An Arab who tried to grab a weapon from the security officer of Yishuv Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion was shot and wounded, apparently in a hand.

**Beit Shemesh Mayor Shlomo Abutbul filed a complaint with police that he has received threats.

**Increased protection has been ordered for the mayor of Nazareth after a grenade was hurled at his home on Monday. A body guard was injured in that attack.

**Shin Bet Director Diskin explains that it will be most difficult for Israel to advance on the PA front prior to Fatah and Hamas reaching an agreement between themselves.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)