HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESSBreuerPress
HA’ARETZ
1. STATE TO GRANT CONTROL OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN WALL TO THE RIGHT-WING NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION ELAD – WITHOUT A TENDER
The association, which works to Judaize East Jerusalem and manages the City of David, also controls the archaeological garden that includes the southern part of the wall
2. Official reports in Lebanon:
IDF JETS ATTACK THE SYRIAN BORDER
3. RARE ULTRA-ORTHODOX SUMMIT AGAINST CONSCRIPTION LAW: „CANCEL THE SHAKED COMMITTEE DECISIONS”
MA’ARIV
1. TODAY: FOR THE FIRST TIME, KNESSET TO DISCUSS ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE TEMPLE MOUNT
Today: Mukata and Jordanian king’s palace to anxiously monitor sensitive discussion initiated by MK Feiglin. Netanyahu’s office working to torpedo any proposal to vote on changing the status quo.
2. REPORT: AIR FORCE BOMBS HEZBOLLAH INSTALLATIONS ON SYRIAN BORDER
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. One day after Chief-of-Staff warns against giving „torches to pyromaniacs”
„IDF ATTACKS IN LEBANON” TARGET: WEAPONS CONVOY
Lebanese media: Air force bombed Hezbollah convoy and military installation near Syrian border. „Hezbollah personnel killed in the attack.”
2. AGAINST THE DRAFT: HISTORIC ULTRA-ORTHODOX UNITY
Last night: Representatives of all ultra-orthodox streams decide on giant demonstration in Jerusalem: „We will attack Netanyahu, not Lapid.”
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. „AIR FORCE ATTACKS HEZBOLLAH TARGETS”
Lebanese media: Explosions were in the Beka Valley, near the Syrian border. Apparent targets – missile depots. „Several Hezbollah personnel were killed.” IDF refusing to comment. On Sunday, Chief-of-Staff Gantz said: „Iran is giving torches to pyromaniacs.”
2. Interest rate declines from 1% to 0.75%. Assessment: Mortgage payments to decline, housing prices to rise, dollar to strengthen.
SHE LOWERED THE INTEREST RATE
Flug’s surprise: Contrary to forecasts, [Bank of Israel] Governor lowered interest rate by 0.25%. (…)
WALLA!
1. REPORT: ISRAEL ATTACKED HEZBOLLAH TARGETS ON SYRIA-LEBANON BORDER
According to reports in Beirut, target of attack was convoy transporting missiles between the two countries. Unclear if jets bombed Syrian or Lebanese territory. Isolated report: „Hezbollah has suffered casualties.”
NANA10
1. TWO POLICEMEN LIGHTLY WOUNDED IN TEMPLE MOUNT DISTURBANCES
Dozens of Arab youths rioted and threw stones upon opening of Mugrabi Gate this morning. Two policemen lightly wounded by stones thrown at them. Three demonstrators arrested. Police disperse demonstration
[Headlines from Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 11:00.]
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Ma’ariv expresses disappointment over the bill now being worked on by the Shaked Committee to ensure greater equality in, „bearing the burden,” and criticizes the fact that Israel still, „budgets for and finances an educational system that thumbs its nose at the state.” The author says, „Israel funds the avoidance of work. Change could have been, and needs to be, very simple: If you give, you get. No more budgets for an educational system that is opposed to, for example, the core curriculum. No more budgetary allocations for evaders.”
Yediot Ahronot calls on Israel to place greater emphasis on the study of Arabic. The author believes that, „In the Israeli reality, the lack of knowledge of Arabic is a fault,” and cites the father of a soldier in his unit who said, „A young person must study the Bible and Arabic,” because, „The Bible is where we came from and Arabic is where we live.”
Yisrael Hayom discusses yesterday’s decision by the Bank of Israel to lower the interest rate by 0.25% to 0.75% and says that Bank of Israel Governor Dr. Karnit Flug is seeking to, „assist economic growth and strengthen the dollar,” and to, „prod the real estate bubble, which a worrying IMF report recently said had elements that are very dangerous to Israel’s economic stability.”
