundreds of billions of dollars, which Musk will donate to OpenAI's charitable side. OpenAI says Musk is just jealous and wishes he had stayed because they're so successful. Now, ChatGPT is not so great, obviously. Most Most users are reporting that they're terrible, hallucinating terribly, and they're reporting false information. As you know, yesterday we did report about several murderous attacks that happened because ChatGPT is just giving information, helping with assisting with murder and also suicide. They say every dollar he donated was used exactly the way it was supposed to be. That's what they claim. Microsoft's lawyer added that only had a problem with all of it after ChatGPT became a huge hit. And Grok is, yeah, well. The whole trial is expected to take about 4 weeks. This summer, the United States is putting out a special passport with a big photo of Donald J. Trump on the inside cover. Well, he is doing a lot of work to get his leg legacy known, might I say. Donald J. Trump is leaving a big mark in the United States, first with the Palm Beach International Airport to be changed to Donald J. J. Trump, and Penn Station now he's working on to get his name on. And now with the passport, and obviously, those who remember, I did report about the US $100 bill that's going to get his picture on it, uh his signature instead of the Treasury um um signature. Now, the State Department announced a new that the new that these new passports will mark America's 250th birthday. The passports are called America 250. Inside, Trump's photo will be printed alongside the words of the Declaration of Independence and the American flag. His signature will appear in gold. There will also be a separate page showing the well-known painting of the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence. Those who are interested may simply apply for the renewal of the US passport. Newly issued passports will also have the America 250 design. Interesting, I just applied for renewal passports for my kids. Okay, we'll see if it has Trump's name on it. And that's our news roundup for today, but before we do that, let's not forget YS Capital Group and YS Capital Group, because YS Capital Group will help you get your loan for your investment. And the reason why YS Capital Group is such a great investment opportunity for you because you don't have to go to the bank or the They're direct lenders, fast approval. 718-831-2168. 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