HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS 15.04,03 HAARETZ 1. US INTENSIFIES CRITICISM OF SYRIA AND THREATENS SANCTIONS. 2. CHIEF RABBIS: SHLOMO AMAR AND YONAH METZGER. 3. 6.4% INCREASE IN NUMBER OF JOB SEEKERS IN FIRST QUARTER.
4. DOLLAR: NIS 4.59; ASSESSMENT: WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE. 5. MAN MURDERED AND WOMAN WOUNDED IN BEN SHEMEN FOREST; NATIONALIST MOTIVE LIKELY. HATZOFEH 1. (
). US: SYRIA NEXT IN LINE. (
). 2. ISRAELS CHIEF RABBIS: RABBI YONAH METZGER AND RABBI SHLOMO AMAR. 3. 29 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR FOUR MEN WHO PERPETRATED PARK HOTEL ATTACK IN NETANYA. 4. SUSPICION OF NATIONALIST-MOTIVATED MURDER IN BEN SHEMEN FOREST. 5. 17 TERRORISTS ARRESTED IN IDF COUNTER-TERRORIST ACTIONS. 6. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF JOB SEEKERS IN FIRST QUARTER. MAARIV 1. PM in Maariv holiday interview. SHARON: I HAVE MAJORITY FOR PAINFUL CONCESSIONS. In interview to be published in tomorrows Passover edition, PM declares that war in Iraq has created new opportunity for diplomatic settlement with Palestinians. 2. DOLLAR NOSE-DIVES TO NIS 4.59. Drop in prices likely. 3. METZGER AND AMAR CHOSEN AS CHIEF RABBIS. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. SHARON: ASSAD IS DANGEROUS. Says in Yediot Ahronot interview: Syrian Presidents judgment is faulty, but there is no chance he will attack Israel. Calls on Bush to press Syria. (
). 2. CANCEROUS GROWTH REMOVED FROM PMS FACE. Had secret operation over weekend. Sheba Hospital Director: Growth not dangerous and Sharon is healthy. 3. FOREST MURDER MYSTERY. (
). 4. EDUCATION MINISTRY PRESENTS: MIDNIGHT DISMISSALS. Thus hundreds of teachers were humiliated. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Hatzofeh calls Prime Minister Sharons announcement that he would be willing to make painful concessions an example of the reckless policy that characterizes him from time to time. The editors accuse the Prime Minister of being irresponsible and point out that he is doing exactly what he attacked his predecessor for doing, i.e. offering concessions before negotiations have even begun. The paper praises Minister Landau for his comments yesterday and urges the Likud to remove Prime Minister Sharon as party leader. Hatzofeh, in its second editorial, anticipates the removal of President Assad from leadership, highlighting the fact that Syria is considered a super power in chemical and biological warfare and that the danger Syria poses to Israel is greater than that posed by Iraq. Yediot Ahronot discusses the election of the new Chief Rabbis yesterday, and praises outgoing Chief Rabbis Lau and Bakshi-Doron for their efforts to improve the reputation of the Rabbinate in Israel. The editors note that Yesterdays election was run like a dirty war and urge the new Chief Rabbis to burn the hametz rampant in the Rabbinate starting tonight. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, says that It is easy for those who dont have responsibility to laugh and shout at the authorities who ordered the preparation of sealed rooms and the opening of gas masks. The editors point out that Those who shout and laugh would trample on those in charge if one missile had landed here and they had not opened their gas masks. Yediot Ahronot, in its third editorial, says that while we waited for the moment when We could teach the Americans how to rule occupied land, we could now learn much from them, and accuses too many Israelis of haughtiness in this regard. Yediot Ahronot, in its fourth editorial, expresses concern that The government will use the abundance of water to cancel plans for setting up desalination plants and improving the water industry. The editors urge the government to continue with these plans and not wait for the next catastrophe. Yediot Ahronot, in its firth editorial, reminds us that the Israeli soldiers who are missing in will not celebrate the Passover festival tomorrow. They will have neither freedom nor festival.
