HAARETZ 1. IDF TO ESCALATE RESPONSES TO FIRING: WILL STEP UP ACTIVITIES IN NORTHERN GAZA. Two Kassam rockets landed on Israeli territory yesterday; no casualties. 2. SHARON’S DOCTORS: PM WAS UNFIT TO MAKE DECISIONS NIGHT OF HOSPITALIZATION. HATZOFEH 1. PA to its forces: Remain at your posts in buffer zone. KASSAM ON THE KIBBUTZ DURING CHILDREN’S CHANUKAH PARTY. Two Kassam rockets launched at northern Negev one fell on kibbutz Zikim and second on kibbutz Sa’ad. Terrorists: We have rockets with 25-kilometer range. Islamic Jihad jeers: „Zionists running away from Kassams again.” 2. OFFICIAL: SHARON TO RECEIVE STENT IN APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS. PM’s medical file revealed. His weight 118 kilograms. Doctors reveal: Sharon was unable to function during hospitalization. 3. LIKUD CENTRAL COMMITTEE VOTES BY LARGE MAJORITY TO RESERVE SECOND PLACE ON LIST FOR SILVAN SHALOM. Central Committee to convene again on Sunday in order to vote on changes to Likud constitution which if approved would eject Feiglin from movement. 4. HOUSING MINISTRY ISSUES TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HUNDREDS OF FLATS IN SAMARIA. MAARIV 1. OC Intelligence: Diplomatic option for stopping Iran is ending. IRAN ADVANCING QUICKER THAN EXPECTED. Intelligence information that has reached Israel: Iranians have already begun activities linked to uranium enrichment. 2. GAVE UP IMMUNITY. PM’s doctors made public part of his medical file. Netanyahu hastened to release his medical file: Healthy but with high blood pressure. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. PM’s doctors confirm Yediot Ahronot report. COMPLETE RECOVERY. Medical file of Israeli PM released for first time. Sharon’s weight: 115 kilograms. Birth defect hole in his heart to receive stent soon. Prof. Ben-Hur: „Stroke caused no damage. He is fully functional.” Netanyahu’s medical file: Slight blood pressure problem. 2. LIKUD TO DISH OUT: Lot for every discharged soldier, lower VAT, more highways and trains, and billions less for security. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Yediot Ahronot refers to yesterday’s release of Prime Minister Sharon’s medical files and suggests that, „What good is the OK he received from his doctors, that he is fit to lead and make decisions, if nobody knows anything, such as where his ‘Kadima’ is headed?” Hatzofeh commends Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for ordering the IDF to stop Palestinian terrorists from firing Kassam rockets and mortar shells at Israel from the Gaza Strip, by setting up buffer zones inside the Strip. The editors call on him to show similar resolve regarding other forms of Palestinian terrorism. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, criticizes unnamed Labor Party „senior officials” for sniping at party Chairman MK Amir Peretz over his touting a socio-economic agenda and for refusing to wear a suit. Yediot Ahronot, in its third editorial, complains that Israeli television’s better programs are shunted away to less accessible cable and satellite channels.
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