08:00:

A slight improvement is being reported in the condition of Maran HaGaon HaRav Chaim Ovadia Yosef Shlita .

09:30

Mispallalim at Kever Yosef during the night were attacked with rocks hurled by local Arabs.

10:00:

Jerusalem police close Har Habayis to all non-Muslims, explaining they have intelligence information pointing to planned violence if visitors arrive on the holy site.

10:10:

Arabs have petitioned the Supreme Court seeking to prohibit Jews from visiting the Machpelah in Hebron, explaining they own it and Jews have no right to come.

10:30:

Many streets will be closed in the center of Yerushalayim and surrounding area from 14:00-19:30 today to accommodate the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem’s Tabernacle Parade. Police information number is 1-700-553-100.

11:30:

Ichud Hatzalah reports a 30-year-old man fell to his death in Tel Hashomer hospital in Tel Aviv.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)