During a meeting to recap the security realities of 2008, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi on Monday stated 2009 will bring a year of complex security challenges.

**Attorney General Menachem Mazuz announced he lacks evidence to file an indictment against Finance Minister Roni Bar-On in the double voting incident. (http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=27031)

**Kadima leader FM Tzipi Livni is calling to repair strained diplomatic relations with Turkey.

**20 people sustained light injuries when two buses collided near Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday night.

**A rocket was fired into the Eshkol Regional Council on Monday night. Baruch Hashem, no injuries were reported.

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron on Monday night made 26 arrests.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)