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HEADLINES:
1. TERRORIST KILLED IN SAMARIA ATTACK
2. 'WHY IS HEBREW UNIVERSITY BACKING ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST?'
3. IT'S OFFICIAL: PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE EXPECTING FIRST CHILD
4. ATTACK ON BROOKLYN HASSIDIC MAN CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?
5. SUPREME COURT JUDGE NARROWLY ESCAPES ARAB ATTACK IN SAMARIA
6. HAREDI FAMILY HOSPITALIZED AFTER OPENING ALI EXPRESS ORDER
7. JERUSALEM MOTEL ARSON ATTACK VICTIM DIES
8. SHE GOT ENGAGED - BUT NO ONE WAS HAPPY


1. TERRORIST KILLED IN SAMARIA ATTACK
by Uzi Baruch

An Arab terrorist attempted to carry out a stabbing attack near Highway 5 in Samaria Monday afternoon, but was eliminated by Israeli security forces before he could reach his target.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred near Gitti Avisar junction on Highway 5 outside the Israeli town of Barkan when the terrorist lunged at IDF soldiers while brandishing a knife.

Soldiers at the scene opened fire on the terrorist, seriously wounding him.

The terrorist later succumbed to his wounds.

There no injuries reported among the IDF soldiers at the scene.

Samaria Regional Council chief Yossi Dagan arrived at the scene of the attempted attack shortly after the terrorist was neutralized.

"I spoke with the officers in the field and I was given a situation briefing from both the officers on location and from the Samaria Regional Council security division," said Dagan.

"The vigilance of our soldiers and their dedication prevented a terror attack and saved lives."

"The terrorist tried to stab soldiers, but thank heaven, there were no injuries [among the soldiers] and the terrorist has been neutralized."

Earlier on Monday, a Supreme Court justice was attacked while driving on Route 463 in the Binyamin district of Samaria.

The judge, Justice David Mintz, managed to escape after a group of three Palestinian Arabs approached his car carrying hammers. During the apparent carjacking attempt, the would-be assailants used their car to block the road, and force Mintz to stop.


2. 'WHY IS HEBREW UNIVERSITY BACKING ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST?'
by Arutz Sheva Staff

A Zionist NGO has launched a campaign to pressure an Israeli college to drop its support for an American graduate student facing deportation from Israel over her support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.

On October 2nd, 22-year-old Florida resident Lara Alqasem arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport, with plans to study in a master's degree program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Upon her arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport, however, Interior Ministry officials refused to grant Alqasem entry, despite the fact that she had already been issued a student visa prior to her arrival.

Alqasem, who had served as the University of Florida chapter president of the radical anti-Israel group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), was denied entry based on her support for the BDS movement, which the SJP has endorsed.

Alqasem appealed the decision to bar her from entering the country, but the Tel Aviv district court upheld the ban in a ruling on Friday.

On Sunday, however, the Supreme Court ordered that Alqasem's deportation not be carried out until the court has time to consider her case.

As Alqasem pursues legal challenges to her deportation order, the Hebrew University has backed her efforts to remain in the country.

Im Tirtzu, a pro-Zionist NGO which monitors anti-Israeli rhetoric on college campuses, is lobbying donors to the Hebrew University in a bid to pressure the school to drop its support for Alqasem.

In a series of letters penned by Im Tirtzu's CEO Matan Peleg to Hebrew University donors, Peleg wrote that Hebrew University's defense of Alqasem not only harms students in Israel, "but harms every pro-Israel student in the United States and around the world who is struggling to combat the BDS movement."

"By defending Alqasem," the letter continued, "Hebrew University is sending a demoralizing message to pro-Israel students around the world and is providing a boost to the BDS movement."

The letter also called attention to Alqasem's support of Rasmea Odeh, a convicted terrorist who murdered two Hebrew University students in 1969. During Alqasem's tenure as president of "Students for Justice in Palestine" in the University of Florida, she organized a demonstration in support of Odeh.

Urging donors to bring up this matter with the university leadership, the letter concluded: "We cannot stand idly by as the great Zionist legacy of Hebrew University becomes tarnished by political agendas on behalf of those who oppose Israel's right to exist."


3. IT'S OFFICIAL: PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE EXPECTING FIRST CHILD
by David Rosenberg

The British royal family will be gaining another member early next year, roughly a year after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot.

The royal couple, who carry the titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, say they are expecting their first child in the spring of 2019.

The announcement was made via the Kensington Palace official Twitter account Monday morning.

"Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Sussex is expecting a baby in the Spring of 2019," the post read.

