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Wednesday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael


Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was questioned by police on Tuesday for allegedly obstructing a bribery investigation taking place against him.

**12:40PM – Two people were injured in a head-on collision at the eastern entrance to Maale Adumim on Wednesday morning. They are listed in critical and serious condition.

**The levaya of HaMekubal Rav Shmuel Toiseg ZATZAL will take place in Yerushalayim on Wednesday afternoon.

**Movement for Quality Government officials on Wednesday turned to President Peres and Justice Minister Ne’eman to reject a pardon request received from former Minister Shlomo Benizri.

**All Bank Discount branches nationwide are closed due to a labor strike today, Wednesday.

**The director of Facebook strategy in the Mideast, Europe and Africa reports Israelis spend 1 million minutes monthly on the Facebook network.

**At least 7 Arab vehicles were damaged when the drivers smashed into a roadblock designed with boulders near Halhoul north of Chevron on Tuesday night. The roadblock was obviously intended for Jews.

**An Arab male armed with a knife was taken into custody at Kalandia Ckpt on the northern Jerusalem border on Tuesday evening.

**A bill sponsored by MK Prof. Aryeh Eldad passed in Knesset demanding that physicians pass a test exhibiting a basic level of Hebrew as a prerequisite to receiving a license to practice. Eldad, a former IDF chief medical official, explained this ensures a minimal level of communication between physicians and patients.

**Lebanese PM Hariri set to visit Iran to meet with state officials, Arab media reports.

**The PA’s Maan agency reports 189 trucks with aid supplies will cross into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom and Karnei Crossings from Israel on Wednesday.

**IDF soldiers on Wednesday morning apprehended a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigade in Jenin.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)



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