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HEADLINES:
1. FAMILY VISITS SCENE OF MURDER: 'WE'RE CONTINUING FORWARD'
2. HALF OF WORLD'S POOR ARE CHILDREN
3. HALEY: US HOLDS IRAN 'FULLY ACCOUNTABLE' FOR PROXIES' ATTACKS
4. NEW YORK: DAYCARE CHILDREN STABBED, SLASHED BY FEMALE ATTACKER
5. TRUMP TO MEET NETANYAHU IN NEW YORK
6. 3 KILLED IN 'HORRIFIC' MASS SHOOTING IN MARYLAND
7. WATCH: TERROR ATTACK IN JERUSALEM FOILED
8. STATE DEPARTMENT: WHY SHOULD US FUND PA HOSPITALS?


1. FAMILY VISITS SCENE OF MURDER: 'WE'RE CONTINUING FORWARD'
by Ido Ben Porat

Relatives of murdered terror victim Ari Fuld on Friday visited his grave and the scene of the terror attack, in order to send a clear message that they are looking at the future and are proud of Ari's Jewish pride.
Fuld, a 45-year-old father of four from the Gush Etzion town of Efrat, was critically wounded Sunday morning after a 17-year-old Arab terrorist from the Hevron district stabbed him in the back outside a shopping center in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem

While Fuld managed to draw his firearm and shoot the terrorist before collapsing, he later succumbed to his wounds and was pronounced dead at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

Standing beside his grave, Ari's father Yona said, "We have grown, and we will continue to grow, from what happened. We will choose life. We learned great spiritual strengths from Ari's life and death, and despite our private pain, we are filled with pride at Ari's heroism and the way he chose to end his life."

"We will continue forward in his path."

Ari's daughter Tamar said, "Dad would have wanted to show the world that this pride continues, and now he is part of us."

After visiting the cemetery, the extended Fuld family arrived at the scene of the attack, gathering for breakfast at the shopping center where Ari, fatally wounded, shot the terrorist, thereby preventing additional casualties.

Thanking the pubic for the warm embrace they received after Ari's murder, the family requested all of Israel "continue in this path - the Jewish path of being proud and walking straight in the land of Israel."

"This is what Ari would have wanted."



2. HALF OF WORLD'S POOR ARE CHILDREN
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Half of all people living in poverty are younger than 18 years old, according to estimates from the 2018 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

The report, released on Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).

The new figures show that in 104 primarily low and middle-income countries, 662 million children are considered multidimensionally poor. In 35 countries, half of all children are poor.

The MPI looks beyond income to understand how people experience poverty in multiple and simultaneous ways. It identifies how people are being left behind across three key dimensions: health, education and living standards, lacking such things as clean water, sanitation, adequate nutrition or primary education. Those who are deprived in at least of a third of the MPI's components are defined as multidimensionally poor. The 2018 figures, which are now closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, cover almost three-quarters of the world's population.

Some 1.3 billion people live in multidimensional poverty, which is almost a quarter of the population of the 104 countries for which the 2018 MPI is calculated. Of these 1.3 billion, almost half - 46 percent - are thought to be living in severe poverty and are deprived in at least half of the dimensions covered in the MPI.

Multidimensional poverty is found in all developing regions of the world, but it is particularly acute – and significant – in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

In Sub-Saharan Africa for instance, some 560 million people (58 percent of the population) are living in multidimensional poverty, 342 million (61 percent of those living in multidimensional poverty) of them severely so. While in South Asia 546 million people (31 percent of the population) are multidimensionally poor, 200 million of them (37 percent) severely so.

Figures for the other regions are less severe and range from 19 percent of people in the Arab States living in multidimensional poverty, to two percent of those living in countries covered by the dataset in Europe and Central Asia. Within countries there is also considerable disparities. The 2018 MPI is available for 1,101 sub-national regions showing within-country variations in multidimensional poverty levels for 87 countries.

The latest data also reveals the vast majority – 1.1 billion – of the multidimensional poor live in rural areas around the world, where poverty rates, at 36 percent, are four times higher than among those living in urban areas.

Traditional poverty measures – often calculated by numbers of people who earn less than $1.90 a day – shed light on how little people earn but not on whether or how they experience poverty in their day-to-day lives. The MPI provides a complementary picture of poverty and how it impacts people across the world.

