Syrian President Bashar Assad said Thursday that there would be no peace in the Middle East if Israel did not give the strategic Golan region to Syria..

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A Kassam rocket attack on the center of the Negev town of Sderot killed one woman and seriously injured one man. The 24-year-old bodyguard assigned to Defense Minister Amir Peretz’s home lost both his legs in the rocket attack.

--The Knesset rejected a bill submitted by Knesset Member Zevulun Orlev that would have required Knesset Members to pledge loyalty to the country as a "Jewish and democratic state." The current pledge states only that MKs are obligated "to be faithful to Israel and to fulfill faithfully his duties in the Knesset."