HA’ARETZ
1. OLMERT PLANNING ADDITIONAL RELEASE OF PA PRISONERS BEFORE CONFERENCE.
PM has yet to decide on number of prisoners and release date; diplomatic source: Rice accepted Israel’s demand that joint declaration will not contain solutions to „core issues.”
2. MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL TO ASK HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE TO BAR RELEASE OF WINOGRAD REPORT.
3. ON ANNIVERSARY OF RABIN’S MURDER: ASSASSIN’S SON CIRCUMCISED.
Right-wing and left-wing activists demonstrate outside prison during ceremony.
4. KASSAM CAUSES BLACKOUT IN SDEROT, IDF KILLS FOUR IN GAZA STRIP.
MA’ARIV
1. Finance Ministry’s social welfare policy: One hand gives, one hand takes.
WHAT GOOD IS THE SUPPLEMENT TO ELDERLY SUPPORT PAYMENTS?
Yesterday: After long struggle, Government festively approved supplement to elderly support payments. But at same time, Finance Ministry decided not to link payments to CPI, which will render supplement almost insignificant.
2. THE NEW COUPLE: YIGAL’S BROTHER AND LARISSA’S DAUGHTER.
(…). Yesterday they celebrated circumcision of Yinon Eliya Shalom Amir and angered an entire country.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. First time: Olmert presents his plans for Annapolis conference.
OLMERT: THERE IS A PARTNER.
In speech that reminded many of Sharon’s Herzliya speech, Olmert declared yesterday: „All substantive problems will be on table – we will not avoid discussing them.” Israel to consider releasing hundreds of prisoners.
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Yediot Ahronot contrasts Israel’s flexibility on the Jerusalem issue to the Palestinians’ consistent, unambiguous and uncompromising stance. The editors call on the Government to unequivocally state Israel’s claims regarding Jerusalem’s holy sites, much as the Palestinians have done, „before the gates of Annapolis are closed.”
Ma’ariv says that after petitions demanding that the Government protect the Palestinians’ quality of life, the time has come to petition the High Court of Justice and demand that the Government protect the lives of the residents of Sderot and of those living adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
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