HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. MORSI COMPLETES THE REVOLUTION: FIRES DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI AND EGYPTIAN ARMY ELITE
The new president dared to challenge the powerful military council and reinstated wide authority that was revoked from him on the eve of elections.
2. Former senior NATO official:
„PRICE OF ATTACKING IRAN TOO DEAR”
3. SENIOR RABBIS TO STUDENTS: HALT IMMEDIATELY COOPERATION WITH IDF
Yeshiva students warned not to sign service exemption for fear of „intrigue to draft them.”
MA’ARIV
1. On eve of elections senior Washington figures assess:
USA WILL HAVE TO JOIN ISRAELI ATTACK IN IRAN Diplomatic and political sources from the Republican and the Democratic parties transmitted messages to that effect to Netanyahu’s bureau.
2. EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION COMPLETED: PRESIDENT OUSTED ARMY C-O-S Morsi relieved the army of all its serious governing authority.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. ISLAM HAS CONQUERED THE EGYPTIAN ARMY
Earthquake in Egypt: Islamic President Morsi ousted army heads
– and cancelled decision which prohibited him from declaring war.
2. EHUD BARAK’S ATOMIC MISTAKE
Defense Minister forcefully advocating for an Israeli strike in Iran
–
but five years ago it was, paradoxically, Barak who oppose attacking the nuclear core in Syria, even though Intelligence warned that it was about to become operative.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Who is still there to phone? All of the familiar veterans in Egypt’s military echelon – ousted.
THE SECOND REVOLUTION
Shake-up in Cairo: President Morsi surprisingly ousted head of supreme military council, General Tantawi and C-O-S Enan. He also canceled constitutional amendments which afforded the army extensive authority. Senior Muslim Brotherhood figure: This is the second wave of the revolution.
2. NETANYAHU: „REPORTS ON IRAN IN THE MEDIA
–
A SCANDAL”
PM: The threat to the home front is dwarfed in comparison to an atomic weapon in Iranian hands.” Steinitz: „Reckless debate.”
WALLA!
1. CONCERN: „MORSI GATHERING POWER, WILL TURN A BLIND EYE TOWARDS SINAI TERRORISM”
2. NETANYAHU: THE PALESTINIANS BEQUEATHING LEGACY OF INCITEMENT TO THE NEXT GENERATION
NANA10
1. ASSESSMENT IN NETANYAHU’S BUREAU: IF ISRAEL ATTACKS IN IRAN
–
US WILL JOIN
2. EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MORSI: „CHANGES IN ARMY ECHELON
–
FOR THE GOOD OF THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE”
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 8:45.]
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot opines that, „The elimination of the old Egyptian military elite, in one swipe of the sword, without a drop of sweat and without a blink from the direction of the Egyptian army, is a drama which is hard to describe in words. It is one of the big, surprising and most shaking achievements of the Egyptian revolution.” The author contends that, „The damage to the Egyptian army
– Egypt’s pro-West, secular power center –
is liable in the long range to weaken one of the anchors which ensured the continued implementation of the peace agreements with Israel.”
Ma’ariv rants that, „Not in Syria, nor in Egypt: The cruelest war in our region is one won being waged by some of the Israeli media against Netanyahu and Barak on the issue of Iran.” The author maintains that, „We have come to an absurd situation in which the Prime Minister needs to apologize and explain the most elementary thing: He makes the decisions and the administrative level carries them out.”
Yisrael Hayom says that, „Like a pre-written script, the Muslim Brotherhood, via their figurehead, President Morsi, ousted the military elite and thus put an end to the two-headed regime which ruled in Egypt. Morsi feels so confident in himself that he even canceled the constitutional amendment which granted the supreme military council most of the state’s authority. It was all expected. It was the speed of the moves which surprised. And where is the peace with Israel? At first it lost Mubarak; now the army. All that is left is to trust the Muslim Brotherhood.”
BreuerPress info
