HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. MOSHE SILMAN VS. THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
(…).
2. ON EVE OF SECY. CLINTON’S ARRIVAL, OBAMA’S TOP ADVISER ON SECRET VISIT.
MA’ARIV
1. PUBLIC HOUSING DEFICIENCY.
(…).
2. AMERICAN BLITZ ON ISRAEL: DON’T ATTACK IRAN.
Airlift of senior administration officials. Goal: Update on progress in sanctions and prevent military action. Defense Secretary Panetta also en route.
3. TOMORROW: JUDEA AND SAMARIA HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL TO DECIDE ON TURNING ARIEL INTO UNIVERSITY.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Doctors fighting for the life of the demonstrator who set himself on fire.
THE DESPAIR AND THE FIRE.
(…).
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. (…).
THE TRAGEDY.
(…).
2. EDUCATION MINISTER: „TURN ARIEL INTO A UNIVERSITY.”
Saar appeals to Judea and Samaria Higher Education Council Chairman: „No impediment to recognition.” Finance Minister: If there is recognition, we will act to approve a special budget. The decision
– tomorrow.
WALLA!
1. SAAR: „RECOGNIZING ARIEL WILL NOT HARM OTHER UNIVERSITIES.”
(…).
2. CLINTON IN ISRAEL FOR ROUND OF TALKS ON NUCLEAR ISSUE.
Clinton to meet
– inter alia –
with Netanyahu and President Peres. On the agenda: Iranian nuclear issue, regime in Egypt, the killing in Syria and the diplomatic negotiations. She is expected to meet later with Palestinian PM Fayyad.
NANA10
1. SECY. OF STATE CLINTON MEETS WITH LIBERMAN, IS NOW TALKING WITH PERES.
US Secy. of State Hillary Clinton met this morning with FM Avigdor Liberman; she is now meeting with President Peres. (…).
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 11:50.] ______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot says, „Intelligence services that collect ‘warning signs’ about the fall of Bashar Assad have recently pointed to several indicators which show that his end is near.” The author suggests that the increasing number of middle-ranking and senior officers fleeing to Turkey attest to, „the deepening and widening erosion in the military’s loyalty to the regime,” and notes that fighting has spread to Damascus and the Lebanese border, and unrest to previously quiet Aleppo. The paper cites reports that the regime has begun to move materials for chemical warfare, either to what it perceives as more secure locations or in preparation for possible use, and asserts, „In both cases, these are signs of weakness.” The author adds that Russia has made plans to evacuate its personnel from Syria and concludes: „Nobody knows when it will happen but if the Arab Spring has taught us anything it is that things happen all at once, in one day, as happened in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia.”
Ma’ariv suggests that young ultra-orthodox conscripts be stationed along Israel’s borders with Egypt and Lebanon where they might continue their religious studies when they are not guarding the borders.
Yisrael Hayom discusses the case of Moshe Silman, who set himself on fire Saturday night at the social protest in Tel Aviv, ostensibly over his ill-treatment at the hands of various authorities. The author calls for a thorough investigation into his grievances but adds, „Not only is the establishment responsible for a person but the person is also responsible for himself and his fate.”
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