HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAEL PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. Senior sources in Jerusalem:
„ISRAEL WILL AGREE TO CONTINUED URANIUM ENRICHMENT IN IRAN”
2. PUBLIC COMMITTEE: SINGLE WOMEN AND GAYS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE CHILDREN THROUGH SURROGACY
MA’ARIV
1. SETTLERS FIRED ON PALESTINIANS, IDF SOLDIERS WATCHED FROM THE SIDELINES
B’Tselem organization documented the incident in which Palestinian youth was severely injured. IDF: Matter under investigation.
2. ISRAELI CHESS GRANDMASTER ON HIS WAY TO WINNING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(…).
3. PUBLIC COMMITTEE: ALLOW HOMOSEXUALS TO RECEIVE SURROGACY ASSISTANCE
(…).
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. US estimates: Military option against Iran diminishing.
„ISRAEL WILL NOT ATTACK IN THE COMING HALF YEAR”
Ahead of Wednesday’s fateful meeting between the powers and Iran: Senior American officials made it clear to Israel that the US will also not take military action prior to presidential elections.
2. FIRST ADVANTAGE FOR ISRAELI CHESS GRANDMASTER IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Apparent: Road to compromise agreement with Iran. Warning in Israel:
„THEY WILL SIGN A SCRAP OF PAPER AND CONTINUE DEVELOPING A BOMB”
(…). Jerusalem convinced that Tehran only wants to buy time, and the Iranian Chief-of-Staff leaves no room for doubt: „We are committed to the total destruction of Israel.”
2. THE RIGHT MOVE
Israel Chess Grandmaster Boris Gelfand takes 4:3 lead in world championship finals.
WALLA!
1. NAHARIYA: BOMB DISCOVERED CLOSE TO MAYOR’S PARKING SPOT
NANA10
1. NAHARIYA: BOMB DISCOVERED CLOSE TO MAYOR’S PARKING SPOT
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 10:50.] ______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Ma’ariv refers to the controversy over illegal (mainly) African migrants in Israel and says that, „Israel Police Inspector-General Yohanan Danino, who suggested, contrary to the Government’s view, that the tens of thousands of infiltrators here be given work permits so they will not necessarily be dragged into lives of crime (because how will they eat if they have no work?), reveals the only wise man in intelligence-challenged, xenophobic Government circles.” The author derides the idea of building, „an open detention camp in the Negev to hold 10,000 infiltrators,” and reminds his readers that, „There are at least 60,000 infiltrators here.” The paper asks, „Why hasn’t Israel filed an official complaint with the US, which is responsible for the Camp David agreement, to the effect that Egypt is in serious violation of the agreement, according to which it is supposed
– of course – to prevent infiltration from its territory? The answer is that over the years we were afraid of Hosni Mubarak, just as we are afraid of his successors today, with ‘strategic considerations’ always being the pretext. But it must not be forgotten that Egypt has interests too, and now, in its low state, and with the anticipated new regime, it needs a little help from its friends. This is the time to demand its cooperation, backed by the Americans, in preventing terrorism and infiltrations from its territory.”
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Two papers discuss the talks with Iran over its nuclear project:
Yediot Ahronot predicts that the talks will proceed as follows: „Jerusalem will continue to claim that it is a Persian bazaar while Obama
– who never intended to attack Iran anyway – achieves a relaxation until after the elections, with international backing.” The author suggests that, „In the end, the major powers will succeed – perhaps –
in delaying the ayatollahs’ nuclear project for a few years,” and believes that the western powers are well aware who they are dealing with. The paper concludes: „And where is all this leading? In the future, it could be that the Iranian regime will be replaced and the danger to the world will pass. And if not, if Ahmadinejad and his people succeed in realizing their nuclear ambitions, there is an additional possibility: Israel will internalize, willingly or not, that it is also possible to live in the region alongside a nuclear Iran.”
Yisrael Hayom asserts that, „Since 1979, Iran has been ruled by a regime the raison d’etre of which is to survive, even at the expense of its own people. The ayatollahs’ regime gambled on the nuclear project not in order to ensure sources of energy for its population, but to ensure its own survival. Thus, the projected agreement is expected to be no more than a scrap of paper.” The author avers, „What Iran will achieve, mainly, is time that is vital to it to reach the nuclear point that will grant it
– like with the regime in Pyongyang –
the ability to survive, and to threaten.”
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