HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ
1. POLICE COMMISSIONER: STATE MUST APPEAL OLMERT ACQUITTAL TO SUPREME COURT
Danino, who was Investigations Branch Director during Olmert’s term is
convinced that there was a firm foundation on which to base the accusations
against him.
2. SWEDEN OPPOSES SANCTIONS ON IRAN DUE TO ERICSSON DEAL
MA’ARIV
1. AHMADINEJAD’S EYES UPON JOINT EXERCISE
This morning’s Sunday Times: Hezbollah UAV documented the planning of the
joint US-Israel military exercise. Apparent: American Chairman of the Joint
Chief of Staffs’ will arrive to observe its conclusion.
2. GRAD ROCKET IN THE KIDS’ ROOM
Leader of a Gaza Salafist extremist organization killed last night in Israel
air force attack, along with another activist. IDF: They had planned an
attack during the holidays and were involved in firing of rocket which hit
the Amar family home in Netivot. Last week over 60 rockets were launched at
Israel after the IDF killed two other members of the same cell.
3. MOFAZ TO AGREE TO GIVE UP HIS PLACE IN FAVOR OF OLMERT.
Kadima MKs gain the impression, following talks with party chairman, that he
would not oppose Olmert’s return to the leadership. Livni also waiting for
former PM’s decision in order to join.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. THE ELIMINATION AND THE ALERT
Friday: Rocket exploded in the yard of a Netivot home. Last night: Two
leading Global Jihad figures responsible for the attack were eliminated in
Gaza. This morning: IDF prepared for resumption of [rocket] fire.
2. DISSOLVING THE KNESSET.
Tomorrow: Vote on law to hold early elections. Apparent: Likud primaries on
22 November.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. TOMORROW: KNESSET TO CONVENE IN ORDER TO GO TO ELECTIONS
MKs to open festive session – and will immediately proceed with legislation
to dissolve the Knesset. Today: Dichter expected to announce that he is
joining the Likud. Kadima faction to discuss cancelling primaries.
2. PM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: „AT NO STAGE DID I AGREE TO CONCEDE THE GOLAN
HEIGHTS.”
WALLA!
1. HEZBOLLAH DEFECTION: „DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION”
Reports in Arab news media on defection of senior organization figure to
Israel were received with doubt in Lebanon.
NANA10
1. NETANYAHU PRAISES GAZA ELIMINATIONS: „WE WILL REACT FORCEFULLY TO EFFORTS
TO HARM US”
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 12:35.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot comments on the upcoming elections for the 19th Knesset and
suggests, „There is no chance for a unified, joint list among all the
center-left parties in an attempt to defeat Netanyahu. From this
perspective, Bibi can relax. While it could be that the heads of all these
lists constitute an excellent team (maybe?) and that there is almost no
doubt that the whole (one party) would be greater than its parts (four or
five parties).it is the ego, and only the ego of those people and ‘heads’
that prevents this unity. In their view, it overshadows the immediate need
to topple Netanyahu and the Right.”
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Two papers discuss the decision to award the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the
European
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-congratulates-EU-12-Oct-2012.
Ma’ariv says, „The phenomenon is well-known: When serious, very serious,
people need to make political decisions, their substantive and scientific
consideration collapses,” and adds, „There is no other explanation to the
astonishing decision to award the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the European
Union.” The author criticizes the EU for funding organizations that not only
do not support the EU’s vision of ‘two states for two peoples’, but which
actively strive to undermine it, and avers that it could more significantly
promote peace by opposing the Palestinians’ insistence on a right of return
with as much vigor as it opposes settlements. The paper concludes: „Obama
received the prize in order to encourage him to advance peace. He has not
advanced any peace. The EU is receiving the prize for a peace that – from
the outset – it has not advanced. It will be interesting to see who receives
the prize next year. Apparently it will be the Organization of the Islamic
Conference, which grants respect and prestige to Sudanese leader Omar
Al-Bashir, who is wanted by the international court in the Hague for
genocide. If the EU deserves it, so do they.”
Yisrael Hayom remarks that, „One aspect of the EU is the tension between the
(relatively) richer countries such as Germany and the countries that hope to
receive financial assistance – Greece, Spain, Ireland, Portugal. In Europe,
and in several EU countries, there is no peace: There is socio-economic
tension that finds expression in brutal cutbacks and violent demonstrations
in some of them. But the Nobel Peace Prize Committee believes that such a
situation in the EU deserves the prestigious award. And indeed, this
situation cries out for correction and reforms – not a prize.”
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