THE HEBREW PRESS
HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ
1. HA’ARETZ SURVEY: 54% OF ISRAELIS NOT SATISFIED WITH COMPOSITION OF NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT
32nd Government received Knesset approval yesterday, the public, on the contrary, is skeptical: Only 13% think that Government is the correct size. Only 27% contend that Lieberman is suited to Foreign Ministry. Only 22% view Steinitz as suitable to Finance Ministry.
2. MUTINY IN LABOR: FIVE MKS REFUSED TO VOTE FOR NEW GOVERNMENT
MA’ARIV
1. The Knesset approved, Benjamin Netanyahu swore allegiance, and became Prime Minister of Israel for the second time.
UNDERWAY.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. World record: Israeli Government is the largest in the world.
SARELE, WE ARE GOING BACK.
After swearing-in yesterday: Netanyahu will enter PM’s Bureau today, which he left ten years ago. First crisis: Ministers Ben-Eliezer, Shalom and Meridor removed from inner Cabinet.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. By 69-45: Benjamin Netanyahu is Prime Minister.
NETANYAHU: „I FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY”
He said yesterday: „I hope to lead the country to a better future.” He emphasized in his Knesset speech: „Two difficult tests stand before us – The nuclear issue and the economy.” Livni attacked the „bloated Government” and Barak; Barak’s bureau: „She’s frustrated.” Four Labor MKs did not vote confidence.
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot asserts that, „As of this morning, the Netanyahu-Barak duo will lock itself in a ‘hermetic cell’ in which it must solve a number of critical and urgent problems. But the time will come, and it is not far away, when it will start to think of the years to come and of history. As far as the residents of the Golan Heights are concerned, the grains of sands in the hourglass have begun their slow downward decent.”
Ma’ariv believes that, „The political concoction that was created here this week is of monstrous proportions, yet the chance that the Prime Minister will succeed with it is better than what seems possible.” The editors assert that, „The new Government signifies a new period. The return of Netanyahu and the Likud expresses the general feeling that there is no chance for an arrangement with our neighbor.”
Yisrael Hayom notes that, „Netanyahu’s speech will be read in all the foreign ministries in the world, and will be highlighted by red and yellow markers, because in this speech he outlined his [policy] preferences: Separate the issue of Iran and the issue of a settlement with the Palestinians.”
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