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> **Summary of Editorials from the Hebrew Press 9-Apr-2006
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> Information Department, Israel Foreign Ministry - Jerusalem
> Website: http://www.mfa.gov.il
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> SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
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> (Government Press Office)
> 9-Apr-2006
> 
> Haaretz - http://www.haaretz.com
> Ma'ariv - http://www.maariv.co.il
> Yediot Aharonot - http://www.ynet.co.il
> Globes - http://www.globes.co.il
> Hazofeh - http://www.hazofe.co.il
> Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com
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> Haaretz comments: "Sabar al-Shatiyeh, 73, from the village of Salem 
> near Elon Moreh, has been lying in Beilinson Hospital for the past 
> week or so, after apparently being attacked by settlers while working 
> in his olive grove. Al-Shatiyeh may or may not recover, and may or 
> may not be able to identify his assailants; but past experience 
> teaches that even if he does file a complaint with the police, no one 
> will be held accountable. Meanwhile, and shockingly so, police have 
> been unable to arrest any suspects in the attack... The Judea and 
> Samaria District police are negligent in their duties both because 
> they are not getting the budget and manpower required, and primarily 
> because no one is interested in handling the issue of settler 
> violence against Palestinians. Even when complaints are filed, the 
> evidence collected in the field is so slim and amateurish that the 
> accused invariably walk free. For their part, the settlers fail to 
> turn up to police line-ups and refuse to cooperate with the law 
> enforcement authorities. Without the presence of the volunteers from 
> the kibbutzim, led by Yoel Marshak, and the Rabbis for Human Rights 
> organization, the Palestinians would not be able to rehabilitate 
> their olive groves. This assistance is a thorn in the side of the 
> settlers, and as soon as the volunteers leave the area, they take 
> revenge on the Palestinian farmers. Sabar al-Shatiyeh appears to be a 
> victim of this revenge."
> 
> The Jerusalem Post writes: "Things are so bad [at the Bank of Israel] 
> that [State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrass] has turned some of his 
> findings over to the attorney-general for further investigation, to 
> ascertain no felonies were committed. Lindenstrauss also demanded 
> that all benefits obtained illicitly be repaid forthwith...
> Involved are egregious perks, whose monetary value never appeared on 
> pay-slips. Thus BOI officials awarded themselves extraordinary 
> retirement benefits, exploiting a slew of loopholes, as well as 
> simply creating a separate set of standards for themselves, above and 
> beyond anything permitted in the civil service. This ranged from 
> fictional tenures in office to redeeming fantastic numbers and 
> imaginative categories of 'leave days.' These alone were worth 
> millions. They also awarded themselves loans with dream terms, some 
> of which were even written off altogether. There's more, too; much 
> more. Underhanded and rule-bending machinations are unseemly for any 
> public institution, all the more so for one expected to constitute a 
> model of virtue, as befits its supervisory responsibilities. But at a 
> time when the government is calling for all to tighten their belts, 
> such behavior is reprehensible. If anything can cause the populace to 
> lose its remaining faith in the system, it's the spectacle of the 
> supposed upholders of the rules breaking them for their own selfish 
> interests."
> 
> Hatzofeh declares that, "Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert 
> continues to trample on Israeli democracy and subordinate it to his 
> interests," and says that, "Simply put, Olmert lacks a Jewish - or 
> any other kind of - majority in favor of a withdrawal without 
> agreement, the basis of the 'convergence plan'."
> 
> Yediot Aharonot suggests that, "Relations between the Palestinian 
> Authority and the rest of the world are sharpening ahead of a 
> full-blown confrontation," and believes that the goal of both Israel 
> and the international community is to cause such chaos in the PA 
> that, "President Abu Mazen will be compelled to dissolve the 
> parliament and declare new elections." The editors aver that the 
> quicker and more determinedly that Israel and the international 
> community thus act, "the better it will be for everyone," because, 
> "preventing the 'Iranization' of the PA is not just an Israeli 
> interest, but a general Middle Eastern and global interest."
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