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Wednesday, Oct. 17 '18, ח' בחשון תשע"ט



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HEADLINES:
1. 'WE LOST EVERYTHING'
2. 'NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE ONE LIKE HIM'
3. DEFENSE MINISTER REPRIMANDED FOR CALLING ARAB MK A TERRORIST
4. MDA BILLS WIDOW OF MURDERED TERROR VICTIM FOR AMBULANCE RIDE
5. "MY NAME WASN'T ALWAYS CHANA"
6. TERRORIST KILLED AS IDF LAUNCHES AIRSTRIKES AFTER ROCKET ATTACK
7. TRUMP PLAN INCLUDES UNIFICATION OF JUDEA, SAMARIA WITH GAZA
8. SECOND ORTHODOX JEWISH MAN ATTACKED IN BROOKLYN IN 2 DAYS


1. 'WE LOST EVERYTHING'
by Orly Harari

Hours after a powerful rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel struck a private home in the southern city of Beer Sheva, the now homeless family which resided in the now destroyed house is calling on the public to help them rebuild their lives.

"I don't have a home," said Miri Tamano, the mother of three whose home was destroyed when a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip overnight landed in her yard. "I have three kids, each of them means the world to me."

Tamano said her family was left without even the bare essentials, and would need help from the public.

"In particular, [we need] the bare essentials, so that we can get on our feet. Everything has been lost."

The family will be staying in a hotel while repairs are made to the house.

Tamano and her three children were treated for shock after the rocket landed next to their house, but were saved from far more serious injury by the fact that Tamano had rushed the family into a specially fortified shelter room.

The rocket was fired overnight by terrorists operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

The IDF attributed the rocket attack to the Hamas terror organization, a claim denied by Hamas leaders.

Hours after the attack, Israeli fighter jets attacked 20 terrorist positions across the Gaza Strip, killing at least one terrorist.


2. 'NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE ONE LIKE HIM'
by Mordechai Sones

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attended the funeral of his attorney and friend Dr. Yaakov Weinroth tonight, and eulogized him in the Netanya cemetery where he was laid to rest.

"This morning we received the bitter news, our beloved friend Yaakov, our friend for 20 years, one of the greatest judges of the Jewish People, who died during the night. Sara and I are shocked and grieved. Many of the Israeli public feel a great man has left us, a jurist who in some ways there never was and never will be one like him," said Netanyahu.

"We'd sit in his office and he'd bring some children and some grandchildren, proudly show me them, redheads, little Weinroths, so proud of them. You also saw their pride in him," said Netanyahu.

"The Weinroth family went through so much grief in one year, one thing after another. The cursed disease overcame the daughter-in-law, the brother, the brother-in-law, and we came to comfort Yaakov and I thought what he was thinking - he had the same disease. With his huge heart, he knew what I was thinking. This cursed disease has now taken him away from us. We embrace the family and take them into our hearts."

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The son, Rabbi Yechiel Weinroth, eulogized his father earlier, "Forgive me, dear father, and may all those gathered here forgive me that the obituary will be short. I find it difficult to find the words that can contain the scope of the personage, the meaning, the images that pass before me in no order.

"The role of everyone in the world is to strive to achieve high aspirations, to strive for the highest. On the other hand, don't forget to see the other, the sharing. Combine these two. This is the description most suitable for you, Father. When it all started you said a few times that you're not so afraid of death itself. You were afraid the disease would take away your humanity. I want to tell you that not only did it not take human dignity from you, it multiplied it a lot more. We've all been privileged to see a model of sensitivity to others is in the most difficult situations."

Tel Aviv-Jaffa Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau eulogized: "Many years ago, a 17-year-old boy entered the home of my father-in-law, Rabbi Yitzchak Frankel zt"l, in the Florentine neighborhood. He came as a young man in Ponevezh to be examined on Shulchan Aruch to receive rabbinical ordination. Rabbi Frenkel would sit with such young men for half-hour or an hour.

"They sat in the library for three hours. After that the young man came out and my mother-in-law the Rebbetzin asked the rabbi, 'Yitzhak, what was it that you spent so long with this young man?' He told her, 'Mark my words: From this room a true genius emerged.'

"Everyone knows about Yaakov Weinroth, the great lawyer, but not many people know about the chavruta learning with the head of the Ponevezh yeshiva, and they don't know about Yaakov Weinroth as a secret provider to institutions and organizations. It's hard to know what precedes what: The brilliant mind that had no match or the mighty heart that was compassionate and merciful. Weinroth was a righteous man and a great man."

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3. DEFENSE MINISTER REPRIMANDED FOR CALLING ARAB MK A TERRORIST
by Hezki Baruch, Chana Roberts

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) on Wednesday was reprimanded by the Knesset's Ethics Committee for calling MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint Arab List) a 'terrorist."

