Summary of editorials from the Hebrew pressToday’s issues: Vote against terrorism, a call to Israeli lawmakers to maintain calm on the Temple Mount, imprints of escalation, a triple braided cord, and solutions are actually within reach.
The Jerusalem Post discusses Israel’s concern that the US may not veto Palestinian and French proposals to the United Nations Security Council, which would lead the UNSC to state its opposition to Israel’s settlement activity in the West Bank, and calls on the US “insist the UNSC adopt a resolution criticizing Palestinian actions that undermine peace.” The editor acknowledges that is not easy to take an unpopular stand in international forums, but adds: “ignoring Palestinian terrorism will only encourage more of the same, pushing peace further out of the reach than ever.”
Haaretz comments on the increasingly messianic discourse regarding the Temple Mount and the increasing violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and asserts: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must once again call on MKs and ministers to avoid declarations about the Temple Mount and refrain from visiting there.”
Yediot Aharonot notes that the explosive device detonated on a Jerusalem bus on Monday appears to have been made by a professional, which in turn points to an escalation in the violence directed at Israelis, but states: “Until we have full knowledge of the details we must not jump to conclusions and assume that we are dealing with a renewed wave of terror and an escalation involving explosives, suicide bombers and guns. For the time being, this remains a solitary incident and we must hope that it stays as such.”
Israel Hayom believes that the legacy of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt links Americans and Jews to this day, and declares: “The deeply rooted link between Passover, the U.S. and Israel is accurately described by King Solomon’s momentous lesson (Ecclesiastes 4:12): ‘A triple-braided cord is not easily broken.’”
Globes contends that despite Israel’s dysfunctional political system and various social problems, the country “is actually in a good position to deal with many seemingly intractable problems.”
Ron Ben-Yishai, Yoram Ettinger and Norman Bailey wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot, Israel Hayom and Globes, respectively |
