HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS HA’ARETZ 1. HEAD OF IRANIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY TO AHMADINEJAD: DON’T DENY THE HOLOCAUST. 2. ISRAEL SEVERS JORDAN VALLEY FROM WEST BANK. 3. CALL IN BRITAIN FOR ARCHITECTS’ BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL. London Jewish community to The Guardian: Israel is not South Africa. HATZOFEH 1. Basi in Arutz 7 interview: Uprooting was national mission and I had to do it. EVACUEES OUTRAGED: BASI HAS CROSSED ALL BOUNDARIES. (…). 2. ANTI-SEMITISM IN BE’ER SHEVA: NAZI SLOGANS AND SWASTIKAS ON SYNAGOGUE WALLS. 3. CONFRONTATION BETWEEN SHETRIT AND YOUNG WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN AMONA EVACUATION. 4. SUPREME COURT: CONSIDER EASING SENTENCES ON THOSE WHO TRANSPORT AND LODGE PEOPLE ILLEGALLY IN ISRAEL. 5. IRANIAN JEWS TO PRESIDENT: YOU’RE BOORISH. 6. OLMERT, IN ELECTION SPEECH: LIKUD IS CONSERVATIVE RIGHT-WING, LABOR IS RADICAL LEFT. MA’ARIV 1. BUSH: WE WILL NEVER TALK TO HAMAS. US President makes it clear: Even if whole world capitulates, we will never compromise on this issue. Olmert: With swearing-in of new Palestinian parliament, Palestinian Authority will become Hamas Authority and rules of game will change. Riots in Kalkilya over Hebrew slogans against Muhammad. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. PARTIES STORMING AFTER VOTES OF THE POOR. Kadima: We will invest NIS 14 billion over seven years in order to reduce poverty. Labor: We will create another 400,000 jobs in four years. Likud: We will eliminate poverty in Israel within three years. ______________________________ Yediot Ahronot says that, „Those who demanded that the Palestinians hold democratic elections cannot deny their results,” and believes that Israel will ultimately see that it has no choice but to hold some form of contacts with Hamas. Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, commends Likud MK Michael Eitan for submitting a draft constitution to the Knesset tomorrow. Hatzofeh says that the IDF’s response to Kassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip has been utterly ineffectual and calls for much stronger measures.
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