HA’ARETZ
1. Israeli murdered in Samaria shooting attack.
OLMERT AND LIVNI IN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE NEGOTIATIONS CRISIS.
2. CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN PA AND CREATION OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
Quartet envoy Tony Blair presents plan to strengthen PA institutions and economy.
3. REGISTRAR OF NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATIONS CONSIDERS DISBANDING ELAD.
Non-profit association that works to "Judaize" East Jerusalem did not report who donated millions of dollars to it.
MA’ARIV
1. LAST NIGHT: TERRORISM BEFORE ANNAPOLIS.
Kedumim: Israeli man murdered in midnight shooting attack. Netiv Ha'asara: Infiltration of terrorists from the Gaza Strip foiled at last minute.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. ONE MAN KILLED IN SHOOTING ATTACK.
Week before Annapolis: Terrorist organizations in effort to torpedo conference. Near Kedumim: 28-year-old man from Shavei Shomron murdered by shots fired at his car. In northern Gaza Strip: IDF foils attempt by terrorists to infiltrate into Netiv Ha'asara.
2. BARAK VEERS TO THE RIGHT: I HAVE APPRECIATION FOR SETTLERS IN ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS.
Adds at Cabinet meeting: Will not allow settlers to be choked in settlement blocs.
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot notes that, despite the differences, the positions of Israel and the Palestinians have never been closer. Time, say the editors, is on the side of neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians. The paper concludes that should negotiations fail; the time of the extremists will arrive.
Haaretz, relating to the teachers strike, states that there is no unequivocal answer to the question of how to improve the education system, and the word "reform" is sometimes a pretext for setting future goals that are unlikely to be achieved.
The Jerusalem Post states that the process that Annapolis seeks to launch will be inherently conditional on Western success against the Iranian challenge, as no Arab country will have the courage to recognize Israel at a moment when Iran is becoming the dominant regional power.
Ma'ariv thanks MK Ahmed Tibi for releasing Israel from the peace camp's illusion that the problem is the occupation. The real problem, say the editors is that, "they [the Arabs] are against our very existence here."
