HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. Tel Aviv Stock Exchange plummets by approximately 7%; fear of crashes around the world today.DEMONSTRATORS’ LEADERS: CRISIS BEING EXPLOITED TO REPRESS PROTEST.
2. ADDITIONAL BLOW TO CONSUMERS: ELECTRICITY TO
BECOME APPROXIMATELY 10% MORE EXPENSIVE TODAY.
BECOME APPROXIMATELY 10% MORE EXPENSIVE TODAY.
3. AMIDROR’S BRIEFING TO EUROPEAN AMBASSADORS
TURNED INTO BLUNT REBUKE.
TURNED INTO BLUNT REBUKE.
4. LIBERMAN THREATENS: PALESTINIANS PLANNING
BLOODSHED IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL SEVER TIES WITH THE PA.
BLOODSHED IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL SEVER TIES WITH THE PA.
MA’ARIV
1. Global anticipation ahead of start of
trading on Wall Street today.
trading on Wall Street today.
CRASH.
Black Sunday for Israeli investors: Global
declines dragged Tel Aviv Stock Market into crash. NIS 60 billion wiped
out.
declines dragged Tel Aviv Stock Market into crash. NIS 60 billion wiped
out.
2. ELECTRIC SHOCK: PRICES RISE BY 10%.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Anticipation ahead of opening of trading on
Wall Street.
Wall Street.
CRASH.
In wake of US crisis: Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
nosedived by 7%.
nosedived by 7%.
2. JUMP IN ELECTRICITY PRICES: LESS BUT STILL
PAINFUL.
PAINFUL.
Prices to rise by 10% instead of 20%.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. (…).
AFTER THE CRASH: PEAK ANTICIPATION.
Black Sunday: Concern on TA Stock Exchange over
downgrade of US credit rating caused steep declines. (…).
downgrade of US credit rating caused steep declines. (…).
2. PROF. TRAJTENBERG: „WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
SUCCEED.”
SUCCEED.”
Appointed to chair „dialogue committee.”
Protest leaders: „We want solutions, not a committee.”
Protest leaders: „We want solutions, not a committee.”
3. ELECTRIC SHOCK.
More expensive, but less: Electricity Authority
expected today to announce increase in electricity prices by 9-10%. Finance
Minister lowered tax on diesel fuel and prevented rise of approximately 20%.
Eini: „Increase is insensitive.”
expected today to announce increase in electricity prices by 9-10%. Finance
Minister lowered tax on diesel fuel and prevented rise of approximately 20%.
Eini: „Increase is insensitive.”
WALLA!
1. TRADING OPENS WITH CORRECTION: TEL AVIV 25
INDEX RISES BY 1.2%.
INDEX RISES BY 1.2%.
After yesterday’s steep drops, trading in Tel
Aviv opened with slight gains: Tel Aviv 100 Index added 1%. Real estate index
rose by 0.6% and bank shares index gained 1.4%.
Aviv opened with slight gains: Tel Aviv 100 Index added 1%. Real estate index
rose by 0.6% and bank shares index gained 1.4%.
2. FOUR MORTAR ROUNDS FIRED AT SOUTHERN
COMMUNITIES; NO CASUALTIES.
COMMUNITIES; NO CASUALTIES.
Additional round of escalation in the south?
After several Grad rockets were fired at Israel last week, four mortar rounds
were fired overnight and landed in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council area. No
casualties but a fence was damaged.
After several Grad rockets were fired at Israel last week, four mortar rounds
were fired overnight and landed in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council area. No
casualties but a fence was damaged.
3. BECAUSE OF HEZBOLLAH: AIRCRAFT TO SECURE
OFFSHORE GAS INSTALLATIONS.
OFFSHORE GAS INSTALLATIONS.
Security establishment taking seriously
Hezbollah’s threats to use force if Israel tries „to steal Lebanese gas.” Air
Force officer: „Planes will provide continuous intelligence that will allow IDF
to respond quickly.”
Hezbollah’s threats to use force if Israel tries „to steal Lebanese gas.” Air
Force officer: „Planes will provide continuous intelligence that will allow IDF
to respond quickly.”
NANA10
1. GOING DOWN IN ORDER TO GO UP? TEL AVIV
STOCK EXCHANGE OPENS WITH RISE IN SHARE PRICES.
STOCK EXCHANGE OPENS WITH RISE IN SHARE PRICES.
2. THREE MORTAR ROUNDS EXPLODE IN SHA’AR
HANEGEV [REGIONAL COUNCIL] AREA.
HANEGEV [REGIONAL COUNCIL] AREA.
