Yediot Aharonot notes that „100,000 Israelis, mostly young, requested and received German passports,
Yediot Aharonot notes that „100,000 Israelis, mostly young, requested and received German passports, about 70,000 of them in the past decade and they are not ashamed of it. And there are those among them, who declare without hesitation that the German passport constitutes an ‘insurance policy’ against a ‘new holocaust,’ i.e.: The destruction of the State of Israel.” The author asserts that „100,000 ‘new Germans’ in Israel are not ashamed. I, on the other hand, am very much embarrassed by them.”
Ma’ariv remarks that „The areas annexed to Jerusalem after the Six Day War have no connection to the city which Jews prayed for and longed for throughout the generations.” The author maintains that „Even today the reality slaps us in the face. What peace, what attachment and what togetherness? Jerusalem is divided de facto and there is nothing united about it.”
Yisrael Hayom says that „Forty-four years ago there were tremors in our hearts when we heard that ‘The Temple Mount is in ours.’ It all happened quickly. The dream we dared not dream became reality. The heart, unaccustomed to such feelings, burst its banks and flooded the eyes with tears of joy and happiness. How we loved Jerusalem then! Today, 44 years later, Jerusalem no longer excites emotions like it did then. Threats to partition the city do not bother us as they did in the past. Jerusalemites have become indifferent to Jerusalem’s fate; a bit disconnected.” The author avers that „Forty-four years ago we were dreamers. Now we must be implementers. We will not realize the dream of Jerusalem if we do not build it as one unified city, within one urban framework. We will not be able to repel the threats against it if we do not invest eastward those resources which are invested in the west.”
The Jerusalem Post reflects on the future of Jerusalem, and notes that “In both words and deeds Israelis have shown a willingness to compromise in a city so uniquely and centrally resonant with Jewish history and tradition and to which so many Jews feel such profound ties.” The editor adds that despite Palestinian rejectionism, “the Jewish people have not given up hope of one day living side by side with the Palestinians in peace or “Shalom,” one of the meanings of the word “Jerusalem.”
Haaretz claims that the creation of a politically-influenced ombudsman’s office to supervise the prosecution, supported by both Former Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann and his successor, Yaakov Neeman, is “a wonder drug for concealing governmental corruption.” The editor declares that “If the prosecution and its head, the attorney general, get the message, there will be no indictments, and consequently, also no convictions. Those suspected of corruption will be eternally presumed innocent, and peace (and the government) will reign in Israel.”
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