SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS

HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS HA’ARETZ 1. ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION FOR YITZHAR RESIDENT; IDF RECOMMENDS: MORE DETENTIONS BEFORE EVACUATION. 2. Second European championship in a row for Maccabi Tel Aviv – overcame Tau Vitoria in Euroleague final. 7,000 FANS, LOVE CONVERSATION BETWEEN COACH AND PM – AND ONE TROPHY. 3. JUSTICE MINISTRY ASSESSMENT: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF MINISTER KATZ IN WAKE OF STATE COMPTROLLER’S REPORT. 4. NO MORE SIGNATURES BUT NITZANIM PLAN IS MAKING PROGRESS. National Planning and Building Commission will discuss plan tomorrow, without link to settlers’ assent, just as PM initially demanded. HATZOFEH 1. Teachers intensify steps against Education Ministry dismissal list. SCHOOLS STRIKEBOUND. (.). 2. The investigation: POLICE TO ASK TO QUESTION RABBI AMAR. Thus senior police officials estimate. Yesterday: Confrontation between Rabbi’s wife and daughter’s boyfriend. 3. MACCABI TEL AVIV EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS. 4. FOR FIRST TIME: YITZHAR RESIDENT SENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION IN PRISON BEFORE UPROOTING. MA’ARIV 1. EMPIRE! Maccabi Tel Aviv does it again. For fifth time in its history and second time in a row, it won European championship. (.). 2. CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BOYFRIEND AND RABBI AMAR’S WIFE. „You saw me suffering and crying,” 17-year-old youth said to Rabbi Amar’s wife but she insisted: „I didn’t see you.” YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Maccabi’s European trophy – second time in a row. CHAMPIONS. Hatzofeh criticizes US President George Bush’s recent call for free elections in Lebanon and Egypt and says that, „Bush, with all due respect, hasn’t yet stabilized the democratic regime in Iraq.” The editors fear that, „Democratic elections in Lebanon and Egypt are liable to drag these two countries into chaos,” and ultimately play into the hands of extremists. Yediot Ahronot discusses various issues related to the privatization of Bezek. BPI-info