Sirens were heard in the Ashkelon area on Sunday morning as the IDF Homefront Command held a simulated missiles attack training event.

**MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi stated only a “sick mind” would steal the Arbeit mach frei wrought iron sign from the Auschwitz death camp.

**Addressing the Copenhagen Climate Summit, President Shimon Peres thanked US President Barak Obama for his peace-making efforts, urging him to continue trying to bring peace to the Mideast.

**A fire erupted in a Meah Shearim store on Friday, about an hour before shabbos. Baruch Hashem, no injuries were reported.

**Pope Benedict XVI has signed decrees of virtue, bringing controversial Pope Pius XII closer to beatification (sainthood). Pius is infamous for his lack of action to save Jews during the Holocaust.

**Cabinet of 7 meeting with the Prime Minister on Sunday morning in light of recent events surrounding a number of major issues.

**Deputy Health Minister Litzman continues pushing his bill for free dental care for children under the age of 18.

**Unseasonably warm temperatures expected. No rain in the forecast for the early portion of the week.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)