Thursday accuweather.com54°Low of 39°Mostly sunny and coolWNW 7-14 mphHFRIDAYHRSHABBOSTODAY IN NEW YORK(Reuters/AP) – Simpson-ville, South Carolina, is part of an area known as “The Golden Strip,” and it lived up to its moniker on Wednes-day, as the city celebrated a local store selling the single ticket that matched all six numbers in the U.S. Mega Millions lottery.A KC Mart convenience store sold the ticket that won a $1.5 billion jackpot, Simpsonville Mayor Janice Curtis said in a telephone interview on Wednesday.South Carolina is one of the few U.S. states where the person who wins a lottery can opt to remain anony-mous.RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – In a fiery and unwavering appearance Wednesday at an investment forum, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “heinous” and “painful to all Saudis,” before warning anyone against trying to “manipu-late” the crisis and drive a wedge between the kingdom and Turkey.Crown Prince Moham-med bin Salman was joined onstage by two Arab allies as he made his first exten-sive public remarks about the killing that has sparked widespread condemnation and marred his international City in South Carolina’s ‘Golden Strip’ Sells Winning Lottery TicketSaudi Crown Prince Calls Khashoggi Killing a ‘Heinous’ CrimeAP Photo/Richard DrewNYPD officers outside the Time Warner Center, where CNN is headquartered, in New York, Wednesday. BREAKINGNEW YORKISRAELThreat Mentioning Kids Sent to GOP Candidate In Tight RacePage 5Child Death Toll Hits 7 in Viral Outbreak At Rehab CenterPage 4Man Arrested for Posting Threat to Rep. Chris SmithPage 5Pres. Putin Says Russia Will Target Nations Hosting U.S. MissilesPage 3PM Netanyahu Asked Macron for Protection Of Jewish MPPage 6Gaza Arson Starts Eight Fires in South, IDF RespondsPage 6Friedman to Federation: Differences Won’t Go AwayPage 7Story on page 2Continued on page 3Continued on page 3Explosive Devices, Suspicious Packages, Sent to Democrats and CNN50°53°DAILY VOL. XV - NO. 3502 // October 25, 2018ט”עשת ,ןושח ז”ט // אריו תשרפ ,ה”בHAMODIA DAILY 50¢ 216 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018 THURSDAYBreaking16 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018 THURSDAYWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police have intercepted suspected bombs mailed to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other high-profile Dem-ocrats, as well as to CNN, in what New York officials on Wednesday branded an act of terrorism.The packages were similar in appearance and “contain poten-tially destructive devices,” the FBI said. Other officials said the devices looked similar to one that was found and detonated by police on Mon-day at the home of George Soros, a prominent Democratic Party donor and frequent target of right-wing conspiracy theories.With the country deeply polar-ized, the news brought a new level of tension to the Nov. 6 election that will decide whether Democrats can take majorities now held by Repub-licans in Congress.The packages were mailed in manila envelopes with bubble wrap interior and had the return address of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a U.S. Congresswoman and former chair of the Democratic Party, the FBI said.The U.S. Secret Service inter-cepted packages addressed to Obama at his Washington home and to Clinton at her home in New York state.The CNN bureau in New York also received a package, leading police to evacuate the Time Warner building in a busy part of New York City near Central Park.“So far the devices have been what appeared to be pipe bombs,” John Miller, the New York police deputy commissioner for intelli-gence and counterterrorism, told a news conference.Eric Holder, who was U.S. attor-ney general under Obama, and Democratic Representative Maxine Waters were also among those tar-geted.There was no immediate claim of responsibility.“This clearly is an act of terror attempting to undermine our free press and leaders of this country through acts of violence,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news conference.De Blasio later dismissed social media postings suggesting that the packages were a liberal hoax, telling CNN, “This is the real thing.”President Trump and his press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders both condemned the acts as “despi-cable” and vowed to bring those responsible to justice.Trump, who usually relishes in making partisan attacks on Demo-crats, also issued a rare call for unity.“In these times, we have to unify, we have to come together, and send one very clear, strong, unmistak-able message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America,” Trump said at the White House.“We’re extremely angry, upset and unhappy about what we wit-nessed this morning, and we will get to the bottom of it,” Trump said.All of the targets are frequently maligned by right-wing critics. Trump has repeatedly criticized CNN as “fake news” and disparaged the mainstream media.Packages RecoveredThe package to Clinton was found late on Tuesday while the one addressed to Obama was recovered early on Wednesday, both during routine off-site mail screenings, the Secret Service said. Obama and Clinton were not at risk, they said.Officials said the package received by CNN was addressed to former CIA director John Brennan, who appeared on CNN periodi-cally before joining cable news rival MSNBC as a paid contributor.Brennan has been an outspoken critic of Trump, calling the presi-dent’s performance during a July joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hel-sinki “nothing short of treasonous.”The package sent to CNN also contained an envelope of white powder that experts were analyz-ing, Police Commissioner James