The reprimand comes after Zoabi complained about a June tweet in which Liberman wrote, "Terrorist Hanin Zoabi is in the Knesset and advancing terror against IDF soldiers and Israeli citizens, because MKs from the Zionist Union, Yesh Atid and the haredi parties refuse to sign MK Oded Forer's (YIsrael Beytenu) bill to lawfully remove her."

In response, Zoabi requested the Ethics Committee "discuss the issue and issue a severe punishment, since [the offender] is a minister, and not just any minister but the Defense Minister. This will send a very clear and unambiguous message regarding the honor and immunity of a Knesset member."

She also claimed that by calling her a terrorist, Liberman "exposed her to a real threat."

Liberman for his part refused to apologize to Zoabi. In his response to the Ethics Committee he wrote, "At the end of the day, we're talking about a terrorist."

Last October, Zoabi declared that "Jews have no right to self-determination" and that Jews should leave the entire State of Israel.

In February 2017, Zoabi was booted from an Education Committee discussion after she called IDF soldiers "murderers." In March 2017, the Ethics Committee suspended Zoabi for one week as punishment for that statement.

She has also said she has a moral duty to defend terrorists who kidnap IDF civilians, and called for a mass intifada instead of "lone wolf" terror attacks.


4. MDA BILLS WIDOW OF MURDERED TERROR VICTIM FOR AMBULANCE RIDE
by Orly Harari

The widow of an Israeli rabbi murdered in a stabbing attack earlier this year has been charged for the emergency ambulance evacuation of her husband following the fatal attack.

In February, a 19-year-old Arab terrorist stabbed 29-year-old Rabbi Itamar Ben-Gal at a bus stop in the city of Ariel in Samaria.

Ben-Gal, an eighth grade teacher and a father of four, was evacuated to Beilinson Medical Center in Petah Tikva, only to be declared dead shortly after his arrival.

Miriam Ben-Gal, Itamar's widow, received a painful reminder of her loss recently, when she received a bill from MDA for the ambulance evacuation.

The bill was issued despite a policy exempting from payment those admitted for treatment at a hospital.

In the case of Itamar Ben-Gal, however, since his death was declared upon his arrival at Beilinson, he was not recorded as a patient of the hospital, prompting MDA to issue a charge to his widow.

"Nine and a half months after my sister buried her husband, my sister received a letter from MDA demanding that she pay for his evacuation to Beilinson," said Emunah Ki-Tov, Miriam Ben-Gal's sister.

"A woman in mourning, alone in her home one evening, opens a letter from MDA demanding payment because they checked and found that the health insurance doesn't cover ambulance rides that don't end in hospitalization."

After Arutz Sheva reached out to MDA for comment the bill was cancelled, and a statement apologizing for the accidental charge issued.

"This was a case of human error made with good intentions, despite the fact that for such [hospital] visits no payment is necessary, of course. We apologize to the family for the distress."


5. "MY NAME WASN'T ALWAYS CHANA"
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"My name wasn't always Chana.* I was born with a different name, in a poor suburb in America. My parents were addicts, and we lived our lives traveling from place to place, looking for somewhere to sleep. Sometimes it was a relative's house, sometimes the street. I knew, even then, there must be something more to life.

When I was 13 I started learning everything I could about Judaism. By the time I was 18, my dream came true: I finished my conversion. I was Jewish! I came to Israel to learn more Torah. Not long after my arrival, my father passed away. My mother is still an addict and does not want to have a relationship with me.

If you saw me on the street here you would think I was always a young Jewish girl. Baruch Hashem I began shidduchim last year, and have met a very special chassan. He is also a ger. We could not be happier: We will have the opportunity to start a home, and to Gd willing raise Jewish children.

One thing weighs on my mind, keeping me from happiness: My chassan and I are very poor. We do not have money to feed our wedding guests, or for any other essentials. We are starting our lives with nothing. I know that Hashem will protect us, and I am davening that with the help of Kupat Ha'Ir's orphan wedding program, we will have a little bit of help."

This is "Chana"'s story, but each of the 40 orphans who are part of Kupat Ha'Ir's orphan wedding program has a unique tale of grief & loss. With their parents gone, and no one to turn to, the gedolim step in each month to help these special people to build a "bayit ne'eman b'yisrael."

Rav Chaim Kanievsky is personally involved with this month's program, and has penned a personal letter with a powerful bracha for all those who participate:

Donors "will merit, midah k'neged midah (measure for measure), to make a simcha soon in their own homes."

Those familiar with Rav Kanievsky know that his words are chosen meticulously. It is a very special bracha, for those who are longing to make a simcha, or who know someone who is.

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6. TERRORIST KILLED AS IDF LAUNCHES AIRSTRIKES AFTER ROCKET ATTACK
by David Rosenberg

The Israeli military launched a series of airstrikes on terrorist positions across the Gaza Strip Wednesday morning, hours after a rocket launched from Gaza hit the Israeli city of Beer Sheva.

In one strike, Israeli aircraft opened fire on terrorists in the city of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, an IDF spokesperson said Wednesday. According to the IDF, the terror cell was preparing to launch additional rockets at Israeli territory when the IDF aircraft opened fire.

