SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Jerusalem fears Congress may seek to halt the sale of 1,000 bunker-busting bombs to Israel because the American lawmakers may wish to prevent an Israeli attack against Iran. 

*Channel 2: A senior aide to Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, based in Syria, was assassinated in Syria four days ago.

*Soldier wounded in stabbing attack near Jericho was transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Yerushalayim, listed in moderate condition.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*Security agencies on Monday morning held a training preparedness exercise in the Port of Ashdod.

*Today, 15 Elul, marks the first Yahrzeit of the former chief rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva, HaRav Avraham Kahana Shapira ZT”L.

*Beetle star Sir Paul McCartney has received threats from radical Islamic elements, warning him not to perform in Israel.

*Tel Aviv-Beersheva train route shut down until Thursday to permit maintenance work.

*The government decided that beginning in 2009, 100 Falashmura from Ethiopia will be permitted to make aliyah.

*Arab youths in Baka el-Garbiye were arrested on Monday morning for spray painting epithets and swastikas on the local council building.

*A body in a stage of advanced rigor mortis was found in a wadi near Bar Kochba Street in Yerushalayim on Monday morning.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)