News Nosh 03.04.16

by APN 03/04/16
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday March 4, 2016
 
Quote of the day:
“So far, the major stumbling block to replacing Bibi is ego. As soon as we solve that, everything will be easier.”
--One of the senior politicians from the right-wing involved in trying to get Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu out of power tells Haaretz's Yossi Verter about one of the biggest problems.

Breaking News:
Palestinian mother shot dead after lightly wounding Israeli soldier in suspected car-ramming attack in West Bank
Female Palestinian driver, 34-year-old Amani Husni Sabatin, a mother of four from the nearby village of Husan in western Bethlehem, was shot dead in her car at Gush Etzion Junction; IDF said a knife was found in her car. (Haaretz, Maan, Maariv and Ynet)

Front Page:
Haaretz
  • IDF changes attitude: Hezbollah is not a guerilla organization, it’s an army
  • Top politicians in the right-wing and center examine how to bring an end to the Netanyahu rule
  • Is Trump on the way to becoming the leader of the Western world?
  • Trump’s victories undermine the relations with Israel // Chemi Shalev
  • 27 million Hispanics can decide the fate of the elections // Tali Krupkin
  • The Blacks admire Sanders, but are loyal to Clinton // Yonatan Weber
  • Wave of trials against junior Nazis spark debate over the point of late justice
  • The caretaker, who was convicted in the past of attacking a little girl, is suspected of shaking and injuring a baby
  • IDF establishing legal aid branch for soldiers who suffered sexual offenses
  • “They don’t even know that I’m here”: Foreign women who married violent Israelis live in permanent fear of expulsion
  • In an exceptional move, the National Labor Union (Histadrut) is suing a construction company that fired a crane worker who refused to work during a storm
  • Why do Jews circumcise their sons and how is that related to pruning plants
Yedioth Ahronoth
  • (Golani) Brigade command post under investigation (in Brig.-Gen. Buchris) affair
  • 22 brave Israeli women – speak out about being sexually attacks they suffered
  • Enormous case of embezzlement in state security organization
  • The caretaker shook little Daniel – who is fighting for his life
Maariv Weekend (Hebrew links only)
  • “Life goes on” – Five years after the massacre in Itamar (settlement), Haim and Tsila Fogel try to maintain optimism
  • The Iranian change // Ben Caspit (suggests Iran is going towards the West, while Israel is becoming more religious, Messianic and conservative)
  • Qalandiya bypass // Kalman Libskind (on lost soldiers incident)
  • The way of the shoe // Jacky Khugi (on Egyptian MP affair)
  • 20 years since the rise of Netanyahu: Where is the tycoon who brought him the victory
  • Women’s Day: Three bereaved mothers who moved the country
  • In the name of the grandfather: Grandson of Moshe Dayan tried to re-conquer the Temple Mount // Lior Dayan 
  • Between fronts: The strategic achievement of Putin in Syria // Yossi Melman
Israel Hayom
  • (Israeli) Farmers in the Beqaa (Jordan Valley): We were required to label products to Europe as ‘products in occupied territory’
  • Only 4 months old: Daniel was shaken at the caretakers nursery – and is fighting for his life
  • Hamas activists fear digging tunnels: “Israel is collapsing them”
  • Likely: Next week, a face-off between Brig. Gen. Buchris and the woman (accusing him of rape)
  • Romney vs. Trump: “He’s a fake; He thinks the American public is a sucker”
  • Painful luggage – A year and a half after she lost her brother, Maj. Benaya Sarel, her husband lost his brother, Maj. Gen. Eliav Gelman. Now they talk
  • Trump’s victories: Will someone succeed in stopping his run to the White House? // Boaz Bismuth

News Summary:
The child caretaker who injured an infant, the face-off next week between the lauded IDF general and the woman accusing him of rape, and Donald Trump's victories were top stories in today's Hebrew newspapers.

Also in the papers, two young Arab-Israelis were accused of trying to contact Islamic State group in Syria and expressing support for its activities while planning attack against Israeli security forces. And Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he may renege on agreements with Israel, if Israesl did not commit to its agreements. Maan also reported that a delegation from the Palestinian Authority officially warned Israeli authorities several days ago that the Palestinian government would end its security coordination with Israel if the state did not "commit to past agreements." Meanwhile, Lebanon accused Saudi Arabia of involving Israel in its decision-making against Lebanon (Yedioth). 


 
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.

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