Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
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| Today’s issues: Civil debate, a night of honor and disgrace, Hamas is taking advantage of Israeli wariness, and the perception of weakness. |
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| The Jerusalem Post discusses the degrading debating practices characteristic of Israeli politics on the backdrop of the crowning of two Israeli debating teams as champions of this year’s European Universities Debating Championship, and asks: “Where is the leader who will lead the charge toward a formal discussion and a more respectful dialogue, who will practice listening when an opponent is speaking in order to understand them instead of immediately trying to shout them down?” |
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| Haaretz contends that Saturday night’s protest march through the streets of Tel Aviv and the demonstration that concluded it were a badge of honor for civic society in Israel, and argues that the demonstration “should launch a new chapter in Israeli politics, in which the Arab community ceases to be an excluded, ostracized group and becomes an inseparable part of a large bloc capable of fighting and blocking the right-wing government.” |
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| Yediot Aharonot notes: “While the IDF’s response to terrorism is bearable, and the Israeli leadership appears to be waiting with bated breath for a ceasefire, Hamas realizes it has all the cards and can get what it wants without concessions,” and adds: “But if even the more serious airstrikes don’t help deter Hamas, Israel will be forced into a defensive war and Gaza too will burn.” |
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| Israel Hayom comments on the volatile situation on Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip that includes “the familiar cycle of rocket fire on border-adjacent communities and Israeli strikes on Gaza targets in response, and so on and so forth,” and states: “The perception of public panic, together with the assumption that the IDF cannot really counter rocket fire, is pushing Hamas to continue despite the blow it has already sustained. As things stand now, only third-party mediators would be able to stop what appears to be a guaranteed security escalation. We will have to wait and see.” |
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| [Ron Ben-Yishai and Yaakov Amidror wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot and Israel Hayom, respectively.] |
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