APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday July 6, 2015
Quote of the day:
"Our concept is to create the atmosphere that exists in many other government cities in the
world, such as Washington..."
--Initiators of the new 'Pop-Up' Bar, which will be open every Tuesday in the Government compound where there isn't even a single coffeeshop.**
--Initiators of the new 'Pop-Up' Bar, which will be open every Tuesday in the Government compound where there isn't even a single coffeeshop.**
You Must Be Kidding:
“I pay 13,000 shekels ($3,430) a year in municipal taxes, but we sweep the streets ourselves."
--Ibrahim Abu Sneineh, 72, a resident of the one Arab neighborhood of the Jewish middle-class city of Kfar Sava, which is now battling for its rights.
Front Page:
Haaretz
- Greek citizens ruled against the EU proposal
- Head of Police Fraud Squad Ephraim Bracha committed suicide
- Alone in the face of the mudslinging // Gidi Weitz
- Wanted: A revolutionary police commissioner // Amir Oren
- Kerry: Real progress achieved, but still not nuclear agreement with Iran
- New details from the gas affair reveal the government agreed to additional benefits worth billions
- Off the map: The Arab neighborhood of Kfar Saba is going to battle
- UNESCO: The park at Beit Sha’arim is a world heritage site
- Netanyahu first // Haaretz Editorial
- Until an Arab plays on Beitar Jerusalem soccer team // Zeev Berovitz
Yedioth Ahronoth
- “My heart is exploding” – Shock in the police: The #1 investigator put an end to his life
- The policeman who was abandoned // Eli Senyor
- The widow speaks: “He said to me, ‘I can’t bear the talk against me’”
- Revolution in the IDF: Starting this week, male recruits will serve two years eight months instead of three years
- Greece ruled: “NO” to Europe
- Second-class Jews – This is how the Rabbinate discriminates against immigrants who want to marry, carry out a brit or bury their loved ones
Maariv This Week (Hebrew links only)
- Death of the #1 investigator – Suicide of Police Brigadier General Efraim Bracha left the police brass in shock and heavy mourning
- Many secrets // Ben Caspit
- Who was behind campaign against him and why // Mati Golan
- Words kill // Retired police brig. Gen. Avi Davidovitz
- The motive and the secret // Amir Zohar
- Greece: “NO” to Europe
Israel Hayom
- Persecuted to death - Shock: Police Brig. Gen. Efraim Bracha committed suicide; Police source: “He was unsullied”
- Bracha was worthy of admiration // Dan Margalit
- Media needs to do soul-searching // Haim Shine
- Greece said “NO”
- 32 is the new 36: IDF reveals it is shortening men’s service by 4 months
- A day to the deadline of the nuclear talks with Iran; Netanyahu: “There is no breakthrough, only a collapse through”
- Today: State commemoration of fallen of Operation Protective Edge
News Summary:
Israel’s top investigator commits suicide and both Iran and Israel prepare for the next stage as nuclear talks approach the deadline making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers. Also in the news, Arab MK Basel Ghattas accuses Col. Israel Shomer of cold-blooded murder and calls on Knesset to discuss how to minimize the deaths of Palestinians by ‘trigger-happy’ Israeli soldiers, sparking a storm.
Israel’s top police investigator Brig. Gen. Efraim Bracha killed himself, apparently because he could not deal with the accusations that he was also guilty in the affair in which he exposed the corruption of his spiritual mentor, Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto.
Tomorrow night is the deadline for the a deal in the nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers and both sides are expressing careful optimism. Haaretz’s Anshel Pfeffer writes from Vienna that “it seems final approval will not happen this week but will be done in three stages. Other officials in Vienna have made similar statements: The current round of talks would end with an “adoption of the agreement” but probably without a formal signing. That stage would last about two months, during which the U.S. Senate and Iranian parliament would consider and vote on the deal. (It seems a veto from U.S. President Barack Obama would be needed to overcome Republican opposition in the Senate.)” Yedioth’s Itamar Eichner writes that in Jerusalem it is believed an agreement will be signed today or tomorrow and it will be brought to Congress by July 9th. According to Eichner, Israel is already preparing for the battle in Congress. According to Israeli diplomatic sources, the forthcoming deal is much worse than the initial framework agreement signed fourth months ago in Lausanne. And domestically, Israel’s Foreign Ministry says that the Iranian threat is a key reason to agree to the controversial Israeli gas deal with the cartel, Haaretz+ reported. But an energy expert called national security a ‘misguided and misleading’ excuse for failure to solve the antitrust problem. France, reportedly, is all ready to rush the Iranian market once sanctions are dropped, Ynet wrote. Meanwhile, Iran unveiled a new far reaching domestic radar system that can detect aircraft from 600 kilometers and puts it in a strategic position parallel to Israel. Haaretz offered a timeline of Iran's nuclear program from
1957 to 2015.
