HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. Following expansion of coalition:
NETANYAHU TO ABBAS: THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESUME THE PEACE PROCESS
2. STATE COMPTROLLER QUESTIONED PM FOR SECOND TIME IN „BIBI-TOURS” AFFAIR
3. 1,500 TEACHERS FOR DROPOUTS TO BE FIRED SOON
MA’ARIV
1. DEAL TO BYPASS HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
MKs and coalition ministers heavily pressuring PM to accept outline being formulated to leave Ulpana homes in place. The plan: Law to formalize their status to be submitted as private
– not Government-sponsored – legislation, MKs will receive free vote and only Netanyahu and a few ministers will vote against.
2. NEW STATE COMPTROLLER TO BE CHOSEN TODAY
Knesset to elect Micha Lindenstrauss’s successor in secret ballot. Even though Supreme Court Deputy President Eliezer Rivlin has support of Knesset Speaker, candidate likely to win is [Jerusalem] District [Court] Judge Yosef Shapira, who has PM’s support.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. First test for unity coalition.
TODAY: STATE COMPTROLLER TO BE CHOSEN IN SECRET BALLOT After Lindenstrauss’s seven stormy years: If one believes MKs’ promises, [Jerusalem] District [Court] Judge Yosef Shapira will overcome Supreme Court Judge Eliezer Rivlin and be elected State Comptroller. However, being said in the Knesset: There are liable to be surprises in secret ballot.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. CHOOSING A STATE COMPTROLLER
Today: In secret ballot, MKs will choose new State Comptroller to replace Micha Lindenstrauss. Leading candidates: [Jerusalem] District [Court] Judge Yosef Shapira and Supreme Court Deputy President Eliezer Rivlin. 72 MKs have already declared their support for Rivlin, but in a secret ballot
– anything can happen.
2. „NAKBA CEREMONY AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
– INFURIATING”
Education Minister Saar appeals to administration and asks it to reconsider permit issued for ceremony, to be held today.
3. KADIMA: CANCEL „MOFAZ LAW” AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SPLIT New storm after formation of unity government. Objective: Restrict „rebels.”
WALLA!
1. „ISA DIRECTOR DISCUSSED PALESTINIAN PRISONERS IN CAIRO”
According to Al Hayat, Israeli delegation held indirect talks with Hamas members, led by Ahmed Jabri. „Israel has gone back on commitments given in framework of Shalit deal.”
2. IDF CONCERNED: DEATH OF HUNGER-STRIKING PRISONER COULD IGNITE NAKBA DAY
Security establishment convinced that in current situation there is no concern that Palestinian demonstrations will lead to violent events, but is worried over hunger-striking prisoners’ worsening situation. „Every one of them is a timebomb.”
NANA10
1. REPORT: AGREEMENT TO END PRISONERS’ HUNGER STRIKE NEAR
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 12:10.] ______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot maintains that, „The Zionist narrative has great strength, but is weakened when lies are attributed to it and when opposing narratives are quelled. Zionists who are secure in the justice of their principles will not hesitate to disclose their feelings of discomfort. Someone who is unwilling to expose their doubts is a sign that he is unsure of the main principles of his viewpoint. It is the screaming patriots who are the biggest cowards.”
Ma’ariv believes that, „[Political] commentary, by nature, will analyze one-sidedly in a direction which serves the goals of today’s [political] ‘agenda’. The thinking of this analysis is blinded to other possibilities. Even now, after the unity government, the analyses are predominantly one-sided; for example, why unity is not good for the people of Israel and for democracy.” The author says that, „In everything related to Netanyahu, the analysts are mostly wrong. That is how it is when the media have gone from reporting ‘the public’s right to know’ to reporting ‘what we want the public to know’.”
Yisrael Hayom inquires, „Will thousands of Palestinians assemble on the borders with Syria, Lebanon and Jordan on Nakba Day? What will happen with the ceremony marking Nakba Day at Tel Aviv University? Whether unrest breaks out and ceremonies are held or not, the fact is that the Palestinian narrative threatens the Zionist narrative. The Nakba is a central component in the lives of Israeli Arabs, who maintain diverse actions surrounding the abandoned places, and it includes documentation, visits, restoration, renovation and the demand to return.” The author maintains that, „We must uphold the right of the other to remember, but guard against that memory being turned into a legitimate right of return.”
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