MK Meir Porush on Monday afternoon visited the Erlau Rebbe in Yerushalayim’s Katamon neighborhood to review all the issues on the table pertaining to Yahadut HaTorah’s inclusion in the coalition government.

**Security considerations have compelled Betar Illit officials to change the planned location for erev Pesach’s Birchas HaChama.

**IDF soldiers working with Shin Bet agents arrested a wanted terrorist in Dir el-Meshal in the Ramallah area. Taken into custody was Kassam Muhmad Barghouti, who was taken by the Shin Bet for interrogation.

**The Torah written in memory of astronaut Ilan Ramon was completed in Yerushalayim on Monday. It will be donated to Mitzpei Ilan, a Galil community dedicated in his memory.

**Ichud Leumi MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari in response to departing remarks from PM Olmert: PM Olmert turned betrayal of Eretz Yisrael and the retreat from Gaza into meritorious leadership decisions.

**A firebomb was hurled at a bus east of Kalkilye. No injuries. The bus sustained damage.

**In his first act as Knesset speaker, Reuven Rivlin eliminated the ban on entering Knesset with jeans.

**Yahadut HaTorah MKs met for hours on Monday to work out coalition agreement after receiving the green light from the Gerre Rebbe Shlita and Maran Rav Elyashiv Shlita.

**Premier-designate Netanyahu met on Monday evening with Yaakov Litzman. Reports indicate that a coalition deal may be signed with Yahadut HaTorah during the night.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)