HA’ARETZ
1. US BACKTRACKS; NEW CLIMATE ACCORD ACHIEVED IN BALI.
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2. HANIYEH, AT RALLY TO MARK HAMAS’ 20TH ANNIVERSARY: „WE WILL NEVER RECOGNIZE ISRAEL.”
3. ASSESSMENT IN MERETZ: BEILIN TO QUIT TODAY.
According to all internal polls, Chairman wins thin support in race for party leadership.
MA’ARIV
1. Israeli intelligence personnel in US persuasion campaign.
INTELLIGENCE DELEGATION IN ANTI-NUKE CAMPAIGN.
Background of urgent discussions: American intelligence report that determined that Iran has halted nuclear development. Assessment: Israel to reveal to Americans information that has hitherto been kept secret due to security considerations.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. EVERY FIFTH WAGE-EARNER BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
Adva Institute report: One-third of wage-earners in Israel receive minimum wage. Growth in Israel mainly benefits the rich. Gap between rich and poor continued to widen in last year.
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Yediot Ahronot contends that, based on recent opinion polls, both Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have reached the end of their political ropes. The editors aver that the main beneficiary from their misfortunes is Likud Chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ma’ariv suggests that debate over the distinction between civilians and soldiers as legitimate targets – or not – in armed conflict is timely and cogent for Israel: „Take Gaza for example. The civilian population is the shelter for those who try to kill Israeli civilians on a daily basis. Does it merit immunity, especially in light of the fact that it chose as its representatives – in free elections – those who are launching rockets even as it was intimately familiar with their platform?” The editors argue that, „future acts of mega-terrorism will compel the countries of the world to take the silk gloves off their tanks.”
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