Prince Harry, 34, and Meghan Markle, 37, were married this May in a ceremony at St. George's Chapel in Windsor castle.

This April, The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, gave birth to a baby boy.

The couple's third child, Prince Louis of Cambridge, is the younger brother of Prince George of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.


4. ATTACK ON BROOKLYN HASSIDIC MAN CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?
by David Rosenberg

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The vicious assault on a 62-year-old Hassidic man in Brooklyn was apparently the result of a case of mistaken identity.

On Sunday morning, a taxi driver with a vehicle marked "Church Ave. Car Service" pulled up to the curb on Church Avenue in Brooklyn, next to a Hassidic man making his way to a nearby synagogue for morning prayers.

In an unprovoked attack, the driver proceeded to beat the Hassidic man, while cursing at him in Arabic.

The assailant was later identified as 37-year-old Farrukh Afzal of Staten Island.

The victim, 62-year-old father of nine Lipa Schwartz, suffered light head injuries during the attack, and was evacuated to Maimonides Hospital.

A passerby confronted Afzal, forcing him to flee. Members of the local neighborhood watch group, the Shomrim, were notified of the attack and helped detain Afzal until police were able to take him into custody.

According to CBS2, the attack was a case of mistaken identity. Afzal had apparently been involved in a traffic accident with another Hassidic man just prior to the attack, and mistook Schwartz for the man involved in the traffic incident.

Seeking revenge, Afzal spotted Schwartz while looking for the man involved in the accident.

Speaking with reporters Sunday evening, Schwartz recalled the assault, and his attempts to flee Afzal.

"A car came and made such a short stop," Schwartz told Vos Iz Neias. "I was in shock. I turned around to see what's going to happen, and all of the sudden he came out. He looks like a real murderer."

"All of the sudden boom-boom-boom, he starts to hit me. I'm screaming and I tried to run away from him. The whole time he was cursing me out. He didn't talk English – it was Arabic the whole time."

Schwartz said he was lucky Afzal was unarmed at the time of the attack, saying that the assailant was so enraged during the assault, that he would likely have stabbed Schwartz if had been able to.

"He came out from the car. I couldn't explain to you how angry he was. He was screaming the whole time," Schwartz told CBS2.

"I'm telling you if he had a knife he would stab me right on the place [sic]. No doubt," Schwartz said.

Schwartz was later released from the hospital.

"Baruch Hashem I'm out of the hospital with some minor bruises," Schwartz told Boropark24.

"But the trauma of being attacked by someone who seemed to want revenge will stay with me forever."

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5. SUPREME COURT JUDGE NARROWLY ESCAPES ARAB ATTACK IN SAMARIA
by David Rosenberg

An Israeli man narrowly escaped an attempted carjacking in western Samaria Monday morning, the latest in a string of such incidents in the Binyamin district of Samaria.

The incident occurred at a junction on Route 463 in Samaria Monday morning, when an Israeli resident of a Binyamin-area town spotted an Arab car blocking the road.

The driver, who has been identified as Supreme Court Justice David Mintz, is a resident of the Israeli town of Dolev.

When Justice Mintz stopped his car, three men stepped out of the parked Palestinian Authority vehicle. According to the report filed with police, the three men were armed with hammers.

After he spotted the three men approaching him, Mintz managed to escape the scene and avoid the apparent carjacking attempt.

Mintz reported the incident to Judea and Samaria district police, who launched an investigation into the attempted carjacking.

In recent months there have been a number of carjacking attempts in the central and western Binyamin district of Samaria.

In July, a 60-year-old Israeli man from the town of Ofra was beaten by a pair of Arab carjackers on Route 465.

In June, an Arab car thief stole an Israeli vehicle near the city of Modiin Illit in western Samaria.


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. JERUSALEM MOTEL ARSON ATTACK VICTIM DIES
by Uzi Baruch

Ronen Oz, who was critically injured in an arson attack at a Jerusalem motel in July, died of his wounds overnight at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer.

The Oz parents had come to Jerusalem with their two children to celebrate the 45th birthday of father Ronen. All of them were severely injured in the fire.

They were sleeping in a room of the motel when a fire suddenly broke out due to arson. The family slept on the first floor and apparently succeeded in escaping due to the father's resourcefulness.

An Arab resident of eastern Jerusalem arrested on suspicion of setting the motel on fire recounted the act to police investigators. An Arab woman originally from Shechem who now lives with her Jewish partner and two children in Jerusalem, was also involved in setting fire to the motel and was arrested in the course of the investigation into the affair.


8. SHE GOT ENGAGED - BUT NO ONE WAS HAPPY
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