Three Arabs suspected of assaulting a chareidi male were arrested by police in the Shar Shechem area of the Old City of Yerushalayim. They admitted to the assault, telling police it was in retaliation for attacks by Jews against Arabs.

** The National Labor Court rejected a request from the treasury to order striking nurses back to work, permitting them to continue the strike.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)