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Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
| 22 July 2018
Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press |
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| Today’s issues: Hamas is to blame, the truce with Hamas, and Helsinki: Israel, Syria andIran. |
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| The Jerusalem Post discusses the intolerable living situation in Gaza, and remarks: “It is a sad state of affairs, one that Hamas is responsible for.” The editor contends that while Hamas has the ability to change the future, to do so it would need to change its purpose from an entity obsessed with Israel’s destruction to one focused on caring for its people and upgrading their quality of life, and, on the backdrop of the new and severe round of fighting that broke out last Friday, declares: “Hamas needs to pay a price. Israel has every legitimate right to attack Hamas targets and to use military force to stop attacks against itself. This is important to keep in mind as this round of violence continues. Politicians, international institutions and certain media will claim the contrary, but they are wrong. There is one side to blame for what is happening in Gaza, and that side is Hamas.” |
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| Haaretz editorial was not available today. |
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| Yediot Aharonot argues that the quick end to the round of hostilities on Friday was due to the tragic fact that Hamas’s snipers were able to shoot and kill an IDF soldier – a result they consider an achievement – and one of the main reasons behind their swift acceptance of the Egyptian-UN brokered cease-fire, and concludes: “The Egyptians and [UN envoy to the Middle East, Nickolay] Mladenov may be able to mediate ceasefires, but they are unable to uproot the reasons behind the escalations that erupt from time to time. This is why the residents of southern Israel will continue living under threat, and the residents of Gaza will continue drinking dirty water and getting four hours of electricity a day. And we all know what comes next.” |
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| Israel Hayom comments on the recent summit convened by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, during which the two leaders expressed complete agreement over their commitment to Israel’s security, but cautions that despite their commitment to Israel’s security, “[Israel] must still prepare to continue countering Iran’s presence in Syria. Indeed, neither Russia nor the U.S. will stop Israel in this fight, but they won’t do the job of removing the Iranians from Syria either.” |
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| [Ron Ben-Yishai and Eyal Zisser wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot and Israel Hayom, respectively.] |
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