HA’ARETZ:1. ISRAEL: IRAN YET TO DECIDE ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Sanctions and Arab Spring present mounting threat to regime’s stability – so
security establishment assesses in forecast IDF Chief-of-Staff will present
to the Americans.
MA’ARIV
1. NEXT CRISIS: YISRAEL BEYTENU OPPOSES TAL LAW EXTENSION
Netanyahu interested in five-year extension of law allowing IDF exemption to
full-time ultra-orthodox yeshiva students. Liberman, Barak and Ya’alon
oppose. FM intends to order party MKs to vote against. Opposition likely
to lead to sharp conflict with Shas.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Cyberwar: Israeli hackers return fire.
„WE ARE FIGHTING FOR ISRAEL”
Hacker group IDF TEAM reveals how it brought down UAE and Saudi Arabia stock
exchange web sites. Hacker Hannibal: I am preparing huge surprises for the
Arabs.
2. BATTLE OVER [BUDGET] CUT: GENERALS VS. NETANYAHU
General Staff: „We’ll return to pre-Lebanon war days”. Netanyahu: A shekel
more, a shekel less – that’s not what decides battles.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. RECOMMENDATION TO PRESIDENT: PARDON POLICEMAN
Dramatic development in case of policeman Shahar Mizrahi, who was sentenced
to 30 months in prison after shooting and killing an Arab car thief.
Justice Minister recommends commuting sentence of outstanding detective who
has already served 17 months. (.).
2. PROPER ZIONIST REACTION TO CYBER ATTACK
Day after TASE website was taken down, hacker group calling itself „IDF
TEAM” returned fire. They brought down Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia stock
market web sites: „This is only the beginning.”
WALLA!
1. BARAK: US CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF NOT COMING IN ORDER TO APPLY
PRESSURE REGARDING IRAN
NANA10
1. TURKISH INTELLIGENCE REPORT: ISRAEL OPERATED UAVS IN ORDER TO ASSIST
KURDISH UNDERGROUND
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 10:45.]
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot refers to the controversy over the objection of some national
religious soldiers to being compelled to attend IDF events at which women
soldiers sing. The author, a musician and singer, says that, „Religious
soldiers who are becoming more extreme are part of the IDF and we must give
them a sense of mutual responsibility even though they are
pains-in-the-neck. The state must fight for what is important and not over
marginal issues. And if you tell me that women singers are liable to be
insulted, as a singer, I will tell you that it is more insulting to know
that part of your audience is listening because it is being forced to.” The
author adds: „I support courtesy and brutality. If it is possible to make
things easier for religious soldiers, then why not? If it impairs
operational activities – then certainly not. It is worthwhile to be as
generous and flexible as possible. The women will continue to sing and the
religious soldiers can either go out for a quiet smoke or can plug their
ears and stare down at their nicely shined boots, and the redemption will
come. But as soon as the soldiers go over a certain line, such as refusing
to accept the authority of a woman superior officer, then they must be
punished with full force and sent to a provocative performance by Lady Gaga,
no, just kidding; rather, send them to a military prison.”
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Two papers discuss reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek
a five-year extension of the so-called Tal
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ultra-orthodox young men to defer IDF service for a limited period in the
hope of encouraging more of them to eventually opt for some form of service:
Ma’ariv believes that, „What is guiding the Prime Minister is the desire to
maintain his government and placate the ultra-orthodox parties at any
price,” even if this means missing an opportunity, „to end the historic
distortion created by the Tal Law.”
Yisrael Hayom asserts that, „The Tal Law was born in sin; its existence has
been a mistake and its failure is obvious.” The author contends that the
vast majority of ultra-orthodox rabbis want nothing to do with enlistment in
the IDF and that the overall number of ultra-orthodox young men who have
opted for some form of IDF service under the law has been tiny. The paper
says that, „The double situation – they do not enlist in the IDF, but
receive financial assistance from the state anyway – is intolerable,” and
adds that, „While the Israeli public countenanced this anomaly for many
years, a new public has now arisen, that is not prepared to do so any
longer.” The author concludes that, „One year or five, the Tal Law is
destined to fade away, the sooner the better.”
