Az izraeli lapok vezércikkeiből angolul
Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
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Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press |
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| Today’s issues: Healing health care, the growth of the national debt is Kahlon’s failure, Gants has finally found charisma, and: Gantz has to pick sides. |
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| The Jerusalem Post contends that Israel’s healthcare system “is a system in trouble, and everyone knows it,” and adds: “Even while life expectancy in Israel is one of the highest in the world, the country still faces a shortage of doctors, nurses, hospital beds and medical equipment, and puts up with a ‘normal’ waiting time for a doctor’s appointment that borders on obscene.” The editor argues that “in a country as wealthy as Israel, every city is entitled to provide its citizens with the very best healthcare possible,” and asserts: “There should not be a situation where anyone needs to wait for anything – and it should not take months to get an appointment.” |
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| Haaretz criticizes Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon for raising “the debt-to-GDP ratio to a dangerous level of 61.2 percent, with the numbers showing that this will only deteriorate throughout 2019 and in the years afterward,” and asserts: “Israel desperately needs a responsible finance minister, someone who will work for the benefit of the state, even at a heavy short-term political cost.” The editor argues: “The numbers prove that the changeover the country needs is not just a political or social one,” and is hopeful that “the next government includes a finance minister whose economic conduct is more sober and civic-minded.” |
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| Yediot Aharonot notes: “After a long period of silence, Israel Resilience Party leader and former IDF chief Benny Gantz passed his first political test with flying colors,” but adds: “Netanyahu or not Netanyahu—this is the main dilemma of this election campaign.” The author contends that “The question of how to resolve this dilemma at the ballot box remains unsolved, and much is yet to be said about it,” but concludes: “For the meantime, Gantz’s debut speech ended with singing the national anthem and with blue and white patriotic confetti. But this was the easy part, now begins the hard part.” |
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| Israel Hayom praises the recent campaign speech given by Israel Resilience Party leader and former IDF chief Benny Gantz, and notes: “It was a well-written speech, given by a person who didn’t posture, who projected self-confidence without arrogance, along with responsibility and judgment.” The author points out: “After Benny Gantz’s speech, the Right can call him a leftist and the Left can call him right-wing,” but notes: “Voters should look at the people in the top spots in his faction and realize that they are far from the left wing.” |
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| [Nahum Barnea and Yossi Beilin wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot and Israel Hayom, respectively.] |
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