YWN Eretz Yisrael Morning News Roundup � 7/08/08

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)

SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Tuesday, day 21 of the virtual Gaza ceasefire.

*A man was stabbed and seriously wounded on Jerusalem�s Agrippas Street in the middle of the night. He was transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem trauma unit is serious condition. Police are investigating.

*Arabs threw rocks on Yerushalayim�s Uzi Narkis Boulevard on Monday night, targeting buses traveling near the Pisgat Ze�ev Bridge. No injuries were reported.

*A firebomb was hurled at a Jewish driver in Shomron on Monday night between Reviva and Yakir. No injuries were reported.

*DM Ehud Barak announces Gaza crossings will remain closed on Tuesday.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*A government legal expert on Monday announced that the law permits destroying the home of a terrorist, even inside pre-1967 Green Line Israel.

*A fire erupted in the Dead Sea Works on Monday. A number of people were treated for inhalation of chemical vapors.

*Wiesenthal Center officials are visiting Chile and Argentina in search for former SS doctor, Aribert Heim.

*Leon Litinsky was sworn in as Labor�s newest MK on Monday, replacing Dr. Ephraim Sneh is launched the Yisrael Chazakah Party.

*AG Menachem Mazuz told the Supreme Court that Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger should step down as a judge on the Supreme Rabbinical Court.

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