In Knesset yesterday, MK Basel Ghattas (Joint List) sparked a storm when he said that killing of the Palestinian teen shot by the Binyamin Brigade Commander Col. Israel Shomer on Friday was "murder in cold blood.” Ghattas proposed an urgent motion to the Knesset’s agenda to discuss the event. "Once again, the cruelty and the trigger-happiness of IDF soldiers serving in the West Bank, and especially at checkpoints, was exposed…How can it be that the default reaction of soldiers in every situation at a checkpoint is live fire and cold-blooded murder? How can it be that a commander or soldier at a checkpoint does not show judgment when he decides to use his weapon?” He said that "this situation has become the norm at checkpoints. The rule rather than the exception.” Ghattas called for immediate action to be taken “to avoid cold-blooded murder” and said the soldiers are violating Israeli law. MKs from Likud and Zionist Camp got angry that he passed judgment on IDF soldiers and commanders. Note, on the same day that Mohammed al-Kasbeh allegedly threw a rock on Shomer's jeep, Jewish Israelis pelted Arab cars in E. Jerusalem, injuring a Palestinian women near Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. That went unreported in the Hebrew press. [NOTE: It is unlikely that anyone would think it was acceptable to shoot dead the stone-throwers. -OH] (Maariv and JPost)
Israel’s top investigator commits suicide and both Iran and Israel prepare for the next stage as nuclear talks approach the deadline making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers. Also in the news, Arab MK Basel Ghattas accuses Col. Israel Shomer of cold-blooded murder and calls on Knesset to discuss how to minimize the deaths of Palestinians by ‘trigger-happy’ Israeli soldiers, sparking a storm.
Israel’s top police investigator Brig. Gen. Efraim Bracha killed himself, apparently because he could not deal with the accusations that he was also guilty in the affair in which he exposed the corruption of his spiritual mentor, Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto.
Tomorrow night is the deadline for the a deal in the nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers and both sides are expressing careful optimism. Haaretz’s Anshel Pfeffer writes from Vienna that “it seems final approval will not happen this week but will be done in three stages. Other officials in Vienna have made similar statements: The current round of talks would end with an “adoption of the agreement” but probably without a formal signing. That stage would last about two months, during which the U.S. Senate and Iranian parliament would consider and vote on the deal. (It seems a veto from U.S. President Barack Obama would be needed to overcome Republican opposition in the Senate.)” Yedioth’s Itamar Eichner writes that in Jerusalem it is believed an agreement will be signed today or tomorrow and it will be brought to Congress by July 9th. According to Eichner, Israel is already preparing for the battle in Congress. According to Israeli diplomatic sources, the forthcoming deal is much worse than the initial framework agreement signed fourth months ago in Lausanne. And domestically, Israel’s Foreign Ministry says that the Iranian threat is a key reason to agree to the controversial Israeli gas deal with the cartel, Haaretz+ reported. But an energy expert called national security a ‘misguided and misleading’ excuse for failure to solve the antitrust problem. France, reportedly, is all ready to rush the Iranian market once sanctions are dropped, Ynet wrote. Meanwhile, Iran unveiled a new far reaching domestic radar system that can detect aircraft from 600 kilometers and puts it in a strategic position parallel to Israel. Haaretz offered a timeline of Iran's nuclear program from
1957 to 2015.
