Monday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael

An Israeli motorist was targeted by Arabs hurling rocks near Kalandia on Sunday night. No injuries.

**20:45: A rocket fired from Gaza landed near a Negev community on Sunday night. No injuries.

**Hamas issued a condemnatory statement over this week’s planned meeting in Egypt between President Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

**230 PA residents found illegally in Green Line Israel were taken into custody on Sunday. They were apprehended in the Tel Aviv and Sharon areas. Nine employers were taken into custody and released, but they will face criminal charges.

**Silvan Shalom was selected as acting prime minister during PM Netanyahu’s travel abroad to Egypt.

**IDF soldiers involved in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron on Sunday night arrested six suspects.

**DM Barak and PM Netanyahu in their Sunday night meeting failed to reach an agreement pertaining to proposed cuts in defense spending.

**Petach Tikvah PTA officials announced they will strike junior high and high schools for a second consecutive day on Monday in protest against proposed widespread education budget cuts in the national state budget.

**13 people were injured lightly in a Monday morning collision between a van and a private vehicle near Zichron Yaakov.

**A small bomb exploded near a Cairo church. There were no injuries. A second bomb was detected and neutralized before it could explode.

**Israel Police announces anyone who has not upgraded to the new European standard drivers license by the end of this week will face a NIS 250 fine if stopped by a policeman. Ministry of Transportation officials report over 3 million new licenses were issued.

**Israel prohibits the PA from holding a press conference in the eastern capital addressing the papal visit.