May 8 Headlines
Tuesday
HA’ARETZ
1. HERZOG FORMULATING NATIONAL PLAN TO PROVIDE FOOD TO THE NEEDY.
2. SENIOR RESEARCHER: I FOUND HEROD'S TOMB.
Discovery: Most personal find regarding Herod, likely to shed light on circumstances of his death. Researcher: Ehud Netzer has been digging at Herodion since 1972 in effort to locate the tomb.
3. PM'S CONFIDANT: DEFENSE FOR NETANYAHU IF LABOR QUITS.
4. OLMERT MAINTAINING SECRET CHANNEL WITH ABBAS AND EXPECTS "PROGRESS" IN THE SUMMER.
5. DOLLAR BREAKS NEW RECORD: NIS 3.99.
Dollar below NIS 4 for first time in seven years.
MAKOR RISHON-HATZOFEH
1. Astounding archaeological find.
TOMB OF HEROD FOUND.
At press conference today: Hebrew University archaeologist to present findings that prove discovery of Herod's tomb at Herodion in Judean Desert.
2. BELOW FOUR.
Yesterday: Dollar crossed NIS 4 threshold.
MA’ARIV
1. Israeli missions around the world to lead diplomatic struggle.
THIS IS HOW THE DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN WILL BE WAGED.
Foreign Ministry to instruct Israeli representatives around the world to give top priority to Iranian nuclear issue. Model: Campaign that led Hezbollah to being listed as a terrorist organization. Goal: Create diplomatic obstacles that will make it difficult for Tehran.
2. DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE REPLACES PREFIX.
For first time in seven years, American currency dropped below NIS 4.
3. HEROD'S TOMB FOUND AT HERODION.
Researchers have sought King's tomb for years. Now it has been discovered.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. NIS 3.998.
Dollar nosedives.
2. HEROD'S TOMB FOUND NEAR JERUSALEM.
Today: 2,000-year-old mystery to be resolved.
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot suggests that, "The Government has received an extension until August, when the full Winograd Committee report is due to be issued," but warns, "It is possible that it will fall before then."
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Both papers comment on Sunday night's incident at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium in which several fans were trampled in the melee when Betar Jerusalem fans broke through a fence in an effort to gain access to the field:
Makor Rishon-Hatzofeh faults the police for not being prepared.
Yediot Ahronot, in its third editorial, faults unruly Betar Jerusalem fans.
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Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, condemns Sunday's incident in which motorists drove around a fatally wounded cyclist who was lying on the road for almost 1.5 minutes before anyone stopped.
[Eitan Haber wrote today’s editorials in Yediot Ahronot.]
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