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HEADLINES:
1. 'I KNEW THAT IF HE SAW ME - I'M DEAD'
2. SMARTPHONES FOR KIDS? NOT THAT SMART AFTER ALL…
3. IDF WON'T BUY VEGETABLES FROM GAZA
4. SWEDISH PROSECUTORS: NO REASON NOT TO DEPORT TERRORIST
5. BARUCH DAYAN HA'EMET: MORDECHAI KLEIN, FATHER OF 11
6. NAMES OF BARKAN ATTACK VICTIMS CLEARED FOR PUBLICATION
7. FUNERALS SET FOR BARKAN ATTACK VICTIMS
8. 'THE ROOTS OF THIS ATTACK CAME FROM THE PA'


1. 'I KNEW THAT IF HE SAW ME - I'M DEAD'
by Tzvi Lev

A woman wounded in Sunday's grisly shooting attack in the Barkan industrial area recounted how she hid from the terrorist after being shot.

"I came to work in the morning, as usual, and suddenly Lena, the girl sitting behind me in the room, shivered," said Sara Vatori. "As I walked out of our hall, the terrorist stood in front of me and shot me."

"As he shot me, I,saw that I was bleeding and all I had in my head was to breathe, that it would be ok, just breathe," said Vatori.

"Then I heard another four or five strong shots and I huddled under the table and then I saw that he had gone back to the office, I saw his legs, his jeans and his sneakers, and I figured if he found me I would be dead. You know, he did not look under the table, "Vatori continued.

"Fortunately, he was in shock. He did not even look under the table, he disappeared after a few seconds. I kept breathing until they came.

Kim Levengrond-Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh Ha'ayin, and Ziv Hajbi, 35, of Rishon Letzion, were murdered in the attack on Sunday when Ashraf Walid Suleiman Na'alowa bound their hands and shot them at close range.

The terrorist previously worked in the Barkan industrial area and has not been caught, despite a massive manhunt by security forces.


2. SMARTPHONES FOR KIDS? NOT THAT SMART AFTER ALL…
by Elad Asulin

Earlier this week I started the car and drove up the local Rami-Levi. After all who doesn't like to save, right? On my way there, I noticed Noam, the kid from the 3rd floor, only in 3rd grade, sitting by himself at the bus stop, which seemed weird to me since it was past 9pm at night.

As I drove closer, I noticed he was concentrating on his cell phone and wearing his ear pods. I pulled over and was about to offer him a ride anywhere, when he jumped and immediately pushed his cell in his pocket. "Hi Mr. E…." he said. I realized that I had just interrupted something rather intimate that has no place back home. I sadly drove away as I had nothing to offer to the poor child.

So many young children these days deal with the smartphone challenge. The little device that made everything so easy. Easy to know American history, easy to prepare for a math and algebra test, easy to master language arts, and sadly too easy to be exposed to pornography, violence, shaming and other harmful web dangers.

It's terrifying to think that there is no barrier whatsoever between these young children and everything else out there. You hear our politicians tumble and rumble about economic crisis, wars that set to be or other concerns, but nothing about our children that are failing in the smartphone battlefield every day. Isn't there anybody who cares?

These days the average age to get a smartphone according to CNN is around 8, with that number going down by the day, and the amount of data going up. Every other child in the US is exposed to pornography at the mere age of 8!!! Phones and data are becoming easier to get and harder to manage. It is only me or there is a real crisis here we are all ignoring?

Here's the thing. There are some people who actually care, and their name is ScreenSavers. This phenomenal organization is going child by child, school by school, educating children in the proper use of smartphones. Topics that are normally ignored by the system or considered indigestible are now part of the agenda, and our children are loving it! ScreenSavers have called to change the reality that our children are exposed to on the web, and to make it a safe environment.

The way they do it is by creating social teen groups that are later turned into communities. These teenagers, along by adult volunteers, go into high schools to talk with the teens, in addition to online activity via social media. In addition, the organization provides free consultation for parents and educators around the clock and provides the latest digital solutions to protect their children and students.

