SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*A bus was targeted by Arabs hurling rocks near el-Fuar in the Chevron district. There were no injuries reported.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*FM Livni: Israel’s easing of security restrictions on PA (Palestinian Authority) residents should be linked to the release of Gilad Shalit.

*Hamas is demanding Israel permit visitations to terrorists imprisoned in Israel in exchange for delivering the letter to Gilad Shalit.

*Livni confident she will win the Kadima primary race in the first round.

*Mofaz opposes calls to enact a law that would push off investigations against a serving prime minister until the end of his term.

*A Russian company building Iran’s nuclear plant has announced the activation of the facility is now in its final stage.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)