A Jordanian military court convicted two men of plotting to kill an Israeli, sentencing them to 12 years in prison.

**Arabs attempted to attack Jewish youth near Hadar Betar in Gush Etzion area. Authorities are investigating what they believe was an attempted kidnapping.

**There was a hachnasas sefer torah in honor of Gilad Shalit at Kever Rachel on Wednesday.

**An estimated 20,000 mispalalim traveled to Chevron for erev rosh chodesh tefillos.

**Firefighters extricated a 1-y/o forgotten in a vehicle in a Carmiel shopping center. The infant was treated by an MDA team.

**A major brush fire burned out of control in the Golan Heights on Wednesday.

**Controversy continues between settlers as to the legitimacy of protesting outside homes of Settlement Council leaders, who some feel are selling out residents of outposts by agreeing to voluntary evacuations in some cases.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)