In Knesset yesterday, MK Basel Ghattas (Joint List) sparked a storm when he said that killing of the Palestinian teen shot by the Binyamin Brigade Commander Col. Israel Shomer on Friday was "murder in cold blood.” Ghattas proposed an urgent motion to the Knesset’s agenda to discuss the event. "Once again, the cruelty and the trigger-happiness of IDF soldiers serving in the West Bank, and especially at checkpoints, was exposed…How can it be that the default reaction of soldiers in every situation at a checkpoint is live fire and cold-blooded murder? How can it be that a commander or soldier at a checkpoint does not show judgment when he decides to use his weapon?” He said that "this situation has become the norm at checkpoints. The rule rather than the exception.” Ghattas called for immediate action to be taken “to avoid cold-blooded murder” and said the soldiers are violating Israeli law. MKs from Likud and Zionist Camp got angry that he passed judgment on IDF soldiers and commanders. Note, on the same day that Mohammed al-Kasbeh allegedly threw a rock on Shomer's jeep, Jewish Israelis pelted Arab cars in E. Jerusalem, injuring a Palestinian women near Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. That went unreported in the Hebrew press. [NOTE: It is unlikely that anyone would think it was acceptable to shoot dead the stone-throwers. -OH] (Maariv and JPost)
Quick Hits:
- Right-wing Jews attack Palestinian vehicles in (E.) Jerusalem, injure woman - A Palestinian woman was injured Saturday evening when right-wing Jews threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near Sheikh Jarrah. (Maan)
- Israeli settlers attack Palestinian vehicles near Nablus - A group of Israeli settlers from the Yitzhar settlement in southern Nablus threw rocks at Palestinian cars Friday, smashing them, including a vehicle belonging to the director of appeals prosecution in the West Bank, Thaer Khalil. No injuries were reported. (Maan)
- President Rivlin: "The citizenship of Israeli Arabs is not at the mercy of anyone" - President spoke in Arabic with the media and Muslim community leaders at an iftar at his residence: "I am aware of the distress and the pain of the Arab society in Israel. I am pleased that the leaders of the public and the Arab citizens see this house as an address for their concerns.” (Maariv and Times of Israel)
- Israeli navy opens fire on Gaza fishermen - Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen in several locations off the coast of the Gaza Strip with no injuries reported, witnesses said. (Maan)
- Southern Israeli council fights government plan to resettle Bedouin villages - The government seeks to uproot residents of four villages and move them to a new town; the local council wants to bring infrastructure to existing dwellings. (Haaretz+)
- Palestinians say Jerusalem council trying to turn Mt. Scopus into park - After High Court rejected Jerusalem Municipality plans to turn slopes of Mount Scopus into a national park, the Jerusalem municipality has instead declared them a “garden,” which Palestinians say will take away building space for East J’lem neighborhoods. (Haaretz+)
- Israeli Arabs looking for high-tech success in 'start-up nation' - Nazareth, cradle of Christianity, is now establishing a reputation as the hub of Arab entrepreneurship and innovation. (Agencies, Haaretz)
- IDF begins enlisting soldiers for 32 months instead of three years - In order to maintain preparedness, the IDF will recruit hundreds of salaried fighters for a period of several months. (Haaretz+)
- "We are Jewish enough to fight but not to live with our families in the country?" - 38 Ethiopian-Israeli combat fighters wrote to government ministers: "Does the state intend to bring our relatives to the country?" Next week, the soldiers will come to Knesset for a special meeting of the Absorption Committee. (Maariv)
- They’re looking at us: (Palestinian) Islamic Jihad set up a border control tower next to the (Gaza) border - The 8-meter tower, which is in the village of Khuzaa, about half a kilometer from the fence and looking towards Israel, was established to mark one year since last summer’s Gaza war. [Note: The IDF severely destroyed Khuzaa in last summer's war. -OH] Senior al-Quds Brigade member: "This is a message to the occupation that we are moving closer to you, with our eyes on the border and not on what is happening in the Arab region," according to the organization’s website. (Maariv)
- Percentage of women on Israeli college faculties among lowest in West - Women make up only 29 percent of the senior faculty at universities, and 39 percent at public colleges. (Haaretz+)
- Girl's picture omitted from Jerusalem hospital ads - Picture of four-year-old girl removed from publication promoting event for children at Shaare Zedek Medical Center among ultra-Orthodox public. (Ynet)
- Israeli ministers nix bill setting separate goals for Arab schools - Joint Arab List says law that regulates public education in Israel caters to Jewish students only. (Haaretz+)