Itay Shaulian, one of the organization's coordinators, shared some key facts about the recent activities. They have had over 25,000 teenagers take part in the activity and engage in life-changing actions to make their internet use safe and productive. Over 12,000 people have turned their personal smartphones to protected ones, and over 5,000 people have signed a legal petition to request legislation in the field of blocking pornographic content. Hundreds of families have joined the organization's communities, and thousands attended "online safety conventions."

The more you dig in, the more you realize that the smartphone challenge is just beginning, and we need to be there to stop it before it turns into a huge avalanche. Researches tell us that young adults are less interested in physical connection with the other gender due to high consumption of sexual content online. More and more parents are complaining about lack of "quality time" with their children, more and more couples that feel there is a wall of glass and aluminum between them called a smartphone…

WE CAN CHANGE ALL THAT!

Today, ScreenSavers are leading a major change and calling you to join them! Join the organization's campaign to raise 600K in the next 24 hours. Your support will enable the organization to move forward and bring safe and smart browsing everywhere. With your help, we can reduce cyber bullying, we can eliminate shaming, and we can educate more teens in proper smartphone use.

Have you ever struggled with a blocked-by-smartphone kid's face? Have you ever missed your significant other even though they were sitting right in front of you? Have you ever felt so tired from checking the buzzing plastic brick in your pocket over and over again? Have you had enough???

This is the time to make a change, take action now, and make a better world for our children!

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3. IDF WON'T BUY VEGETABLES FROM GAZA
by Arutz Sheva Staff

The IDF will no longer purchase fruits and vegetables from farmers in Gaza and Tulkarm, 0404 reported.

Previously, the IDF had purchased thousands of cartons of produce annually.

Tulkarm is considered one of the major "terror capitals."

According to the IDF, the recent decision is due to the fact that there is no shortage of fruits and vegetables in Israel, and therefore there is no reason to purchase produce from farmers living under terrorist authority.

A previous 0404 report had quoted the IDF as claiming that certain vegetables were hard to find in Israel. At the time, Israeli farmers refuted the claim, and said that not only was there no shortage, substantial amounts of produce were going to waste.

The Defense Ministry responded, "The IDF and Defense Ministry purchase fruits and vegetables from two licensed Israeli providers."


4. SWEDISH PROSECUTORS: NO REASON NOT TO DEPORT TERRORIST
by JTA

Swedish prosecutors appealed to their country's Supreme Court against a lower tribunal's decision not to deport a Gazan immigrant who firebombed a synagogue.

The unusual appeal announced Thursday by the Public Prosecutor's Office is of a June court decision not to deport Gaza-born Feras Alnadim, who attacked a synagogue in Gothernburg in December with two accomplices. The appeal follows vocal protests about his trial by Israel and the World Jewish Congress.

Last month, a Swedish appeals court overturned a criminal tribunal's ruling from June stating that Alnadim would be deported at the end of his two-year prison term. The firebombing, he and his accomplices said, was payback for US President Donald Trump's decision to have the United States recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Since Alnadim committed a crime that "could be perceived as a threat to other Jews," and that Israel "might be interested in the matter," the appeals court ruled that one "cannot safeguard the man's fundamental human rights if he is deported to Palestine," the judge wrote in his opinion.

The Public Prosecutor's Office decided to appeal the ruling in the Supreme Court because "there is no reason to assume that the man would be subjected to death penalty, torture or other inhuman treatment upon return to Palestine," the office wrote in a statement Thursday.

Aron Verstandig, president of the Council of Swedish Jewish Communities, in a statement on Facebook called the prosecutors' call to appeal an "important decision." He said the community expects the Supreme Court to order Alnadim's deportation.


5. BARUCH DAYAN HA'EMET: MORDECHAI KLEIN, FATHER OF 11
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Say what you will about the Klein family of Beitar, but you can't say that they didn't have hope.

Mordechai Klein, father of 11, was diagnosed with stage 5 cancer two and half long years ago. His wife Devorah left her job as a sales clerk to help him, and their lives changed forever. After his illness seemed to be responding to treatments, Mordechai was confident that recovery was on its way. Seven months ago however, in a tragic twist of fate, an infection spread throughout his body and he was admitted to the hospital. Their financial situation became dire; he asked friends and family for help with tasks as little as having milk in the fridge.

