1. She does not give up: Rice lands Israel for another attempt at mediation.
SENIOR OFFICIALS IN JERUSALEM: DUE TO POLITICAL CRISIS, GOVERNMENT HAS NO MANDATE TO ADVANCE NEGOTIATIONS.
2. BEFORE CALM: ISRAEL AWAITING CLARIFICATIONS ON SHALIT.
MA’ARIV
1. (…).
PRICES RISING.
(…).
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Critical decision: Cabinet to decide soon on prisoner exchanges.
AHEAD OF DEAL: OLMERT TO MEET WITH ARAD FAMILY.
PM expected to report that Hezbollah is incapable of supplying information on fate of Ron Arad, and therefore, there is no reason to hold Kuntar as bargaining chip.
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot discusses the calls for wide-ranging military in the Gaza Strip and says, „We will occupy Gaza, we will erase it, and then what?” The editors claim that the Second Lebanon War changed little, „except for 166 Israelis who did not return home.”
Ma’ariv asserts that, „The murder of attorney Yoram Chacham is another link in the taking over of our lives by the underworld,” and adds that, „The threats against police personnel, the growing violence against doctors, social workers and other service providers, provide a broader picture.”
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