- Arab residents of central Israeli town get electricity from Palestinian Authority - Even though residents of the Abu Sneineh neighborhood pay Kfar Sava taxes, the connection between them and the municipality is no more than nominal. (Haaretz+)
- **Pick up an MK – A new bar will in front of the Knesset: "So they feel like in Washington" - A pub will soon open in the government compound in Jerusalem, in the square in front of the Ministry of Finance. "We wanted to create the that exists in many cities of governance around the world, where there is a strong and widespread culture and a professional social network," say the entrepreneurs. (Maariv)
- Prison sentences for soldiers who filmed female soldiers showering and distributed the videos - The three soldiers were convicted of sexual harassment and invasion of privacy and were jailed for periods ranging from 45 days to five months. Prosecutors: "The punishments are a key element in the policy of military (law) enforcement." (Maariv)
- Without health regulations: Israelis and Palestinians have smuggled thousands of eggs into Israel and sold them to citizens - It is suspected that the sales turnover stood at over ten million shekels per year. The eggs that were found were destroyed in the field for fear of harm to human life. (Maariv)
- Hamas reopens lone Gaza cellphone service provider - Jawwal, a subsidiary of Palestine Telecommunications, was shuttered five days ago for alleged failure to pay taxes. (Agencies, Haaretz and Maan)
- Israeli national park added to UNESCO World Heritage List - Beit She'arim was an important Second Temple town, and has yielded many archaeological finds. (Haaretz+ and Israel Hayom)
- Dome of the Rock tops CNN's list of 'magnificent structures on verge of extinction' - 'Political tension has hardened relations between Israel and UNESCO, preventing any preservation plans from moving forward,' list says. (JTA, Haaretz)
- Government strikes down conversions reform - Despite objections from Bayit Yehudi, ministers vote to cancel legislation meant to enable less strict conversions to Judaism, give Shas authority over rabbinical courts. (Ynet)
- Technical fault in electricity grid from Egypt leaves Rafah in dark - Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip was left in darkness Saturday evening after the main Egyptian grid that supplies the city with electricity malfunctioned. (Maan)
- Professor fired for anti-Israel tweets finds work in Beirut's American University - Steven Salaita to hold Edward W. Said Chair of American Studies after being fired from University of Illinois. (JTA, Haaretz)
- OECD study: Immigrants have lower jobless rate than Israeli born - Over two thirds of Israelis are immigrants, or have a foreign-born parent. (Haaretz+)
- Egypt’s army kills 63 militants in North Sinai, security sources say - The military's attack on four militant hideouts in North Sinai further escalates recent fighting in Sinai. (Agencies, Haaretz)
- Reporters who 'lie' about terrorism death tolls to be jailed for 2 years, Egyptian bill stipulates - Days after terror attacks in Sinai kill dozens of Egyptian troops, bill up for president's approval aims to crack down on journalists who contradict official death tolls. (Agencies, Haaretz)
- Don't say ISIS: Egypt publishes official guide to reporting on latest conflict - Using terms related to Islam in connection with militant group 'tarnishes the image' of the faith, foreign ministry says in new guide, suggests 'terrorists' and 'murderers' used instead. (Haaretz)
Features:
PT. 5: Walking the Green Line: 48 years of occupation - Big dreams: From prophet to king – Kedumim and
Elon Moreh, early 2015
It is now 48 years since the Six-Day War, a short military campaign with long-term consequences for Israel and the Palestinians. Writer Nir Baram spent a year meeting people on both sides of the Green Line. (Nir Baram, Haaretz+)
Gaza op devastation 1 year later
Ynet has returned to the sites of destruction and fear to document Israel's physical repair despite emotional scars that persist in the Israeli psyche. (Roee Idan, Ynet)
‘What we’re going through is war’‘
Every day there's terrorism on the roads and you can't know where it'll come from,' say settlers living in the Binyamin area of the West Bank, recently plagued with terror attacks. 'The government, the army, they all need to wake up. You can't abandon us like that.’ (Oded Shalom, Ynet)
Gazans look to a hopeful future through resilient character
A year after Operation Protective Edge, there is a stark contrast in Gaza's scenery, where destroyed neighborhoods can be seen from the roof of a new boutique hotel. (Reuters, Ynet)
IN PHOTOS: History buffs re-enact Holy Land crusader battle
Some 60 people arrive in the lower Galilee to reenact 1187 Battle of Hattin, in which Christian Crusaders fought the Muslim army of Saladin. (Agencies, Ynet)
Michael Oren’s ‘Ally’ – a profoundly un-Zionist book
