1.03.2004 HAARETZ 1. ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOMMENDS: KNESSET ELECTIONS SHOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO 2006. Mazuz prefers to interpret the law in its simple meaning; Chairman of Elections Committee to discuss issue today. 2. TENNENBAUMS ATTORNEY: IF HE LIES AGAIN – I WILL RESIGN. Tennenbaum will be asked during polygraph test if he was a Hezbollah agent prior to leaving Israel. 3. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE FREEZES CONSTRUCTION OF SECURITY FENCE IN NORTHWEST JERUSALEM FOR ONE WEEK. HATZOFEH 1. High Court of Justice again postpones building of Jerusalem envelope for one week.
MOFAZ: EVERY JUDICIAL DELAY ALLOWS TERRORISTS TO INFILTRATE INTO ISRAEL. High Court delays work until it hears claims of residents of eight Arab villages fence route passes through, in area between Mevaseret Yerushalayim and Givat Zeev. Yesterday, Rima and Eitan Kukoi, who were murdered in Friday night terrorist ambush on Sansena-Eshkolot road, were laid to rest. Security establishment considering bringing forward building of fence in south. MKs tour Gush Katif and hear residents: If they evacuate us – they will have to lock us up in cages. 2. MKS PETITION HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE TO CANCEL STATE AGREEMENT WITH TENNENBAUM. MAARIV 1. VAT GOING DOWN – PRICES NOT. (
). 2. MAARIV-GAL HADASH SURVEY: RIGHT WEAKER, LEFT BECOMING STRONGER. 3. TENNENBAUMS FAMILY RECEIVED NIS 250,000 FROM STATE. – stipend for victims of hostile actions. Anger in Knesset: They should return the Knesset. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Updated version: I lied but I did not commit treason. TENNENBAUM: I TRICKED HEZBOLLAH. Boasted to Israeli investigators: I am a colonel, not a boy, I only gave Hezbollah basic details. Admitted: I was embarrassed to say the truth, so I told them I came because of Ron Arad. Today or tomorrow: Tennenbaums moment of truth – lie detector test. Tennenbaums family received NIS 250,000 from state. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOMMENDS: ELECTIONS IN 2006. Mazuz on disagreement in interpreting elections law: Early date preferable over original date of 2007. 3. THIS MORNING: VAT DOWN TO 17%. (
). ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Yediot Ahronot reminds its readers that, The captives deal didnt only include receiving the soldiers bodies and the return of Elhanan Tennenbaum, and adds that, The Defense Minister and other senior officials rushed to announce a breakthrough in the very near future on the mystery of Ron Arad. The editors declare that, This incautious optimism has neither been realized nor explained up until now, and suspect that it may yet boomerang on the government, especially as the nation struggles with, the anger that is arising from the Tennenbaum deal. Hatzofeh refers to last Thursdays deadly terrorist attack at Erez checkpoint and avers that, The serious claims that were raised in writing by officers and soldiers who serve, and have served, at the Erez checkpoint, must be thoroughly checked, preferably by a body outside of the IDF. The editors believe that, The terrorist organizations are glorying in their success in breaking Ariel Sharon and compelling him to dismantle the Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip, and speculate that, The plan to withdraw from Gaza is encouraging every terrorist organization in the world because Ariel Sharon had been the symbol of non-capitulation. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, criticizes Tourism Minister Benny Elon for using Tourism Ministry funds to finance his recent trip to the US, in which he attacked government policy. Yediot Ahronot, in its third editorial, refers to the efforts by high school students nationwide to strike classes in protest against their teachers pension-related sanctions. The editors assert that, Here is the proof that it is possible to lead a just struggle against repression, even without Amir Peretz and the big shots from the larger employees committees. Yediot Ahronot, in its fourth editorial, says that, The French are offering to send us the sculpture The Thinker, and replies, Maybe the Mona Lisa, but The Thinker, here in Jerusalem? BPI