While the MPI's core data look at those who are poor, and the subset who are severely poor, the numbers also look at those very close to becoming poor. These people, while not quite multidimensionally poor, are living precariously and struggling to remain above the poverty line.

The data show that in addition to the 1.3 billion classed as poor, an additional 879 million are at risk of falling into multidimensional poverty, which could happen quickly if they suffer setbacks from conflict, sickness, drought, unemployment and more.

However, progress has been made: In India, the first country for which progress over time has been estimated, 271 million people moved out of poverty between 2005/06 and 2015/16. The poverty rate there has nearly halved, falling from 55 percent to 28 percent over the ten-year period.

Similar comparisons over time have not yet been calculated for other countries. However, the latest information from UNDP's Human Development Index – released last week – shows significant development progress in all regions, including many Sub-Saharan African countries. Between 2006 and 2017, the life expectancy increased over 7 years in Sub-Saharan Africa and by almost 4 years in South Asia, and enrollment rates in primary education are up to 100 percent.


3. HALEY: US HOLDS IRAN 'FULLY ACCOUNTABLE' FOR PROXIES' ATTACKS
by Arutz Sheva Staff

US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley on Thursday chaired a UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East.

At the meeting, Haley pointed out the gravity of Iran's actions, and urged the Council to focus on Iran's aggression in Iraq.

"The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is serious and worthy of this Council's attention. But if there is one country that is the source of conflict and instability in the Middle East – one country that merits a quarterly debate in the Security Council – that country is not Israel. It's Iran," Haley said.

"For almost 40 years, the Iranian regime has existed outside the community of law-abiding nations. It is difficult to name a conflict in the Middle East that does not have Iran's fingerprints on it."

Emphasizing the danger the Iranian regime presents to the Middle East, she explained, "The Iranian regime has backed dictators who gas their own people. It stokes conflict. It funds foreign fighters and terrorists. It transfers missiles to militants. It acts against the interests and policies of this Security Council, time and time again."

"Across the Middle East, Iran has trampled on the sovereignty of its neighbors. In Lebanon. In Syria. In Yemen. And the Iranian regime has shown a total disregard of the sovereignty of a country that is at a critical stage in its political development: Iraq.

"Iran's leaders pretend their interference in the sovereignty of other nations is done in the name of religious affiliation. They like to claim that they have been 'invited' into the affairs of other countries. In fact, the motives of the mullahs are much less elevated. They are interested in power. In the case of Iraq, their goal is to exploit uncertainty in order to create an Iranian-controlled corridor for weapons and fighters from Tehran to the Mediterranean.

"In recent months, Iran's aggression has escalated. Iranian proxies in Iraq operate openly, with funding, training, and weapons supplied by Tehran. The Iranian regime has reportedly begun over the last few months to transfer ballistic missiles to these proxies in Iraq. It is reportedly developing the capability for its proxy militias to produce their own missiles inside of Iraq."

Slamming Iran for a "blatant violation of Iraqi sovereignty" and its recent firing of "a barrage of missiles from Iran into Iraq," Haley pointed out that "Iran attacked the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, killing eleven people. This was not an act of Iranian proxies but of the Tehran regime itself. It was Iran's first direct military strike into Iraqi territory in over a decade."

"This Iranian interference in the sovereignty of Iraq should be of great interest to the Security Council for many reasons, not least of which is because it occurs in clear defiance of Security Council resolutions.

"Iranian General and head of the IRGC Quds Force Soleimani is leading an effort to influence the composition of a new Iraqi government.

"Soleimani was banned from traveling outside of Iran by the Security Council in 2007. That ban was reaffirmed in 2015 with the passage of Security Council Resolution 2231. Despite this unambiguous travel ban, Soleimani has practically taken up residence in Iraq since the May elections... He is not there to help create a government in Baghdad that is responsive to the Iraqi people. He is there to build an Iraqi government that is under the control of the Iranian regime.

"Iran treats Iraq as if it was not an independent nation. Iran sees Iraq as merely a transit point for Iranian weapons and a training ground for Iranian proxies. Iran seeks to keep Iraq economically weak and dependent on its exports – even though Iraq has plenty of its own resources. Why? Because Iran wants to use a weak Iraq to illicitly fund its terrorist activities."

