Az Izraeli lapok vezércikkei angolul

The Jerusalem Post believes that apart from the fact that the reinstatement of the policy of the punitive demolition of homes belonging to Palestinian terrorists, which the Ministry of Defense halted in 2005, is not creating deterrence, it is also “borderline legal from an international law perspective.” The editor calls on the government to explain why it has reversed the policy a decade later, and declares: “Since they have proven to be ineffective as a deterrent, it could be that their true purpose is to deter the public from thinking that the government is not doing enough to fight terrorism.”

Haaretz comments on the worrisome situation of the country’s child-care centers, and asserts: “The government-supervised day care centers have two characteristics that stand out: The number of children per group is twice the professional standard adopted by the government, and the price is twice the average in other OECD countries.” The editor notes that while the government has appointed a committee that will examine the possibility of transferring responsibility from the Economy Ministry to the Education Ministry, but contends that this is insufficient: “The government’s responsibility must be expressed in widespread construction of new child-care centers, in additional manpower, higher wages and much stricter supervision of the various frameworks and their quality.”

Yediot Aharonot states that “The understanding among senior officials at the US State Department ahead of Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Israel this week is that Israel will hand additional chunks of Area C over to the Palestinians,” but adds that the defense establishment internalized a long time ago that “the case of beads Israel hands out to natives has already been emptied out.” The author notes that in the face of escalating terror, “We are left with two situations: A real peace move or instructing the army to prepare for an occupation of the West Bank.”

Israel Hayom discusses global terrorism, and notes that “The Paris terrorist attacks sparked unprecedented shock around the world. A global mobilization effort is underway, with the goal being to crush the head of the Islamic State snake and prevent the group from carrying out further attacks,” but reminds readers of the far more lethal terrorist attacks conducted by Iran and Hezbollah in recent decades. The author is baffled by the growing legitimacy granted to Iran by the international community since the signing of the nuclear deal this past summer, and points out that “Iran has missiles that can reach most of Europe and a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a far greater threat to international security than Islamic State.” The author concludes: “It is an unfortunate twist of fate that the world is ignoring the threat posed by Iran for the sake of fighting a lesser threat.”

Globes argues that the West is currently at war with radical Islam, a fact hotly denied by many in key position in the West, politicians included, and asserts: “If we are unable or unwilling to confront the fools, cowards and traitors in our midst, we will be forced eventually to confront an enemy vastly more powerful and dangerous.”