HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ: 1. NETANYAHU IN ADDITIONAL ATTEMPT TO BLUNT
PROTESTS: ORDERS OPENING OF DAIRY MARKET TO IMPORTS.
PROTESTS: ORDERS OPENING OF DAIRY MARKET TO IMPORTS.
PM adopts recommendations of Finance Minister
and Industry, Trade and Labor Minister. Dairy farmers: Netanyahu is trying to
placate the public and is eliminating the dairy market. Histadrut and local
authorities declare that they are joining the struggle. Ofer Eini: „We will use
all means to raise awareness.” 16,000 Israelis announce on Facebook that they
support general strike this Monday. Union of Local Authorities announces that
it will take sanctions in solidarity.
and Industry, Trade and Labor Minister. Dairy farmers: Netanyahu is trying to
placate the public and is eliminating the dairy market. Histadrut and local
authorities declare that they are joining the struggle. Ofer Eini: „We will use
all means to raise awareness.” 16,000 Israelis announce on Facebook that they
support general strike this Monday. Union of Local Authorities announces that
it will take sanctions in solidarity.
2. US SPENDS $7 MILLION ANNUALLY TO INFLUENCE
PUBLIC OPINION IN ISRAEL.
PUBLIC OPINION IN ISRAEL.
US State Dept. report determines that US is
finding it difficult to mobilize support in Israel due to „inclination to the
nationalist right.”
finding it difficult to mobilize support in Israel due to „inclination to the
nationalist right.”
3. DAHLAN: IDF HAS BROKEN DISKIN’S PROMISE NOT
TO ARREST FUGITIVES.
TO ARREST FUGITIVES.
MA’ARIV
1. Histadrut Chairman joins protests:
SENIOR LIKUD FIGURES: „EINI COULD BRING DOWN
THE GOVERNMENT.”
THE GOVERNMENT.”
Histadrut Chairman’s ultimatum to Netanyahu:
Act to resolve housing crisis by Saturday night. Minister Kahlon attacks
Finance Minister: „Tent dwellers responsible for growth, not Steinitz.”
Act to resolve housing crisis by Saturday night. Minister Kahlon attacks
Finance Minister: „Tent dwellers responsible for growth, not Steinitz.”
2. SIX YEARS AFTER DISENGAGEMENT: SETTLERS AND
STATE SIGN „END OF CONFLICT.”
STATE SIGN „END OF CONFLICT.”
Historic agreement: Government will transfer
NIS 400 million, Gush Katif residents will withdraw all their claims against the
state.
NIS 400 million, Gush Katif residents will withdraw all their claims against the
state.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Social struggle widens. New sector joins
housing protest and doctor’s struggle: Parents who find it difficult to meet
high cost of private nursery schools and cannot cope with short maternity
leave. Today, they are beginning „march of the strollers” at six points around
the country.
housing protest and doctor’s struggle: Parents who find it difficult to meet
high cost of private nursery schools and cannot cope with short maternity
leave. Today, they are beginning „march of the strollers” at six points around
the country.
AND NOW: THE MOTHERS.
2. PREPARING FOR SEPTEMBER: ISRAEL EQUIPPING
ITSELF WITH STINK BOMBS.
ITSELF WITH STINK BOMBS.
NIS 75 million invested in non-fatal
weapons.
weapons.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. EINI JUMPS ON THE PROTEST BANDWAGON.
(…). Two weeks after establishment of
encampment – Histadrut is mobilizing. Eini: „If solution is not found by
Sunday, we will join at full force.” His demands likely to cost NIS 6-8
billion. PM’s confidants outraged: „Eini overstepping his authority.” This
evening: March of the strollers.
encampment – Histadrut is mobilizing. Eini: „If solution is not found by
Sunday, we will join at full force.” His demands likely to cost NIS 6-8
billion. PM’s confidants outraged: „Eini overstepping his authority.” This
evening: March of the strollers.
2. DAIRY MARKET TO BE OPENED TO IMPORTS,
„ANTICIPATED THAT PRICES WILL DECLINE.”
„ANTICIPATED THAT PRICES WILL DECLINE.”
Comprehensive reform in dairy market: Price of
raw milk to decline and will lead to lower costs for other products. Fourth
dairy to be established to compete with Tnuva, Strauss and Tara. Dairy farmers
outraged: „This will destroy us, we will fight.”
raw milk to decline and will lead to lower costs for other products. Fourth
dairy to be established to compete with Tnuva, Strauss and Tara. Dairy farmers
outraged: „This will destroy us, we will fight.”
WALLA!
1. LIVNI: „NETANYAHU REPRESENTS AN ECONOMY OF
NUMBERS, NOT PEOPLE.”
