HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI PRESS
HA’ARETZ
1. SEVERE VIOLENCE AT DEMONSTRATION AGAINST FOREIGNERS IN TEL AVIV.
1,000 people demonstrate in Hatikva quarter<en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatikva_Quarter> and called for expulsion of asylum seekers. Inflamed mob broke windows and threatened passersby.
2. TURKEY SEEKING TO INDICT FORMER IDF SENIOR OFFICERS.
3. FIRST ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE BIBLICAL BETHLEHEM.
MA’ARIV
1. RAGE, VIOLENCE AND XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH TEL AVIV.
onstration against infiltrators ends in assault of a driver due to the color of his skin and breaking windows. Police: We arrested 11 people on suspicion of recently beating foreigners with clubs.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Public Security Minister proposes:
BORDER POLICE UNIT TO SOUTH TEL AVIV.
Objective: Deal with increasing crime among African migrants and prevent retaliatory violence by residents. Last night: Approximately 1,000 people demonstrated in Hatikva quarter and demanded that flow of infiltrators be stopped.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Demonstration by south Tel Aviv residents deteriorates into violence. Attorney General rules:
POSSIBLE TO DEPORT TO SOUTH SUDAN.
PM orders: Begin returning approximately 3,000 infiltrators from South Sudan immediately. Approximately 2,000 people demonstrated in south Tel Aviv in favor of deportation. Foreigners’ car attacked, 12 demonstrators arrested.
2. TURKISH GALL: INDICTMENTS AGAINST SENIOR IDF OFFICERS.
Increasing tension with Ankara as it demands lengthy prison terms for senior military leadership at time of Mavi Marmara affair.
WALLA!
1. [FORMER GOC INTELLIGENCE] AMOS YADLIN REJECTS INVITATION TO SEMINAR IN TURKEY OUT OF CONCERN THAT HE WOULD BE ARRESTED.
2. RIFT AMONG SETTLERS: „DO NOT FINANCE YESHA COUNCIL.”
Against background of expected evacuations at Migron and Ulpana Hill, criticism of Council is increasing over accusations that it is collaborating with the Government and supports evacuation of outposts. Feiglin: Stop paying taxes.
NANA10
1. „TEHRAN HAS INSTALLED ADDITIONAL CENTRIFUGES UNDERGROUND.”
Against background of second round of talks with major powers, diplomats reveal that Iran has installed hundreds of centrifuges at Fordow facility.
2. IDF ARRESTS SIX PALESTINIAN FUGITIVES IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA OVERNIGHT.
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 10:55.] ______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot believes that, „If the Iranians are determined and if they apply their keen minds in order to fool the entire world, they will have a nuclear installation. No court will help. According to current data, and the emphasis is on current, the Americans do not want to mix it up with the Iranians and the Israelis know that without America it will be impossible to really hit the Iranians well, if at all.” The author adds: „The conclusion, as of now: Within a short time Iran will go nuclear and endanger the peace of the world, certainly the existence of the State of Israel. Instead of thinking about using force, maybe, just maybe, there is room to think about using our heads: How will the State of Israel exist and live in the shadow of a nuclear Iran? What will we say? What will we do?”
Ma’ariv comments on the Egyptian presidential election, which began yesterday, and reminds its readers, „One must remember that relations with Israel in particular, and foreign policy in general, do not top the Egyptian voter’s list of concerns.” The author believes that domestic, socio-economic issues are on most voters’ minds as they elect a president for what is being termed Egypt’s ‘Second Republic’ and suggests that as far as Israel is concerned, „While none of the candidates is especially fond of us or has praised relations with us, none of them holds that abrogating the peace treaty and going to war with Israel will solve the ‘Second Republic’s problems either”
Yisrael Hayom criticizes Turkey’s decision to issue arrest warrants and indictments for senior IDF officers involved in the seizure of the Mavi Marmara<www.mfa.gov.il/LegalAdvocacy/IsraelAdvocacyUpdates/Turkel-Commission-Report-on-Gaza-Flotilla-Incident-01-Feb-2010.htm> two years ago. The author believes that, „Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not interested putting relations back on track,” and suggests he took this step at the current time in order to bolster his regional stature: „As is customary in anti-Semitic circles, eastern as well as western, setting a fire vis-à-vis relations with the Jews is always effective for rulers like Erdogan.” The paper avers that, „Erdogan has become an enemy to any compromise and relaxation of tensions in the Middle East, certainly regarding Israel,” and ventures that Israel-Turkey relations will not improve as long as Erdogan is in power.
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