Two papers discuss the early return to standard time in Israel:
Yediot Aharonot protests against the Government decision that Israel revert to standard time today, well ahead of other Middle Eastern countries, the EU and the US, in deference to ultra-orthodox interests. The author complains that „In Israel, honor and consideration are always one-way,” and asserts that „The time has come for the non-ultra-orthodox public in Israel to fight for its honor and demand consideration for its feelings.”
The Jerusalem Post protests the return to standard time „a month and a half before Europeans turn back the clocks and almost two months before the Americans do,” and calls on Minister of the Interior Eli Yishai to lead efforts to change the situation. The editor adds: „He can make his mark if he introduces a government bill in the Knesset that would set daylight time for the same period as in Europe – from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Shas would thus prove that it doesn’t aim to impose its will on the secular majority, but rather looks after the Israeli public as a whole.”
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Ma’ariv believes that „While the decision to deport the children [of some illegal foreign workers] is bad and outrageous, like more than a few of this Government’s decisions, it is still binding,” and adds: „This is democracy.” The author asks „If the kibbutzim hide foreign workers’ children from the authorities, what will we say the next time the hilltop youth violate the law and set up an outpost?”
Yisrael Hayom refers to the controversy in the US over the possible construction of an Islamic community center, including a mosque, near the site of the former World Trade Center. The author believes that „The decision to build a mosque near Ground Zero, a decision that Obama was inclined to support, but about which he did not express a strong opinion, only fanned the flames of religious hatred.” The paper suggests that Islamic leaders unequivocally condemn, „the deplorable libel that was disseminated, and is still being disseminated, regarding a Jewish hand behind the attack on the Twin Towers.”
The Jerusalem Post discusses the water shortage in Israel, and cites the incessant malfunction by a series of governments which have consistently ignored the writing on the wall for too many years as the reason for this. The editor criticizes the Israel Water Authority for calling for an increase in the already hefty water rates – effectively making the populace pay for governmental negligence – and states that „We are witnessing an incomprehensible ongoing failure to conserve existing resources.”
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