Physicians in the USA report a worsening of the prostate cancer detected in former PM Olmert. Last week, the High Court rejected the attorney general’s objections and permitted Olmert to travel to American for treatment.

**Egypt on Monday will open the Rafiach Crossing to Hamas-controlled Gaza.

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 10 suspects on Sunday night.

**The IDF will officially observe Holocaust Remembrance Day by activities in Yad Vashem. The official beginning of the nationwide Memorial Day will begin at 8:00pm on Monday in Yad Vashem. On Tuesday morning at 10:00am, a siren will sound nationwide.

**Senior PA official Dr. Saeb Erekat announced on Monday the PA has no obligation to recognize Israel in any other format other than the pre-1967 boundaries.

**The High Court on Monday rejected a petition seeking to overturn a manslaughter conviction against former border policeman Chaim Castro, who was convicted in the shooting death of an Arab in Kafr Kassam six years ago.

**Once again, vandals targeted an ancient Jewish cemetery in France, desecrating an unspecified number of tombstones during the night.

**Large numbers of mispalalim visited Kever Yehoshua Bin Nun in Kafr Haris near Ariel in Shomron on Sunday night to mark the yahrzeit. The event was organized by the Breslov-affiliated Yesod Olam organization with approval of the IDF.

**Relating to the Durban-2 Conference opening in Geneva on Monday, PM Netanyahu at the start of Monday’s cabinet meeting stated “Not everyone has learned the lessons of the Holocaust”.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)