13:12: An IDF soldier sustained a light leg injury after being hit with a rock during confrontations with Arabs in the Beit Omar area.

** PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) announced today that he too was beginning a hunger strike in solidarity with striking terrorists incarcerated in Israel.

** President Shimon Peres showered the prime minister and Shaul Mofaz with congratulatory best wishes for reaching agreement and eliminating the need for early elections.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)