Soldiers involved in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron during the night arrested eight suspects.

**PM Ehud Olmert was questioned by police for a 13th time on Friday.

**State Prosecutor Moshe Lador announced on Friday he is closing the case of alleged bribery against Labor Minister Shalom Simchon due to a lack of evidence against the minister.

**Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Friday instructed State Prosecutor Moshe Lador to file an emergency motion to the Central Election Committee to prevent Baruch Marzel from serving as a poll watcher in Um el-Fahm. In response, Marzel stated that “once again, we see the attorney general represents t he left.”

**The secular media continues to make an issue regarding Pitzuchei Mizrachi nuts and dried fruit store in the Bucharin area of Yerushalayim because it now has separate entrances and checkout lines for men and women.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)