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HEADLINES:
1. NATIONALIST RABBI: EUROPEAN RIGHT NO LONGER ANTI-SEMITIC
2. KANYE WEST CALLED "TOKEN NEGRO" ON CNN
3. PRO-ISRAEL 'TRUMP OF BRAZIL' POISED TO WIN PRESIDENCY
4. THE KAVANAUGH FACTOR AND THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
5. WATCH: TERRORIST NABBED FOLLOWING STABBING ATTACK
6. TWO WOUNDED IN STABBING ATTACK NEAR SAMARIA ARMY BASE
7. SAMARIA TERRORIST CAPTURED
8. 'IT'S NOT WORTH TRYING US'


1. NATIONALIST RABBI: EUROPEAN RIGHT NO LONGER ANTI-SEMITIC
by Gil Ronen

Influential nationalist rabbi, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, says the European Right is no longer anti-Semitic.

Rabbi Melamed wrote in his widely-read weekly column in Besheva Magazine Friday that Israel need not fear creating strong bonds with the European Right, including the Austrian Freedom Party, which is a member of the Austrian governing coalition.

Rabbi Melamed – who heads the Har Bracha Yeshiva in Samaria – explained that for many years, Israel's Foreign Ministry was wary of the European right wing parties, because they harbored Nazi supporters and Holocaust deniers.

"But in recent years, the extreme right wing movements have been undergoing a process of change," he added. "Leaders have emerged who want nothing to do with the racist Nazi heritage, and who openly support the state of Israel."

These leaders "have distilled the movements' nationalist positions, and now they express a proper position, which demands maintaining the European people's national, religious and cultural identity," the rabbi insisted.

Rabbi Melamed went on to say that "[j]ust as it is forbidden to steal the property of a private individual, as the communists did in the countries that they took over, so it is forbidden to steal from people their national and religious identity, as the communists' successors – the extreme liberals on the Left, like the British Labor party – seek to do."

Rabbi Melamed recounted that several leaders of the European Right, including Freedom Party head Heinz-Christian Strache, visited Israel several years ago. Strache visited Har Bracha and gave a speech that was "fervently Zionist" and which extolled the achievements of the Jewish state, describing it as a bulwark in defending Europe from Arab terror.


2. KANYE WEST CALLED "TOKEN NEGRO" ON CNN
by Arutz Sheva

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A panelist on CNN's "Tonight with Don Lemon" called musician Kanye West "the token negro of the Trump administration."

Tuesday evening, less than two days before West was to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss prison reform and gang violence, Lemon asked if Trump is simply "using Kanye as a prop to win over black voters before the midterms."

CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers responded by smearing West. "Anti-intellectualism simply isn't cool," he said. "Kanye West is what happens when Negros don't read."

Fellow panelist Tara Setmayer – also a CNN political commentator – laughed and informed viewers that the derogatory remark is apparently an old reference to material by comedian Chris Rock.

"Black folks are about to trade Kanye West in the racial draft, OK. They've had it with him," Setmayer stated.

"This is not the Kanye West of 2004," she added. "Now all of the sudden because he's put on a MAGA hat and he's an attention whore like the president, he's all of the sudden the model spokesperson. He's the token negro of the Trump administration."

Setmayer went on to say that "no one should be taking Kanye West seriously" because he "clearly has issues."


3. PRO-ISRAEL 'TRUMP OF BRAZIL' POISED TO WIN PRESIDENCY
by David Rosenberg

Brazil is poised to elect a right-wing former army officer and self-described admirer of President Donald Trump in a run-off vote for the presidency later this month, polls show after the first round of voting.

On Sunday, Brazilians headed to the polls for the country's general election, resulting in big gains for right-wing and anti-establishment factions, including Rio de Janeiro federal deputy Jair Bolsonaro's Social Liberal Party.

A staunchly social conservative, free market-oriented, the SLP gained 44 seats in the Brazilian congress' lower chamber, rising from 8 seats to 52, while the left-wing Workers' Party dropped from 69 seats to 56.

