HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. MIGRON SETTLERS AGAINST NETANYAHU: „WE WILL NOT BE EVACUATED”
Residents of largest outpost refuse to move their homes a few hundred meters
– and the PM has failed to find a solution that will prevent its demolition.
2. PM’S BUREAU TORPEDOES ABBAS’S MEETING WITH BRITISH JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS
PA Chairman’s visit to London, in which he met with Ron Lauder, causing power struggle between Israel and Britain.
MA’ARIV
1. VIOLENT RAPIST AT NAVAL COMMANDO BASE (…).
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. AERIAL DOGFIGHT
Netanyahu trying to compel Chief-of-Staff to appoint his military secretary, Maj.-Gen. Yohanan Locker, as next GOC Air Force. Gantz refusing and is interested in Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel, considered one of the opponents of an attack on Iran.
2. MK ZOUABI STRIKES AGAIN
Wrote introduction to book by anti-Semitic British author.
3. ASPIRING TO CO-EXISTENCE
Settlers suspected of buying drugs from Palestinians: Everyone under arrest.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. NETANYAHU: OPEN INVESTIGATION AGAINST THE MUFTI
(…). PM calls on Attorney General to investigate Palestinian mufti who said „Task of Muslims
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to kill Jews.”<palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=6098> Netanyahu: „Severe remarks that the world must condemn.”
WALLA!
1. „EUROPE AGREES: OIL BOYCOTT ON IRAN AS OIL JULY 1ST”
Official statement to be issued later; however, diplomats confirm that decision has been made by EU foreign ministers in Brussels. (…).
2. PERES AGAINST THE MUFTI: „HIS REMARKS ENDANGER LIVES”
President Shimon Peres joins PM in urging investigation into remarks by the Mufti of Jerusalem, who called for Jews to be killed. „Mufti’s remarks are dangerous and are liable to lead to escalation.”
NANA10
1. CAMPAIGN AGAINST NETANYAHU OVER MIGRON: „DON’T VOTE IN [LIKUD] PRIMARIES”
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 11:50.] ______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot says that „It was as expected as the final episode of ‘Survivor’: Channel 10 received a year’s extension on its media franchise. That same decision could have been made a half year ago, but someone in the Government apparently enjoyed seeing the Channel’s people suffer during injury time ahead of a foregone conclusion.”
Ma’ariv suggests that, „After months of severe violence, it is no longer possible to dispute that Bashar Assad’s regime is one of terrorism and horror. The son learned from the father how to forcefully suppress opposition. For whoever has forgotten, in 1982 Assad Sr. oversaw the massacre of 30,000 people in the city of Hama and Assad Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps in repressing that same downtrodden town. So far in Syria nearly 8,000 residents have been murdered, and the Syrian economy is in shambles. The fall of Assad will bring with it a great shock the end result of which cannot be foreseen. In today’s Egypt, there are many who long for Mubarak’s regime, for the days in which citizens enjoyed a more-or-less stable economy…Today’s Egypt is in a state of chaos, and it is certain that this was not the result for which the protesters in Tahrir Square prayed.” The author argues that, „Whoever wishes for the fall of Assad, does not understand that a weakened Assad is clearly in Israel’s interest, and it is best that the West understand what Turkey has already internalized
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better a weakened Assad regime than his fall. The chaos in Egypt is a reminder of what is expected in Syria after the fall of the Syrian tyrant.”
Yisrael Hayom notes that, „Since his appointment as Mufti of Jerusalem, he has uttered incitement on every stage. In the past week he participated in an event celebrating the 47th anniversary of the PLO, at which, for the umpteenth time, Mufti Muhammad Hussein again quoted in his speech, like a broken record, the claim attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, according to which the End of Days will not occur unless all Jews are slaughtered by Muslims. According to Islam, on that day even the rock will open its mouth and betray any Jew hiding behind it.” The author argues that, „Were he to be interrogated by police for incitement, he would succeed in transforming himself into a world Islamic hero. Al Aqsa speeches have always reflected the true desires and intentions of Palestinian terrorist leaders, assisted by – as an operational code
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the Muslim faith and tradition of inflaming the masses.”
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