A reported 500 mispalalim were on hand Thursday night at the Kever 70 Zekeinim in Shomron, marking their yahrzeit, 5 Shvat as was reported on YWN. Among the participants was Rav Yaakov Yosef Shlita.
 
**PM Olmert questioned on Friday for a 12th time by Israel Police. The session is scheduled to last for 2.5 hours.
 
**3,000 supporters of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met their leader upon his return home from Switzerland to praise his anti-Israel words and actions during the conference and embrace him with a hero’s welcome.
 
**Gasoline prices will increase on motzei Shabbos by 7%. A liter of 95 octane at a self-service pump will sell for 5.08 ($5 a US gallon).
 
**Hamas leaders had words of praise for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for “defending the victims of the Zionist criminals” in response to his actions at the Davos economic summit.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)