Wednesday Afternoon News Briefs

Border police in Chevron stopped an Arab male �who appeared suspicious� to find he was concealing a large knife. He was taken into custody.

**Doctors in Ziff and Assaf HaRofeh Hospitals report that two men admitted to isolation wards have tested negative for swine flu.

**An Israeli motorist was attacked by Arabs hurling rocks near PA-occupied Bet Lechem. No injuries were reported. The vehicle was damaged.

**Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish rejected a petition from the attorney of former President Moshe Katsav who is seeking to have his trial moved to Beersheva or Jerusalem.

**Officials at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon report an 18-month-old infant left in a parked vehicle in Kiryat Gat for 2 hours Wednesday morning is improving. The infant was unconscious upon arrival. The child is listed in moderate/stable condition.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)

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