HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. ASSAD FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF DAMASCUS; REBELS: NEXT OBJECTIVE IS HIS HEAD
(…).
2. MOSHE SILMAN DIES OF HIS WOUNDS IN HOSPITAL
(…). Last night: Over 1,000 demonstrators marched in his memory.
MA’ARIV
1. CONCERN: ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELIS AT OLYMPICS
Sunday Times reports that Mossad agents were hastily sent on monitoring missions to Europe. Goal: Locate Iranian agents that are planning to repeat the Munich massacre. In Burgas, manhunt continues after man suspected of aiding suicide terrorist.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. „WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A GLOBAL WAVE OF TERRORISM”
Security sources: Iran and Hezbollah divided the map of the world among themselves and agreed that each of them will perpetrate attacks against Israel in different parts of the globe. Assessment: Burgas terrorist did not act alone.
2. DESPAIR KILLED MOSHE SILMAN
Week after he set himself on fire, the demonstrator died of his wounds.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Israel watching anxiously: Who will take control of the chemical weapons? Rebels:
„NEXT OBJECTIVE
– ASSAD’S HEAD”
(…). Barak: „Fall of regime closer than ever, if we have to, we will consider action.” (…).
2. MANHUNT AFTER AN ADDITIONAL TERRORIST
Bulgarians still trying to locate cell that aided suicide terrorist. Thousands of Israelis pay final respects to the victims. (…).
WALLA!
1. 50-YEAR-OLD HANDICAPPED MAN SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE IN YEHUD, IN SERIOUS CONDITION
(…).
2. STATE ASKED TO POSTPONE MIGRON EVACUATION „DUE TO RAMADAN”
State Attorney sought month-long extension over concern that right-wing protests would cause unrest in Judea and Samaria „at this sensitive time.” Also, state admitted that construction of alternative site is far from finished.
3. SHARP DECLINE IN NUMBER OF INFILTRATORS: A FEW EVERY NIGHT
First publication: Defense Ministry reports that since start of July, 200 infiltrators have crossed the southern border, as opposed an average of 2,000 a month last year. Fence due to be completed in October.
NANA10
1. HANDICAPPED MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR SET HIMSELF ON FIRE IN YEHUD, IN CRITICAL CONDITION
(…).
2. HAMAS CONSIDERING FINALLY CUTTING OFF GAZA STRIP FROM ISRAEL
3. ROMNEY TO ARRIVE IN ISRAEL NEXT WEEK; „COMING TO LEARN”
(…).
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 13:25.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot maintains that, „There is a significant gap between what the White House says about what is happening in Syria and about what will happen the day after Assad, and the worrying picture that the CIA is painting. As far as the Americans are concerned, the day after Assad is liable to bring with it unpleasantness and strategic difficulties. As far as Israel is concerned, the day after Assad is a critical matter. Muslim Brotherhood on the Egyptian border, Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza, Muslim Brotherhood on the Syrian Border, Hezbollah on the Lebanese border
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that is the nightmare which is liable to crystallize.”
Ma’ariv professes that, „The strengthening of the dollar and current security tensions prove that Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer’s foreign currency reserve management policy was correct. Today there is no doubt that it is good that Israel is entering the period of slowdown (with the possibility of recession) with $75 billion in reserves. If, heaven forbid, we find ourselves caught in a severe security problem, the dollar reserve is the best guarantee of our economic wellbeing. The Governor has once again proved that he is the most important economic asset that the country has.”
Yisrael Hayom notes that, „Israeli experts are convinced that the announcement by the [Syrian] rebels that they have already appointed a team of experts to deal with the chemical weapons that will fall into their hands, is in answer to American efforts; a kind of reassuring message. But Israel is not at ease. Ehud Barak, while being interviewed simultaneously by two television stations Friday evening, alluded to a casus belli without actually declaring it officially, hinting on the possibility of an IDF attack without obligating: Israel will not allow these weapons to pass into the hands of Hezbollah. Assad knew this and never considered doing it, but what will happen in the expected unrest during the change of regime? That is the critical stage. But even if Israel succeeds in preventing the transfer of chemical weapons to Hezbollah
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the level of danger threatening it will only be known when the character of the next regime is clear.”
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