HAARETZ 1. FINANCE MINISTRY: CUT NIS 15 BILLION IN 2004; CONSIDERS RAISING TAXES.
Ministry believes that low collection of tax revenue will prevent lowering of VAT. 2. FOLLOWING ATTACKS: ACTION IN NABLUS AND JENIN; EASING OF RESTRICTIONS IN REMAINING AREAS. 3. PESSIMISM IN ISRAEL AND PA REGARDING CONTINUATION OF HUDNA. HATZOFEH 1. (
). US: WE FOILED ISLAMIC ATTEMPT TO DOWN DOZENS OF PASSENGER JETS. (
). 2. MOFAZ: POSSIBLE THAT ARAFAT IS BEHIND ARIEL AND ROSH HAAYIN ATTACKS. Senior security source: PA made hudna agreement at Israels expense. Hamas terrorists who were involved in attacks on Jordan Valley highway arrested. 3. APPROXIMATELY 200 ATTACKS IN JUDEA, SAMARIA AND GAZA SINCE CEASEFIRE; 40 ATTACKS FOILED. 4. OPENING TEMPLE MOUNT TO JEWS DEPENDS ON ARAFAT. President: Dont allow Jews to visit Mount without Palestinian approval. 5. COURT: GILAD SHARON NEED NOT DEPOSIT DOCUMENTS. MAARIV 1. Good news: Record apartment sales since beginning of last year. REAL ESTATE WAKING UP. (
). 2. THIS IS HOW THE ISA CRACKS JEWISH DETAINEES. Sixteen investigators, three detention centers, threats, tricks, investigations on Sabbath and quotes from Book of Proverbs. (
). YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. (
). MISSION: SHOOT DOWN JET. (
). ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Yediot Ahronot lists the many different hudnas that currently exist, between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, between Prime Minister Abu Mazen and Yasser Arafat, between President Assad and Nasrallah and finally between Prime Minister Sharon and Labor Chairman MK Shimon Peres. The editors note that only one hudna is missing, The hudna between Israeli citizens and Palestinian citizens. It is difficult for this agreement to develop since all the other hudnas work against it. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, comments on the arrests in the US of three people suspected of being involved in supplying weapons to terrorist organizations. Yediot Ahronot, in its third editorial, commends Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahus plan to create a central body to oversee financial services in Israel. Hatzofeh says that the case of the doctor who is addicted to drugs must be the first and last case and adds that Israelis must be able to rely on their doctors not to infect them with diseases. BPI.
