HAARETZ Szeptember.1. 1. OR REPORT TO CRITICIZE POLITICAL ECHELON AND POLICE; WAS UNANIMOUS. COMMITTEES FINDINGS TO BE PUBLISHED THIS AFTERNOON; COPIES TO BE GIVEN TO ATTORNEYS OF 14 PUBLIC FIGURES WHO HAVE RECEIVED WARNINGS.
2. FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM TO VISIT MOROCCO. 3. ATTORNEY GENERAL: WE WILL NOT SEARCH GILAD SHARONS HOUSE SINCE IT IS THE PRIME MINISTERS HOUSE. 4. MOSSAD AND ISA IMMUNE FROM 2004 CUTBACKS. 5. GOVERNMENT TO HOLD FIRST TALKS ON BUDGET TODAY. 6. Settlers – Shalom Har-Melekh, who was killed in attack, spoke of mission. YESHA YOUTH LOOKING TO STRENGTHEN SECULAR SETTLEMENTS. HATZOFEH 1. Two injured in shooting attack – one close to Rafiah Yam and second at building site near separation fence. HIGH ALERT AHEAD OF PUBLICATION OF OR COMMISSION FINDINGS. Report to be submitted to President at 14:00. Tension among 14 witnesses who were warned by commission. Assessment: Charges will be brought against junior police officers only. Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi: Even though we are not expecting riots, police are prepared with reinforcements – mainly in north. There are over thirty security establishment warnings this morning. Closure on Kalkiliya following shooting attack near separation fence. 2. ISRAELI CHIEF RABBIS INAUGURATED. (
). 3. REMAND OF THREE OF THOSE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF INVOLVEMENT IN JEWISH UNDERGROUND EXTENDED. Judge: If there is no breakthrough by the end of this extension it will be difficult for me to authorize additional extension for the three. 4. COMMITTEE FOR RIGHTS OF CHILDREN: OVER 400 CHILDREN WILL BE THROWN INTO THE STREET DUE TO CUTBACKS IN WELFARE PAYMENTS. 5. THREE JEWS WHO TRIED TO PRAY ON TEMPLE MOUNT DETAINED FOR QUESTIONING. MAARIV 1. Today at 14:00 – Or committee report to be published. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? Three years after October riots, State Commission of Inquirys findings to be published today. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Today at 14:00: Or Commission to issue judgments on 14 public officials who have received warnings. FATEFUL DAY. Despite differences between three commission members, conclusions were apparently unanimous. 2. FOREIGN MINISTER TO DISCUSS RESUMPTION OF RELATIONS WITH MOROCCO. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Hatzofeh notes that, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised yesterday that Israel would not allow Ashkelon to become a target for Kassam rockets, and declares, Now is the time for residents of Ashkelon to start worrying. The editors doubt that Prime Minister Sharon will live up to this promise and assert, In other words, the Prime Minister that holds the Israeli all-time record for people murdered in terrorist attacks, would do well to actually do something instead of offering a sea of verbiage and inflammatory declarations. Hatzofeh, in its second editorial, points out that while the US administration has conditioned its support for a Palestinian state on the continuation of Prime Minister Abu Mazens government, Prime Minister Sharon still unreservedly supports a Palestinian state. Yediot Ahronot hopes that the Or Commission report prompts Israelis to consider the following questions: Is there really a way in which Israeli Arabs can become genuine citizens of the Jewish state? And if there isnt, are the two sides destined for a violent, disastrous collision? Hasnt the time arrived for a substantive dialogue on Israeli identity and to deal with basic questions that we have hitherto shied away from on the grounds that the time was not yet ripe? The editors believe that the foregoing, is much more important and vital than how the commission will judge those who were involved in that bloody week in which 13 Israeli citizens were killed, at least some by police fire. BPI.
