SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
 
HA’ARETZ
1. NETANYAHU APPROVES STEPS TO TACKLE JEWISH TERRORISM
Haaretz inquiry: Security services already have the authority.
 
2. APPLE TO ESTABLISH FIRST DEVELOPMENT CENTER OUTSIDE OF US – IN ISRAEL.
 
MA’ARIV
1. PRICE TAG WILL NOT BE DEFINED AS „TERRORISM”
Netanyahu rejected recommendation by Justice and Public Security ministers. However, PM determined that more severe steps will be taken against right-wing activists in the West Bank.
 
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Hilltop youth will not be declared terrorist organization – in opposition to stance taken by Defense, Justice and Public Security ministers.
NETANYAHU: THIS IS NOT TERRORISM
PM approved number of steps against right-wing extremists, including military trials. But he rejected recommendation to outlaw them: „They are anarchists, not terrorists.” Senior legal figure: „The government is winking”.
 
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. PM: The rioters are anarchists, not terrorists; they must be severely punished
WAR AGAINST THE RIOTERS
Netanyahu accepted most of the recommendations of the Justice and Public Security ministers for dealing with the disturbances in Judea and Samaria. Samaria. Rabbis to assaulted Deputy Brigade Commander: „We denounce this unacceptable deed.” Senior officer: „We should have acted more decisively.” Jerusalem: Unknown people vandalized mosque.
 
2. BLUE AND WHITE APPLE
Apparent: Apple’s first development center outside the US will be established in Israel.
 
WALLA!
1. SECURITY FORCES AT YITZHAR HILLTOP SETTLEMENT, OUTPOST DEMOLISHED
Massive police force arrived to dismantle Mitzpe Yitzhar outpost in Samaria and demolished two buildings.
 
NANA10
1. POLICE FORCES DEMOLISHED TWO BUILDINGS AT MITZPE YITZHAR OUTPOST – NO CLASHES NOTED
 
2. SHALIT DEAL – STAGE B: LIST PUBLISHED OF 550 PRISONERS TO BE RELEASED
Israel Prison Service issued the list, in which not even one Hamas member or prisoners indicted for murder appears.
 
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 10:00.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
 
 
Yediot Ahronot believes that, „The unbalanced – in my opinion – young people known as ‘the hilltop youth’ are not calling IDF soldiers and officers ‘Nazi’ in the heat of the moment. They are doing so intentionally and after thinking about it. And regrettably and shamefully, they certainly mean every word of condemnation that they voice against our soldiers.” The author, a Holocaust survivor, adds that, „In order to hurl this epithet at officers and soldiers of the army that defends the State of Israel, the state of the Jews if I am not mistaken, one would have to lack all conscience and all restraint; a person who deserves no forgiveness. The authorities of the State of Israel must take harsh action against those ‘hooligans’ that have crossed all existing red lines.”
 
Ma’ariv says that, „A bunch of religious anarchists broke into the base of the IDF Ephraim Brigade. It was exactly for such incidents that the open-fire orders were enacted, which define what constitutes a danger and what not. Breaking into an army base falls within the definition of a terrorist event that requires use of the procedure for stopping suspects, which could end in shooting.” The author, the security coordinator for the Jewish community of Eli in Samaria, believes that, „If we do not want the State of Israel to be taken over by a small bunch of extremists and descend into anarchy, we must not allow the law to be enforced selectively. It cannot be that we are more stringent or more lenient with rioters from a certain group on the basis of religion, race, sex or political opinion. The law in the State of Israel must be enforced wisely and equally, against everyone.”
 
Yisrael Hayom asserts that, „While the radical right-wing Kahanist lunatics are an enemy of the people and of the state, first and foremost they are enemies of the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria,” and adds that, „The settler public must stop being silent in light of these people’s acts of insanity.” The author labels those responsible for the violence as, „an enemy within, a fifth column,” and concludes that, „We must define them as the enemy and do so immediately, and not wait until there are bereaved parents among us whose soldier sons were murdered by these terrorists.”
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