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Today’s issues: Unhappy anniversary: Gaza’s ten years under Hamas rule, the education minister and his declaration of war on academia, Trump’s demand, Abbas’ dilemma, and the Qatari façade.
The Jerusalem Post marks the 10th anniversary of the bloody Hamas coup that enabled the creation of an Islamist, terrorist quasi- state on Israel’s southern border, and remarks: “A decade after seizing Gaza, Hamas is a complete failure on all accounts. It doesn’t provide for its people and it doesn’t succeed in its sworn mission to destroy Israel.” The editor adds: “Israel should not expect a change anytime soon. While it recently issued a revised policy document, it did not amend its charter: Hamas remains committed to Israel’s destruction,: and opines: “What should change is the Arab world’s attitude toward Gaza. For the last 10 years, Arab states have stayed away from Gaza due to its volatility and an understanding that there is no good outcome there on the horizon. Nevertheless, if they really care for the Palestinians and genuinely want to see a peace deal with Israel, they can start by working on changing Gaza. It’s been 10 years. We hope it’s not too late.”
Haaretz comments on the code of ethics composed by Prof. Asa Kasher at the behest of Education Minister Naftali Bennett, and calls it “a bad solution to an imaginary problem, dreamed up by the right-wing organization Im Tirtzu.” The editor contends that Habayit Hayehudi, the party led by Minister of Education Naftali Bennett, has for some time operated as the political arm of Im Tirtzu, and asserts: “Im Tirtzu has taken over political discourse in Israel, and injected into it the crazy idea of the internal enemy. The ethical code is directed against this imaginary enemy, with a simple goal: to silence and frighten him. This discourse creates the false impression that the universities are hotbe ds of the imaginary enemy ideology, and that the wild incitement in them must be stopped.”
Yediot Aharonot believes that US President Donald Trump’s statement in his recent meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, that ‘peace won’t come where terror is rewarded,’ is nothing less than a historical and pivotal statement, as it touches the most exposed nerves of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and points out: “Western leaders are eager to grant terrorists a sort of rehabilitation. Nevertheless, until today, not a single American leader has demanded that the Palestinians change, but really change. Neither Barack Obama nor Bill Clinton, and not even the George Bushes, held a gun to any Palestinian leader’s head and demanded that he take a step which almost means political suicide. Abbas is required to give up the splendid idea which every Palestinian has been educated on since the day he was born—the liberation of all of Palestine through an armed struggle and the Palestinians’ return to Palestine.”
Israel Hayom comments on the current crisis in the Persian Gulf, and notes: “The Gulf emirate is playing a complex political game, trying to use its wealth to influence the world while being wary of coups and the usurping of its treasures.”
[Moshe Elad and Reuven Berko wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot and Israel Hayom, respectively |
