1.   Avi Gil, director general of the Israeli foreign ministry, says he believes Arafat simply made a major blunder.

2.   A Jordanian journalist called me recently to ask for advice on contacts in the Israeli foreign ministry.

3.   A spokesman at the Israeli foreign ministry said Oman was seeking Israeli agricultural assistance, particularly in irrigation and desalination.

4.   The Israeli foreign ministry says the other five movers should be released by Thanksgiving.

5.   Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Aviv Shiron confirmed that the Bedouin had crossed the border illegally.

6.   Israeli police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said the company did not have the necessary permits from various Israeli ministries, the Jerusalem municipality and the police.

7.   Israeli foreign ministry Director General Eitan Bentsur arrived in Moscow Monday night for talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Posovalyuk.

8.   Later, CNN interviewed Netanyahu and Gideon Meyer, a representative of the Israeli foreign ministry.

9.   Officials at the Nigerian Embassy in Israel and the Israeli foreign ministry confirmed pilgrimage flights were being resumed.

10.   Recently, the Israeli interior ministry gave the green light for the construction of dozens of housing units for Jewish settlers on the Mount of Olives.