O’Neill said.In the weeks following the attacks of September 11, 2001, anthrax spores were mailed to news media offices and two U.S. senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others.A suspicious package was found at the building that houses Wasser-man Schultz’s office, the Broward Sheriff’s office said.The FBI said the package was meant for Holder but rerouted to the return address in Florida.Waters said in a statement that her Washington office was the tar-get of “a suspicious package.” The package was intercepted at a Mary-land mail processing facility, NBC reported.Hamodia, [USPS 021660] [ISSN #1553-9490] is published Daily 4 times a week on Mon, Tues, Thurs, And Fri except for weeks of Passover and Sukkos, for the subscription price of $200.00 per year by Hamodia, 207 Foster Ave Brooklyn NY 11230. Application to mail at periodicals postage prices is pending at Brooklyn, NY and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Please send address change to Hamodia, 207 Foster Ave Brooklyn NY 11230Explosive Devices, Suspicious Packages, Sent to Democrats and CNNREUTERS/Joe SkipperA Broward County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad officer operates a robot outside a building containing the office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Sunrise, Florida, on Wednesday. AP Photo/Alex BrandonOfficers with the Uniform Division of the United States Secret Service talk at a checkpoint near the home of President Barack Obama, Wednesday, in Washington. 3THURSDAY 16 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018BreakingTHURSDAY 16 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018standing after Turkish reports said a member of his entourage was involved in the crime.Many international business lead-ers pulled out of the Future Invest-ment Initiative, the kingdom’s main economic forum, after the Oct. 2 killing of The Washington Post col-umnist inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.But in the forum’s vast and ornate auditorium, thousands of people who did attend rose to their feet to applaud the 33-year-old heir whose strong showing underscored his rep-utation for being bold and assertive.Prince Mohammed, who spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by phone before the forum, addressed the case immediately after taking the stage for a panel discus-sion, saying the Saudis were cooper-ating with Turkey on the Khashoggi investigation.Erdogan on Tuesday delivered a sharp rebuttal of Saudi Arabia’s widely criticized account that the dissident writer died accidentally in a brawl, saying Saudi officials had planned the killing for days.He kept up the pressure Wednes-day, saying in Ankara: “We are deter-mined not to allow the murder to be covered up and for those responsible — from the person who gave the order to those who executed it — not to escape justice.”The crisis overshadowed the crown prince’s high-profile economic forum, aimed at raising much needed investments to underwrite his plans to overhaul the Saudi economy.Some $55 billion in agreements were signed at the forum, much of that focused on the lucrative Saudi energy industry. Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s largest exporters of oil, has the Arab world’s largest economy and is a key emerging market.Several participants from the U.S., including a California hedge fund manager and staff from a U.S. desali-nation company, declined to speak to the AP, reflecting a general nervous-ness among the Americans.Continued from page 1Continued from page 1Saudi Press Agency via APIn this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R), Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (2nd R), and Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (2nd L) attend the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday. AP Photo/Jeffrey CollinsSouth Carolina Education Lottery Chief Operating Officer Tony Cooper (L) and KC Mart owner CJ Patel (R) speak to reporters Wednesday about the winning ticket sold at the Simpsonville, S.C., store. Patel will get $50,000 for selling the winning ticket. Unless the winner chooses to come forward, the world may never know who won. Saudi Crown Prince Calls Khashoggi Killing a ‘Heinous’ CrimeCity in South Carolina’s ‘Golden Strip’ Sells Winning Lottery Ticket“It’s an awesome day in Simpson-ville,” Curtis said. “Right now we are celebrating our fellow citizen lucky enough to win this huge amount of money.”The jackpot is the second-highest on record, trailing a $1.6 billion 2016 Powerball pot.An earlier Mega Millions estimate of $1.6 billion would have been a world record for lotteries, but actual sales came in below the $1.586 billion Pow-erball jackpot prize shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January of 2016.Simpsonville and surrounding towns earned the “Golden Strip” nick-name in the 1950s when waterlines ran to the city, said Andrew Staton, author of a book about Simpsonville history.“It was like gold arriving in Simp-sonville,” Staton said. The waterlines were a step toward more prosperity in the area, which included several man-ufacturers, some of which still remain in the area today, Staton said.While most attention has focused on Mega Millions, Powerball also has been soaring. The estimated prize for Powerball’s annuity option in Wednes-day night’s drawing is $620 million, with a cash prize of $354.3 million.Putin Says Russia Will Target Nations Hosting U.S. MissilesMOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Russia will have to target the nations that would host them.The stern statement fol-lows President Donald Trump’s announcement over the weekend that he intends to opt out of a 1987 nuclear arms control pact over alleged Russian violations.Putin said he hoped the United States wouldn’t follow up by posi-tioning intermediate-range mis-siles in Europe. Such a move would be a repeat of a Cold War show-down in the 1980s, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union both deployed intermediate-range missiles on the continent, the Russian leader said.