The Knesset on Monday defeated no-confidence motions.

**Fatal drowning at the Jerusalem Beach in Tel Aviv. The victim was a 15-y/o boy.

**Vandals in Meah Shearim on Monday night smashed the windows of a car from the Electra Company on Chavakuk Street in Meah Shearim.

**The US Dept. of State informs citizens not to enter Hamas-controlled Gaza or take part in Gaza flotilla vessels.

**Two large fires are burning out of control in the Golan Heights on Monday evening.

**Shas will hold its weekly faction meeting in Emanuel.

**Candidates for Ministry of Education certification as teachers in the Arab sector will be tested in Arabic and not Hebrew on Tuesday, a ministry first. The decision officials believe will result in higher quality teachers for the Arab sector.

**A physician sustained minor injuries after being assaulted by an agitated son of a patient.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)