HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS

HA’ARETZ 1. WESTERN NEGEV RESIDENTS: GIVE US COMPENSATION – AND WE’LL LEAVE. 2. SOLDIER KILLED IN CLASH NEAR JENIN. 3. DESPITE GOVERNMENT DECISION, DEFENSE MINISTRY HAS REFRAINED FROM ACTING AGAINST OUTPOSTS. 4. STATE COMPTROLLER: I WILL REVEAL SEVEN PUBLIC CORRUPTION CASES. HATZOFEH 1. St.-Sgt. Yonatan Evron – killed in Jenin operation. Soldier wounded in Kassam barrage yesterday. SOUTH AT WAR. Surge in terrorism: Kassam barrage in south, wave of attack warnings. Two mortar rounds fell in western Negev community of Netiv Ha’asara yesterday, one made direct hit on house. Young woman stabbed in Jerusalem’s Liberty Bell park. Islamic Jihad admits: We have already tried to launch Kassams from Samaria. 2. STATE COMPTROLLER: DETAILS ON SEVERAL CORRUPTION CASES WILL BE REVEALED SOON. (.). 3. BASI ADMITS: GETTING COMPENSATION FROM US IS AS HARD AS GETTING A DOCTORATE. 4. YESTERDAY: KNESSET MARKED FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF MURDER OF RECHAVAM ZEEVY. 5. MINISTER SHALOM: IRAN IS IDEOLOGICAL MONSTER. 6. HARASSMENT OF SAMARIA RESIDENTS CONTINUES. MA’ARIV 1. [State Comptroller] Lindenstrauss: Corruption is crumbling Israeli society. STATE COMPTROLLER ALSO CHECKING INTO CORRUPTION AT ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES. (.). Agrexco affair: MKs Avraham and Aflalo returned the money. 2. YONATAN KILLED IN BATTLE. At end of operation to aprehend fugitives, terrorist surprised patrol – and hit St.-Sgt. Yonatan Evron. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. SEVEN CORRUPTION CASES. (.). State Comptroller investigating seven cases. 2. Last night – Yediot Ahronot and Mina Tzemach/Dahaf poll: PERETZ CLOSING GAP WITH PERES. If 60% vote: Peres 37%, Peretz 34%. If 70% vote: Peres 41%, Peretz 30%. 3. „RABIN’S HERITAGE LEFT BEHIND TRAIL OF BLOOD AND BEREAVEMENT.” Thus it is recommended at Elkanah on how to explain heritage of murdered PM to students. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Hatzofeh decries a spate of recent public corruption cases. Yediot Ahronot says that appointing more and better judges would be an important part of the war on crime in Israel. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, hails the recent UN General Assembly decision to establish an international Holocaust remembrance day as, „an achievement for all of humanity, not just the Jews.” BPI-info