“If they are deployed in Europe, we will naturally have to respond in kind,” Putin said at a news con-ference after talks with visiting Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. He continued: “I don’t under-stand why we should put Europe in such a grave danger.”NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the Western military alliance’s members blame Russia for devel-oping a new missile in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, but he doesn’t expect them to beef up nuclear arsenals in Europe in response.Putin rejected Trump’s claim that Russia has breached the INF treaty, alleging it was the United States that violated the pact.He charged that U.S. missile defense facilities in Romania hold intermediate-range cruise missiles with just a quick tweak in comput-er software.The Russian leader added that he hoped to discuss the issue with Mr. Trump in Paris when they both attend Nov. 11 events, marking 100 years since Armistice Day.President Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, spent two days in Moscow this week to discuss the move with Putin and his top lieutenants. Bolton said Washington hasn’t served a formal withdrawal notice, but he voiced strong skepticism the treaty could be salvaged.Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERSRussian President Vladimir Putin walks as Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is reflected on a glass during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday.416 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018 THURSDAYNew YorkCornelius Gallagher, Ex-Congressman, Dies at 97MONROE, N.J. (Washington Post) – Former Rep. Cornelius Gallagher, a New Jersey Democrat who used his clout to protest the erosion of privacy for Americans, ruefully calling the United States a “nation of snoopers,” died at the age of 97.Gallagher served in the House from 1959 to 1973, representing the cities of Elizabeth, Linden and Rah-way, and was what the Almanac of American Politics described as “one of the finest products” of the Hudson County political machine.An Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he received two Bronze Stars and three Purple Hearts. In Congress he held seats on the Appropriations and Foreign Affairs committees and accumulated a solidly liberal voting record. He was an early supporter of then-Sen. John F. Kennedy’s presidential bid in 1960.U.S. citizens, Gallagher contend-ed, were being slowly stripped of their civil liberties by invasive fed-eral agencies, “big computers” that collected personal data and busi-nesses that used such tools as cam-eras and two-way mirrors to guard against shoplifting and bank robbery. He introduced legislation to severely curtail government use of polygraphs.Gallagher’s political career turned rocky in 1968, when he was accused of being a “tool and collaborator of a Cosa Nostra ganglord.” Gallagher fiercely denied those allegations, tell-ing The New York Times that report-ed wiretap transcripts were “totally manufactured.” He was reelected easily that year and again in 1970.His final term in Congress proved more tumultuous. In April 1972, Gallagher was indicted on charges of attempting to evade $102,000 in income taxes. He insisted on his innocence and said that the charges should alarm “anyone who disagrees with the new Caesars in America.”He lost his seat later that year.After his charges were announced, Gallagher gave an address on the House floor in which he charged that the FBI was corrupt “at the highest level” and decried a “secret police society” that had outlaid “$11 million to destroy me” because of his work.In late 1972, Gallagher pleaded guilty to tax evasion. He served 17 months in prison.“Mr. Gallagher’s personal trag-edy is heightened by his generally excellent record in Washington,” the Times wrote in an editorial at the time. “Always articulate, often enlightened and politically coura-geous in his positions on public issues, he was respected by his col-leagues and seemed qualified for even higher elective office. All of this is ashes now.”AP Photo/Kevin HagenThe crowd outside the Time Warner building in Manhattan on Tuesday after the CNN newsroom was evacuated because of a suspicious package.Child Death Toll Hits 7 in Viral Outbreak at Rehab CenterTRENTON (AP) – Another child has died following a severe viral outbreak at a New Jersey rehabili-tation center for “medically fragile children,” bringing the death toll to seven, the facility said Wednesday.There have been 18 cases overall of adenovirus at the Wanaque Cen-ter for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, about 30 miles northwest of New York, the state Health Depart-ment said. The 227-bed, for-profit facility cares for children and elderly residents.The agency had said Tuesday that six children died this month. But the center said it learned Tuesday night that another child had died.Adenoviruses are a group of com-mon viruses that typically cause mild illnesses, from cold-like symp-toms to conjunctivitis. But people with weakened immune systems, particularly children, are at higher risk of severe illness.The strain afflicting the children is usually associated with acute respiratory illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which on its website instructs health workers to report unusual clusters to state or local health departments.The Health