HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS

HA’ARETZ 1. CLAIM IN GUSH KATIF: HUNDREDS HAVE JOINED NITZANIM PLAN. 2. DISENGAGEMENT OPPONENTS BLOCK DOZENS OF JUNCTIONS; APPROXIMATELY 300 ARRESTED. 3. ISA: PLAN TO BLOW UP DOME OF THE ROCK UNCOVERED. Despite severe suspicions, State Prosecutor’s Office will not charge detainees – who were released under restrictive conditions. 4. IDF MIAs. IDF TO ALSO OFFER REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON SULTAN YACUB MIA’S AND GUY HEVER. 5. NETANYAHU PLAN: REDUCE MAXIMUM INCOME TAX TO 44%. Finance Minister also intends to reduce companies tax to 24%-26% within five years. 6. SHALOM DECIDES TO RECALL AMBASSADOR AYALON; PM: HE’LL STAY. FM’s confidants claim that he has lost confidence in Ambassador; Ayalon claims that only Government can dismiss him. 7. GREAT CONFUSION THAT PANICKED RONALDO. After successful Ramallah visit, Brazilian soccer star fled parallel meeting in Herzliya. HATZOFEH 1. 292 demonstrators arrested and 52 are held for questioning in major right wing demonstration. POLICE FAIL; HIGHWAYS ARE BLOCKED. At 17:00, signal was given and disengagement opponents blocked 40 main junctions around the country. Police officials: We cannot cope with demonstrations on such a scale. No possibility of stationing vehicles and policemen at every corner. 2. „ISA AGENT OFFERED TO SELL ROCKET TO LAUNCH AT TEMPLE MOUNT.” Thus claimed lawyer for nine Breslav Hasidim who were detained on suspicion of planning to attack mosques. Group released due to lack of evidence. Right wing MKs: Use of agents provocateurs contravenes ISA Director’s promise to Knesset. (.). 3. WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN YATOM AND PERETZ ENDS LABOR IDYLL. 4. FINANCE MINISTRY PLANNING LAND REFORM AND INCOME TAX REDUCTION. MA’ARIV 1. Disengagement opponents simultaneously block 40 junctions and highways. THEY BLOCKED THE COUNTRY. Despite warnings and police preparations – country turned into giant traffic jam yesterday. 300 demonstrators arrested at junctions. Allowed for publication: Jewish terror cell planned to fire LAW rocket at Temple Mount. 2. TWO MORE AMBASSADORS IN TROUBLE. Two Israeli diplomats, one in Far East and the second in South America, suspected of financial irregularities. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. „WE WILL PARALYZE THE COUNTRY FOR YOU.” „We won big and this is only the beginning” – according to „highway commandos” in north of country, who supervised demonstrations at 21 out of the 40 junctions that were blocked around the country yesterday. 2. What are Israeli ambassadors doing overseas? AMBASSADOR IN SEOUL – MONEY FROM LECTURES. AMBASSADOR IN BUDAPEST – PRIVATE DEALS. Foreign Ministry demanding that Ambassador to South Korea Uzi Manor return thousands of dollars that he received in exchange for lectures. Report on Ambassador to Hungary David Admon: Spends most of his time in real estate deals and not diplomatic work, does not pay in restaurants. Both ambassadors deny. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Hatzofeh discusses Avi Dichter’s replacement as ISA Director by Yuval Diskin: „With the change of directors at the ISA, we wish the outgoing director well, who leaves with no blots on his record; we also wish the incoming director well, who brings achievements with him from his previous service, which hold promise for his success in his new post.” Yediot Ahronot discusses short-term monetary policy. BPI-info