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HEADLINES:
1. JACOB WEINROTH, ATTORNEY TO PM NETANYAHU, DEAD AT 71
2. ARAB STATES WARN AUSTRALIA NOT TO RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM
3. MAN SHOT DRIVING TRACTOR TOWARDS ISRAELI AMBASSADOR'S HOUSE
4. ARABS DESTROY ANCIENT JEWISH VILLAGE
5. AIR FORCE PUBLISHES NEVER-SEEN PHOTOS OF RON ARAD
6. HAREDI FAMILY HOSPITALIZED AFTER OPENING ALI EXPRESS ORDER
7. WATCH: JEWISH MAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED IN NEW YORK CITY
8. HOSTAGE SITUATION FOLLOWING SHOOTING IN GERMAN TRAIN STATION


1. JACOB WEINROTH, ATTORNEY TO PM NETANYAHU, DEAD AT 71
by David Rosenberg

Israeli attorney Jacob Weinroth, one of Israel's leading lawyers and an attorney for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, passed away Tuesday at the age of 71 following a battle with cancer.

The Prime Minister eulogized Weinroth Tuesday, praising Weinroth on Twitter for his "sense of justice and loyalty to his people".

"My wife and I are saddened by the passing of attorney Jacob Weinroth. Jacob had a great personality, great wisdom, sharpness of mind, and a great sense of justice and loyalty to his people."

"This is a great loss to his family, to his acquaintances and admirers, and it is a great loss to the Israeli world of law."

Born in 1947 in Ansbach, Germany, Weinroth and his family made Aliyah to Israel in 1949.

An alumnus of Ponovezh and Mir yeshivas, Weinroth was ordained as a rabbi by Rabbi Bezalel Zolti, Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, and Rabbi David Povarsky.

Weinroth earned his LL.B. and master's degree in jurisprudence from Tel Aviv University in 1972 and 1974, earning his Ph.D in law from Tel Aviv University in 1982.

Widely considered to have been one of Israel's leading litigators, Weinroth represented a number of high-profile clients including Prime Minister Netanyahu, former President Ezer Weizman, former IDF Chief of Staff Rafael Eitan, as well as the Jewish Underground of the mid-1980s.


2. ARAB STATES WARN AUSTRALIA NOT TO RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM
by David Rosenberg

Diplomats from across the Arab world warned Australia on Tuesday that Canberra risked both its relations with Arab states as well as the viability of the peace process in the Middle East if it recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Ambassadors from 13 Arab states gathered in the Australian capital city of Canberra on Tuesday to discuss the new Australian premier's decision to consider relocating his country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Egypt's Ambassador to Australia, Mohamed Khairat, told Reuters that the Arab ambassadors were drawing up a letter to the Australian Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, to highlight the consequences they say would result from Australian recognition of Jerusalem.

"We have agreed that we will send a letter to the foreign minister expressing our worries and our concern about such a statement," Khairat said.

"Any decision like that might damage the peace process," Khairat continued, "this will have very negative implications on the relations between Australia and not only Arab countries but many other (Islamic countries) as well."

Australia's new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who replaced Malcolm Turnbull in late August after members of the ruling Liberal Party ousted Turnbull, suggested Monday that his government may recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital city, following President Trump's decision last December to relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Morrison said his cabinet would weigh in on the question, but added that no decision was likely for the next couple of months.

"I intend to discuss this further with cabinet colleagues in the coming months," Morrison said.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with Morrison earlier on Monday and thanked him for considering officially recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and relocating the Australian embassy there.

A small but growing number of countries have recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel since US President Donald Trump announced that the US would officially recognize the city as the capital of the Jewish State last December. These countries include Guatemala, the Czech Republic and Honduras.

Another country which relocated its embassy to Jerusalem was Paraguay, though its President Mario Abdo Benitez recently reversed his predecessor's decision and announced the embassy would move from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv.


3. MAN SHOT DRIVING TRACTOR TOWARDS ISRAELI AMBASSADOR'S HOUSE
by David Rosenberg

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A man driving a tractor near the home of the Israeli ambassador in Ankara, Turkey was shot Tuesday morning, Turkish media outlets reported.

According to a report by Maariv, the driver, who has been identified as 45-year-old Aydin Sakarya, refused to respond to police demands that he stop his vehicle, and continued driving towards what was initially reported as the Israeli embassy compound.

Ankara police opened fire on Sakarya, wounding him in the leg. Police took the suspect into custody for questioning.

The Associated Press earlier reported that the driver was shot near the Turkish parliament building.

Later on Tuesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry clarified that the incident took place near the Israeli ambassador's residence, not the embassy itself.

According to a report by Turkey's Anadolu media outlet, the driver told investigators he had wanted to drive to the Israeli embassy to stage a protest.

On Monday, Turkish security forces evacuated the Iranian embassy in Ankara, following a suicide bomb threat.