Department hasn’t released the names or the ages of the victims.The CDC is providing techni-cal assistance to the state. In the past 10 years, cases of severe illness and death from the type of infec-tion found at the facility have been reported in the United States, though it’s unclear how many deaths there have been.The center’s website says it helps educate “medically fragile children.” The facility was instructed not to admit new patients until the out-break ends, and the Health Depart-ment said the number of new cases appears to be decreasing.NYC Transit Chief Promises Improvements by Year’s EndNEW YORK (AP/Hamodia) – New York City Transit President Andy Byford is promising that subway rid-ers can expect to see improvements to the delay-ridden system by the end of the year.Byford discussed the system in a “60 Minutes” segment aired on WCBS. He said the improvements will be costly and require riders’ patience as lines are shut down for upgrades.“I’ve said in the past that’s what we have to do,” he said. “Not to tweak this system. That it needs way more than that. It needs to be a compre-hensive, top to bottom moderniza-tion of every aspect of our opera-tions. Why shouldn’t we be on a par with London, with Hong Kong, with Shanghai, with Singapore? This is New York, for goodness sake.”Byford previously proposed a “Fast Forward” plan to overhaul the system in 10 years instead of the ini-tial 40-year estimate.His proposal includes new signal-ing, new subway cars and a new fare payment system.Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, have yet to agree on who should pay for the improvements and how much.“My message to New Yorkers is,” Byford said, “there’s no gain without a bit of pain. This will be worth it.”5THURSDAY 16 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018New YorkActivist Wants MLK Bust That Doesn’t Look Like Him GoneBUFFALO – An activist has 6,000 signatures to replace an 8-foot sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. he claims doesn’t look like the civil rights leader, WIVB reported. While the artist says the bust was supposed to be a representation, Samuel Herbert says, “enough of the symbolism, we want realism.”Eric Trump Campaigns for New York CongresswomanNEW HARTFORD, N.Y. – President Trump’s son Eric campaigned up-state on Tuesday with incumbent Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney, a staunch supporter of the president, The Associated Press reported. Trump discussed North Korea and ISIS, saying the country is “winning at absolutely everything we do.”Deer Trapped by Hammock Rescued by OfficersYONKERS, N.Y. – Officers have res-cued a large deer whose antlers got entangled in a hammock, The Associated Press reported. Video shows the buck desperately trying to free itself until it was tranquil-ized and cut free. The deer then darted off into the nearby brush.Swiss Tourist Arrested for High-Rise Drone CrashNEW YORK – A Swiss tourist who accidentally flew a drone into a midtown office tower Sunday, breaking a window, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor criminal mischief, The Associated Press reported. Paolo Prosetti, 28, was arrested when he returned to the building to retrieve his drone.Window Washers Safe After Rig Dangles From High-RiseNEW YORK – A window washing crew whose scaffolding rig got dangerously loose 20 floors above street level were able to climb to safety inside a midtown Manhat-tan high-rise, The Associated Press reported. Crowds gathered to watch firefighters securing the rig.Student Arrested After ‘Prank’ Spurs School LockdownLAGRANGEVILLE, N.Y. – A 15-year-old student was arrested for a “prank” report of a gunman in a classroom, leading to a lockdown at his high school, The Associated Press reported. The student text-ed a relative during class and the relative notified authorities.Regional BriefsThreat Mentioning Kids Sent to GOP Candidate in Tight RaceWHIPPANY, N.J. (AP) – A letter threatening the children of a Repub-lican candidate unless he loses his bid for Congress in New Jersey was delivered to his office Wednesday morning.The note was sent to Assembly-man Jay Webber’s office and said, “You better hope you don’t win! Or else.” and then asked, “How many kids do you have...7? Unlucky 7.”Ronica Cleary, a spokeswoman, says the threat arrived with a cut-up Webber campaign sign. She says the ordeal has been referred to the state police for investigation.In the 11th district, Webber is in a tight and closely watched race against Democrat Mikie Sherrill.Webber has frequently incorpo-rated his wife Johanna and their seven children into his campaign, featuring them in campaign ads.He took to Twitter to condemn the threat, saying he will not be intimidated.“Criticizing a candidate on the issues is part of politics. Threatening my children is not,” he posted. “We are thankful for the support of law enforcement as we work to find who-ever is behind this gutless act. We will not be intimidated as we work to make #NJ11 better for everyone.”Jay Webber/TwitterAssemblyman Jay Webber addressed a senior citizens home on Tuesday about his campaign for Congress.Man Arrested for Posting Threat to Rep. Chris SmithEx-Senate Leader Gets 4-Plus Years in PrisonFREEHOLD, N.J. (AP/Hamodia) – A New Jersey man was arrested after he admitted posting a threatening message online directed toward a sit-ting Republican congressman.Dereal Finklin, 43, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree cyber harassment against Rep. Chris Smith for posting a picture of Smith and captioning it “Dead Man Walking.”Finklin admitted in court that the message was meant to harass Smith and “acknowledged his words con-stituted a threat to cause physical injury or harm to the congressmen,” according to the prosecutor’s state-ment.Prosecutors agreed to drop a third-degree charge of making ter-roristic threats and will recommend that Finklin be sentenced to proba-tion as part of the plea deal.Smith — who represents parts of Monmouth, Ocean and Mercer coun-ties — says it demonstrates the need to report online threats before they can escalate to real-world violence.