2.02.04 HAARETZ 1. EU ALSO HAS RESERVATIONS OVER HAGUE DISCUSSION OF FENCE. Satisfin Israel – but international opposition does not promise that process will be cancelled. 2. TANNENBAUM EXAMINED AND TRANSFERRED TO POLICE NEURIM INVESTIGATION FACILITY. 3. AFTER TWO DAYS IT BECOMES CLEAR: ADDITIONAL FATALITY IN TERRORIST ATTACK. Manbara Valdi Tzadik, 35, from Ethiopia is 11th victim.
4. TODAY: SUPREME COURT TO DISCUSS APPEALS ON SUMBISSION OF DOCUMENTS BY GILAD [SHARON]. HATZOFEH 1. (
). LOCAL AUTHORITIES STRIKE EDUCATION SERVICES. (
). 2. ASSESSMENT AT UN: HAGUE DISCUSSION LIKELY TO BE CANCELLED. Satisfin Israel over unified front against Hague discussion: EU, US and Russia deny its authority to discuss fence. MAARIV 1. On way to investigation. WHAT, ARIK SHARON IS THE PRIME MINISTER? Attack on World Trade Center, war in Iraq, fall of Saddam – all new to Tannenbaum after three years in small, isolated cell. (
). His investigation began last night. 2. JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY IN THE GALILEE. 3. TAKING LEAVE OF OUR BOYS. Benny Avraham, Adi Avitan and Omar Sawaid laid to rest. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. SHARON TO ISA: TAKE IT EASY ON TANNENBAUM. His investigation began last night. His mental and physical health are worse than seemed at first. Ron Arad affair: Recent finding promised to shed light on his fate – but proved to be nothing. 2. ISRAELI ACHIEVEMENT AT HAGUE: WORLD IS WITH US. More than 30 countries – including US and EU – support Israeli position: Hague court has no authority to discuss fence. 3. JERUSALEM ATTACK: NUMBER OF FATALITIES REACHES 11. Additional victim identified: Foreign worker from Ethiopia. 4. STORM IN SETTLEMENTS: BEAUTY CONTEST IN BIKINIS. Religious residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza vandalize contest posters. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Yediot Ahronot refers to the US decision to support Israels contention that the International Court of Justice in The Hague has no authority to discuss, the separation fence. The editors assert that, While the Americans worked yesterday to distance the fence from the Hague, Sharon will be invited to Washington only if two conditions are met: If they are convinced there that he has already sufficiently moved the original route that was planned for the fence and if they choose the disengagements map as a substitute for the roadmap. Under current conditions, the Americans can be expected to watch what goes on in the Middle East from up close, only if there is a genuinely attractive plan. Hatzofeh discusses whether last weeks captives exchange deal was worth it and says that, While there are no absolute answers, one thing is clear: Regarding the information campaign, Hizballah taught us a lesson. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, discusses the crisis in local authority funding.
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