One round damaged kibbutz fence and two others
fell in open areas. No casualties.
fell in open areas. No casualties.
[Headlines for Walla!
and Nana10 are from their websites as of
10:20.]
and Nana10 are from their websites as of
10:20.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW
PRESS
PRESS
Yediot Ahronot discusses why Jews
living in Judea and Samaria have suddenly embraced the protest movement despite
the fact that, „The settlers were suspicious of the protesters from the
outset.” The author notes that some settlers have been pushing the idea that
the a solution to the housing crisis lies in expanded construction in Judea and
Samaria, where housing is less expensive, but cautions that, „Housing in the
territories is cheaper because it is financed by the state, which maintains a
complete welfare state for the residents of the territories. Housing is not
cheap in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Be’er Sheva and Carmiel because the Government is
channeling the funds eastward into the territories.” The paper believes that,
„The settlers certainly bear an important part of the burden, especially in the
IDF, but they are also one of the sectors for whose benefit our entire
socio-economic structure has been distorted. In this sense they are in the same
group as the millionaires and the ultra-orthodox, each one of which, in its own
way, reaps what the majority sows. Therefore, the settlers’ joining the protest
is not really related to their social outlook, which has never drawn them out of
their homes. It is related to what they have always been ready to demonstrate
for: The continuation of the settlements. I guess that National Union MK Yaakov
Katz understands very well that it is worthwhile for him to shout that he now
favors cheap housing for all, so that we might forget that we are all paying for
his cheap housing.”
living in Judea and Samaria have suddenly embraced the protest movement despite
the fact that, „The settlers were suspicious of the protesters from the
outset.” The author notes that some settlers have been pushing the idea that
the a solution to the housing crisis lies in expanded construction in Judea and
Samaria, where housing is less expensive, but cautions that, „Housing in the
territories is cheaper because it is financed by the state, which maintains a
complete welfare state for the residents of the territories. Housing is not
cheap in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Be’er Sheva and Carmiel because the Government is
channeling the funds eastward into the territories.” The paper believes that,
„The settlers certainly bear an important part of the burden, especially in the
IDF, but they are also one of the sectors for whose benefit our entire
socio-economic structure has been distorted. In this sense they are in the same
group as the millionaires and the ultra-orthodox, each one of which, in its own
way, reaps what the majority sows. Therefore, the settlers’ joining the protest
is not really related to their social outlook, which has never drawn them out of
their homes. It is related to what they have always been ready to demonstrate
for: The continuation of the settlements. I guess that National Union MK Yaakov
Katz understands very well that it is worthwhile for him to shout that he now
favors cheap housing for all, so that we might forget that we are all paying for
his cheap housing.”
Ma’ariv analyzes the repercussion
of Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade the US’s credit rating and contends
that, „While the US still has all the signs of being a superpower, its ability
to project international strength has been eroded.” The author warns that,
„When America’s financial credit rating goes down, so too does Israel’s
diplomatic credit rating.”
of Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade the US’s credit rating and contends
that, „While the US still has all the signs of being a superpower, its ability
to project international strength has been eroded.” The author warns that,
„When America’s financial credit rating goes down, so too does Israel’s
diplomatic credit rating.”
Yisrael Hayom suggests that US
President Barack Obama has been a major disappointment in both foreign and
domestic policy. The author says that, „It seems to me that this is how Obama
sees his presidency: The main challenge was to get elected, to set a precedent
and since his election, he speaks, says a lot of things that any liberal around
the world who believes in human equality and human rights could identify with,
and expects others to realize his dream.” The paper asserts that, „He received
a megaphone to express progressive and even daring positions,” but, „expects
someone else to do the work. He does not understand that he has a double role –
outline a way forward and then blaze it himself.” The author believes that US
President Obama’s re-election is far from assured, especially if the Republicans
choose, „a reasonable candidate,” and wonders what the world will make of the
man, „who proved that he is incapable of meeting the great challenge that he
took upon himself.”
President Barack Obama has been a major disappointment in both foreign and
domestic policy. The author says that, „It seems to me that this is how Obama
sees his presidency: The main challenge was to get elected, to set a precedent
and since his election, he speaks, says a lot of things that any liberal around
the world who believes in human equality and human rights could identify with,
and expects others to realize his dream.” The paper asserts that, „He received
a megaphone to express progressive and even daring positions,” but, „expects
someone else to do the work. He does not understand that he has a double role –
outline a way forward and then blaze it himself.” The author believes that US
President Obama’s re-election is far from assured, especially if the Republicans
choose, „a reasonable candidate,” and wonders what the world will make of the
man, „who proved that he is incapable of meeting the great challenge that he
took upon himself.”