“See something — including online — say something to law enforcement is advice everyone NEW YORK (AP) – Former New York state Senate leader Dean Skel-os was sentenced to four years and three months in prison Wednesday after his conviction on public cor-ruption charges.U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood announced the penalty for the longtime Republican leader, citing his health challenges at age 70 as reason to reduce his sentence from the five years she gave him at a previous sentencing.Skelos and his adopted son Adam were convicted in July on charges of extortion, wire fraud and bribery. Their first convictions, in 2015, were rejected on appeal after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed public corruption law.Prosecutors had urged at least 6 1/2 years in prison for the elder Skelos while his lawyers said he should get no more than two years.His son Adam was given four years later Wednesday afternoon, less than the 5 1/2 years he got in 2016.Lawyers said the strain of two trials had caused a rift between the elder Skelos and his son.Given a chance to speak, Skelos was emotional as he spoke of his son.“My son Adam, I love him more today than yesterday,” he said. “Although our relationship is strained, I hope it will someday be restored.”Dean also asked Wood to go easy on his only child.“I hope that you show him mercy so that he can be the father he wants to be,” Dean said.needs to follow to prevent acts of vio-lence from happening,” he said in a statement to the Asbury Park Press. “Too often social media posts and other threats have gone unheeded prior to a commission of serious violence.”Finklin is scheduled to be sen-tenced in December.Smith is currently running for re-election against Democrat Josh Welle.616 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018 THURSDAYIsraelHAMODIA STAFFYERUSHALAYIM - At least eight different fires were started in south-ern Israel by incendiary balloons launched from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.A spokesman for the Israeli Fire and Rescue Services said crews were working to extinguish them as of the early evening hours.In response, the IDF said it car-ried out a strike in the southern Gaza Strip, targeting a Hamas post from which the arson devices were sent aloft. Earlier in the day, Palestinian media said that Israeli drones struck two targets in Gaza — one in the north and one in the south. No casu-alties were reported.On Tuesday, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, who has been calling for a military offensive against Hamas, said:“Some commentators tend to adopt an erroneous conception according to which one can want and can give, and I want to remind an important, wise man who once said, ‘They give — they’ll get; they don’t give — they won’t get.’“If there’s quiet, if there’s calm, we know how to be neighbors. You don’t give quiet and calm, you’ll get what you deserve,” added the Defense Minister, according to Arutz Sheva.Gaza Arson Starts Eight Fires In South, IDF RespondsREUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaBalloons carrying flammable material are attached to a cutout of a drone as they are flown by Palestinians to be sent to the Israeli side, during violent protests last week.SHIMON B. LIFKINYERUSHALAYIM – The first His-tadrut strike ever held over worker safety looms in early November.The deaths of 38 workers and others at construction sites around the coun-try prompted Histadrut chairman Avi Nissenkorn to set the legal and orga-nizational machinery in motion for a possible strike two weeks ago.Nissenkorn claims that his demands are reasonable. “It’s not pos-sible to reduce the number of acci-dents to zero, but we should get them down to the OECD average. We’re at 2.5 times the OECD average,” he told Globes in an interview.While acknowledging that in the short term, precautions like improved scaffolding will raise costs, and “the contractors should be helped with accelerated depreciation,” but “in a few years’ time, it will be seen that this move improves efficiency and safe-ty, that it doesn’t increase costs but reduces them,” Nissenkorn argued.“The scaffolding will be of bet-ter quality, easier and more efficient to work with. Every injury and every fall entails costs to the contractors as well,” he noted.In his bid for broad support in a general strike, Nissenkorn pointed out that the construction workers’ griev-ances should be supported by workers across sectors.“We represent the entire economy in this instance, because the safety problem does not exist in a vacuum. Everything has a direct economic effect.“When safety in the construction industry improves, you’ll see that that will affect safety in all industries. When human life is assigned impor-tance, that will reduce violence in the hospitals as well. In the end, we don’t exist in a bubble. It’s like the butter-fly effect. Everything has an impact. When we deal with the safety problem, that will have knock-on effects, that’s how it is, by definition.”When asked if the private sector workers will join the strike, Nissen-korn said they would.