HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

HA’ARETZ:1. GOVERNMENT TO HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE: ALLOW EXPANSION OF 40 SETTLEMENTS ON PRIVATE PALESTINIAN LAND

In 1979, High Court ruled against construction on land that was seized for military purposes. Now the state wants to decide on its own where to build.

 

 

2. CRISIS WITH THE US: NETANYAHY AND OBAMA SPEAK ON THE PHONE FOR ONE HOUR

Russia and China to support sanctions on Iran if it continues to strive toward nuclear weapons.

 

 

3. US AMBASSADOR TO LIBYA KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACK

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MA’ARIV

1. (…).

US AMBASSADOR MURDERED IN TERRORIST ATTACK (…).

2. Instead of summit, conversation.

NETANYAHU AND OBAMA DISCUSSED THE CONDITIONS FOR A MEETING At end of confrontation in the media, PM and US President spoke by telephone yesterday. Sources in Jerusalem: They agreed to discuss setting a „red line” for Iran.

YEDIOT AHRONOT

1. US Ambassador to Libya murdered in Al Qaida attack.

HORROR MOVIE

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YISRAEL HAYOM

1. US SURPRISED AGAIN

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WALLA!

1. US AMBASSADOR VISITS SDEROT: „I SHARE RESIDENTS’ CONCERNS”

 

NANA10

1. NETANYAHU: „IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ELECTIONS WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD.”

In response to motion to Likud Party court submitted by Minister Michael Eitan, PM referred to the possibility of early elections for the first time.

 

 

[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 12:25.] ______________________________

 

SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS

All three papers discuss the current situation in the Middle East in light of yesterday’s murder of the US Ambassador to Libya<www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2012/Israel_condemns_attacks_US_diplomatic_missions_12-Sep-2012.htm&gt;:

Yediot Ahronot says that, „The last two years of the Obama administration in the Middle East have seen the fall of the old national regimes, hated as they were, and have turned the Arab countries into Afghanistan: Rife with militias, armed extremist groups and severe violence, all under the aegis of the holy democracy. And is there any doubt that if a Palestinian state were to arise, that it would become a source of existential danger to its two neighbors, Israel and Jordan? Another bastion of uncontrollable Salafism? Do we not see what is happening in Gaza, which is itself becoming Salafist?” The author concludes: „Now the Obama administration is liable to finish the work: Get rid of Bashar Assad and turn Syria into a new Afghanistan, easy prey for future militias, armed terrorist gangs, anarchy and despair.”

Ma’ariv asserts that the instability in Libya is having a direct effect on Israel since, „It has led, among other things, to the smuggling of weapons into Sinai and the Gaza Strip.” The author speculates that the US might yet mount cruise missile attacks on terrorist targets in Libya the way it has done in Yemen.

Yisrael Hayom notes that the US welcomed the changes of regime in Egypt and Libya, „and sought to see them as a step toward the Arab world becoming more open and more democratic. It also sought to build on the unwavering support that the West has provided to Arab revolutionaries. But yesterday, America’s expectations shattered against the reality of the Middle East.” The author wonders, „In another few years, will Morsi’s Egypt become a more open and tolerant state, or a state in which extremists set the agenda? If the latter is the case, the next anti-American or anti-Western outburst will be merely a question of time.”