HA’ARETZ
1. Disagreement between ISA and official responsible for negotiations with Hamas.
DISKIN OPPOSES FLEXIBILE „BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS”, OFER DEKEL SUPPORTS.
Senior officials: Discussion on criteria for releasing prisoners – in wake of new Hamas offer.
2. Frozen relations.
SARKOZY REBUKES ASSAD: „I HAVE DONE MY PART, YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING.”
MA’ARIV
1. As of tomorrow: All employers in Israel must deduct pension for workers.
NEW ERA: PENSIONS FOR ALL.
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2. DISAGREEMENT IN „BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS” COMMITTEE.
IDF and ISA agree in principle to greater flexibility vis-à-vis criteria for releasing prisoners, but disagreements remain. Chief-of-Staff favors significant flexibility. ISA Director hesitant.
3. FREE LAND FOR CONSTRUCTION IN GAZA AREA COMMUNITIES IN KASSAM RANGE.
Government of Israel proposes: Free allocation of land in 52 communities. Goal: Send message of no capitulation to terrorism.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. SECURITY LAPSE: WIDE OPEN BASES.
Severe report by security establishment comptroller: Unprofessional security guards, shortage of protective gear and broken fences. Security source: „Entry to malls more difficult than at some bases we checked.”
2. BIN-LADEN INTENDS TO ATTACK ISRAELIS IN TURKEY.
Thus warns security establishment. Israeli legations and commercial firms in country have been warned.
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot discusses the European Union’s strategy of, „building a nation for the sake of peace.” The author opines that Israel needs reliable Palestinian cooperation and, ultimately, a stable democratic and peace-minded Palestinian state as its neighbor.
Ma’ariv lashes out at Labor Party Chairman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak for claiming that, „We will win the next war.” Barak, the editors claim, has no idea what the next war will be like if he plans it himself. The paper defines victory in war as, „obtaining objectives which we defined at the war’s commencement,” and suggests that, whether the goal is exterminating terrorism or defending our citizens, victory is unobtainable.
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