HA’ARETZ 1. THOSE BEHIND HIGHWAY-BLOCKINGS TO ACTIVISTS: GO TO GUSH KATIF. Yesha Council planning convoy of thousands of vehicles to Gush Katif next week. 2. PALESTINIAN BUSINESSMEN IN GAZA HAVE BEGUN TO TRADE IN SETTLEMENTS’ LAND. Land prices in preferred areas, such as Muwasi, up by hundreds of percent. HATZOFEH 1. It seems that racist transfer plan is not enough. THE PALESTINIANS: SHARON WILL CAPITULATE BACK TO 1949 LINES. National Security Council Chairman Giora Eiland told Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday that Palestinian Minister Muhammad Dahlan told him that Palestinians are claiming that borders must be as they were in 1949, which means conceding Nativ Ha’asara moshav north of Gaza Strip. Dahlan denies remarks. Outrage at Netiv Ha’asara: „We will not agree to being south’s Shaba Farms.” PM’s adviser ejected from committee so that Eiland could speak freely. 2. ISA DIRECTOR MEETS RABBI SHAPIRA AT HIS HOME. 3. RECHAVAM ZEEVY MEMORIAL LAW APPROVED. MA’ARIV 1. Hamas’s plan for day after disengagement. THREAT: KASSAMLAND IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA. Official Hamas document reveals plan to turn Kassam into weapon that will bypass security fence. „This is what will replace suicide-bombers,” say terrorists, „Up until now, you made fun of it but it will reach Netanya, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.” YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Fighting road accidents. Sheinan Committee’s idea: ANOTHER NIS 100 FOR SAFETY – 150 FEWER DEAD A YEAR. (.). 2. Sharon-Netanyahu battle. CRISIS POSTPONED BY TWO WEEKS. „Rebels” withdraw draft law. 3. ISA ORDERS: PARAMEDIC TO ACCOMPANY PM 24 HOURS A DAY. BPI-info ______________________________
SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Both papers comment on various issues related to the Israeli-Egyptian negotiations on modifying the 1979 peace treaty in order to allow Egypt to police the Philadelphi corridor between the Gaza Strip and Egypt: Hatzofeh strongly criticizes Attorney-General Meni Mazuz for – according to media reports – apparently deciding that the proposed modifications are too small to warrant submitting them to the Knesset and asserts that, „Recently, the Attorney-General has been revealed as if he formed his opinions in accordance with the will of the Prime Minister.” Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, suggests that the benefits of modifying the treaty in order to permit the stationing of 750 Egyptian policemen along the corridor outweigh the potential risks. __________ Yediot Ahronot says that the way in which Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are carrying on their feud, „is an insult to the public,” and suggests that if the latter really opposes the current format of the Disengagement Plan he ought to resign. BPI-info
