Haaretz takes issue with the low cultural quality of the majority of locally produced shows aired by the television networks. The editor claims that despite their legal obligations, this is not only a legal issue; it is, first and foremost, an important social and cultural issue.  A generation that grows up on these low-grade shows will be a degenerate, ignorant generation blind to what is happening around it. And given Israel's reality, that is extremely dangerous.

The Jerusalem Post recalls Peter Bergson's WWII efforts to save the lives of millions of European Jews, stating that "The Jewish world must mobilize itself to build a Bergson-style broad coalition to stop Iran, by sanctions if possible and by other means if necessary. To do so, it must overcome fears of being labeled warmongers or parochial; stopping Iran is the opposite of both. Like Hitler, Iran's mullahs will not stop until they have forced war on the powers who failed to stop them when they had the chance."

Makor Rishon-Hatzofeh discusses the phenomenon of youth violence and calls for – inter alia – a greater emphasis on education and a sense of community.

Yediot Ahronot hails Defense Minister Ehud Barak's declaration that he will act to reduce the phenomenon of evading IDF service and warns that, "Evasion is a cancer that is eating away at Israel's foundations as a society." 

Ma'ariv analyzes Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's consent to attend US President George Bush's projected Middle East peace conference and asserts that, "The most dangerous innovation that is liable to spring from the conference stems from the Olmert government's rush to internationalize the conflict and station international forces on the separation lines."  The editors caution that, "Implementing this idea will turn Israel into a protectorate of the international community and severely harm its sovereignty in return for an arrangement that bears no resemblance to peace." 

[Eitan Haber and Yossi Ben Aharon wrote today’s editorials in Yediot Ahronot and Ma'ariv, respectively.]