Above his hospital bed hung a picture of the family at a wedding, beneath which was written the cheerful text, 'We're waiting for you at home.' It was a symbol of their hope for the future, their optimism that their father would beat the disease. Their wait for his return, however, would not end. On Monday night of Sukkot, Mordechai passed away.

He left behind a Rebbetzin and 11 children, 7 of which are still living at home. Entrenched in grief and debt, the Klein family is unable to afford the most basic amenities. The children are without clothing or school tuition, the rent for their modest apartment is beyond their means, and making shabbos is a near impossibility.

17-year-old Chaya Klein has, as many children do in times of grief, risen to the occasion of caring for her younger siblings. She has opened a Chesed Fund page on her family's behalf, in hopes of helping her mother sustain their household.

In the shiva house hangs a new sign, printed on simple white paper: ""Min hashamayim t'nuchamu - From Heaven be consoled."

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6. NAMES OF BARKAN ATTACK VICTIMS CLEARED FOR PUBLICATION
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Kim Levengrond-Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh Ha'ayin, is the Israeli who was murdered in the terror attack this morning in the Barkan industrial zone.

An initial investigation revealed that a PA man who worked in the factory tied her hands and those of another man, and shot them at close range. They were critically wounded and later confirmed dead. Security forces are pursuing the terrorist who managed to escape from the scene.

Levengrond-Yehezkel began working at the factory a year ago, as a receptionist for the deputy CEO of the company. She leaves behind her husband, Guy, and her one-and-a-half year-old baby, Kai.

The name of the man who was murdered in the attack at the Barkan recycling plant was later revealed as Ziv Hajbi, 35, of Rishon Letzion.

A 58-year-old woman who was moderately wounded is hospitalized at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.


7. FUNERALS SET FOR BARKAN ATTACK VICTIMS
by Gary Willig

The funerals for the victims of the deadly shooting attack in the Barkan Industrial Zone Sunday morning have been arranged.

Kim Levengrond-Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh Ha'ayin, and Ziv Hajbi, 35, of Rishon Letzion, were murdered by an Arab employee of the Barkan recycling plant who bound their hands and shot them at close range.

A 58-year-old woman who was moderately wounded during the attack is hospitalized at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.

Levengrond-Yehezkel will be buried tonight at 10 PM at the Rosh Ha'ayin cemetery. Hajbi's funeral will take place at 2 PM Monday afternoon in Moshav Nir Yisrael. The parents of both victims have agreed to donate their organs.


8. 'THE ROOTS OF THIS ATTACK CAME FROM THE PA'
by Arutz Sheva Staff

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MK Amir Ohana (Likud) spoke with Arutz Sheva about the terror attack at the Barkan Industrial Park this morning in which two were murdered.

Standing outside the scene of the incident, Ohana said, "This was a horrible, cowardly attack on innocent people that came to work together. I've been to this industrial zone, and this very factory, before, and what I have seen is Jews and Arabs working together, living together, having lunch together, rather than killing each other. This is coexistence in the making, and the enemies of peace are the ones who want to destroy it, both the ones who call themselves peace activists but want to boycott these factories, and of course the terrorists like the one we had this morning.

Ohana held the PA responsible for the attack.

"The roots of this terror attack came from the PA, the very same authority that pays salaries and bonuses to killers such as this one, the same authority that glorifies terrorists by naming streets and buildings after them.

"What the State of Israel should do is activate the Taylor Force Act and suffocate the PA from sponsoring terror the way it does now."

He said that there was "no other choice" other than for Jews and Arabs to work together. "Even if the so-called two-state solution, which I do not support and do not consider as a solution, [were implemented], we still have 20% of residents within the Green Line, our Ahmad Tibis and Jamal Zahalkas and Hanin Zouabis, ie. 'Palestinians,' as they call themselves, and we will need to learn how to live together in any scenario."

Pointing to the factory, he said that "This is the way to work together, to build bridges, and we should be encouraged to have more industrial zones in Judea and Samaria that will demonstrate the way to live together."




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