Mr. Noam Shalit stated the release of the video of his son Gilad does not represent a breakthrough in talks towards his release.

**Sderot Mayor David Buskila sent a letter to David Goldstone, who led the UN’s Goldstone Commission probing Operation Cast Lead, expressing his outrage over the fact that Goldstone accuses Israel of war crimes but the human rights reports ignores the 8000 rockets that pounded the Greater Sderot Area for years prior to the launching of the military counter-terrorism offensive.

**At 4:00pm, a special tefilla comprised by Tzfas Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Shlita, will be recited in shuls around Eretz Yisrael, a tefilla calling on Hashem to give us a winter with an abundance of rain.

**Israel to release a terrorist on Sunday, the final stage of the Gilad Shalit video deal.

(Article written on the first day Chol Hamoed in Eretz Yisrael – Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)