Two of the Emanuel fathers were released from prison to attend a family Simchas earlier Tuesday evening. The father and brother of the kallah were permitted a 5-hour leave.

A bus of protestors arrived in Gadera early Tuesday evening to protest outside the home of a senior Israel Antiquities Authority official.

**PM Netanyahu called on Abu Mazen to agree to meet with him and launch direct talks. He made his comments at the Jewish Agency General Assembly.

**FM Avigdor Lieberman announced there is no better alternative to the current coalition, but he stated the real test will be in three months, when the 10-month building freeze expires.

**Arabs targeted a bus in a Tuesday evening rock-throwing attack in the Beit Lechem district. No injuries are being reported.

**PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) met in Amman with King Abdullah II, discussing ways to end the Israeli-imposed Gaza blockade.

**During a visit to the Kiryat Shmona Hesder Yeshiva, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi stated there is a warm connection between the military and hesder yeshivot.

**The IDF Homefront Command will conduct siren testing in the Moav Regional Council on Wednesday morning at 11:05am.

**Channel 2: If former Shas leader Aryeh Deri ran with his own party for Knesset today, he would receive 8 mandates. Shas today has 11 mandates.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)