The memoir by the former Israeli envoy to the United States presents an Israel seeking only to survive crises that – in his telling – it had no part in creating. (Noah Efron, Haaretz+)
Commentary/Analysis:
It is now 48 years since the Six-Day War, a short military campaign with long-term consequences for Israel and the Palestinians. Writer Nir Baram spent a year meeting people on both sides of the Green Line. (Nir Baram, Haaretz+)
Gaza op devastation 1 year later
Ynet has returned to the sites of destruction and fear to document Israel's physical repair despite emotional scars that persist in the Israeli psyche. (Roee Idan, Ynet)
‘What we’re going through is war’‘
Every day there's terrorism on the roads and you can't know where it'll come from,' say settlers living in the Binyamin area of the West Bank, recently plagued with terror attacks. 'The government, the army, they all need to wake up. You can't abandon us like that.’ (Oded Shalom, Ynet)
Gazans look to a hopeful future through resilient character
A year after Operation Protective Edge, there is a stark contrast in Gaza's scenery, where destroyed neighborhoods can be seen from the roof of a new boutique hotel. (Reuters, Ynet)
IN PHOTOS: History buffs re-enact Holy Land crusader battle
Some 60 people arrive in the lower Galilee to reenact 1187 Battle of Hattin, in which Christian Crusaders fought the Muslim army of Saladin. (Agencies, Ynet)
Michael Oren’s ‘Ally’ – a profoundly un-Zionist book
The memoir by the former Israeli envoy to the United States presents an Israel seeking only to survive crises that – in his telling – it had no part in creating. (Noah Efron, Haaretz+)
Commentary/Analysis:
Laurent Fabius, the 'bad cop' of the Iran negotiations (Anshel
Pfeffer, Haaretz+) French foreign minister's wariness of Iran dates back to his term as PM, when
relationship between the countries hit a nadir. These suspicions have shaped his tough stance in nuclear
talks.
Did Israel defeat Hamas in Operation Protective Edge? (Sara Leibovich-Dar, Maariv) They went on the air every day and every night and called to defeat the Hamas regime, just not to leave the Gaza Strip till there is a knockout. A year after Operation Protective Edge and a return of trickle (of rockets) from Gaza, we went back to those politicians, the former defense officials, the commentators and the experts.
How Israel's media shows us only half the picture in Gaza (Oded Even Or, Haaretz+) Reporting on rocket fire from Gaza into Israel regularly omits mention of Israeli use of force against the coastal strip. Is it any wonder that Israelis perceive Gazans as motivated by pure evil?
Why did India abstain from UN Gaza report vote? (Itamar Eichner, Yedioth/Ynet) India's vote to abstain from a UNHRC vote on Gaza symbolizes a major shift in policy and just the most recent example of warming of ties between the countries.
Wooing Jewish-American millennials: A job for Israel's left (Maya Kornberg, Haaretz+) If Israel wants to reverse waning support among young American Jews, it needs to call on the groups and parties with which they identify ideologically.
The firing of rockets into Israel from Sinai: alarming, but not a dramatic shift (Yossi Melman, Maariv) Hamas, and certainly its political leadership, has no interest in cooperating with ISIS and worsening relations with Egypt. It is noticeable that there has been a rapprochement between them and even a sign of intelligence cooperation.
The trick to getting away with everything in the Israeli army (Amir Oren, Haaretz+) What is forbidden for a lieutenant colonel, a colonel and even a brigadier general is permitted for a major general.
Israeli-Egyptian coordination is working, but it's not enough (Smadar Perry, Yedioth/Ynet) Officials in Cairo and in Jerusalem voiced the same mantra over the weekend: It's not ISIS, it's Hamas which is insisting on rocking Egypt. But for how long can Israel rely solely on Egypt to keep the triangle of terror off its fence?
Terror in Sinai (Elliott Abrams, Israel Hayom) El-Sissi's use of blunt repression to crush not only terrorists but all political opposition means that Egypt is probably headed for more violence and instability.
Arab-killing never hurt an Israeli cop’s record (Oudeh Basharat, Haaretz+) Who’s easier to appoint Israel Police chief-designate, someone suspected of sex crimes or corruption, or someone involved in killing Israeli Arabs? The answer is obvious.
Right or wise: Can Netanyahu deal with the Iranian threat without Obama? (Prof. Cielo Rosenberg, Maariv) Netanyahu is digging in his heels on the subjects of the Palestinian Territories and Iran, and adds insult to injury when he refuses to condemn Michael Oren. The results we will see in President Obama's policy on Iran, certainly before the end of his term.
Who is to blame for West's capitulation? (Haim Shine, Israel Hayom) Attributing the horrible failure inherent in the nuclear agreement with Iran to Netanyahu is like blaming Churchill for the Munich Agreement.
