Defense Minister Ehud Barak is scheduled to meet with representative of communities in Yehuda and Shomron on Wednesday night in his Defense Ministry office.

**Reports from government officials late Wednesday indicate the construction of 84 new buildings in Yehuda and Shomron will be approved by the government despite the construction freeze.

UPDATE: Representatives of yishuvim released a statement that “Barak does not represent us” and therefore, they will not be meeting with him as reported earlier.

**One fatality and 10 injuries were reported in an accident in the Negev on Wednesday evening.

**A 77-y/o woman with chronic medical issues died of swine flu in Sheba Medical Center.

**Concrete was poured for the foundation of a new shul in the Gush Etzion community of Efrat on Wednesday.

**President Shimon Peres told Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) he will have to pardon many “Palestinians” in a prisoner exchange deal for Gilad Shalit’s return.

**An Arab motorist was taken into custody by border police after a handgun was found in his vehicle at an Abu Dis Ckpt, north of Beit Lechem.

**An unspecified number of residents of the Shomron community of Avnei Chafetz were injured in a scuffle with IDF Civil Administration inspectors on Wednesday afternoon.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)