“They will all cooperate and they will all go out on strike together.”General Strike Over Worker Safety LoomsYERUSHALAYIM (AP/Hamodia) – Chi-na’s vice president and Israel’s prime minister have kicked off a joint innovation summit — where the two countries are working to cement their fast-growing relationship.Wang Qishan and Binyamin Netanya-hu toured a number of exhibits by high-tech Israeli start-ups focused on self-driving cars, health care and agriculture. They were scheduled to attend an evening gala event and the opening of an Israeli innovation center on Thursday.Wang, a close confidant of Presi-dent Xi Jinping, is one of the most senior Chinese officials to visit Israel since the countries established dip-lomatic relations in 1992.China has become Israel’s third largest trading partner, behind only the U.S. and the European Union. Israel exported $2.8 billion to China in the first half of 2018, an 80% jump from last year.Also participating in the inno-vation summit were Economy and Industry Minister Eli Cohen, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, Chinese Science and Technology Minister Wang Zhigang and other senior officials. Wang, Netanyahu Meet At Innovation SummitAmos Ben-Gershom (GPO)Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcoming Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan at the Foreign Ministry in Yerushalayim on Wednesday.HAMODIA STAFFYERUSHALAYIM – A personal secu-rity detail for French Jewish parlia-ment member Meyer Habib was reinstated at the request of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron last year, accord-ing to Channel 10.Habib, a defender of Israel in France and a personal friend of the prime minister, has been the target of numerous death threats, including a suspicious white powder delivered to his office, which prompted the evacu-ation of the French parliament last August.Police protection for Habib had been discontinued after it was decid-ed that he was no longer under threat.Macron was reportedly surprised by Mr. Netanyahu’s request, since it is unusual for a foreign head of state to ask for special protection of a French citizen. Nevertheless, he agreed, and the security detail was brought back a month later.Netanyahu Asked Macron For Protection of Jewish MPCourtesy of the Office of the AmbassadorRabbi Joel Lion (2nd L), the new Israeli ambassador to Ukraine, presented his diplomatic credentials to that country’s president on Tuesday. A yeshivah graduate and an ordained Rabbi, Rabbi Leon was accepted in an official ceremony as he began his tour of duty in the new diplomatic post.7THURSDAY 16 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018IsraelDOV BENOVADIAYERUSHALAYIM – B’chasdei Shamayim, a major terror attack was averted Wednesday morning as police arrested an Arab from Yerush-alayim who was on his way to carry out a terror attack in Tel Aviv. The arrest of the 20-year-old took place on Road 1, the main highway into Tel Aviv, causing a major traffic jam as police closed down the road. The suspect was taken into custody and is being questioned.Officials said that they were alert-ed by family members who called police and informed them that the terrorist had left home with the inten-tion of carrying out a terror attack. A widespread search for the terrorist took place in various parts of Tel Aviv Wednesday morning, with police activity noticeable in many areas.Police eventually tracked down the terrorist by pinging his cellu-lar device, allowing them to narrow down his location and arrest him, in a vehicle on the highway between Yerushalayim and Tel Aviv. The arrest resulted in the closure of the highway in both directions for nearly an hour. Police said that the terrorist had planned to carry out the attack in south Tel Aviv, possibly in the area of the new central bus station. Police added that the motivation for the family to turn their son in was the fear that their house would be demol-ished if the terrorist carried out the attack.Tel Aviv Major Terror Attack AvertedMekraz HachadashotPolice apprehend the suspect on the Yerushalayim-Tel Aviv Highway, Wednesday. DROR HALAVYYERUSHALAYIM – The Knesset Economics Committee has approved a request by the Finance Ministry to extend through next April a lux-ury tax on vehicles that sell for NIS 300,000 or more. In addition, a new tax of 20% will be imposed on those vehicles. The tax will also apply to electric and hybrid vehicles that are sold for that amount or more.Currently, the purchase tax on vehicles in Israel is 83%, with an additional imposition of Value Added sales Tax (VAT), bringing the total tax on new vehicles to 100% of the purchase price. With the addi-tion of the new tax, the full cost of a high-value vehicle will jump another 20%, for an effective tax of 120%.Several consumer groups have criticized the Treasury for imposing an extra tax on energy-saving elec-tric and hybrid vehicles — much less not giving them a tax discount, Yisra-el Hayom reported. In response, the Treasury said that vehicles selling at price levels of NIS 300,000 or more sell for that price because of their luxury appointments, not because of their energy-saving features.DOV BENOVADIAYERUSHALAYIM – IDF soldiers overnight Tuesday arrested an Arab terrorist who assisted Ashraf Nala-weh, the murderer of Ziv Hajabi, Hy”d, and Kim Levengard Yechezkel, Hy”d, in a terror attack in the Bar-kan industrial zone near Ariel sev-eral weeks ago. The arrest took place in the village of Danabeh, near Tul Karem in Shomron. The suspect was questioned by Shin Bet and IDF offi-cials, and further arrests are expect-ed, officials said.In the attack, Nalaweh mur-dered Hajabi and Yechezkel in the offices of Alon Metal Works in the Barkan industrial zone, where he worked. Nalaweh arrived for work in the morning, carrying with him an assault rifle hidden under his cloth-ing. As a regular employee with a work permit, he was admitted to the grounds of the industrial