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Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
Today’s issues: A costly deal, Netanyahu gambled and Israel is paying the price, no chance for the cease fire in Syria, and the military aid deal fits Obama’s pattern.
The Jerusalem Post discusses the serious doubts raised by former Israeli defense officials regarding the US military aid agreement, and echoes the belief that “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have received much more money had he not alienated US President Barack Obama by addressing Congress to oppose the nuclear deal with Iran.”
Haaretz comments on PM Netanyahu’s “reckless gamble” with the US military aid to Israel, and notes that both of Netanyahu’s attempts to pit Congress against the White House failed. The editor points out that “The Israeli attempts to sabotage White House policy eventually extracted a high price: $7 billion – $38 billion instead of $45 billion,” and adds: “The prime minister’s attempts to present the agreement as a victory are embarrassing, to say the least.”
Yediot Aharonot contends that despite the Syria ceasefire agreement, there is no chance for a full ceasefire, or, in other words, an end to the serious bloodshed, and asserts: “The opposing interests of the many external and internal elements involved in the fighting in Syria make it impossible to reach any political settlement that could create a new reality in the divided country and stop the bloodshed.”
Israel Hayom argues that the US military aid agreement with Israel is set to increase the annual aid level to Israel, but cautions that “It is Obama’s history of defying the law or ignoring the role of Congress, immigration is another example, that may foment resistance to the new aid agreement, despite its acceptance by the White House, Netanyahu and AIPAC.”
[Moshe (Bogie) Ya’alon and Richard Baehr wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot and Israel Hayom, respectively |
