HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ
1. BOMB EXPLODES ON BAT YAM BUS; DRIVER’S ALERTNESS PREVENTS TERRORIST ATTACK WITH MANY CASUALTIES
Passengers saw suspicious bag and alerted the driver who stopped driving and immediately evacuated the bus. Police and ISA searching for the terrorist
2. Flotilla affair
TURKEY REDUCES COMPENSATION DEMANDS, AND RECONCILIATION AGREEMENT IS DRAWING NEAR
MA’ARIV
1. AFTER TERRORIST ATTACK IN BAT YAM: ROADBLOCKS AND MANHUNT FOR THE TERRORISTS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY
Resourcefulness of passengers and driver on Dan #240 bus in Bat Yam yesterday prevented disaster. Minutes after discovery of the suspicious bag and the evacuation of the bus – the bomb exploded. Security establishment had no warning that attack was being planned
2. In wake of other Western leaders
NETANYAHU DECLINES PUTIN’S INVITATION TO ATTEND OPENING OF SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. You sat in darkness? You froze? Now get ready to pay
DUE TO THE STORM: PRICE OF ELECTRICITY DUE TO RISE
Electric Corp. checking: How to cover the NIS 1 billion damages?
2. TERROR TRIP ON #240 BUS
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Thanks to their resourcefulness: Passenger warned, driver acted – and terrorist attack was thwarted
HEROES OF THE DAY
Alertness of passengers on #240 bus in Bat Yam saved their lives and prevented disaster (…)
2. MINISTERS TO THE US: ENOUGH CYNICISM, FREE POLLARD
Knesset Speaker: „For 28 years, the US has preached to us that there can be no spying among friends. Now it is becoming clear that this is lip service.” PM: „Hoping that conditions will be created that will allow us to bring Jonathan home.”
WALLA!
1. ROCKET FALLS NEAR HITCHIKING STOP IN ASHKELON COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL COMMUNITY
Security forces locate remains of Kassam rocket in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council community. No casualties or damage. Five rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in recent days. „Continuing as normal.”
2. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE: MK ZOABI CANNOT BE TRIED IN MAVI MARMARA AFFAIR
3. MORTAR ROUND FALLS NEAR TEL FARIS ON GOLAN HEIGHTS; NO CASUALTIES
NANA10
1. MORTAR ROUND FIRED FROM SYRIA LANDS ON GOLAN HEIGHTS
(…). No casualties or damage
2. KASSAM ROCKET LOCATED IN ASHKELON COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL
3, „KERRY TO PROPOSE THAT US SOLDIERS REPLACE IDF IN THE JORDAN VALLEY”
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 12:00.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Two papers discuss yesterday’s attempted terrorist attack on a Bat Yam bus:
Ma’ariv says that in comparison to the bus bombings of the second intifada, „Yesterday’s attack was amateurish. Not only was the bomb relatively small, it apparently did not contain shrapnel. Also, electric wires were noticeable inside the bag, which aroused the suspicion of the passengers and led to the evacuation of the bus.” The author likens yesterday’s incident to the bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv approximately one-and-a-half years ago, during Operation Pillar of Defense and suggests, „There is reason to assume that the attack is connected to the surging wave of violence in the territories in recent weeks.”
Yisrael Hayom says that yesterday’s incident, „is a failure for the ISA. The investigation will need to reveal why the preparations were not discovered and why the attack was not foiled.” The author asserts that the situation in Judea and Samaria is changing even though, „It is not an intifada.”
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Yediot Ahronot discusses the fate of Jonathan Pollard in light of the latest revelations of US spying on Israel. The author observes: „Now that it is becoming clear that the Americans have not shrank from spying on any target, they must end Pollard’s incarceration. There is no excuse or reasonable explanation for Israel’s chutzpah in operating him. However, the claims that some of this material reached non-Israeli hands have been seen to be incorrect and in the end this information served Israel well vis-à-vis issues related to its national security. The White House is currently using this exact claim in order to excuse the actions of the NSA.”
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