Frustrated by a series of corruption scandals involving the country's largest parties and an epidemic of violent crime, voters backed Bolsonaro's SLP in the presidential vote, with Bolsonaro winning 46% of the vote, compared to 29% for the Workers' Party candidate and former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad, who is the son of Lebanese immigrants.

The results marked a dramatic shift from Brazil's last general election in 2014, when the Workers' Party, led by Dilma Rousseff, defeated the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party. The SLP did not field a presidential candidate in the election.

A wave of corruption scandals, however, culminating in the impeachment of Rousseff have opened the door for less traditional, anti-establishment candidates.

Bolsonaro, who has often been compared to President Donald Trump, cemented the comparison Thursday when he expressed his admiration for the American president.

"I am an admirer of Trump," Bolsonaro said.

While the Workers' Party has compared him to Adolf Hitler, Bolsonaro has rejected claims he is aligned with the far-right, and has touted his support for the State of Israel.

Prior to the October 7th vote, Bolsonaro vowed to relocate the Brazilian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, joining Guatemala and the United States in recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital city.

Bolsonaro also called for the closure of the Palestinian Authority embassy in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia.

"Is Palestine a country? Palestine is not a country, so there should be no embassy here," Bolsonaro said. "You don't not negotiate with terrorists."

Polls suggest Bolsonaro's double-digit lead in the first round of voting will carry over into the run-off vote, scheduled for October 28th.

Bolsonaro beat Haddad by 17 points in the first round of voting, and according to a Datafolha poll released Wednesday night, 58% of Brazilian voters who said they were decided say they plan to vote for Bolsonaro in the run-off, giving the SLP candidate a 16-point margin of victory. Among all Brazilians, including undecideds, Bolsonaro led Haddad by 13 points, 49 to 36.

A second poll released Wednesday by the Idea Big Data polling agency showed Bolsonaro with a narrower lead of 54% to 46%.

A survey conducted by XP/Ipespe, however, gave Bolsonaro an 18-point lead over Haddad, 59 to 41.

Last month, Bolsonaro was attacked during a campaign event in Juiz de Fora, and was stabbed in the torso by Adelio Bispo de Oliveria, a member of the left-wing Socialism and Liberty Party. While Bolsonaro's wounds were initially described as light, his family later stated that he had suffered injuries to his liver, a lung, and his intestines, and would thus be unable to continue actively campaigning prior to the October 7th vote.


4. THE KAVANAUGH FACTOR AND THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Republicans have secured their long-term goal: A right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. There are conflicting expectations for rulings on abortion, immigration, voting rights -- and the powers of both the White House and Congress.

In this divided nation, public trust in the rule of law is also at stake. How will the bitter battle over Brett Kavanaugh impact next month's midterm elections?
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5. WATCH: TERRORIST NABBED FOLLOWING STABBING ATTACK
by Arutz Sheva Staff

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The IDF released footage Friday morning from the arrest of the 19-year-old Arab terrorist responsible for the stabbing attack near an army base Thursday afternoon.

Late Thursday night, Israeli security forces tracked down and captured the 19-year-old terrorist, a resident of the Palestinian Authority village of Jamma'in near Nablus (Shechem).

During the attack, the 19-year-old terrorist stabbed a 32-year-old IDF reservist near the Samaria Regional Brigade base.

The reservist was evacuated to Beilinson medical center in Petah Tikvah. His condition was defined as moderate-to-serious.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan congratulated the IDF, the Shin Bet and the Yamam counterterrorism unit of the Border Police on the capture of the terrorist.

"I spoke to the commander of the Samaria Brigade, Col. Sagiv Dahan, and congratulated the IDF forces for the quick capture of the terrorist," Dagan said, adding, "I demand that the terrorist's family be expelled from Judea and Samaria tonight."

An IDF spokesperson said security forces were still working to track down the terrorist responsible for the shooting attack earlier this week at the Alon recycling plant in the Barkan industrial zone in Samaria.

