An Israeli motorist sustained light injuries in an evening rock attack near Sinjel, south of Yishuv Shilo in Shomron.

**The Bank of Israel has announced a surprise 0.25% increase in the interest rate for December 2009, to 1%.

**A Jerusalem resident sustained light injuries from a rock-throwing attack in Chevron on Monday afternoon.

**A Kassam rocket landed in an open area of southern Israel on Monday evening. No injuries were reported.

**A 49-y/o Haifa man fell 9 stories to his death, apparently the result of trying to catch a falling cellular telephone.

**MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) told reporters that PM Netanyahu and his construction freeze and policies endanger the future of the State of Israel.

**Passed into law: The widow of IDF personnel may remarry without losing death benefits.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)