Thursday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael

(Thursday, October 29th, 2009)

A government ceremony will be held on Thursday, marking 14 years since the assassination of Yitzchak Rabin.

**The UN General Assembly to discuss Goldstone Report on 4 November.

**Increased bus service running on Thursday to accommodate the expected 100,000 mispalalim at Kever Rachel.

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**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended 2 suspects on Wednesday night.

**The “abusive rabbi”, Eliyahu Chen, was extradited and arrived in Israel on Thursday, and has already been interrogated by police.

**Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora released a statement condemning the Katyusha rocket attack against northern Israel earlier in the week. He used the opportunity to also condemn Israel’s artillery response to the unprovoked rocket attack, seemingly equating the two.

**Prominent journalist Yaakov Achimeir has called on organizers of the annual Rabin memorial event to invite Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, explaining the time has come to use the day to unite the nation and end the politicization of the assassination.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)

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