SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

 

1. PANETTA DEMANDED COMMITMENT TO COORDINATE ACTION ON IRAN

According to American sources, during his visit to Israel, US Defense Secy. made demand, but Netanyahu and Barak were evasive.

 

2. IAEA REPORT TO REVEAL: IRAN CARRIED OUT COMPUTER IMAGING OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSION

 

3. EFFORTS TO PREVENT STRIKE TOMORROW

Histadrut Chairman and Finance Ministry representatives met last night in effort to reach agreement on employment of contract workers.

 

4. LETTERS FROM BEGINNING OF RON ARAD’S CAPTIVITY REVEALED

 

1. EINI: ISRAEL WON’T COLLAPSE IF THERE ARE FEWER CONTRACT WORKERS

Histadrut Chairman: Janitors must be part of the system. Finance Minister should not frighten us with ‘disaster’. Major strike: Tomorrow – Histadrut to strike the economy, including – apparently – BGI Airport. Steinitz against Eini: Histadrut’s demands are „economic misstep.”

 

2. ABU MAZEN: WE WILL BUILD FLATS FOR TERRORISTS RELEASED IN SHALIT DEAL

 

3. „A FEW MOMENTS OF HAPPINESS.”

(…). Letters written by Ron Arad reached his wife Tami and his daughter Yuval three years ago and were revealed on TV program.

 

1. New revelations about Iranian nuclear program.

THE SECRET EXPERIMENT

At Farzjan base, inside bus-sized tank, nuclear bomb components were tested. IAEA report confirms Israel’s warnings: Iran en route to a bomb.

 

2. Ron Arad’s letters.

„ONE DAY, I WILL RETURN”

(…).

 

3. EFFORTS TO PREVENT STRIKE TOMORROW

Today: Discussion in labor court.

 

1. (…). Ron Arad’s journal from captivity revealed.

„TAMI, I WILL RETURN TO YOU”

(…).

 

2. „IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROJECT – FOR MILITARY PURPOSES”

Report: IAEA report to be issued this week will reveal evidence that will prove that Iran is advancing program to produce nuclear weapons. „Tehran has created computer simulations of nuclear warheads.”

 

3. LAST EFFORT TO PREVENT STRIKE

Histadrut holding contacts with Finance ministry – and is preparing for strike from tomorrow. Minister Steinitz: Strike is unnecessary.

 

1. OFER EINI: NO SOCIAL JUSTICE WITHOUT REDUCING NUMBER OF CONTRACT WORKERS

 

2. NETANYAHU CALLS ON HISTADRUT TO CANCEL STRIKE AND REACH SOLUTION

 

3. SINCE SHALIT’S RELEASE, IDF HAS DETAINED OVER 100 FUGITIVES

Since Gilad Shalit’s release, security forces have detained 110 Palestinian fugitives. Strong increase over usual average. ISA currently formulating list of those to be released in second stage of Shalit deal.

 

4. THAI WORKER LIGHLY WOUNDED BY ROCKET THAT FELL IN SOUTH

Firing from Gaza Strip continues: Two rockets fell south of Ashkelon last night, one lightly wounded Thai worker, who was treated by MDA. Last night: IDF attacks armed cell in southern Gaza Strip.

 

1. NETANYAHU TO HISTADRUT LEADERS: „CANCEL STRIKE TOMORROW”

 

2. EINI: FINANCE MINISTRY HAS SHOWN TO FLEXIBILITY – STRIKE AT 06:00 TOMORROW

(…).

 

3. THAI WORKER LIGHTLY WOUNDED IN ROCKET HIT

Terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip hastened to respond to elimination of commander of Islamic Jihad’s artillery. Last nights: Two rockets fired at southern communities last night.

 

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Yediot Ahronot notes that, „For years Israel has been going ballistic because the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not clearly stated what has been obvious to all: Iran is violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.” The author contends that, „It is in Israel interest to convince Europe and the United States that if they do not take a harsher line, it will take the initiative and act against Iran. If the report is indeed sharp, then as far as Israel is concerned, it lands on the UN’s table with perfect timing.”

 

Ma’ariv agrees that, „There is no doubt that the situation of contract workers is heartbreaking.” The author, a former Civil Service Commissioner, says that, „The Histadrut [national labor federation] is right, the situation severely hurts justice and morality. However, managerial flexibility within the civil service must be improved. If it is not, it will be difficult to persuade the Finance Ministry to absorb thousands of new workers. And that, only the legislature can do.”

 

Yisrael Hayom recalls, „In June 1981 we bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor. Menachem Begin was warned then that bombing the Iraqi reactor was liable to create hostile world opinion against Israel. There were those who feared that bombing the reactor would unite the Arab world against Israel and that it could be used as a reason for the US to cut its foreign aid. Ten years later, when we slept in safe rooms wearing gas masks while Iraqi SCUD missiles fell on Israel, Begin’s decision to bomb the reactor took on a significant dimension – lack of a real nuclear threat against Israel. ‘Our fate is not dependent upon what the nations of the world say, but on what the Jews do,’ Ben-Gurion once said. It is worth relearning a bit of history.”