The true winner in Syria: Iran (Ari Heistein, Haaretz+) The gruesome images coming out of Syria make it hard to imagine it in such terms, but Tehran sees Damascus as an investment.
After a decade of fatal mistakes, Israel must learn: Limited war won't deter Hamas (Moshe Arens, Haaretz+) Terrorism can only be halted by destroying the ability to commit terror acts. Therefore disarming Gaza’s terror groups must always be on the table.
Did Israel defeat Hamas in Operation Protective Edge? (Sara Leibovich-Dar, Maariv) They went on the air every day and every night and called to defeat the Hamas regime, just not to leave the Gaza Strip till there is a knockout. A year after Operation Protective Edge and a return of trickle (of rockets) from Gaza, we went back to those politicians, the former defense officials, the commentators and the experts.
How Israel's media shows us only half the picture in Gaza (Oded Even Or, Haaretz+) Reporting on rocket fire from Gaza into Israel regularly omits mention of Israeli use of force against the coastal strip. Is it any wonder that Israelis perceive Gazans as motivated by pure evil?
Why did India abstain from UN Gaza report vote? (Itamar Eichner, Yedioth/Ynet) India's vote to abstain from a UNHRC vote on Gaza symbolizes a major shift in policy and just the most recent example of warming of ties between the countries.
Wooing Jewish-American millennials: A job for Israel's left (Maya Kornberg, Haaretz+) If Israel wants to reverse waning support among young American Jews, it needs to call on the groups and parties with which they identify ideologically.
The firing of rockets into Israel from Sinai: alarming, but not a dramatic shift (Yossi Melman, Maariv) Hamas, and certainly its political leadership, has no interest in cooperating with ISIS and worsening relations with Egypt. It is noticeable that there has been a rapprochement between them and even a sign of intelligence cooperation.
The trick to getting away with everything in the Israeli army (Amir Oren, Haaretz+) What is forbidden for a lieutenant colonel, a colonel and even a brigadier general is permitted for a major general.
Israeli-Egyptian coordination is working, but it's not enough (Smadar Perry, Yedioth/Ynet) Officials in Cairo and in Jerusalem voiced the same mantra over the weekend: It's not ISIS, it's Hamas which is insisting on rocking Egypt. But for how long can Israel rely solely on Egypt to keep the triangle of terror off its fence?
Terror in Sinai (Elliott Abrams, Israel Hayom) El-Sissi's use of blunt repression to crush not only terrorists but all political opposition means that Egypt is probably headed for more violence and instability.
Arab-killing never hurt an Israeli cop’s record (Oudeh Basharat, Haaretz+) Who’s easier to appoint Israel Police chief-designate, someone suspected of sex crimes or corruption, or someone involved in killing Israeli Arabs? The answer is obvious.
Right or wise: Can Netanyahu deal with the Iranian threat without Obama? (Prof. Cielo Rosenberg, Maariv) Netanyahu is digging in his heels on the subjects of the Palestinian Territories and Iran, and adds insult to injury when he refuses to condemn Michael Oren. The results we will see in President Obama's policy on Iran, certainly before the end of his term.
Who is to blame for West's capitulation? (Haim Shine, Israel Hayom) Attributing the horrible failure inherent in the nuclear agreement with Iran to Netanyahu is like blaming Churchill for the Munich Agreement.
The true winner in Syria: Iran (Ari Heistein, Haaretz+) The gruesome images coming out of Syria make it hard to imagine it in such terms, but Tehran sees Damascus as an investment.
After a decade of fatal mistakes, Israel must learn: Limited war won't deter Hamas (Moshe Arens, Haaretz+) Terrorism can only be halted by destroying the ability to commit terror acts. Therefore disarming Gaza’s terror groups must always be on the table.
Interviews:
"The discourse in the Knesset is shallow and violent" - Gila Gamliel is also sick of the political
culture
The minister with the longest title in government managed for a long time to build a new image: moderate, calm, even self-effacing. That is, until the culture war arrived and her confrontation with (Culture Minister) Miri Regev. Now the Minister of Pensioners, Students, Youth and Gender Equality from the Likud party speaks. (Interviewed by Arik Bender in Maariv)
The minister with the longest title in government managed for a long time to build a new image: moderate, calm, even self-effacing. That is, until the culture war arrived and her confrontation with (Culture Minister) Miri Regev. Now the Minister of Pensioners, Students, Youth and Gender Equality from the Likud party speaks. (Interviewed by Arik Bender in Maariv)
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.