HA’ARETZ: 1. US CHIEF-OF-STAFF TO COME IN ORDER TO COORDINATE POSITIONS ON IRAN
Gen. Dempsey to come to Israel on Thursday and will meet with Ehud Barak. The Wall Street Journal: US has increased readiness for possibility that Israel would attack Iran.
2. MANHUNT IN THAILAND AFTER HEZBOLLAH CELL THAT PLANNED TO ATTACK JEWS
MA’ARIV
1. MANHUNT AFTER HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST IN THAILAND
Travel warning for Bangkok due to arrest of member of cell that was planning to attack Israelis. The Wall Street Journal: US preparing for Israeli attack on Iran.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. OBAMA TO NETANYAHU: DON’T ATTACK IRAN The Wall Street Journal reveals contents of telephone call between the two leaders.
2. MANHUNT IN THAILAND
Hezbollah planning series of attacks against Israelis. Several of the terrorists have not yet been apprehended. NSC Counter-Terrorism Bureau: Don’t travel to Bangkok.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. TIME: MOSSAD ELIMNATED IRANIAN NUCLEAR SCIENTIST Senior Israeli source to magazine, following elimination in heart of Tehran: „Another one is down.” Obama administration to Khameini: „Closing Straits of Hormuz would entail sharp response.” The Wall Street Journal: US increasing security around its installations in the Gulf over concern of Israeli attack on Iran.
2. BANGKOK: DANGER HAS NOT YET PASSED
Thailand trying to reassure: We foiled attempt by Hezbollah militants to perpetrate attacks against Israelis. NSC Counter-Terrorism Bureau: „Travel warning still in effect.”
WALLA!
1. KINNERET RISES BY 11 CENTIMETERS; 1.5 METERS OF SNOW ON MT. HERMON
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2. IDF DATA: INCREASE IN ASSAULTS ON PALESTINIANS IN THE TERRITORIES
In past three months, increased enforcement lowered number of violent incidents by right-wingers toward Palestinians; however, overall number rose in comparison to 2010. (…).
3. ALREADY OVER? „PALESTINIANS INCLINED TO HALT THE NEGOTIATIONS”
Day after third meeting in Jordan between Israeli and Pa representatives, Al-Hayat reports that next meeting between the sides will decide if talks will be halted completely and declared a failure.
NANA10
1. CONCERN: IRAN WILL TRY TO ATTACK ISRAELI VIP’S
In addition to Hezbollah’s intention to perpetrate terrorist attacks around the world, security establishment estimates that Iran has also entered the picture.
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 12:40.] ______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot relates to the recent spate of incidents involving ethnic tensions, in particular the most recent claims of discrimination against Jews of Middle Eastern origin: „Here is the composition of the bottom decile of wage-earning families in Israel: 47% Arabs, 35% Israeli-born Jews, 10.6% Jews of European origin, 7.4% Jews of Middle Eastern origin. The composition of the next decile up from the bottom is not much different.” The author notes that, „I have no idea how many of my friends and acquaintances from work at Yediot Ahronot are of either Middle Eastern or European origin. I took no interest and neither did they. Amongst the younger journalists it’s not worth wasting your time to ask. They have no idea. They are an ethnic cocktail. The time has come to stop counting. After 64 years of independence, it is really about time.”
Ma’ariv opines that, „Quality commercial television programming must come under the auspices of a public authority, which would finance production and ensure broadcast by purchasing broadcast time at market prices.”
Yisrael Hayom contends that, „If the media reports concerning Israel’s part in the elimination [of another Iranian nuclear scientist] are correct, then this was another success, not the first, in the covert war that has been waged in recent years against Iran and terrorist organizations. The series of attacks which were foiled in Bangkok, postponed (yet again) the revenge over the elimination of Imad Mughniyeh and the harm done to Iranian nuclear scientists, but reminds (again) that there remains an open account which has yet to be closed.” The author maintains that, „More failures and more mysterious explosions in Teheran are liable to push it (Hezbollah) and Iran into a corner, and lead them to abandon their relatively modest target of attacking tourists or senior figures for a more grandiose target. The response by Israel to such an attack was determined over four years ago (and made clear to Hezbollah in every possible way), and it will not change: An extraordinary attack would be the first shot in the Third Lebanon War.”
BreuerPress-info