Haley also warned that the US would not ignore the recent attacks on the American Embassy in Baghdad and the US Consulate in Basra.

"Using proxy forces in Iraq does not give the Iranian regime plausible deniability when attacks like this occur," she warned. "The Trump Administration does not, and will not, buy that. Iran could have stopped its proxies' attacks. It chose not to, so the White House responded by putting Tehran firmly on notice."

"We hold the Iranian regime fully accountable for its proxies' attacks on US facilities and personnel in Iraq. And we will not hesitate to vigorously defend American lives.

"Every nation has the sovereign right to govern itself, protect its people, and defend its borders. No less than any nation, Iraq has that right. And yet, at a critical time in its history – as Iraqis build their government – Iran is acting in shameless disregard of Iraqi sovereignty. It is threatening populations to promote its own political leaders. It is undermining a key feature of sovereignty – a state monopoly on the use of force – by promoting its own militias.

"The United States is committed to working with Iraq to help it create an inclusive and independent government. Iraq is working to recover from years of conflict against ISIS and still to overcome the legacy of Saddam Hussein's tyranny.

"Not only is Iranian interference preventing forward progress for the Iraqi people, it is pulling them backward to the conflict and division they are striving to put behind them. This is the very same conflict and division that Iran promotes in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and across the Middle East.

"All members of the Security Council who respect the principle of national sovereignty should be concerned. And all who respect the right to self-determination for the Iraqi people should come to their defense."


4. NEW YORK: DAYCARE CHILDREN STABBED, SLASHED BY FEMALE ATTACKER
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Several people, including children, were injured during a stabbing attack at a home daycare center on Flushing Street in Queens, New York.

NYPD said a woman has been taken into custody.

According too RT, the stabbing occurred early Friday morning, and there are at least three victims. The suspect is in her 30s.

No life-threatening injuries have been reported, but there are victims with "multiple stab wounds," a police spokesman said.

He also noted that the attacker had multiple knife wounds, which seemed to be self-inflicted.


5. TRUMP TO MEET NETANYAHU IN NEW YORK
by David Rosenberg

President Donald Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu next week in New York, the White House said Thursday.

According to Channel 10 journalist Barak Ravid Thursday night, the White House has confirmed that President Trump will meet with Netanyahu in New York on Wednesday, September 26th.

The meeting between the two leaders will take place on the sidelines of the opening of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly session in Manhattan.

President Trump will also meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the White House said.

The president is also expected to meet with leaders from South Korea, France, Japan, and the UK during the UN General Assembly's annual event.

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has invited dozens of foreign representatives for his own gathering during the General Assembly session opening.

According to the PA representative in the United Nations Riyad Mansour, Abbas has invited 30 diplomats and United Nations Security Council representatives to the meeting on the sidelines of the General Assembly event.

According to Mansour, the meeting is intended, in part, to address what he called the "radical shift" in US policy vis-à-vis the Middle East that has occurred under the Trump administration.


6. 3 KILLED IN 'HORRIFIC' MASS SHOOTING IN MARYLAND
by David Rosenberg

A mass shooting was reported Thursday morning Maryland, local authorities said, with multiple casualties. One suspect has been taken into custody

The incident occurred in a Rite Aide pharmacy south of Aberdeen, Maryland in Harford County, roughly 70 miles northeast of Washington DC, at just after 9:05 a.m. local time.

The local sheriff's office reported that there are "multiple victims" of the shooting, without specifying any details.

"We can confirm there was a shooting in the area of Spesutia Road and Perryman Road. Multiple victims," the sheriff's office tweeted.

According to a report by AP, three fatalities have been confirmed in the shooting, with additional victims wounded.

In a tweet roughly an hour after the shooting began, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan described the incident as "horrific".

"We are closely monitoring the horrific shooting in Aberdeen. Our prayers are with all those impacted, including our first responders. The State stands ready to offer any support."

Local police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) dispatched units to the scene of the shooting.

According to the Harford Sheriff's office, the shooting appears to have been perpetrated by a single gunman.

The office followed up by saying that the suspect has been taken into custody, adding that the suspect is in critical condition and is being treated at a local hospital.

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7. WATCH: TERROR ATTACK IN JERUSALEM FOILED
by David Rosenberg

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A terror attack on Jewish worshippers in Jerusalem during the Yom Kippur holiday was foiled Tuesday night.

