08:20:

Crop dusting planes are operating in the south against the locusts that were blown in from Egypt.

09:31:

Yesh Atid cancels coalition negotiations today due to apparent deadlock surrounding the number of cabinet ministers in the new government.

10:35:

Australia’s foreign minister made an official announcement confirming that Ben Zygier was an agent for Israel’s Mossad Intelligence Agency.

11:18:

A 32-year-old male died in Soroka Medical Center of swine flu. He was admitted at the end of January with the illness and died as a result of systemic collapse of vital organs.

11:30:

An Arab male armed with a knife was apprehended on his way up the approach road to Yishuv Tapuach in Shomron. He was found with a “suspicious item” in his case as well.

11:49:

After confrontations began between visiting Jews and Muslims on Har Habayis, police escorted the Jews off the area and closed it down to all non-Muslim visitors.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)