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Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
Today’s issues: Quit stalling, destroying in order to survive, the great juggler of the Israeli discourse, and Syria, Iran’s prey.
The Jerusalem Post is angered by the attempts of the ultra-Orthodox parties to monopolize religious law, and points out that “The haredi ministers make no pretense of their contempt for fellow Jews of the Conservative or Reform persuasions.” Commenting on the haredi initiative to give the Chief Rabbinate the monopoly on conversions in Israel, the editor asserts: “The time to stop this regressive bill is now, before politicians on the elusive conversion committee have a chance once again to exploit thousands of converts as pawns in the political game Israelis cannot stop playing.”
Haaretz comments on the recent developments in the police investigation of Prime Minister Netanyahu, which the prime minister has dismissed as “&l squo;a witch hunt’” aimed at bringing down his government,” and declares: “It would be best if Netanyahu overcame his inclination to destroy state institutions in order to remain in power, and allowed the police and prosecutors to complete this investigation unimpeded.”
Yediot Aharonot scoffs at Prime Minister Netanyahu’s assertion that the government will approve the death penalty for terrorists or hand Umm al-Fahm over to the Palestinain Authority, and declares: “Netanyahu throws balls in the air and catches them, furthers initiatives and curbs them. People fall in love with promises the prime minister seems dead serious about, but then it turns out they were just another distraction. It’s a way of governing, but it’s not a way of getting anywhere.”
Israel Hayom takes a cautious look at the war in Syria, and notes that “the seven-year-long war, the same civil and jihadist war that has destroyed much of the country, is approaching its end.” The author argues that while the Russians are the undoubted victors in the war, they wouldn’t have been able to tip the scales without Iran, and cautions: “The reality in Syria and Lebanon has changed, and Israel, too, had better prepare for what comes next.”
[Nadav Eyal and Eyal Zisser wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot and Israel Hayom, respectively. |
