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Jerusalem Post –
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Haaretz comments: „Questions regarding the IDF’s conduct during the war have many implications, both moral and practical. Israel’s ability to rally international support depends in part on the distinction it makes between innocent civilians and the enemy. While Hamas and Hezbollah attack civilians as part of their strategy, Israel declares that it does not do so, and that it makes an effort to avoid harming civilians. The decision to drop cluster bombs on villages, with no specified targets; the decision to use these bombs over a large area, making it impossible to know in advance who will be there; and the well-known fact that a large percentage of these munitions will not explode on impact, and will therefore be transformed into mines in an area to which civilians will return, are all further testimony to the flawed decision-making of those who managed the war. Now, Israel can do little except accede to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s request and assist in marking the areas hit by the cluster bombs, so that there will be no further casualties among Lebanese civilians, who have already been hurt by the war. Significant portions of southern Lebanon have now become minefields. Annan’s condemnation was not without basis.”
The Jerusalem Post writes: „In the run-up to the Iraq war, the US came under tremendous pressure from Arab states and Europe to „deliver” Israel in return for support on Iraq. After Ariel Sharon’s „Czechoslovakia” speech, accusing the US of sacrificing Israeli interests to help build its anti-terror coalition, President George W. Bush came full circle and effectively, in June 2002, called for Yasser Arafat’s ouster. This, in turn, led to Europe distancing itself from Arafat and to the road map. Perhaps this time we could skip the false start and take a smarter course from the beginning. There is, indeed, an alternative to Western nodding in agreement when the Arab states say, ‘We would like to help, but first you have to pressure Israel.’ This time, the Western response should be: ‘Yes, we agree there should be a peace process, but we need it to be part of a joint policy to defeat the jihadis and Iran, rather than one that encourages these forces that threaten all of us. And we need you to deliver your part of the bargain.’ …The Arab states should be told that if they want a peace process, they have to contribute to making it meaningful. They can do this by making UN Security Council Resolution 1701 work through pressure on Lebanon and Syria to further weaken Hizbullah instead of allowing it to rebuild; by stopping the flow of arms through Egypt to Hamas; and by acting against rampant incitement against Jews and Israel.”
Yediot Aharonot comments on politicians’ statements that moves to release the abducted soldiers are in high gear. Senior diplomatic sources are quoted as saying that Hizbullah’s demand for the release of Samir Kuntar is out of the question. In 1979, Kuntar murdered a policeman and three members of the Haran family, smashing the skull of four-year-old Anat Haran with his rifle butt. Yet, everything possible must be done for the expedient release of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldar Regev in order to avoid another Ron Arad situation.
Yediot Aharonot, in its second editorial, states that legislators should intervene to prevent the use of artificial insemination for the sake of immortalizing the fallen. With all due respect to the families involved, a child should not intentionally be brought into this world fatherless. The obligation to the living is far greater than that to the dead.
Yediot Aharonot, in its third editorial, refers to the Tel Aviv Municipality’s decision regarding two of the city’s historical institutions, the Gordon Pool and the Tel Aviv Cultural Center.
Hatzofeh states that the expulsion of Jewish residents from Gaza set a precedent in which the basic rights of citizens are no longer protected by the state. Only by unifiying both religious and non-religious citizens in the fight to protect our rights, will we be able to retain our values and avoid future expulsions.
The Jerusalem Post writes: „In the run-up to the Iraq war, the US came under tremendous pressure from Arab states and Europe to „deliver” Israel in return for support on Iraq. After Ariel Sharon’s „Czechoslovakia” speech, accusing the US of sacrificing Israeli interests to help build its anti-terror coalition, President George W. Bush came full circle and effectively, in June 2002, called for Yasser Arafat’s ouster. This, in turn, led to Europe distancing itself from Arafat and to the road map. Perhaps this time we could skip the false start and take a smarter course from the beginning. There is, indeed, an alternative to Western nodding in agreement when the Arab states say, ‘We would like to help, but first you have to pressure Israel.’ This time, the Western response should be: ‘Yes, we agree there should be a peace process, but we need it to be part of a joint policy to defeat the jihadis and Iran, rather than one that encourages these forces that threaten all of us. And we need you to deliver your part of the bargain.’ …The Arab states should be told that if they want a peace process, they have to contribute to making it meaningful. They can do this by making UN Security Council Resolution 1701 work through pressure on Lebanon and Syria to further weaken Hizbullah instead of allowing it to rebuild; by stopping the flow of arms through Egypt to Hamas; and by acting against rampant incitement against Jews and Israel.”
Yediot Aharonot comments on politicians’ statements that moves to release the abducted soldiers are in high gear. Senior diplomatic sources are quoted as saying that Hizbullah’s demand for the release of Samir Kuntar is out of the question. In 1979, Kuntar murdered a policeman and three members of the Haran family, smashing the skull of four-year-old Anat Haran with his rifle butt. Yet, everything possible must be done for the expedient release of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldar Regev in order to avoid another Ron Arad situation.
Yediot Aharonot, in its second editorial, states that legislators should intervene to prevent the use of artificial insemination for the sake of immortalizing the fallen. With all due respect to the families involved, a child should not intentionally be brought into this world fatherless. The obligation to the living is far greater than that to the dead.
Yediot Aharonot, in its third editorial, refers to the Tel Aviv Municipality’s decision regarding two of the city’s historical institutions, the Gordon Pool and the Tel Aviv Cultural Center.
Hatzofeh states that the expulsion of Jewish residents from Gaza set a precedent in which the basic rights of citizens are no longer protected by the state. Only by unifiying both religious and non-religious citizens in the fight to protect our rights, will we be able to retain our values and avoid future expulsions.
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