SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

 

1. Official Remembrance Day for Carmel disaster victims.

DESPITE RECONCILIATION, PRISON GUARDS’ FAMILIES TO BOYCOTT CEREMONY

(…).

 

2. SHALIT DEAL COMPLETED

 

1. SEPARATED

(…).

 

1. REMEMBERING

Today: Inauguration of memorial for 44 Carmel fire victims. (…).

 

2. „WE WILL NOT ALLOW DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN”

Wave of condemnations follow confrontation with Tanya Rosenblit on bus 451. Netanyahu: „We must safeguard freedom for all in the public sphere.” (…).

 

3. RADICAL ISLAM STRENGTHENING IN EGYPT

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1. REPORT: EGYPTIAN POLICE KILL TWO INFILTRATORS ON BORDER WITH ISRAEL

 

2. SHALIT DEAL COMPLETED: 550 PRISONERS RELEASED FROM ISRAELI TERRITORY

 

3. ISRAELI RESEARCHERS SUCCEED IN PRODUCING NEW BLOOD CELLS

Researchers Prof. Yosef Itzkovitch and Dr. Ayelet Dor Vaknin succeeded in producing blood cells from ‘enriched’ stem cells which can be taken from anyone. Important breakthrough.

 

1. HAMAS THREATENING: „THE [SHALIT] DEAL IS NOT THE LAST WORD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION FOR OUR PRISONERS

With release of 550 prisoners in the framework of the second stage of the Shalit deal, the terrorist organization announced that is not dismissing the possibility of additional abductions.

2. ‘ANAT KAM’ BILL, WHICH INCREASES SEVERITY OF PUNISHMENT FOR DIVULGING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, PASSES FIRST READING

 

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Yediot Ahronot discusses the issue of discrimination against women. The author, who refused to sit in the back of an Ashdod-Jerusalem bus last Friday when pressed to do so by certain ultra-orthodox male passengers, asserts that, „Eliminating freedom of choice and the right to dignity under the guise of sanctity is the true provocation here. How can it be that Israeli society, in 2011, still hasn’t internalized this basic idea?”

 

Ma’ariv analyzes the situation in Syria and Lebanon. The author, a retired diplomat, suggests that, „If a Sunni government takes power in Damascus, it is reasonable to assume that its relationship to [Shi’ite] Hezbollah will change completely,” and adds that, „The organization understands this; therefore, it is planning to solidify its grip on Lebanon, even though it is doubtful if such a step can replace its dependency on Damascus.” The paper urges the Government to publicly commend the anti-Assad rebels and says that any new government in Syria could not be worse than the current regime, which is allied with Iran and Hezbollah.

 

Yisrael Hayom lauds former Czech President Vaclav Havel who passed away yesterday, as, „an intellectual who knew how to convert literature to pragmatism and who successfully moved from the poet’s chair to the statesman’s office.”