29 Jul 2004 13:28:32 +0200 HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS HAARETZ 1. DAY OF FIGHTING IN IRAQ: MORE THAN 100 DEAD, INCLUDING 68 IN POLICE STATION TERROR ATTACK. 2. SHARON RECEIVED 200 FRENCH IMMIGRANTS WITH PRAISE FOR CHIRAQ. 3. DEMOCRATS: SHARON MUST IMPROVE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH KERRY; ISRAEL: WE ARE NEUTRAL. 4. 2005 BUDGET: MORE CUTS AND LAYOFFS.
HATZOFEH 1. Opposition among senior reserve officers to Sharons disengagement plan increasing. OFFICERS AGAINST DISENGAGEMENT. After IDF officers refusenik phenomenon, New Spirit movement, including former senior security establishment officials, is coming out against disengagement plan. At movement conference, reserve officers and former senior ISA officials spoke. Israel is, at the end of the day, going to say to terror: You are the winner, said Maj-Gen. Amidror. Former ISA deputy director Yisrael Chason: This is a danger to Israels existence. 2. CHANNEL 2: YAIR LAPID IS MEDIATING BETWEEN SHINUI AND LABOR. 3. AS OF NEXT YEAR SOLDIERS ABOVE AGE OF 40 WILL NOT BE CALLED FOR RESERVE DUTY. MAARIV 1. PERES: ARAFAT IS CRAZY. Peres gave his updated opinion of the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority to EU Foreign Minister. 2. VAANUNU: ISRAEL HAS HYDROGEN BOMB. Was interviewed for Arab newspaper. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. FENCE TO BE BUILT ON GREEN LINE. Recommendation: Regarding sections that have not yet been built. Apparently: Maaleh Adumim and Gush Etzion are out. 2. ISRAEL HAS 100-200 ATOMIC AND HYDROGEN BOMBS. Atomic spy irritates security establishment – and violates restrictions placed on him. In interview to Arab newspaper Al Wasat, he said: Israel also has the hydrogen bomb, which is 10 times as dangerous as the nuclear bomb. ______________________________ Hatzofeh analyzes the Iranian nuclear threat and says that since, Iran sees the elimination of Israel as a top-priority goal
it is Israel – more than any other western country – which must do everything in its power to eliminate or delay Irans nuclear ability. The editors note Hezbollahs status as an Iranian proxy and call on the government, to make a concerted military effort to undermine Hezbollahs power in the north. Yediot Ahronot calls on Shinui and Labor, to show solidarity and stand together with – and opposite – Ariel Sharon, and urges Labor, to play down its rivalry with Shinui, coordinate its steps with it and together establish a withdrawal bloc, instead of, making a mockery of itself by attempting to improve its relations with the haredi parties, because, Experience shows that when the day of comes, the latter will join the right-wing bloc. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, comments on recent statistics which show that, approximately one-third of draftees are referred to psychologists and that approximately 10% of draftees turn to them on their own, and calls on the IDF to tighten its standards on who may legitimately receive exemptions from duty on mental health/emotional grounds. BPI-info
