SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

HEADLINES FROM THE  IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
 
HA’ARETZ
1. HARSH CLASHES IN CAIRO: POLICE BEAT DEMONSTRATORS TO DEATH IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS
(…).
 
2. SENIOR OFFICER WHO REVEALED TORTURE IN SECRET UNIT INVESTIGATED UNDER WARNING
 
3. ULTRA-ORTHODOX MEN STOPPED EGGED BUS IN ASHDOD BECAUSE TANIA ROSENBLIT REFUSED TO SIT IN BACK
 
MA’ARIV
1. BLOOD RETURNS TO CAIRO STREETS
(…).
 
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. One courageous woman against dozens of ultra-orthodox men.
„THEY WILL NOT TELL ME WHERE TO SIT”
(…).
 
2. FIRE IN EGYPT, BLOOD IN SYRIA
(…).
 
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Cairo in flames, again: Secular Egyptians took to the streets to protest against government – and were met with an iron fist.
ON VERGE OF ANARCHY
(…).
 
2. „OBAMA PROMISED TO PREVENT NUCLEAR IRAN”
Barak updated Netanyahu on his meeting with the US President. (…). Israeli and Italian air forces held joint exercise in the south.
 
WALLA!
1. HEZBOLLAH IN DEEP CRISIS: „NO MONEY, CONFLICTS IN THE LEADERSHIP.”
 
2. NETANYAHU AGAINST SEPARATION OF WOMEN: „MARGINAL GROUPS HARMING SOCIETY”
 
3. EGYPTIAN GAS PIPELINE SABOTAGED FOR 10TH TIME
 
NANA10
1. YOUNG WOMAN WHO STOOD UP TO ULTRA-ORTHODOX MEN ON BUS TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT: „I DID SOMETHING IMPORTANT.”
 
2. LEBANON COMPLAINS TO UN: ISRAEL SPYING ON OUR TERRITORY
 
2. TODAY: SHALIT DEAL STAGE B – 550 PRISONERS TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL
 
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 15:00.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE  IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
 
Yediot Ahronot discusses the „Islamic winter.” The author argues that, „All of the perceptions of Islam have one common denominator: Nullification of the existence of Israel. In the view of Sunnis, Shiites, religious and secular, we are invaders living on their holy land – and there is but one verdict for us all.”
 
Ma’ariv says that, „The first anniversary of the ‘Arab Spring’ has almost come to be known as the day the Americans folded up their flag in Iraq and went home. Had the American administration learned this Iraqi lesson, perhaps it would not have hurried a year ago to stab the dictator Mubarak in the back before being certain that the foundation had been laid in the direction of real democracy in Egypt.”
 
Yisrael Hayom recalls that, „Throughout history, the Jewish People maintained the tradition of lighting candles during Chanukah, and even today most secular Jews participate in the tradition. The lights have two primary purposes. The first is the remembrance of the days when the Temple existed, when the Greeks demanded that we forsake the Torah and fought the Jewish People with all their might, and despite that, the few and weak Jews prevailed. The other [reason] is that the candles remind us of those times, but as a hope, paradoxically, for the present days. As is written in the prayer recited during Chanukah; ‘For the miracles and the wonders that You did for our forefathers, in those days, at this season.’ As was then, so it is true today: The struggle of the weak and the few against the strong and many has never passed, and certainly not in these days when Israel finds itself alone against enemies that are numerous and mighty, like one sheep among seventy wolves. The candles remind us never to give up hope.”
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