Intelligence warnings of a possible terrorist attack in Jerusalem are high, and police and other security forces are out in large numbers this morning. New checkpoints have been established at the city\'s entrances. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef cancelled his popular weekly Torah lecture in the Bucharim neighborhood of the capital last night, on the advice of the police. A Jewish home in the Armon HaNetziv neighborhood was targeted in a Friday night firebomb attack. There were no injuries.
The Defense Ministry announced that construction of the security fence around parts of Jerusalem is scheduled to begin today. The first section to be built will be in the area of the Tunnels Highway between Gush Etzion and southern Jerusalem. Women in Green will demonstrate today outside the Prime Minister\'s Office against what it calls the country\'s planned \"Auschwitz borders.\" The phrase was coined by Abba Eban, who served as Israel\'s Ambassador to the UN during the Six-Day War. WiG co-founder Nadia Matar says that the new border fence will provide a misleading sense of security while placing the residents of Yesha communities outside of mainland Israel.
The Defense Ministry announced that construction of the security fence around parts of Jerusalem is scheduled to begin today. The first section to be built will be in the area of the Tunnels Highway between Gush Etzion and southern Jerusalem. Women in Green will demonstrate today outside the Prime Minister\'s Office against what it calls the country\'s planned \"Auschwitz borders.\" The phrase was coined by Abba Eban, who served as Israel\'s Ambassador to the UN during the Six-Day War. WiG co-founder Nadia Matar says that the new border fence will provide a misleading sense of security while placing the residents of Yesha communities outside of mainland Israel.