SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS

HA’ARETZ :1. ASSAD SLAUGHTERING DEMONSTRATORS UNDER COVER OF OBSERVERS

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2. ULTRA-ORTHODOX DEMONSTRATE IN JERUSALEM WITH YELLOW STARS AND IN PRISONERS’ CLOTHES

 

3. MKs to receive NIS 37,000 monthly salary.

MKS’ SALARY TO INCREASE BY NIS 2,300 A MONTH

 

4. 23-YEAR-OLD NES TZIONA MAN ARRESTED IN CHILE ON SUSPICION OF CAUSING WILDFIRE

 

1. ULTRA-ORTHODOX CHILDREN WITH YELLOW STARS

Child holding his hands up in surrender and men in prisoners’ clothes loaded on trucks – thus they protested against „exclusion of ultra-orthodox” in Jerusalem.

 

2. ISRAELI MAN SUSPECTED OF CAUSING CHILE WILDFIRE

Rotem Singer, 23, from Nes Tziona, admitted lighting fire in prohibited area in national park. (…).

 

1. For this there is money: NIS 1,000 supplement for Netanyahu and his ministers.

2012 DECREES

Year begins with price increases. There are also tax breaks, but the majority will not feel them.

 

2. EXTREMIST ULTRA-ORTHODOX SENT THEIR CHILDREN TO DEMONSTRATE – WITH YELLOW STARS AND PRISONERS’ CLOTHES – IN JERUSALEM AGAINST „NAZI DECREES BY THE SECULAR”

 

3. „ISRAELIS CAUSED FIRE IN CHILE”

Rotem Singer from Nes Tziona arrested on suspicion that he, along with four friends, lit bonfire that burned down national park.

 

1. TRAJTENBERG REPORT TAX BENEFITS TAKE EFFECT

From today: (…). Take-home pay to increase, import on hundreds of products to be cancelled. Gasoline and public transportation to become more expensive – price of electricity also expected to jump.

 

2. SUSPICION: ISRAELI CAUSED FOREST RIRE IN CHILE

Rotem Singer, 23, from Nes Tziona, arrested on suspicion of lighting fire in prohibited area; released on bail last night. (…).

 

1. OUTRAGE AT YAD VASHEM: „USE OF YELLOW STAR – BELITTLING THE HOLOCAUST”

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2. MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD’S #2: WE WILL NEVER RECOGNIZE ISRAEL

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1. STORM OVER DEMONSTRATION WITH YELLOW STARS: „CROSSING A RED LINE”

 

2. HANIYEH WANTS TO JOIN THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: „WE WILL NEVER RECOGNIZE ISRAEL”

In his first statement since report on Hamas joining the PLO, he calls for establishment of „Jerusalem army” – an army of Arab countries that would conquer the city from the Jews.

 

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Yediot Ahronot maintains that, „The path must be paved for them [the ultra-orthodox] to leave the ghetto walls – in higher education, professional training, and in giving due consideration to the majority of their demands as individuals. And at the same time, borders must be drawn for them: Reduce Yeshiva funding, rein in stipends, introduce core studies into their institutions of learning. This apparently demands a different coalition, which would not be dependent upon the ultra-orthodox vote. It would be no great disaster if the ultra-orthodox parties spent some time in the opposition. It’s likely to benefit the country. And at the end of the day, it will benefit the ultra-orthodox.”

 

Ma’ariv claims that, „The declaration by the Mayor of Jerusalem that 70,000 eastern Jerusalem residents are not part of the capital portends disaster, and will lead to a migration that will change the demographic balance.”

 

Yisrael Hayom notes that, „Torres del Paine is an amazing place. Pointed granite cliffs, unique wild life and giant icebergs gliding from the mountains on lakes of turquoise – Everyone has made a visit to the isolated spot the highlight of their South American trip. And indeed in the past years, the isolated nature reserve at the southern end of Patagonia has become a major attraction for the multitudes of Israeli backpackers. The sound of Hebrew in this distant corner has become so routine that often Chile’s national parks authority personnel word signs in Spanish, English and Hebrew…” The author explains that, „The ecological and economical damage caused by the fire is certainly great, however the park will be rehabilitated. So it was also with the previous giant fire, in 2005, which was caused by the carelessness of a Czech tourist. In the previous disaster 140,000 dunams were destroyed, and for that the Czech government pledged to pay for the restoration. We all hope that there is no truth to the report that an Israeli tourist is responsible for the carelessness which caused the present fire. But should it prove that this is the case – the precedent that the Czechs established is likely to lead to a situation in which Israel faces similar expectations.”