HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. STATE WITNESS: I KNEW THAT ONE HAS TO BRIBE PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES
Proof stage in Holyland case opens against former PM Ehud Olmert. (…).
2. With start of summer vacation:
DEPORTATION OF CHILDREN OF FOREIGN WORKERS HAS BEGUN
3. NETANYAHU AND FISCHER SOUGHT $ 1 BILLION TO PREVENT ECONOMIC COLLAPSE OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
Loan was to pay workers’ salaries by was not approved by the IMF.
4. YAAKOV WEINROTH RESIGNS FROM PLESNER COMMITTEE: „SANCTIONS ON ULTRA-ORTHODOX
– DESTRUCTIVE”
MA’ARIV
1. For first time since Muslim Brotherhood rose to power:
NETANYAHU’S ENVOY SECRETLY VISITED CAIRO On eve of Morsi’s inauguration, attorney Yitzhak Molcho arrived for round of talks with Egyptian security officials. On the agenda: Continued military and economic cooperation.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. TAKING LEAVE OF SHAMIR
Seventh PM’s coffin to lay in state at Knesset. (…).
2. PLESNER COMMITTEE: ULTRA-ORTHODOX REPRESENTATIVE QUITS
After Liberman and Baiyit Yehudi quit: Committee on drafting the ultra-orthodox takes another hit. Attorney Yaakov Weinroth explains his resignation: Personal sanctions against those who are not drafted are destructive and arbitrary step. Mofaz: I will not give in on personal sanctions.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. DRAFT CONTROVERSY: BATTLE OVER „PERSONAL SANCTIONS”
Attorney Yaakov Weinroth, ultra-Orthodox representative on Plasner Committee, resigns. Shas denies: We did not agree to imposition of sanctions on ultra-orthodox young men who are not drafted. MK Plesner: Committee discussions to continue. Coalition threatening: „Committee has failed. It does not represent the public.”
2. LAST RESPECTS: YITZHAK SHAMIR TO BE LAID TO REST Seventh PM’s coffin to lay in state at Knesset. (…).
WALLA!
1. „NETANYAHU DID NOT EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO PERSONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST ULTRA-ORTHODOX”
PM’s confidants claim that contrary to current opinion, Netanyahu has not ruled out possibility of punishing draft evaders, which Mofaz supports. (…).
NANA10
1. AIR FORCE PLANES ATTACK ROCKET LAUNCHING CELL IN GAZA STRIP
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 12:30.] ______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot notes that, „Following the passing away of former Likud Chairman and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, obituaries were written praising him and his achievements,” and adds, „Among the tributes, positive appraisal was ascribed to Shamir’s decision as Prime Minister in 1991 to ‘practice restraint in the face of Scud rocket fire on Israel from Saddam Hussein’s Iraq at the beginning of the first Gulf War’, as was noted in many obituaries.” The author declares, „I believe the opposite. Shamir chose not to react to Saddam Hussein’s missile attack, and the top brass of the Arab and Muslim armies drew from this the necessary conclusion: All-can-do Israel has no proper military answer to a long-range missile attack.”
Ma’ariv argues that, „Nukes or bread? That is the question which Iran’s leaders are contending with in the face of the petroleum embargo that took effect yesterday.” The author maintains that, „Most of the anger is directed toward the regime and not the West. The Iranian people understand that the situation is tied to corruption and failed economic management.” The author contends that, „The subsequent damage to Iran’s cartelized energy industry is likely not only to change Iranian policy, but rather to also threaten the regime’s stability due to its dependence on oil income (80% of the country’s income is from exports). It is impossible to know when the ‘critical mass’ will be created that will force the regime to demonstrate flexibility on the nuclear issue, but for now, at its onset, a larger problem is growing at home. The Iranians can teach the Arabs a thing or two about protest and revolution. If the suffering of the people there worsens, the ‘Arab Spring’ is likely to become an ‘Iranian summer'”.
Yisrael Hayom says that, „Yitzhak Shamir was part of a generation for which love of his people and his country was really engraved in his character and in his soul, in his body and in his blood. During his years of leadership, Israel faced many challenges and he was wise enough to navigate the Zionist ship through stormy waters with great prudence, born of many years of experience.” The author adds that Shamir, „acted according to his principles and not according to polls or changing fashions. Even when he was criticized for this, he navigated according to his beliefs and values.”
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