HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ :1. ISRAEL ANNOUNCES THAT IT WILL OPPOSE CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR DISARMANENT.
Israel Atomic Energy Commission Director says that Jerusalem will not respond to regional disarmament initiative, which has won considerable support from Obama.
MA’ARIV
1. UNUSUAL MEETING BETWEEN CHIEF-OF-STAFF AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
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YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. US: Attack on Iran would endanger relations with Egypt and Jordan.
„PRICE OF ATTACK: CANCELLATION OF PEACE.”
American administration to senior Israeli source: Arab leaders would be compelled to accede to street demands. Next week: Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad in New York.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Israel Atomic Energy Commission Director Shaul Horev, in rare appearance:
„WE WILL DEFEND OURSELVES AGAINST EXISTENTIAL THREAT.”
He spoke at an IAEA conference on the Iranian nuclear project: „They are building a heavy water reactor, producing plutonium for military purposes and are trying to install a special warhead on Shihab-3 missiles.” „Israel will not remain indifferent.” Expressed opposition to Obama’s initiative to hold conference on Middle East nuclear disarmament: „This will be possible only after establishment of peace and relations of trust between the countries of the region.”
WALLA!
1. ELIMINATION IN RAFIAH: „FOILED TERRORIST ATTACK IN FINAL STAGES OF PREPARATION.”
In joint Air Force-ISA operation, two Hamas terrorists were killed; were responsible for passage of goods in Sinai tunnels. According to IDF Spokesperson, they were planning to perpetrate attack against Israeli home front<www.idf.il/1283-17137-EN/Dover.aspx>.
NANA10
1. TWO TERRORISTS ELIMINATED IN RAFIAH: „FOILED ATTACK.”
Palestinians report that those killed were border authority personnel. Additional man critically wounded. „Attack was planned for the coming days.”
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 11:30.] _______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot analyzes yesterday’s IDF drill<www.idf.il/1283-17132-en/Dover.aspx>. The author believes that, „Israel made it clear that it has more than a humanitarian interest in the fate of Syria’s internal unrest and that provocative Iranian escalation within a neighboring country will find Israel ready and prepared for any scenario,” and adds, „This message is increasingly important in light of reports that the Syrians have drilled the use of the chemical weapons at their disposal, in the presence of the Iranians who are in their country as Assad’s guests.” The paper lists the challenges currently facing the regime in Tehran („As Iran’s growing investment in Syria meets with increasing criticism both within and beyond the region, its economy is being run into the ground, staggered by the power of the sanctions against it. Iran is approaching the point where it will lose control over the galloping inflation in the country and the accelerated devaluation of its currency.”) and contends that, „The Israeli signal in the Golan Heights is another component that Tehran will have to consider well as it goes about Syria providing cover for Assad’s crimes against humanity.”
Ma’ariv discusses the plight of the Middle East’s Christian communities and says that, „The shrinking process for Christian communities in the region has been accelerated as a result of the ‘Arab Spring’ and is liable to lead to the disappearance of these communities just like the Arab world’s once flourishing Jewish communities.” The author notes, „That Christians, who are threatened by Islamic extremists and frustrated by a lack of opportunity at home, are looking for better lives abroad is not a new phenomenon,” and reminds his readers that, „Today, Christians constitute 5% of the population in the Middle East, down from 20% 100 years ago.” The author believes that, „The rich history of Christianity in the region is not enough to ensure its future,” and adds that, „While Islamist parties are not an automatic threat against Christians, given events of the past 18 months in the Middle East, there are reasons to worry.” The paper concludes: „Regarding minority rights, Israel has also not reached the desired level; it can and must do more to serve as an example vis-à-vis the maintaining of its Christian communities.”
Yisrael Hayom comments on the uproar in the Islamic world against the film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ and notes the stream of anti-Jewish propaganda in many Arab, especially Palestinian<www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=757>, media outlets. The author notes that Jews, „have not stormed or set ablaze Palestinian legations abroad,” and asks, „Have Muslim personalities condemned the insults and generalizations hurled at the Jewish People?” The paper says, „It seems that this racist media phenomenon in some of the content of the Palestinian media is usually ignored,” and reminds its reads that the Palestinian Authority uses the The Protocols of the Elders of Zion<www.palwatch.org/STORAGE/OpEd/Protocols_of_the_Elders.pdf> to portray the Jews as, „being involved in a conspiracy to rule the world.” The author concludes, „We have good reasons to be insulted, no less than those who murdered US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. But our conclusion must be completely different.”
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