According to the army, several suspects with ties to the terrorist were taken into custody.

In searches overnight, IDF and Border Police discovered an illegal handgun in the village of Ar-Ram south of Ramallah.


6. TWO WOUNDED IN STABBING ATTACK NEAR SAMARIA ARMY BASE
by Arutz Sheva Staff

A 32-year-old IDF reserve soldier was wounded Thursday afternoon in a stabbing attack near the Samaria Regional Brigade base.

He was evacuated for medical treatment to Beilinson medical center in Petah Tikvah. His condition is defined as medium to serious.

According to reports, another 26-year-old Israeli woman who was in the area was also lightly wounded during fire at the terrorist.

The terrorist managed to escape from the scene and searches are underway to capture him.

An eyewitness to the attack said, "The terrorist stood next to the bus stop, picked up a huge knife, went into the station and stabbed him. Then I started to hear shots and I started to run from here."

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7. SAMARIA TERRORIST CAPTURED
by Elad Benari

Security forces on Thursday evening captured the terrorist who carried out the stabbing attack near the Samaria Regional Brigade base earlier in the day, in which a 32-year-old IDF reserve soldier was wounded.

The terrorist, a 19-year-old resident of the Palestinian Arab village of Jamma'in near Nablus (Shechem), was transferred for questioning.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said, "Exceptional intelligence and operational work led to the capture of the terrorist, hours after the attack he carried out at the Samaria Regional Brigade. All these means and many others are re-focusing on the main task of capturing the despicable murderer from Barkan. The score with him will be settled soon as well."

Shomron Regional Council head Yossi Dagan congratulated the IDF, the Shin Bet and the Yamam counterterrorism unit of the Border Police on the capture of the terrorist who carried out the attack near the Shomron Regional Brigade base.

"I spoke to the commander of the Samaria Brigade, Col. Sagiv Dahan, and congratulated the IDF forces for the quick capture of the terrorist," Dagan said, adding, "I demand that the terrorist's family be expelled from Judea and Samaria tonight."

The reserve soldier was evacuated for medical treatment to the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikvah, where he is listed in moderate to serious condition.

An eyewitness to the attack said, "The terrorist stood next to the bus stop, picked up a huge knife, went into the station and stabbed him. Then I started to hear shots and I started to run from here."


8. 'IT'S NOT WORTH TRYING US'
by Tzvi Lev

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Hamas that "it's not worth trying" to be terror tunnels after the IDF destroyed a tunnel extending deep into Israel on Thursday.

"Today we have uncovered another tunnel. We are systematically dismantling Hamas' tunnel capability, they have to understand that it is not worth trying us," Netanyahu said during a tour of an American destroyer anchored in the Ashdod port.

Netanyahu added that the tunnel neutralization showed that Israel is "determined to act against terrorism everywhere, to find the murderers, to find the terrorists - we are operating throughout the region - Syria, Gaza and many other places that I will not elaborate on with all the determination necessary to maintain Israel's security."

Netanyahu toured the destroyer along with the US ambassador to Israel David Friedman: "We are here for the first visit in 19 years of an American destroyer at the port of Ashdod," said Netanyahu. "There is significance to this visit. It symbolizes the deep covenant between Israel and the United States. "

"This destroyer is working against terrorism in Syria, and the alliance between Israel and the US is very tight in so many areas, especially in the security field. We are determined to act in order to defend ourselves against Iran's military buildup in Syria and its metastasis activity."

The Prime Minister added that "President Trump has given full support to our policy and the fact that this destroyer is visiting here today is an expression of that American support, and I think that message has been absorbed throughout the Middle East, and I think it has been absorbed even beyond the Middle East."

IDF forces destroyed a Gaza terror tunnel on Thursday that snaked 200 meters (220 yards) into Israel territory from the central Gaza Strip.

The IDF said that the tunnel was not adjacent to any of the Israeli communities near Gaza, and had been under surveillance until it's destruction.





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