SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

 

1. THOUSANDS OF SEPHARDIC GIRL PUPILS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST DUE TO THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN.

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2. SIXTH MOSQUE SET ALIGHT WITHIN TWO YEARS, POLICE HAVE NO LEADS THIS TIME EITHER.

Court determined that Yaakov Teitel, accused of murdering Palestinians, is fit to stand trial.

 

1. (…).

PRISONER #1418989 ENTERED PRISON AND BURST INTO TEARS.

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1. CITIZEN #1418989.

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MOSHE KATSAV, PRISONER #1418989.

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2. UP FOR DISCUSSION: LAW TO BAN MUZZEIN’S CALL WITH LOUDSPEAKERS.

Ministerial Committee on Legislation to discuss controversial law next week.

 

3. DISCRIMINATION AND COMPENSATION.

Egged to compensate woman passenger whom bus driver compelled to sit in the back „far from the men.”

 

1. FINALLY: AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND THE FINANCE MINISTRY.

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2. NEXT PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE DIRECTOR-GENERAL: MILITARY SECRETARY’S BROTHER.

 

1. AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND THE FINANCE MINISTRY.

 

2. NEXT PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE DIRECTOR-GENERAL: MILITARY SECRETARY’S BROTHER.

 

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Yediot Ahronot analyzes how events in Syria and Iran are affecting Hezbollah in Lebanon and contends that, „Without Iran and Syria, Hezbollah will return to its true dimensions: Without generous financing, without a supply of weapons and without political support.” The author notes that Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan, „Nasrallah has insisted on publicly supporting [Syrian President Bashar] Assad and his bloody regime, thereby earning the condemnation of the Sunni world,” and reminds his readers that, „Without Syria or Iran, Nasrallah has nowhere to run.” The paper suggests that Hezbollah’s political position in Lebanon is eroding

 

Ma’ariv notes that in his remarks to the Knesset Finance Committee yesterday, Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer offered little in the way of specific advice regarding the economy, which the paper says, „is currently in a good situation.” The author believes that, „There are plans ready in the event of a deterioration,” and hopes that they will not be necessary.

 

Yisrael Hayom refers to the recent OECD study which indicated that, „The gap between rich and poor in Israel grew over the past decade,” and calls on the Government not merely to invest in education in general but to invest in education in specific sectors: „The state must compel core studies on the ultra-orthodox sector and prepare it for work befitting the 21^st century. It must also invest in education in the Arab sector in order to reduce the major gaps.” The author asserts that, „This battle is not lost. We must deal with this issue quickly because in another generation, we will not have the luxury of continuing to exist with the small productive sector carrying a limping welfare state on its back. If we continue thus, Israel is liable to become caught up in a severe economic crisis, the quality populations will leave and then, like what is happening in Greece today, we will reach socialist-style equality: Everyone will be equally poor.”