MK Tzvi Hauser (Derech Eretz) has aimed sharp criticism at both the Likud and Blue & White parties at today's meeting of the Knesset's Finance Committee, during which legislation he proposed to postpone the final date by which the state budget must be passed is being discussed. If the legislation does not pass in the Knesset, the final date by which a budget must be passed is in just five days' time.If the parties fail to reach an agreement, there is a real danger that the government will collapse, leading to elections."Just five days are left, you lunatics," Hauser told committee members. "Get off your high horses and stop risking the destruction of the country."

Firefighters called to a home In Sorotzkin Street in Jerusalem this morning found a toddler hanging from between the railings of a fifth-floor balcony, and succeeded in rescuing him.The toddler had somehow slipped his entire body, except his head, through the railings, and when his head did not fit, he remained suspended in the air, five stories above the ground.

Coalition head MK Miki Zohar (Likud) has ignited a storm of controversy in today's meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, by demanding the inclusion of several new clauses into legislation for postponing the final date by which the state budget must be passed.One of his demands is that the legislation include a budgeting flexibility of five percent in order to deal with emergencies, if necessary. He is also demanding funding for programs for at-risk youth that are in danger of collapsing due to the Ingoing failure to pass a budget, and for programs for the Religious-Zionist sector that have been frozen for the same reason. Zohar also wants NIS 400 million to be granted to the yeshivas as part of their budget allowance which would have already been transferred to them if the budget had been passed.

The standardization commissioner at the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Yaakov Wechtel, has warned parents and teaching staff of the danger posed to small children by magnetic rings, which are sold in a variety of colors and in several sizes. If swallowed, these items can cause suffocation, intestinal obstruction, and damage to the digestive system and functioning of internal organs.Seven imported models of magnetic rings were rejected by the Standards Commission since the products did not meet safety requirements - it was found that the magnetic force in the inner parts of the rings exceeded that stipulated in the regulations.

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Responding to demands made by MK Miki Zohar (Likud) for specific funding to be budgeted for in proposed legislation, Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli (Labor) said that first in line for special mention should be "the unemployed, self-employed, people with disabilities, and old-age pensioners."

The Wilfrid Israel Museum of Asian Art and Studies in Kibbutz Hazorea was broken into last night. Dozens of antique items were stolen or destroyed.

Group of pro-Palestinian Authority activists promises to continue breaking law in efforts to harm Israeli company Elbit.