HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS BreuerPress
HA’ARETZ
1. NETANYAHU INTENDS TO CHANGE METHOD OF APPOINTING BANK GOVERNOR
According to PM’s proposed system, Turkel Committee will check qualifications of several candidates from which Netanyahu and Lapid will pick one.
MA’ARIV
1. OPERATION TO IMMUNIZE 150,000 CHILDREN IN THE SOUTH AGAINST POLIO TO BEGIN TODAY
(…).
2. Government’s new list of priorities.
NATIONAL PRIORITY AREA MAP: HALF OF THE NEW COMMUNITIES – IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA, ULTRA-ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES OFF LIST
Among the 20 communities that have joined the list of those receiving financial grants are ten settlements including outposts that were recognized this year. Gush Katif evacuees live in five additional communities. (…).
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. HIGHWAY 6 DISASTER
(…).
2. SETTLEMENTS – YES; SOUTHERN CITIES – NO
Rehalim and Yitzhar are in – but Ashdod, Ashkelon, Kiryat Gat and Kiryat Malachi are out; 90 settlements, some of them isolated, put on priority list approved by the Government. (…).
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Four killed, including two soldiers, and 39 injured on Highway 6.
BUS HORROR
(…).
2. PM CONSIDERING: CHANGING METHOD OF CHOOSING GOVERNOR
After Frenkel and Leiderman: New possibility being considered of submitting several names to the Turkel Committee. (…).
WALLA!
1. REMAND OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX MAN ACCUSED OF OFFERING TO SPY FOR IRAN EXTENDED
2. ARAB ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF STABBING JEW IN JERUSALEM TWO WEEKS AGO
NANA10
1. REMAND OF YOUNG ULTRA-ORTHODOX MAN SUSPECTED OF ATTEMPTED ESPIONAGE FOR IRAN REMANDED
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 11:20.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Ma’ariv believes that, „By deciding to release Arab murderers who are residents of Israel, the Government has given legitimacy to the Palestinian Authority to represent the Arab citizens of the country.” The author reminds his readers that, „There are those wise-guys who say that one way or the other they will not be released because the talks will break down, and if there is an agreement – then they will all be released anyway. And in any case, it is not worthwhile having a crisis with the US over such a thing. This is nonsense. First, with our own hands, we have created the reality of a possible crisis with the US because we have not agreed to freeze construction. But what is important here is the humiliating principle set by the Government of Israel: Israeli Arabs within the State of Israel are, in effect, the responsibility of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority operating on its behalf. Put as simply as possible, Israel has abandoned some of its sovereign authority. And all in order not to freeze construction for a limited time?”
Yediot Ahronot says, „At the root of the ‘Governors’ circus’ is Prime Minister Netanyahu’s sweeping opposition to the appointment of Dr. Karnit Flug – currently the Acting Governor – as Governor of the Bank of Israel for a five-year term,” even though, „She was former Governor Stanley Fischer’s recommended candidate.” The author rejects criticism directed at her from, „Netanyahu’s confidants,” and commends Flug’s, „professional, pragmatic and balanced economic views.” The paper also asserts that she is, „very highly regarded in the economic world.” The author concludes: „After the two previous failures, the time has come for the Prime Minister to reveal and explain what is preventing him from offering Dr. Flug the Governor’s post.”
Yisrael Hayom lauds the role of professional, seasoned diplomats and urges its readers, „to keep in mind, when they read a small item in the newspaper about the Foreign Ministry workers’ strike, that – to add to the tragedy – nobody in the leadership takes their profession seriously anymore. The stories about the visa that was not issued or the minister who did not receive a diplomatic passport are minor. The main thing is that foreign relations are not expendable, certainly not for a country like Israel. They are a main component of our national security, entrusted to men and women who do holy work as no Tweeter or surfer knows how to do.”
