(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)

SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*An Arab found ready to hurl a firebomb was shot and killed on Sunday morning near Tubas, in Shomron.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*MK (Kadima) Tzachi Hanegbi gave defense testimony in his trial on Sunday in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court. He faces charges of corruption for allegedly making dozens of political appointments in his capacity as a government minister, as documented in a state comptroller’s report and police evidence. He told the court he sees noting wrong with political appointments.

*Two IDF soldiers over the weekend were bitten by Palestinian viper snakes and admitted to an intensive care unit of Poriah Hospital in Tiveria in moderate condition.

*A rabid dog was apprehended by authorities in Kibbutz S’dei Nechemia in the Galil.

*Two people were taken to Kaplan Hospital in Rechovot after a laboratory explosion in Weizmann Institute on Sunday morning. Authorities are investigating in an effort to determine the cause of the explosion.

*Left-wing activists and PA residents on Sunday protested the security partition fence near Na’alin.

*Ashkelon – Beersheva Aviv rail line being scrapped due to treasury budgetary considerations. Southern area residents protested the decision.

*Beginning in July, minimum wage will be NIS 3,850 a month.

*Ambulances responded to Ben-Gurion International Airport on Sunday afternoon when a Swissair flight coming in for a landing reporting difficulties with hydraulic system. The plane did land without incident with 175 people on board.

*An Arab construction worker in Anatot in the northern capital died of a major head injury. He was transported from the work site to Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

*Three weeks of work sanctions in the Postal Authority have come to an end.