According to a Maariv newspaper report, Maran Rav Elyashiv Shlita has instructed the frum parties there can be no compromise whatsoever regarding the issue of the civil marriage legislations being promoted by Yisrael Beitenu and other secular parties.

**In his meeting on Thursday with US envoy to the Mideast George Mitchell, Premier Designate Binyamin Netanyahu told US official his administration will honor all agreements signed with the PA by the Government of Israel and he plans to work side-by-side with the Obama administration to achieve peace with the PA.

**PM Ehud Olmert on Friday at 10:00am will be questioned for a 16th time in ongoing investigations against him. The session is expected to last for 4 hours. 

**MK Yaakov Litzman told reporters it is clear the party cannot come to any compromise on the civil marriage issue since it is “halacha and not politics” and he must consult with Gedolei Yisrael.

**An 8-year-old child from a Jerusalem chader was moderately injured in a near fatal-drowning incident during a school trip on a Zichron Yaakov beach.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)