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Another vehicular terrorist Qassem Mughrabi injures 23 Israelis in Jerusalem Monday September 23, 2008, 9:54 AM (GMT+02:00) Perpetrator of another night of terror in Jerusalem. Thirteen are still in hospital, one, a girl soldier is in serious condition. The terrorist, after crashing his black BMW into a group of soldiers and civilians in downtown Jerusalem Monday night, Sept. 22, was shot dead by an artillery officer in the group. The soldiers were trampled on the sidewalk, heading on foot to the Western Wall for prayers before the New Year festival next week. The killer Qassem Salah Mughrabi, 19, came from the southern Jerusalem suburb of Jebel Mukaber.  More...

Barak, Netanyahu move forward on bloc for early election to tackle Iranian nuclear threat DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 23, 2008, 9:25 AM (GMT+02:00) Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu ready to cross the floor for emergency government DEBKAfile’s political sources disclose that, while Israeli president Shimon Peres was solemnly entrusting Kadima leader Tzipi Livni with the task of forming a government, Monday night, Sept. 22, the defense minister, Labor’s Ehud Barak and opposition leader Likud’s Binyamin Netanyahu were quietly moving forward with a rival plan. The two party leaders, both former prime ministers, are discussing an early election to preempt a Livni government. The plan is for their two parties to face the voter as a single bloc committed to form an emergency government for urgently confronting the Iranian nuclear threat.  More... Peres entrusts Livni with forming government September 22, 2008, 12:32 PM (GMT+02:00) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni: Prime Minister hopeful President Shimon Peres entrusts new Kadima leader, foreign minister Tzipi Livni with forming a government Monday night, Sept. 22, at the end of 24 hours of consultations with party representatives in a race against time. He began the round Sunday night after Ehud Olmert tendered his resignation as prime minister to fight corruption charges. Peres later flies to New York to address the UN General Assembly. Livni faces tough haggling with all the potential coalition candidates in the 42 days allotted her to form a government. Her success depends on a deal with defense minister Ehud Barak’s Labor party.  More...