PM Netanyahu released the following statement in response to the High Court’s ruling declaring the Tal Law illegal. “As I stated even before the High Court of Justice decision, the Tal Law in its current format will not be continued, and in the coming months we will formulate a new law that will lead to a more just change in the burden of all sectors of Israeli society.”

** Security forces during the night destroyed three structures in the Mitzpei Avichai Outpost near Kiryat Arba.

** Military police report a decline of 42% in weapons thefts from IDF bases in 2011 as compared to 2010.

** PM Netanyahu today: “Competition is good for the consumer. We need more competition and fewer monopolies in the marketplace”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)