20.11.2003 HAARETZ 1. SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES ROADMAP: SIDES MUST FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATIONS. BUSH TO ISRAEL: ENOUGH HUMILIATION OF PALESTINIANS; TO PA: NEED LEADERSHIP THAT WILL PREVENT TERROR.
US President called for giving up on putting up walls and fences. Hints that EU leaders must boycott Arafat. Sharon: There is disagreement with US, but not tension. Abu Ala proposes unilateral, but temporary, ceasefire. Emphasizes: Price of hudna – restoration of normality in territories. Israel and US to formulate list of illegal outposts. 2. IDF in the territories: Question of trust. IDF DELIVERED FALSE INFORMATION ON NUSSEIRAT ACTION FOR OPERATIONAL REASONS. 3. TERRORIST WHO KILLED TOURIST AND WOUNDED FOUR PEOPLE IN ARAVA RECEIVED ENTRY PERMIT TO TERMINAL. HATZOFEH 1. Exclusive: IDF EVACUATING ALL ITS BASES IN JORDAN VALLEY. For several months, IDF has been evacuating major portion of its large bases in Jordan Valley. As a result, Palestinians in Jordan Valley have begun to take over bases that have already been evacuated and to steal equipment left behind. Today: DM Mofaz to hold special discussion on issue. 2. Tourist killed and four of her friends wounded in terrorist attack at Arava terminal. TERROR REACHES EILAT. At 10:45, terrorist – Jordanian truck driver – reached terminal armed with Kalashnikov. He waited for group of tourists from Ecuador and when they drew near, he pulled gun out from under blanket in truck and opened fire at tourists. Ports and Airports Authority security guards heard shots, reached site and eliminated terrorist. Investigation of incident shows that Jordanian terrorist planned to perpetrate large-scale attack and was prevented only due to resourcefulness of security guards. 3. BUSH: ISRAEL MUST STOP HUMILIATING PALESTINIANS. 4. IDF ADMITS: WE DIDNT SAY WHOLE TRUTH. 5. WOMAN SOLDIER WHO WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN TZRIFIN TERRORIST ATTACK DIES OF HER INJURIES. MAARIV 1. Thus IDF major-general was caught issuing false report. ENTANGLEMENT OF OC AIR FORCE. Maj.-Gen. Dan Halutz, who wanted to be chief-of-staff, convened media and declared: Palestinians are lying in Gaza elimination affair. However, one month later, it is becoming clear that at that same press conference, Halutz himself did not speak truthfully. He could have remained silent, he did not have to answer questions – but chose to use correspondents in order to disseminate falsehood, and thus called confidence in IDF as a whole into question. IDF: Possible that we erred, for security reasons. 2. SECURITY GUARD PREVENTED MASSACRE. Regular Jordanian driver, who passed through Aqaba crossing almost daily, revealed yesterday as terrorist. Opened indiscriminate fire and murdered woman tourist from Ecuador and wounded four additional tourists before security guard Yaniv Michaeli succeeded in killing him. 3. CEASEFIRE – WITHIN TWO WEEKS. Thus estimates IDF. 4. JAPANESE WANT TO FLEE KIRYA. Concern in Japanese Embassy over TA attack – and is moving to Ramat Gan. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Bush: Stop humiliating the Palestinians. TERROR ALSO IN EILAT: TERRORIST MURDERS WOMAN TOURIST. At exact place where peace agreement was signed with Jordan: Terrorist opened fire at tourists from Ecuador at Arava border terminal and was eliminated by security guard. Concern in Eilat: Tourists will no longer think that its safe here. 2. NETANYAHU AMENDS: WE WILL FEEL GROWTH WITHIN A YEAR. Yesterday: In wake of public criticism, he moderated his statement that, Recession is over. ____________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Hatzofeh regrets the lack of discipline in Israeli schools, and believes that it is because teachers have no means of punishment and receive no support from parents. Yediot Ahronot comments on the recently released statistic that there are 700,000 Israelis living abroad. The editors note that the major motivating factor for Jews to immigrate to Israel is generally because they are in danger in the country they are living in, and not due to ideological factors. The editors suggest that most ?migr?s left Israel in search of an easier life and argue that if this is the case there is little point in using financial incentives to encourage ?migr?s to return to Israel. BPI.