zone with-out too much scrutiny, security offi-cials told Yediot Acharonot.There has been an intensive search for Nalaweh over the past several weeks, but security forces as yet have been unable to find him. Searches have concentrated on the Tul Karem area, as well as in the Shechem area, where Nalaweh was thought to have fled to, as he has rela-tives there. He is considered armed and dangerous, but officials believe it is only a matter of time. “He can’t hide out forever, and when he surfaces we will be there to capture him,” securi-ty officials told Hadashot News. “We are keeping the pressure on to make sure he runs out of options and is unable to organize a long-term effort to remain underground.”Security officials told Hadashot News that one of the challenges in finding the terrorist is that he appar-ently acted as a “lone wolf,” without an organization like one of the major terror groups behind him. Thus, he has his own network of people assist-ing him, who are apparently not known to operatives of terror groups Israel has questioned, or informants Israel works with.Overnight Tuesday, security offi-cials said they arrested 16 wanted security suspects in other areas in Yehudah and Shomron. The sus-pects were wanted for participating in rioting and throwing stones and firebombs that endangered Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers. Several of the suspects were also charged with belonging to Hamas. All were being questioned on their activities by security forces.New Tax on Luxury VehiclesAccomplice of Barkan Terrorist ArrestedZALMAN AHNSAFYERUSHALAYIM – While other guest speakers before him sought to paper over the differences between Israeli and Diaspora Jews on reli-gion and politics, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told Feder-ation leaders on Wednesday that the truth is, some of those differences may not be bridgeable.“Here’s the bad news: They are never, ever, ever going to go away,” he said. “It’s just not possible given the extraordinary difference of perspec-tives, all legitimate,” he told the 700 delegates to the Jewish Federation of North America’s annual General Assembly in Tel Aviv.Including himself in the unbridgeables, Friedman described himself as an “unapologetic right-wing defender of Israel.” “I will bet that there are people in this room who disagree with me on Israel policy. I’m a security hawk. That’s who I am,” he said.Friedman also suggested to the assemblage that they accept the Friedman to Federation: Differences Won’t Go Awaymajor differences between the American and Israeli political sys-tems, notably the separation of church and state in America versus the state of Israel, which calls itself Jewish as well as democratic. It may not be a comfortable situation for American Jews, “but that’s what is,” he said.But even he made a gesture to the conference’s declared goal of Jewish unity:“I value your thinking, I respect your views and, most importantly, I’m grateful that you care, that you care enough to form an opinion on this incredibly important subject, and we can now have a discussion.”“Apathy is our enemy, not dis-agreement,” he said.Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Jewish Federation of North America’s annual General Assembly in Tel Aviv.816 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018 THURSDAYBusinessClosing NumbersNEW YORK (AP) - Another torrent of selling gripped Wall Street Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting more than 600 points and erasing its gains for the year.The Nasdaq composite, with a hefty roster of tech stocks, bore the brunt of the sell-off, leaving it more than 10 percent below its August peak, what Wall Street calls a “correction.”Disappointing quarterly results and outlooks contin-ued to weigh on the market, stoking investors’ jitters over future growth in corporate profits. Bond prices contin-ued to rise, sending yields lower, as traders sought safe-haven investments.The outlooks from some of the companies that reported third-quarter results this week, including Caterpillar, 3M and United Parcel Ser-vice, only stoked those wor-ries.The S&P 500 lost 84.59 points, or 3.1 percent, to 2,656.10. The index is now off about 9.4 percent from its Sept. 20 peak.The Dow tumbled 608.01 points, or 2.4 percent, to 24,583.42. The Nasdaq slid 329.14 points, or 4.4 per-cent, to 7,108.40. That’s the Nasdaq’s biggest drop since August 2011, but it’s still up 3 percent for the year.The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks gave up 57.89 points, or 3.8 percent, to 1,468.70, and is down 4.4 percent for the year.Bond prices rose, send-ing the yield on the 10-year Treasury note down to 3.12 percent from 3.16 percent late Tuesday. The slide in bond yields came as traders sought out lower-risk assets.United Parcel Service slid 5.5 percent to $107.93 after the shipping company report-ed weak international rev-enue, while the strong dollar and high fuel prices also hurt its results.S&P 500 companies are expected to deliver 22 per-cent earnings growth for the third quarter, with every sec-tor except communications services, which includes Walt Disney, AT&T, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet, expected to show earnings growth, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.About 24 percent of the companies in the S&P 500 had reported third-quarter results as of Wednesday. Of those, 57 percent delivered earnings and revenue results that topped Wall Street’s fore-casts.High-flying companies like Netflix and Amazon took some of the biggest losses Wednesday. Netflix gave back 9.4 percent to $301.83 and Amazon dropped 5.9 percent to $1,664.20.Boeing was one of the few gainers Wednesday. It rose 1.3 