Five Israelis were arrested by PA security forces as they entered Kever Yosef in PA-occupied Shechem on Monday afternoon.

**Terrorists in Gaza fired mortar shells into southern Israel on Monday afternoon. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

**Soldiers fired at Gaza terrorists after they were detected placing an explosive device near Karni Crossing.

**An eastern Jerusalem woman was seriously injured in a parking lot of Jerusalem’s Malcha Mall on Monday afternoon when her vehicle fell from the third floor to second floor in the parking lot. Police report she does not have a driver license. Her husband was moderately injured.

**3 students in the same class in the Ben-Gurion School in Rechovot diagnosed with swine flu on Monday.

**In a 50-24 vote, the Knesset on Monday voted to increase value added tax to 16.5%, a 1% hike.

**Merchants in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda marketplace protested on Monday against plans to impose 16.5% VAT tax on produce.

**During an interview with radio host Gabi Gazit, Minister Gilad Erdan, a member of the judicial appointments committee, has withdrawn his support from Justice Moshe Drori for a seat on the Supreme Court due to an objectionable ruling.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)