The word from Shaare Zedek Medical Center is that the condition of Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Uri Orbach has taken a turn for the worse. The minister has been hospitalized for weeks in serious condition as a result of a hematologic illness that he has battled during recent years.

Both President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the minister’s room. It is reported that doctors are fighting for his life as his condition is critical.

The minister’s family calls on the tzibur to continue being mispallel on his behalf, Uri Shraga ben Peninah bsoch cholei yisrael.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)