HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

 

1. TANTAWI PROMISES TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON TIME.

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1. Growing concern in security establishment: Muslim Brotherhood will take over Egypt.

CHIEF-OF-STAFF PRESENTS CABINET WITH SCENARIO FOR CANCELLATION OF PEACE.

Even so, Gantz and GOC Intelligence emphasize that this is an extreme possibility. Security establishment also reconsidering relationship with Hamas.

 

2. JERUSALEM PRESENTS: ELECTIONS WITH SEPARATION BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.

For first time in country’s history, under pressure from neighborhood rabbis, men and women will vote at separate polling places in elections for neighborhood administrations. Municipality: „We will not allow this.”

 

3. IDF TO DISTRIBUTE TEAR GAS TO SOLDIERS IN ORDER TO PREVENT KIDNAPPINGS.

 

1. BETWEEN CAIRO AND TEHRAN.

Warning from Israel: Iran channeling funds to the Islamic revolution. (…).

 

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WATCHING WITH CONCERN.

Concern in Israel over future of peace agreement.

 

1. MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION IN SOUTHERN LEBANON: „HEZBOLLAH ARMORY.”

Shiite organization closes off area of explosion, which occurred last night approximately 12 kilometers north of the border near Maalot, and has even barred Lebanese Army from reaching the site. Assessment: Armory.

 

2. UN SECY.-GEN. TO NETANYAHU: RESUME TRANSFERS OF TAX FUNDS TO PALESTINIANS.

 

1. REPORT IN LEBANON: EXPLOSION OCCURRS AT HEZBOLLAH ARMORY.

Lebanese media reporting that explosion occurred last night in Tyre area. Hezbollah closed off area and is impeding approach of Lebanese security forces. UNIFIL opens investigation into circumstances of the event.

 

2. PERES IN VIETNAM: „ISRAEL WANTS PEACE WITH ITS NEIGHBORS.”

President’s historic visit to Vietnam opens with festive ceremony at Presidential Palace. Peres and his counterpart agree on strategic cooperation.

 

3. UN SECY.-GEN. TO NETANYAHU: TRANSFER TAX FUNDS TO PA IMMEDIATELY.

 

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Two papers discuss the latest events in Egypt:

 

Yediot Ahronot believes that, „When Mubarak fell, Israel received a strategic warning: Start thinking in new-old terms about a front against Egypt,” and adds that, „Yesterday, the timetable for this strategic warning was shortened – perhaps by a lot.” The author says that Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and his fellow generals, „have been seized with a kind of paralysis, a disappointing political impotence,” and adds that, „These are the people that the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian street will eject from power at the first opportunity.” The paper asserts that, „The struggle for Egypt’s image is just beginning. The military clique the first round on points. The hope in Israel is that they won’t be knocked out in the next round. Egypt’s tragedy is growing. It seems that no element there has sufficient administrative experience and a broad enough public base to run the lives of 88 million people amidst a collapsing economy and growing anarchy.”

 

Yisrael Hayom suggests that the IDF, „is taking into account [the possibility] that the wheel might roll backwards,” and, „is quietly preparing for a reality in which the quiet on the long border [with Egypt] will not be a given.” The author believes that, „The street that ousted Hosni Mubarak is disappointed over the revolution that has yet to achieve anything. The Military Council is not leading the masses. It was enough to see its head yesterday, Hussein Tantawi, to feel its weakness. He is liable to find himself in a cell alongside the former President.” The paper urges the defense establishment to prepare for the possibility of a hostile Egypt within one-to-three years and adds that, „Whoever understands this knows that the defense budget must remain as is.”

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Ma’ariv asserts that, „The proposed libel law goes too far but this is what happens when the media repeatedly sacrifices people on the altar of ratings.” The author declares that, „The truth must be told: The wild competition among the various media outlets over the right to be first with the latest sensation has led to a relaxation of standards and journalistic ethics.”

 

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