HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESSBreuerPress
HA’ARETZ
1. ISRAEL EXPRESSES REGRET TO JORDAN OVER KILLING OF JUDGE AT BORDER
In order to head off diplomatic crisis, Prime Minister’s Office sends condolences over Allenby Bridge incident and announces opening of investigation. IDF kills three Islamic Jihad activists in the Gaza Strip.
2. STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE: TWO AFRICAN COUNTRIES HAVE BEGUN TO RECEIVE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM ISRAEL
State responds to High Court of Justice that 72 asylum-seekers have gone to third countries up until now
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Opposition absent from vote, electoral threshold is raised.
67-0
Governance law passes unanimously – on votes from coalition members only. Today: Knesset due to vote on conscription law and tomorrow the referendum law.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. AMIDST QUARRELS AND PROTESTS: CONSCRIPTION LAW – TO BE VOTED ON
(…) Jewish Home MK Chetboun announces rebellion: I will oppose the law. Ultra-orthodox promise alliance with [Labor Chairman] Herzog. Opposition punishing Netanyahu: We will boycott Netanyahu’s speech during reception for UK PM David Cameron.
WALLA!
1. OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS, COALITION APPROVES CONSCRIPTION LAW
Security service law, according to which 74% of ultra-orthodox young men per annual bracket will be conscripted passes 67-1, with [Jewish Home] MK Yoni Chetboun in dissent.
2. MOSHE ABUTBOL WINS REPEAT ELECTION IN BEIT SHEMESH
Ultra-orthodox Mayor wins 19,401 votes while his rival Eli Cohen receives 18,643 votes. (…)
3. SUSPICION: RESIDENT OF EASTERN JERUSALEM TRIED TO BLOW UP HOMES WITH GAS
Aziz Awisat, from Jebel Mukhaber, arrested last week on suspicion of cutting gas lines in Armon Hanetziv neighborhood. DNA samples link him to the scene. He is also suspected of 2012 axe attack in the city.
NANA10
1. KNESSET APPROVES CONSCRIPTION LAW; ONLY MK CHETBOUN VOTES AGAINST
In absence of boycotting opposition members, coalition MKs approve draft law by 67-1, only Jewish home MK Yoni Chetboun voted against.
2. REPEAT ELECTIONS: ULTRA-ORTHODOX WIN IN BEIT SHEMESH, UPHEAVAL IN NAZARETH
[Headlines from Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 11:15. There was no print edition of Ma’ariv today.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot discusses Monday’s presentation of the rockets, mortar rounds and bullets from the Klos-C. The author says, „Netanyahu’s show in Eilat was unnecessary. Of course the weapons smuggling network to Gaza must be stopped and it is good that our security forces did their work,” but adds, „Was capturing a ship laden with 90-160 kilometer-range rockets, mortar rounds and ammunition an exceptional event? Probably not. Is the item that Iran is sending weapons to Hamas a newsworthy event? Not really. Is this item enough to change the world’s mind about Iran? No.” The paper believes that, „The event smells like an unsuccessful photo-op of a leader and his generals, an event in which the leader extols himself in front of the cameras and makes a media mountain out of a molehill.”
Yisrael Hayom notes that one Jewish Home backbench MK has already stated his intention of going against his party and voting against the law on conscription for the ultra-orthodox. The author says that this is indicative of the growing influence of ultra-orthodox-leaning rabbis in the Jewish Home and may bode poorly for the party and the stability of the coalition. The paper dismisses Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri’s stated of intention of seeing Labor Chairman MK Isaac Herzog as the next prime minister and wonders what effect this will all have on the upcoming election – by the Knesset, in a secret ballot – of Israel’s next president.
