HA’ARETZ
1. MINISTER KAHLON MAKES SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE IS QUITTING POLITICS
Last night: Communications and Social Welfare Minister announced that he has
decided to „take a time-out” and not run in the Knesset elections. His
confidants reject claim that this is mere political exercise.
2. SOCIAL WELFARE MINISTRY AGAINST CONDITIONS AT HOLDING FACILITY FOR
AFRICANS
Internal document warns against „unreasonable” conditions at facility being
built in the south.
3. ON EVE OF ELECTIONS, IDF SENDS FIRST ORDERS TO 15,000 ULTRA-ORTHODOX
MA’ARIV
1. KAHLON ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS QUITTING POLITICS
In surprising move, popular minister, considered the „social card” of the
Likud, decided to take a time-out. Netanyahu will try to persuade him to
stay.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Social symbol of the Likud:
QUITTING
„Be like Kahlon!” Netanyahu rebuked Likud ministers a year ago and demanded
that they learn from Communications and Social Welfare Minister’s example.
Now, on eve of elections, PM is losing his most popular minister. Kahlon to
his confidants: I will work from outside for a change in the electoral
system. Denies „wicked rumors” that his quitting is related to his health.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Meeting in order to disperse. Knesset plenum, which will open winter
session today, is expected to approve – by large majority — law calling for
early elections. Astonishment in the Likud:
KAHLON ANNOUNCES: „I AM QUITTING”
Communications and Social Welfare Minister, and one of the Likud’s stars,
drops a bomb: I will not run for the next Knesset. His confidants: He is
likely to go to the private sector. Netanyahu: I will try to persuade him to
stay. Deri’s confidants pressing Rabbi Ovadia’s to decide by the weekend.
WALLA!
1. LIBERMAN TO EU: INCREASE SANCTIONS ON IRAN
NANA10
1. REPORT: JIHAD PLANNING REVENGE ATTACK ON BORDER, EGYPT RAISES ALERT
Palestinian news agency „Sama” citing security sources in Cairo to the
effect that there is a warning regarding attack against Israelis in the next
72 hours. Egyptian military warned about car bombs.
Yediot Ahronot notes that, „Tomorrow will mark the 50th anniversary of the
Cuban missile crisis. It was the most serious crisis in modern history,
because it almost led to a nuclear war between the US and the USSR and the
world’s destruction.” The author argues that, „Today, the decision-making in
the Cuban crisis is considered exemplary of an organized and sophisticated
process. The US demonstrated security and resolve and Kennedy backed his
proclamations that he would not allow the Soviets to position missiles in
Cuba with actions on the ground. Secret negotiations prevented a nuclear war
and ended the crisis with an agreement that the sides could accept.
Implementation of these lessons is likely to help to stop the Iranian
nuclear [program].”
Ma’ariv believes that, „The claim that Netanyahu agreed to disengage from
the Golan Heights is a malicious distortion of reality. On the contrary, the
Prime Minister should be praised for the managing of the preliminary
negotiations.” The author says that, „Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrated that
he does not sit around doing nothing diplomatically. The Prime Minister at
least tried to check the possibility of separating Syria from the ‘axis of
evil’.”
Yisrael Hayom suggests that, „The riots during the past year in the Arab
world in general, and in countries adjacent to Israel in particular, are
likely to produce a new Middle East – of course not the one associated with,
and which was marketed by, the proponents of Oslo, but rather realistic and
threatening. Therefore, Israel should not be surprised by the developments
that yet await us.” The author asserts that, „The Middle East is a dangerous
region. But it is possible to live under dangerous conditions, if those
dangers are identified in advance, their significance is properly evaluated
and timely decisions are made as to the correct means to minimize them.”
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