The IDF Homefront Command will on Tuesday test air raid sirens in Nes Tziona and Rechovot area, which includes Gan Shlomo, Mazkeret Batya, Kiryat Ikron, Givat Brenner, Yatzitz, Ganei Yochanan, Gan Raveh Regional Council and other municipalities. Tests will begin at 11:00am, lasting for 90 seconds.
**AG Menachem Mazuz announced on Monday that for as long as there is no criminal indictment filed against Avigdor Lieberman, he may continue serving as foreign minister.
**Deputy Education Minister R’ Meir Porush, Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Shas leader Minister R’ Eli Yishai were among a handful of elected officials visiting Shomron on Monday to get a firsthand look at the situation. Their tour included the site of Chomesh, one of the N. Shomron communities destroyed by the government of Ariel Sharon in 2005.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)