1. IDF: IMPLEMENTING US DEMANDS LIKELY TO LEAD TO WAVE OF NEW TERRORIST ATTACKS.

ISA and IDF sharply oppose several demands in "benchmarks" document.  Today: Minister Peretz to ask Cabinet to expand IDF's freedom of action in Gaza in response to Kassam fire.

2. PERES'S ADVISER: YOU WILL DISGRACE YOURSELF IF YOU RUN FOR PRESIDENCY.

3. IDF: INSTEAD OF TAL LAW – COMPLETE FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOR 18-YEAR-OLD ULTRA-ORTHODOX MEN.

HATZOFEH

1. TODAY: JORDANIAN KING TO VISIT RAMALLAH – BUT WILL REFRAIN FROM COMING TO JERUSALEM.

Jordanian newspaper: Tripartite meeting between Olmert, Abdullah and Abu Mazen expected in Jordan on Tuesday – Palestinians deny.  Tuesday: Olmert to meet with Abdullah in Petra.  Today in Ramallah: Abdullah and Abu Mazen to discuss resumption of diplomatic process.  Senior diplomatic source in Jerusalem: We will not talk to Arab League representatives about permanent settlement with Palestinians – this will be discussed only in direct talks with the latter.

2. LIVNI: WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA STRIP WAS NOT THE LAST – THERE WILL BE WITHDRAWALS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA.

MA’ARIV

1. Four rescue crew members went to train – and were killed in flash flood.

WAVE APPEARED AND DEFEATED THE RESCUERS.

2. Ma'ariv-Teleseker/TNS poll:

MAJORITY OF PUBLIC AGAINST WIDE-RANGING ACTION IN GAZA.

Despite upsurge in Kassams: Two-thirds of public opposes entry into Gaza Strip.  In Sderot: 70% in favor.

YEDIOT AHRONOT

1. THE TORRENT.

Disaster in Nahal Qumran: Four snapplers killed when giant wave of water swept the cliffs.

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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS

Makor Rishon-Hatzofeh asserts that not every politician is fit to be the President of Israel and adds that in choosing a new President due consideration must be given to who can best return the Israeli presidency to its proper status.

Yediot Ahronot uses Tom Friedman's 9.5.07 New York Times article ("The Arab Commission") to suggest that Hezbollah was soundly defeated – tactically, strategically and diplomatically – during the Second Lebanon War.  The editors claim that the Arabs' difficulty in admitting defeat is characteristic of societies that tend to ignore unpleasant realities and pass the blame on to others.  The paper contends that, thanks to the pressure of the independent Arab press, things are beginning change.

[Sever Plocker wrote today’s editorials in Yediot Ahronot.]