An Arab terrorist attempted to stab worshippers and Israeli police officers with a screwdriver on Haneviim Street in the capital Tuesday night just after 7:00 p.m.

Police deployed to the area spotted the terrorist as he lunged at his potential victims, and managed to shoot and neutralize the terrorist. The terrorist was killed by the gunfire.

No worshippers or police were injured in the attack.

According to police, the terrorist was identified as a 26-year-old resident of the town of Qalandiya between Jerusalem and Ramallah.

Authorities say the terrorist had been illegally residing in Jerusalem.

The terrorist is believed to have entered the capital in violation of the general closure order imposed on Judea and Samaria ahead of the Yom Kippur holiday for security purposes.

Last Sunday, an Arab terrorist from the town of Yatta south of Hevron stabbed and killed 45-year-old father of four Ari Fuld in a shopping center in Gush Etzion.

An American-born immigrant to Israel, Fuld had been a resident of the town of Efrat in Gush Etzion, and was a member of the local first response security team.

After being stabbed in the back, Fuld managed to shoot the terrorist before collapsing. He later succumbed to his wounds.


8. STATE DEPARTMENT: WHY SHOULD US FUND PA HOSPITALS?
by Elad Benari

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Thursday said that the US had no reason to fund Palestinian Authority (PA) hospitals, as this funding allows the PA to free up funds for payments of terrorists.

Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump announced he would cut $25 million in aid to six PA-run hospitals in Jerusalem, noting the funds would be directed to "high-priority projects elsewhere."

Previously, the US covered the costs of medical treatment for Palestinian Arabs who received care at these hospitals.

At her daily press briefing on Thursday, Nauert was asked whether she anticipated any sort of blowback from the decision to cut the aid to PA hospitals.

"The United States Government does not believe that it is responsible for paying for the hospital bills," she replied. "Now, that may shock some people to hear that. The Palestinian Authority is the one that actually incurs these bills on behalf of Palestinian citizens and others who seek treatment at that hospital. The Palestinian Authority is solely responsible for paying for the treatment of Palestinians in those hospitals."

"Historically," noted Nauert, "they have neglected to pay the bills at their hospital of those individuals and other bills related to the hospital. Our funding in the past has generously shored them up. The PA, though – we have seen the Palestinian Authority is prioritizing paying its debts – has failed to prioritize paying its debts and has instead put money into funding things like payment to families of terrorists."

"We think that that is a wrong decision, that the Palestinians should be funding the care of their own people in the hospitals and that it should not be the responsibility of the United States Government to pay those bills when the Palestinians have that money that they could choose to use on their own people, as opposed to funding the families of terrorists and those who are serving in prison," she continued.

Nauert was pressed on the issue and asked whether she was saying that the PA takes money that it would otherwise be using to pay for medical treatment for Palestinian Arabs and gives that money to the relatives of prisoners and people who have committed terrorist attacks.

"Three words to answer that question: Money is fungible, and that is the money that we provide to different entities and groups throughout the Palestinian Authority can be used for other things," replied the State Department spokeswoman. "So we see that. We hope that the Palestinians will choose – the Palestinian Authority will choose to spend money on its own people at the hospital, and the United States should no longer be forced to shoulder that bill."

Pressed again on the matter, Nauert stated that "the Palestinian Authority could pay these bills on their own…but you know what, they're choosing to spend money that goes to the families of terrorists. Under the Taylor Force Act, that is something that is now established into law."

She also noted that "I'm not sure it's our responsibility to crunch the numbers to figure out whether or not they have enough money to pay for those hospital bills. The United States has shored them up in the past. The United States Government has made the decision at this point to no longer do that."

Trump's decision to cut the funds to the PA hospitals came days after he announced that the US would no longer fund UNRWA, the United Nations agency which helps "Palestinian refugees".

In August, the US administration announced a $200 million cut in the funding given to humanitarian needs and the development of infrastructure in Gaza and PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria.

PA officials have expressed anger at the punitive measures taken by the US. Last week, Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner told The New York Times that the Trump administration's recent funding cuts to the PA do not impede the prospects of peace.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, condemned Kushner's remarks and said they are indicative of the fact that "[he] is unaware of the reality of the conflict, and is an attempt to mislead and falsify the history of Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian sanctities."





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