NUMBERS, NOT PEOPLE.”
(…).
2. ERDAN: „EINI CANNOT TOPPLE THE
GOVERNMENT.”
GOVERNMENT.”
(…).
3. BRITISH COURT: SALAH WILL NOT BE DEPORTED
UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
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1. THIS MORNING: KASSAM ROCKET LAUNCHED AT
ASHKELON COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA.
ASHKELON COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA.
Rocket hit in open area; no reports of damage
or casualties.
or casualties.
[Headlines for Walla!
and Nana10 are from their websites as of
10:45.]
and Nana10 are from their websites as of
10:45.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW
PRESS
PRESS
Yediot Ahronot recalls Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s fervent support for Palestinian statehood
and asks, „What the Palestinians deserve, according to the Turks, do not the
Kurds also deserve?” The author notes that Kurds in Syria and Iran have also
been restive and reminds his readers that Iraqi Kurdistan is both well-organized
and completely autonomous. The paper believes that, „Now it is possible to
understand the dilemma facing these four countries vis-à-vis the idea of a
unilateral Palestinian state. They understand that if it is the Palestinians
today, the clear meaning is that tomorrow it might be the Kurds, who could have
a UN majority. Suddenly they understand: If they come down on Israel, they are
coming down on themselves. And, the Kurdish state would be a close ally of
Israel, like South Sudan. The Kurds are close to Israel and see it as a twin
sister that shares a battered history and non-Arab identity.”
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s fervent support for Palestinian statehood
and asks, „What the Palestinians deserve, according to the Turks, do not the
Kurds also deserve?” The author notes that Kurds in Syria and Iran have also
been restive and reminds his readers that Iraqi Kurdistan is both well-organized
and completely autonomous. The paper believes that, „Now it is possible to
understand the dilemma facing these four countries vis-à-vis the idea of a
unilateral Palestinian state. They understand that if it is the Palestinians
today, the clear meaning is that tomorrow it might be the Kurds, who could have
a UN majority. Suddenly they understand: If they come down on Israel, they are
coming down on themselves. And, the Kurdish state would be a close ally of
Israel, like South Sudan. The Kurds are close to Israel and see it as a twin
sister that shares a battered history and non-Arab identity.”
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Two papers discuss various issues related to
the ongoing protest over housing prices and the plan that Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu presented on Tuesday:
the ongoing protest over housing prices and the plan that Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu presented on Tuesday:
Ma’ariv believes that the
environmental organizations are being unfairly blamed for the delays and
backlogs in the construction of new housing units and avers that, „When one
listens to the real estate bigwigs and their politician devotees, one gets the
impression that the tent protestors need to storm the offices of the
environmental organizations because there, in the greens’ marble palaces, lays
the core of the problem.” The author cites a senior Society for the Protection
of Nature official who notes that 160,000 apartments have received planning
approval but have yet to be built and claims that the bottleneck is not in the
planning authorities but in construction starts. The official says that
understaffed and underfunded planning institutions should be bolstered and
reinforced, not blamed, and contends that the Prime Minister’s new national
committees will run roughshod over environmental and other concerns.
environmental organizations are being unfairly blamed for the delays and
backlogs in the construction of new housing units and avers that, „When one
listens to the real estate bigwigs and their politician devotees, one gets the
impression that the tent protestors need to storm the offices of the
environmental organizations because there, in the greens’ marble palaces, lays
the core of the problem.” The author cites a senior Society for the Protection
of Nature official who notes that 160,000 apartments have received planning
approval but have yet to be built and claims that the bottleneck is not in the
planning authorities but in construction starts. The official says that
understaffed and underfunded planning institutions should be bolstered and
reinforced, not blamed, and contends that the Prime Minister’s new national
committees will run roughshod over environmental and other concerns.
Yisrael Hayom questions Histadrut
Chairman Ofer Eini’s decision yesterday to get involved. The author contends
that, „First of all, Eini defends the stronger workers’ committees in the
economy,” and adds that, „I doubt if anyone [in the tent encampment] on
Rothschild Boulevard [in Tel Aviv] belongs to any of them,” such as, „the
Electric Corporation, some of the banks, the Ports Authority, Israel Railways,
the Airports Authority, Mekorot and the Government ministries.”
Chairman Ofer Eini’s decision yesterday to get involved. The author contends
that, „First of all, Eini defends the stronger workers’ committees in the
economy,” and adds that, „I doubt if anyone [in the tent encampment] on
Rothschild Boulevard [in Tel Aviv] belongs to any of them,” such as, „the
Electric Corporation, some of the banks, the Ports Authority, Israel Railways,
the Airports Authority, Mekorot and the Government ministries.”