"An IDF aircraft struck a terror cell in the northern Gaza Strip while they were attempting to fire rockets at Israeli territory," the Israeli military said.

"During the operation, warning sirens were sounded in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council."

Hamas claimed that the Israeli airstrikes hit six separate targets in the Gaza Strip.

One terrorist was reported killed in the airstrikes. Gaza health officials identified the man as 25-year-old Naji al-Za'aneen.

The Israeli strikes came just hours after terrorists operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired a rocket at the Israeli city of Beer Sheva.

The rocket landed next to a private home, damaging the building.

Nine people were treated for shock, including several who were evacuated to Soroka Hospital.

IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis said Wednesday morning that the rocket which landed in Beer Sheva was fired by terrorists affiliated with Hamas.

Hamas leaders, however, disavowed the attack, rejecting Israeli claims the Gaza-based group was responsible.

Manelis added that the IDF had struck 20 terrorist targets across the Gaza Strip, including tunnels used by terror groups.

In the wake of the rocket attack, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman ordered the closure of the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossing points to Gaza.

Liberman also ordered the area open to fishing along the Gaza coast reduced to three nautical miles.


7. TRUMP PLAN INCLUDES UNIFICATION OF JUDEA, SAMARIA WITH GAZA
by David Rosenberg

The Trump administration's 'Deal of the Century' to promote a final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority includes plans to reunite the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with the Palestinian Authority, a senior White House official said Tuesday.

While details of President Trump's 'Deal of the Century' to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East have yet to be released, White House special envoy Jason Greenblatt revealed in an interview with Yediot Ahronot Tuesday that the plan includes a provision for Palestinian Arab unity.

"Let's be clear about something: Gaza and the West Bank have been separated for 10 years, not only physically, but politically—between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. It's absurd to deny that reality," Greenblatt said Tuesday.

"In contrast, our peace plan intends to bring them together. Make no mistake; we are in this to help all Palestinians, in both the West Bank and Gaza. The type of disinformation being spread by some parties who have not even seen the plan yet wish to be spoilers does nothing to benefit ordinary Palestinian lives."

Greenblatt did not reveal further details of the White House peace plan, which has yet to be finalized, but implored all parties involved to withhold judgment until the specifics of the plan are released.

"Once our plan is released, all parties should read it and judge it by its merits. The PLO should be a positive force to change people's lives for the better, and not try to sway people before they have even seen our plan," Greenblatt added.

Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren (Kulanu), who now serves as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, said the White House's plans to bring together the Gaza Strip and Palestinian Authority testified to the governments seriousness in pursuing a final status agreement.

"Greenblatt's statement regarding the connection between Gaza and Judea and Samaria proves that the government is very serious about its intentions to reach an agreement, on the basis of an uncompromising obligation to the security of Israel and all of its citizens – including [Israeli] citizens in Judea and Samaria."

While the Gaza Strip was included as part of the Palestinian Authority under the terms of the Oslo Accords, the coastal enclave has been ruled by the Hamas terror organization, following its takeover of Gaza in 2007.

Despite reconciliation talks between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, culminating in the signing of a full reconciliation deal in 2017, Gaza has remained under de facto Hamas control, leading the Palestinian Authority to withhold payments to the Strip, including purchases of electricity from Israel.


8. SECOND ORTHODOX JEWISH MAN ATTACKED IN BROOKLYN IN 2 DAYS
by JTA - Mordechai Sones

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A second identifiably Orthodox Jewish man was assaulted in Brooklyn for the second day in a row.

The attack took place in the racially mixed Crown Heights neighborhood on Monday afternoon, crownheights.info first reported.

A black teenager carrying a stick began chasing an older Jewish man who attempted to run away. The Jewish man attempted to duck inside a Jewish-owned laundromat, where the teen managed to hit him on his back and shoulders, breaking the stick, according to the report.

Witnesses chased the teen, who was apprehended and arrested by police with the assistance of the Shomrim volunteer patrol.

The teen, who had been released by police about a half hour earlier after he was caught shoplifting, was charged with felony assault, menacing, harassment, and criminal possession of a weapon, as well as a hate crime.

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On Sunday, an identifiably Orthodox Jewish man was beaten at a traffic intersection in Brooklyn in an assault that was investigated as a possible hate crime. The assailant has been identified as 37-year-old cab driver Farrukh Afzal. He has been charged with assault, criminal mischief, and harassment. He reportedly attacked the victim, identified as Rabbi Lipa Schwartz, 62, because he thought he was an Orthodox Jewish man who had stepped in front of his car earlier in the day.

Yeshiva World News reported hate crime charges were dropped and the incident was labeled a road rage incident. Schwartz claims that Afzal shouted "Allah, Allah," said he wanted to "kill all Jews," and made references to Israel throughout the attack. Afzal's wife told the New York Daily News that her husband, who is from Pakistan and is Muslim, is schizophrenic and was acting out because he did not take his medication.




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