4. ARABS DESTROY ANCIENT JEWISH VILLAGE
by Orli Harari

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At the end of last week, inspectors from the Israel Antiquities Authority's (IAA) antiquities robbery prevention unit and Border Police volunteers caught red-handed two Arab antiquities robbers, breaking and smashing with the help of a bulldozer an antiquities site identified in research with the biblical Dovrat in northern Israel.

A few days prior to the incident, IAA inspectors located damage that was carried out at the site, and since then the site has been under constant surveillance. At the end of the week the suspects returned to the site with a bulldozer and began to carry out destructive work in search of antiquities.

During the search, they uncovered and destroyed underground cavities and uprooted masonry stones that were part of the remains of a 2,000-year-old settlement. Fragments of basalt millstones used to grind flour in antiquity and potsherds from the Hellenistic period could be found in the debris of the destruction.

IAA inspectors and Border Police volunteers who arrived shortly afterwards caught two suspects from the nearby village of Daburiya. The two, brothers in their thirties, were brought to the Tiberias police station, interrogated by the Israel Antiquities Authority investigators, and their detention was extended. Yesterday afternoon they were brought before a magistrates court in Tiberias and released on bail. The bulldozer used to carry out the destruction of the antiquities was confiscated, and the authority intends to request that it be impounded.

According to Nir Distelfeld, the inspector of the Antiquities Authority's robbery prevention unit in the northern region, "The illegal and brutal excavations at the archeological sites are causing terrible destruction of heritage sites, and the history of all of us has been damaged forever. This excavation site, near the village of Daburiya from where the robbers came, gets hit time after time with attempts at illegal digging in searches for antiquities. The pursuit of money takes the sense out of people. The scenes at the site are shocking and cause one to shudder, and fortunately they were stopped and greater damage was prevented. It is important to know that digging at an antiquities site is a criminal offense, and that the maximum penalty prescribed for it in the law is up to five years in prison," he said.

The antiquity site known as Horvat Devorah is identified in research with the biblical Dovrat, and with Dvora, described as a Jewish village in the Zippori region in the Roman period. In the past, foundations of buildings, hewn water cisterns and ancient tombs have been found at the site.


5. AIR FORCE PUBLISHES NEVER-SEEN PHOTOS OF RON ARAD
by Arutz Sheva Staff




6. HAREDI FAMILY HOSPITALIZED AFTER OPENING ALI EXPRESS ORDER
by David Rosenberg

Four residents of the haredi town of Beitar Illit were hospitalized after they reported feeling ill shortly after coming in contact with a powdery material found in packages they received from an online retailer.

The four Beitar Illit residents – including a 47-year-old mother, a 20-year-old daughter, 17-year-old son, and a 7-year-old son – called emergency medical services after they fell ill Sunday afternoon.

Initial reports indicate the four fell ill after they opened two packages they had received in the mail from China, as part of an online order from the Ali Express website.

The packages apparently contained a suspicious powder, which authorities later identified as magnesium carbonate.

Police were dispatched to the scene and cordoned off the Rebbe MeZvhil Street.

United Hatzalah emergency first responder teams treated the four family members at the scene, before evacuating them to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, following tests at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital. The four were listed in light condition.

"There were four family members," said United Hatzalah paramedic Haim Blau, "who felt ill after they opened a package with an unidentified substance in it. Fire and rescue teams as well as security forces are working at the scene. The four victims were evacuated for testing at Hadassah Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, and at this stage they are in light condition."


7. WATCH: JEWISH MAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED IN NEW YORK CITY
by Arutz Sheva Staff

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An Orthodox Jewish man was assaulted on his way to morning prayers in Brooklyn, New York Sunday morning in an unprovoked attack.

The incident occurred on Church Avenue in Brooklyn, as the victim was walking to a synagogue on nearby 13th Avenue at approximately 7:30 a.m. While the victim was making his way to the synagogue, a taxi marked "Church Ave. Car Service" pulled up to the curb, and the driver exited the vehicle.

The driver shouted at the victim, and then proceeded to physically assault him, punching the victim in the face repeatedly.

According to a report by the Yeshiva World News website, the victim is 62 years old.

Members of the local 'Shomrim' neighborhood watch group responded to the attack, and helped capture and detain the assailant, who was later transferred to police custody.

Emergency medical teams treated the victim on the scene before evacuating him to Maimonides Hospital in light condition.


8. HOSTAGE SITUATION FOLLOWING SHOOTING IN GERMAN TRAIN STATION
by David Rosenberg

At least one person was taken hostage at a train station Monday afternoon in the city of Cologne in western Germany.

Witnesses reported hearing shots being fired at the Cologne Central Station, German media outlets reported.

Local police have cordoned off roads around the station and have warned the public to keep away from the station and the surrounding area.

There are reports that one person has been taken hostage.

According to a report by The Associated Press, police officer Christoph Schulte said that the incident occurred at approximately 12:45 p.m. in a pharmacy inside the Cologne central train station.




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