percent to $354.65 after the defense contractor’s latest quarterly results topped ana-lysts’ forecasts. Despite the tumbling stock prices, the U.S. economy looks solid. Helped by tax cuts, the economy expanded at a 4.2 percent annual pace from April through June, fastest in nearly four years. Benchmark U.S. crude edged up 0.6 percent to settle at $66.82 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, slid 0.4 percent to $76.17 a barrel in London.Heating oil was little changed at $2.25 a gallon. Wholesale gasoline fell 0.8 percent to $1.82 a gallon. Nat-ural gas declined 1.4 percent to $3.17 per 1,000 cubic feet.The dollar weakened to 112.44 yen from 112.47 yen on Tuesday. The euro fell to $1.1387 from $1.1467.Gold fell 0.5 percent to $1,231.10 an ounce. Silver dropped 0.8 percent to $14.68 an ounce. Copper was little changed at $2.76 a pound.USD currency exchangeTech Companies Lead Another Steep Sell-Off in U.S. StocksDOW-608.0124,583.42NASDAQ-329.147,108.40S&P 500-84.592,656.1010-Yr T-Note-.043.12%30-Yr T-Bonds-.023.34%Crude Oil+.39$66.82Gold-5.60$1,227.80Silver+0.09$ 14.70Market watchOct. 24, 2018Dow Jonesindustrials-608.0124,583.42Nasdaqcomposite-329.147,108.40Standard & Poor’s 500 -84.592,656.10Russell 2000-57.891,468.70NYSE diaryAdvanced:617Declined:2,218Unchanged:64Volume:4.6 bNasdaq diaryAdvanced:438Declined:2,521Unchanged:93Volume:2.8 bWho has time for theflu, colds, or viruses?maxihealth.com800.544.MAXIinfo@maxihealth.com These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any disease.9THURSDAY 16 Cheshvan 5779 // October 25, 2018BusinessTesla Delivers on Elon Musk’s 3q Profit PledgeSAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Tesla Motors de-livered on CEO Elon Musk’s promise to make money during its latest quarter after fulfilling his pledge to boost pro-duction of its first electric car designed for the mass market. The company earned $311.5 million during the three months ending in September, swing-ing from a loss of $619 million at the same time last year. It’s only the third time that Tesla has posted a quarterly profit in its eight-year history as a pub-lic company and the first time in two years.Ford’s 3Q Net Profit Falls 37 Percent on Slowing SalesDEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – Ford Motor Co.’s net profit fell 37 percent in the third quarter as sales slowed in the U.S. and China. The company says it made $991 million from July through September, or 25 cents per share. Revenue was up 3 percent to $37.67 billion. Excluding one-time items, Ford says it made 29 cents per share, beating Wall Street ex-pectations. Analysts polled by FactSet expected 28 cents per share. Revenue fell slightly short of estimates.U.S. Brands Falter in Consumer Reports Auto Reliability SurveyDETROIT (AP) – U.S. auto companies such as General Motors, Tesla and Ford faltered this year in Consumer Reports’ reliability rankings as readers reported more mechanical trouble with their ve-hicles. The magazine said all U.S.-based brands fell to the bottom half of 29 brands in the rankings. At the top were Lexus, Toyota, Mazda, Subaru and Kia.Domestic Shipping Drives UPS Profit in 3QATLANTA (AP) – Domestic shipping drove revenue higher at UPS and third-quarter profits rose 20 percent, but shares are down before the opening bell with U.S. markets falling again.The Atlanta package delivery service reported a profit Wednesday of $1.51 billion, or $1.73 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.82 per share, which is in line with expectations, according to a survey by Zacks Investment Research.Revenue was $17.44 billion, about what industry analysts were expect-ing. Domestic revenue rose 8.1 percent, while international revenue was up 3 percent, or up 5 percent, on a currency-neutral basis. Supply chain and freight segment revenue grew 12 percent.UPS expects full-year earnings in the range of $7.03 to $7.37 per share. Ana-lysts surveyed by FactSet expect $7.25 per share, on average.U.S. New-Home Sales Slump For Fourth Straight MonthWASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new U.S. homes plunged 5.5 percent in September. It’s the fourth straight monthly drop as the housing mar-ket is quickly cooling amid higher mortgage rates. The Commerce Depart-ment says that newly built homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 553,000 last month. After revisions to August, new-home sales have declined for the past four months.FCC: Company Created Fake Accounts, Misused Funds to Buy JetTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Federal regula-tors have proposed a $63 million fine against an Ohio company they say bought a yacht and jet with money meant to help low-income people get phone and internet service. The Fed-eral Communications Commission says the company created fake accounts us-ing the identities of dead people to get government reimbursements. The com-pany says it told the FCC two years ago about compliance and reporting issues and has repaid nearly all of the money.Boeing Tops All Expectations On Strong Defense SpendingNEW YORK (AP) – Boeing breezed past almost all expectations for the third quarter and raised its outlook for the year on burgeoning defense spending.Steady commercial aircraft sales and a tax benefit also helped jolt profit by 31 percent.The Chicago plane maker had a profit of $2.36 billion, or $4.07, per share. Ad-justed per-share profit was $3.58, ex-ceeding estimates by 13 cents, accord-ing to a survey by Zacks Investment Research.Revenue jumped 4 percent to $25.15 billion, also breezing past projections for $23.72 billion.BIZ BriefsLost or FoundYidFind.org | 718.Yid.FindThe quality you desire, the care you deserve.718.373.1700 • www.HaymSalomonHome.comNext >