Summary of Editorials from the Izraeli Hebrew Press
Yediot Aharonot discusses Iran’s involvement and Syria. The author believes that Iran „sees Syria as a client state,” and adds: „The more Two papers discuss recent events in Syria and/or Lebanon:
extreme Tehran’s warlike declarations become, the more dependent it becomes on the Assad regime and binds its fate to it. For Iran, there is no going back, just as there is no going back for its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah. Every day of brutal combat by Revolutionary Guard and Al-Quds Force units, along with Hezbollah fighters, against the various Syrian opposition groups, reduces the possibility that the Iranians will be allowed to retain their foothold in Syria after the fall of Bashar Al-Assad. Iran is fighting for the future of its position in the Middle East at the expense of the Syrian population.” The author asserts that Iran’ and Hezbollah’s strong presence in Syria contravenes the interests of „all of Syria’s neighbors,” as well as those of Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states, Egypt, the US, Russia and Europe, and adds that „Only when the Iranian stranglehold on Damascus is lifted will a new and promising era dawn in the Middle East.”
Yisrael Hayom asserts that „The struggle against the flow of Syrian weapons to Hezbollah is no less about credibility than it is about undercutting the Air Force’s freedom of movement over Lebanon.” While the author scoffs at reports that Israel is considering seizing a buffer zone inside Syria, east of the line demarcated in the1974 Separation of Forces Agreement, he nevertheless avers: „Israel cannot give in on its position because if it does not show credibility on the issue of preventing the flow of dangerous Syrian weapons to Lebanon, its deterrence will be hurt in other areas as well.”
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Ma’ariv commends the fact that there will be 27 women in the 19th Knesset, but reminds its readers that for the past four years, the Security Cabinet has had no women members. The author labels as „scandalous,” the fact that „51% of the population is not represented in the most important forum in the country,” and calls for „women to become integrated in the security-strategic discourse in the State of Israel.”
The Jerusalem Post examines the racism of some Betar Jerusalem football club fans, in light of the vigorous hostility they display towards Arabs and Moslems, and declares: “The best remedy for Betar’s bullying is to hire additional Muslim – and Arab – players while continuing to punish violent protesters.”
Haaretz strongly criticizes the removal of 60 Palestinians from their homes in the northern Jordan valley under the pretext of ‘military exercises’, and asserts: “The IDF and Civil Administration’s brutal activities, which in addition to the destruction of the camps also includes cruelty in everything connected with access to water, is part of the consistent implementation of a nationalist policy based on the desire to uproot entire Palestinian populations from Area C and transfer them to Area A.” the editor believes that “Israel is causing grave injustice to dozens of old, poverty-stricken communities that make a living from herding and farming,” and adds: “this behavior proves that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to renew peace negotiations is nothing but a ploy.”
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