HA’ARETZ

1. PM DEMANDS INVESTIGATION AGAINST STATE COMPTROLLER; MAZUZ EXPECTED TO REFUSE.

2. "I decided to murder an Arab."  French immigrant suspected of murdering resident of east Jerusalem.

FOLLOWING MURDER: POLICE CONCERNED OVER ACTS OF REVENGE.

3. ULTRA-ORTHODOX: RABBIS WHO WENT UP TO TEMPLE MOUNT – IDOLATERS.

Harsh criticism in ultra-orthodox world of religious Zionist rabbis who went up to Temple Mount.

MAKOR RISHON-HATZOFEH

1. PM appeals to Attorney General and demands that he open judicial proceedings against Lindenstrauss.

OLMERT: INVESTIGATE THE COMPTROLLER.

Clash between PM and State Comptroller intensifies – Olmert wrote to Attorney General: "He has broken the law both in his systematic leaks and in his ignoring of the Prime Minister."

2. SUSPICION: ARAB CAB DRIVER MURDERED – AGAINST NATIONALISTIC BACKGROUND.

New immigrant from France arrested as suspect.

MA’ARIV

1. Olmert demands: Criminal investigation against Lindenstrauss.

COMPLAINT AGAINST THE STATE COMPTROLLER.

Clash between Prime Minister and State Comptroller reaches new peak.  Olmert claims: Comptroller abusing power of his office.

2. WANTED AT HARVARD: DAN HALUTZ.

Extremist left-wing group distributed 'Wanted' posters throughout prestigious US university against former chief-of-staff, who is studying there.  "Accusation": War crimes.  One of the organizers, an Israeli student: "They will not succeed in stopping us."

3. "I MURDERED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS AN ARAB."

Jewish youth from France suspected of murdering Arab cab driver.  Main line of inquiry: Nationalistic.

4. ANTHRAX EXPERIMENT SCREW-UP.

Concern: Dozens of IDF soldiers infected.

YEDIOT AHRONOT

1. Suspicion: Micha Lindenstrauss obstructed an investigation.

POLICE: INVESTIGATE THE COMPTROLLER.

First publication: Israel Police Director of Investigations Maj.-Gen. Yohanan Danino appealed to Police Commissioner and State Prosecutor and demanded opening of investigation against State Comptroller on suspicion of leaking information.  Claim also raised that Comptroller's handling of complaint against winner of light rail tender was affected by his ties with Accountant-General Zelika.  Justice Ministry denies that Danino appealed to them.  At same time, Olmert demands that Mazuz begin investigation against Comptroller.

2. New immigrant told police about murder that he had perpetrated murder and then led them to the body.

I KILLED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS AN ARAB.

"I hired the cab driver for a ride from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.  We argued en route and then I decided that I was going to kill an Arab simply to kill n Arab.  When we arrived, I suggested that he come up to drink something.  Then I went to the kitchen, got a large knife and cut his throat."

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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS

Makor Rishon-Hatzofeh laments that, at a time when the country is in need of respectable political debate from both Right and Left, the leaders of the Labor Party are engaged in internal squabbling.

Yediot Ahronot believes that Israeli society has lost its marbles.  The editors lament the extent and speed with which Security Cabinet deliberations are made public, insinuating that, had the Entebbe operation been so handled, "We would have returned with 200-300 coffins."

Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, says that Israel's arrogant dismissal of peace proposals by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat led to the deaths of 2,569 Israeli soldiers in the Yom Kippur War.  The editors suggest that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would do well to thoroughly consider Syrian President Bashar Assad's intentions before dismissing them out of hand.

Yediot Ahronot, in its third editorial, believes that student union leader Itai Barda should improve his poor Hebrew if he is seriously considering entering national politics.

[Eitan Haber wrote today’s editorials in Yediot Ahronot.]