HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS

HA’ARETZ 1. PM denies that he intends to initiate second disengagement. IDF ADVANCING ADDITIONAL UNILATERAL MOVES. Five years of conflict: 1,033 Israelis and 3,333 Palestinians have been killed since outbreak of intifada; past year – quietest. PA elections: Today – Hamas contesting third round of elections in 104 authorities on West Bank as ideological struggle between extremists and moderates reaches its peak. Escalation in Gaza Strip: Maj.-Gen. Ziv – Beit Hanun will become DMZ if additional Kassam rockets are fired from there. 2. DEPT. FOR POLICE INVESTIGATIONS TO RE-EXAMINE FINDINGS OF INQUIRY INTO OCTOBER 2000 EVENTS. 3. IDF INTELLIGENCE: ESCALATION HAS DAMAGED HAMAS. 4. RA’ANANA – „SAFEST CITY” IN MIDDLE EAST. World Health Organization title awarded due to maintaining safety of children and elderly. HATZOFEH 1. After Sharon’s Likud victory – Sharon’s advisers talking about coming peace. „DISENGAGEMENT WILL BE REGULAR POLICY FROM NOW ON.” PM’s adviser Eyal Arad made proposal and caused storm. Brig.-Gen. Eyval Giladi also hinted that Israel is bent on further unilateral concessions. Pres. Katsav: Sharon promised me that there won’t be an additional disengagement. Minister Livni: Arad’s ideas not relevant at all. 2. IDF WARNS: IF TERRORISM CONTINUES WE WILL OPERATE IN SETTLED AREAS. 3. DEPT. OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS REOPENING FILES ON OCTOBER 2000 DISTURBANCES. 4. ISRAEL ON EVE OF ROSH HASHANAH: 6,869,000 RESIDENTS. 5. DROP IN TERRORISM THIS YEAR – FOR FIRST TIME SINCE START OF INTIFADA. 6. OC INTELLIGENCE MAJ.-GEN. ZEEVY-FARKASH: NO POSSIBILITY OF STOPPING IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM. 7. GOOD YEAR FOR STOCK EXCHANGE: INDICES ROSE BY 30%. 8. OPTIMISTIC FORECAST: ANNUAL GROWTH TO REACH 5%. MA’ARIV 1. Police: We eliminated Musseli family crime organization. THE GOON WHO BECAME A CRIME BARON. (.). YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. 10 days after file against police who shot and killed Arab citizens was closed. MAZUZ REOPENING OCTOBER EVENT FILES. Or Commission source: Attorney-General fears that Dept. for Police Investigations conclusions will not stand up in High Court of Justice. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Hatzofeh says that ordinary workers fared not so well in the past year and remarks that many former residents of Gush Katif are in dire economic straits. Yediot Ahronot discusses Jerusalem’s demographics and asserts that any solution to the issue of Jerusalem will have to be based on its partition among two sovereign entities. BPI-info