The IDF on motzei Shabbos continued bombing empty buildings as the government ‘retaliates’ for ongoing rocket attacks into southern Israel.

**Security forces move to heightened alert status around Israel, with an emphasis on Jerusalem, ahead of Purim week.

**Likud and Yisrael Beitenu negotiators to meet on Sunday morning in the hope of closing a deal.

**There is much anger among Likud officials after learning Binyamin Netanyahu gave most of the senior cabinet posts to coalition partners. Particularly angry is Silvan Shalom, who expected to serve as foreign minister again.

**Passersby in Yerushalayim on Shabbos were pained and angered to see activists constructing the protest tent for Gilad Shalit on the holy day.

**IDF soldiers operating in PA-occupied Bet Lechem on motzei Shabbos apprehended four wanted suspects.

**Ohf Ha’emek factory employees on Sunday threaten to lock themselves in as tensions increase surrounding the threatened closure of the plant.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)