Egyptian police block a convoy of activist groups attempting to deliver medical supplies to the Gaza Strip (1). The Christian Science Monitor reports on the first attempt at high school integration in Israel (2). Member of Hamas’ parliament announce that they will not recognize Mahmoud Abbas as president after his term expires on January 8th (4). Israeli Prime Minister designate Tzipi Livni is expected to meet with party leaders in an attempt to form a coalition government (5). Israel agrees to the deployment of Palestinian security forces in the West Bank town of Hebron (9).

Zeev Sternhell, an Israeli academic who was the target of a recent pipe bomb attack, tells the Daily Telegraph that Israel is threatened as much by Jewish terrorism as Palestinian militancy (1). Activists from Rabbis for Human Rights, who were attempting to protect Palestininans during the olive harvest in the West Bank, clash with Jewish settlers (2) (4). Breaking the Silence, an Israeli organization, attempts to expose the misconduct of Israeli occupation soldiers in the Palestinian territories (3).