4.12.2003 HAARETZ 1. STRATEGIC TERROR ATTACK THWARTED: ISLAMIC JIHAD SUICIDE BOMBER CAPTURED ON WAY TO YOKNEAM SCHOOL. ANOTHER THREE TERROR ATTACKS FOILED IN LAST TWO DAYS; TODAY: TALKS FOR HUDNA; ABU ALA PLANNING TO PRESENT ANTI-TERROR PLAN.
2. Israeli Arabs: ISLAMIC MOVEMENT VICTORIOUS: OPERATING MORE MOSQUES AND IMAMS THAN THE STATE. 3. RESEARCH: ISRAEL PARTY TO INTELLIGENCE FAILURE ON IRAQ. Brig.-Gen. (res) Shlomo Barom: Israeli intelligence full party to erroneous picture presented by US and UK. HATZOFEH 1. Concern over new wave of Palestinian terror in coming days. TERROR CELL ARRESTED THAT HAD PLANNED TO PERPETRATE TERROR ATTACK AT YOKNEAM SCHOOL. IDF forces operated yesterday in Jenin – detained 17 terrorists. Information received from inquiry led to arrest of cell in Bardale. High alert levels declared in Beit Shean and valleys region – terrorist apprehended for planning to perpetrate terror attack in city. Israeli Arab arrested for volunteering to aid Hamas terrorists in terror operations inside Israel. Over 42 warnings of terror attacks noted yesterday. Israel widens measures for easing conditions for Palestinians. 2. BEIT HAGGAI RESIDENTS EVACUATED REHAVAM HILL YESTERDAY. 3. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND AMIR PERETZ TO DISCUSS CANCELING SANCTIONS. MAARIV 1. Dramatic chase: ISA prevented heavy tragedy at last minute. CAPTURED ON WAY TO TERROR ATTACK AT YOKNEAM SCHOOL. Two Islamic Jihad terrorists planned to blow themselves up in Ort Alon high school. Thousands of soldiers and police opened hot pursuit and captured them in northern Jordan Valley mosque. Security establishment breathed easy: many students lives were saved. 2. 55,000 BUSINESSES WILL COLLAPSE THIS YEAR. Almost 100,000 businesses went bankrupt in last two years. Longstanding companies also went bankrupt. 3. EURO JUMPS TO NEW HIGH – NIS 5.35. Rise in cost of European products expected. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Tragedy prevented: Suicide bomber in school is mega-terror attack. TARGET: MURDER PUPILS. Terrorists trapped in mosque after day of pursuit. One of them was on his way to blow himself up at Ort Alon High School in Yokneam, which has 1,000 pupils. Headmistress: Scary to think what would have happened. Security sources: This would have broken all the rules. Order for huge terror attack came from Damascus. Former school employee accompanied suicide terrorist. 2. PRESIDENT BUSH DISAPPOINTED WITH SHARON. – thus senior US administration officials told Washington Post. 5. AND NOW: MARRIAGES ON STRIKE. Religious councils begin sanctions. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Yediot Ahronot suggests that those behind the Geneva Initiative made use of constructive ambiguity regarding the issue of Palestinian refugees and came up with wording, that each side may interpret as it sees fit. The editors speculate that, Despite the widespread recognition that the agreement is reasonable, many Israelis do not believe that the Palestinians are ready to honor it, and add that, This suspicion has a solid base, because The Palestinian signatories are a defined – and apparently not dominant – fin Palestinian society, the official Palestinian leadership does not support it, the power of the Islamic organizations is increasing sharply, [and] the Palestinian diaspora is fanatical about the right of return. The paper declares that, Despite this, the agreement is an opportunity, and believes that the only alternative to the Geneva Initiative, in light of the demographic situation, is a unilateral withdrawal without an agreement. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, doubts whether there will be any serious negotiations with Syria. The editors assert that, We have never made concessions to someone who couldnt strike us a mortal blow, and conclude that, Syria cannot and, therefore, will never win back the Golan Heights. Hatzofeh comments on a recent case in Lod in which four youths were involved in a hit-and-run accident in which another youth was badly injured.
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