HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESSBreuerPress
HA’ARETZ
1. TODAY: ELECTORAL THRESHOLD TO BE RAISED IN SHADOW OF OPPOSITION BOYCOTT
Yesterday: Opposition members made good on their threats and boycotted debate on governance law. Today: Voting to be held, coalition will begin to discuss new conscription law immediately afterwards.
2. JORDANIAN JUDGE, ETHNIC PALESTINIAN, SHOT AND KILLED BY SOLDIERS AT THE ALLENBY BRIDGE
Witnesses claim deceased tried to attack soldiers. Security cameras did not work.
3. TODAY: REPEAT ELECTIONS IN BEIT SHEMESH AND NAZARETH
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Malaysian jet mystery: New revelations.
THE IRANIAN CONNECTION
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2. ALLIANCE BETWEEN HERZOG AND THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX
Knesset rift reaches peak: Opposition meets in separate hall. [United Torah Judaism] MK Gafni: „I support replacing Netanyahu with [Labor leader] Herzog.”
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Iranian connection in downing of Malaysian plane? (…)
DO YOU NEED MORE PROOF?
War materiel seized onboard the Klos-C presented in order to send clear message to the international community that is not taking notice. Netanyahu: This time it was missiles, the next containers will be nuclear suitcases. Minister Yaalon: These are the true face of the Iranian regime.
2. TODAY: BEIT SHEMESH AND NAZARETH VOTE AGAIN
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WALLA!
1. DAY OF DECISION ARRIVES: POLLS OPEN IN BEIT SHEMESH AND NAZARETH
One month after dramatic decision to annul elections due to suspicions of fraud and irregularities, resident go to the polls again. (…)
2. PRICE-TAG IN JALJULYA: 19 VEHICLES VANDALIZED
NANA10
1. REPEAT ELECTIONS IN BEIT SHEMESH AND NAZARETH UNDERWAY
This morning: After results of previous round were voided due to suspicions of fraud, residents of the two cities voting for mayors. 1,300 police deployed.
[Headlines from Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 10:40. There was no print edition of Ma’ariv today.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot discusses yesterday’s display of the rockets, mortar rounds and bullets from the Klos-C. The author says, „Netanyahu sees the struggle against Iran as his life’s mission. He invests, invests and invests, warns, warns and warns, speaks here and speaks abroad, and the world refuses to take notice. The world refuses to take notice because it and its leaders are opportunistic, selfish and tired. The world has come to terms with Iran’s becoming a nuclear threshold state. This is the reality and the Prime Minister of Israel, despite his proven rhetorical skills, has not succeeded in changing it.” However, the paper adds, „Some of the responsibility for this shameful situation must, for all that, fall on Netanyahu. Years of winks, zig-zags and talking out of both sides of his mouth on the Palestinian issue have taken their toll. It is easy for Western leaders to ignore his shouts even though he shouts in fluent English.”
Yisrael Hayom says that today’s revotes in Beit Shemesh and Nazareth, „are an important victory for the rule of law.” The author endorses Eli Cohen in Beit Shemesh and Ali Salem in Nazareth but adds, „Even if Moshe Abutbol and Ramiz Jeraisy win [in Beit Shemesh and Nazareth, respectively], Israeli democracy will emerge victorious because the rule of law has made it clear to the wheeler-dealers that the system of anything goes is unacceptable in a proper country.”
