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Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
| 1 July 2018
Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press |
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| Today’s issues: Ending the Kotel travesty, the unit for probing claims of police misconduct is not a tool in the service of the police, the end of IDF deterrence, the 17th of Tammuz and the nation, and the ministers flee and the citizens pay. |
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| The Jerusalem Post comments on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision from last summer to cancel a previous cabinet decision under which the egalitarian plaza would be upgraded, and notes the tendency of Israeli governments to frequently decide “to choose politics over propriety, and survival in the Knesset over Jewish unity and peoplehood.” The editor asserts: “Real leaders don’t follow what their political base dictates; real leaders lead their people from one point to the next. They take risks – not just in the skies over Syria or the Gaza Strip, but also when it comes to the future of their coalition when they believe something is right,” and declares: “Netanyahu now has a chance to make amends for his regretful decision last year to repeal the Kotel deal. As prime minister, it is his responsibility.” |
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| Haaretz is concerned by the directive by the new head of the Justice Ministry unit that investigates allegations of police misconduct to avoid insofar as is possible arresting police officers suspected of crime, and asserts: “Criminal conduct by those who are charged with upholding the law is particularly grave. Someone who does not recognize this cannot do her job as she should. The last thing the Justice Ministry department needs is for the ‘spirit of the commander’ to call for covering up misconduct.” |
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| Yediot Aharonot contends that the strong deterrence achieved by the IDF following Operation Protective Edge lasted three years and 10 months, but declares: “In the past two months, Hamas has been calling the shots on the ground. The terror organization is both making and fulfilling threats—and Israel is being dragged into a situation it isn’t interested in.” |
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| Israel Hayom comments on the divide separating religious and secular Jews on the backdrop of the 17th of Tammuz, and declares: “The date that marks the breach of the walls of ancient Jerusalem and the eventual ruin visited upon the city, as well as 2,000 years of exile, should serve as a bridge to connect secular and religious Jews.” |
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| Israel Hayom comments that Israel’s government ministers whine constantly about a lack of governance and that government officials wield too much power, but notes: “when the time comes to make unpleasant and unpopular decisions that are in the national interest, the prime minister and his ministers disappear.” |
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