Rock-throwing attack near Nachlin in Beit-Lechem area.

**An Arab male carrying a switchblade was arrested at the Machpelah in Chevron by border police.

**Sheikh Rayed Salach calls commando operation against Gaza flotilla “Israeli war crimes”.

**Leftists and Arabs protested in the Beit Jala area, near Beit Lechem, targeting soldiers at a nearby checkpoint, trying to attack one border policeman. No injuries reported.

Pope Benedict: “Extremist (Islamic) currents, clearly a threat to everyone, Christians and Muslims alike, require a treatment in common.”

**An Arab male concealing a 25cm knife was taken into custody during the night near Highway 443.

**A significant increase in temperatures expected resulting in unseasonably warm and dry air.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)