HAARETZ 1. STRIKE OVER, BUT ONLY HALF OF UNPAID WORKERS WILL RECEIVE SALARIES BEFORE SUKKOT. Following Labor Court order to pay all local authority employees, strike was halted; Poraz: We will make effort to transfer funds. 2. TWO BORDER POLICEMEN KILLED AS THEY PREVENTED SUICIDE ATTACK AT FRENCH HILL. 3. IDF TO SHARON: PROPER DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IMPORTANT TO SUCCESS OF DISENGAGEMENT. General Staff believes that underscoring fact that there is widespread public agreement will lessen strength of opposition. 4. SENIOR ANGLICAN CHURCH OFFICIAL TO RECOMMEND DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAEL. HATZOFEH 1. After relative quiet in Jerusalem, terrorism returns to strike city. THEY DEFENDED JERUSALEM WITH THEIR BODIES. Woman suicide terrorist arrived at French Hill junction yesterday afternoon. Two Border Policemen approached her and then she exploded. Lance Cpl. Mamoya Taiho killed at site, his friend, Lance Cpl. Menashe Komemi died of his wounds shortly thereafter. Jerusalem District commander: Two prevented much greater attack. Mayor Lupolianski: Terrorist attack underscores how much fence is lacking in Jerusalem area. Police deployed on high alert until after holidays. 2. GENERAL STRIKE ENDS – COMPROMISE ACHIEVED. 3. GOLD MEDAL FOR KAREN LEIBOVITZ AT PARALYMPICS.
MAARIV 1. Two Border Police fighters stopped woman terrorist – and paid with their lives. HEROES. After seven months, terrorism returned to Jerusalem. 18-year-old woman terrorist approached crowded bus stop at French Hill – and then fighters identified her. When they asked her to open bag, she detonated deadly bomb. Border Police CO: I salute them, their deaths prevented terrible disaster. Cousin of one of those killed fell exactly one year ago. 2. END OF THE STRIKE. Achievement for Histadrut: 96% of local authority employees will finally be paid. Chaos at BGI Airport. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Border Police fighters stopped woman terrorist and paid with their lives. HEROES. Only one month after they finished basic training, two fighters saved dozens of people at French Hill hitchhiking stop. Woman terrorist was broadcaster on Palestinian television childrens program. 2. WORKERS VICTORY. Neither Finance Ministry nor Histadrut won struggle. Main winners were local authority employees who will finally be paid. Today: Finance Ministry will announce – Hundreds of millions for crumbling local authorities. Despite end of strike, hundreds of Israelis will not manage to return home before Yom Kippur. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Yediot Ahronot suggests that Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahus, Thatcherist, outlook was the main reason why the compromise, which ended the public sector strike, could not have been achieved beforehand. The editors believe that, From confrontation to confrontation, from the working single mothers to the port workers and the local authority heads, he is changing the Israeli economy and the Israeli mentality. The paper doubts whether Finance Minister Netanyahu could have achieved the same result without a confrontation because, Too many forces derive too much benefit from the regime of monopolies, waste and corruption; the situation in many local authorities is only an example of this. Hatzofeh criticizes an incident in which Prime Minister Ariel Sharons ISA bodyguards attempted to silence Likud members who heckled him – when he mentioned the disengagement plan – at a recent Likud Party conference. The editors believe that, The Israeli left is prepared to jettison all rules of basic democracy in order for Jews to be uprooted from their homes; it is unbelievable to what extent coercive ideologies will go. BPI-info
