SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

 

1. ALL-NIGHT EFFORT TO PREVENT TODAY’S GENERAL STRIKE

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2. DOZENS OF GOVERNMENT AND SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT WEBSITES COLLAPSED

In Israel, they are saying that it was a malfunction but a group of hackers claimed responsibility: „That was a response to the flotilla.”

 

1. COUNTRY ON THE BRINK OF STRIKE

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2. COMPTROLLER HANDS BIBITOURS FINDINGS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL

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3. „RUSSIA WILL NOT SHED A TEAR IF IRAN IS ATTACKED”

Senior Russian Government figure expressed himself in secret, in contrast to Moscow’s official position.

 

1. NIGHT EFFORT TO AVOID STRIKE

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FATE OF GENERAL STRIKE IN COURT’S HANDS

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2. AGAINST BACKGROUND OF IAEA REPORT: ISRAEL AND USA WILL CONDUCT HUGE MILITARY EXERCISE

 

TWELVE ARRESTED

Once again, harsh clashes at West Bank outpost. Police report massive rock throwing at forces which arrived to demolish illegal structures at Oz Zion outpost

 

1. GANTZ: RABIN OPPOSED CUTTING THE DEFENSE BUDGET

 

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Yediot Ahronot comments on Israeli ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor’s meeting with controversial French politician Marine Le Pen – daughter and successor of the notorious Jean Marie Le Pen – in New York last Thursday and says that it could undercut Israel’s cooperation with the French Jewish community in the latter’s struggle against anti-Semitism in France. The author, a former Israeli Ambassador to France, says that, „It could be that Marine Le Pen is different from her father. It could be that she not only wants to shake off the extremist image, but that she really is less of an extremist. Maybe. But the burden of proof is on her. She must rid her party of anti-Semites and Holocaust-deniers, and mainly disavow the past statements of her father, who founded her party. She must do this in a loud and clear voice, and then perhaps there will be something to talk about. Until then we would do well not to help pave her path to success in the coming elections for the French presidency.”

 

Ma’ariv reminds its readers that this past Saturday evening, many members of the Likud Central Committee and other Israelis, received a recorded telephone message from a four-and-a-half-year-old resident of the illegal settlement outpost of Migron against its slated evacuation. The author asserts that, „The use of a four-and-a-half-year-old girl for propaganda purposes is deplorable. It is demagoguery,” and says that such young children are incapable of forming and expressing their own opinions. The paper does not belittle the trauma that settlement outpost evacuations and home demolitions have on children, but believes that, „Responsibility for the children’s fate is on their parents, who decided to live in such a combustible place,” and wonders if the parents are showing sufficient sensitivity on the issue. The author hints that the settlers are hurting their own cause and says that they would do well, „to leave their children outside of the game.”

 

Yisrael Hayom says that whatever the reason behind the fact that the IDF, ISA and Mossad external websites were down for an extended period yesterday, there should have been reserve systems available for immediate back-up. The author calls on the Government to see to it that enough money is budgeted for this purpose.