April 30 Headlines
Wednesday
HA’ARETZ
1. BUSH: EXPOSURE OF REACTOR BOMBING IN SYRIA IS MESSAGE TO IRAN.
Damascus's representative in contacts with Israel: We will not give in on ties with Iran.
2. ISRAEL TO EGYPT: WE HAVE RESERVATIONS OVER OUTLINE FOR CALM IN GAZA STRIP.
MA’ARIV
1. TELEPHONE THAT JUMP-STARTED THE SYRIAN TRACK.
Now clear: PM turned to Turkish counterpart in order to sharpen message to President Assad. "I am aware of the existence of the deposit."
2. EVE OF HOLOCAUST DAY: DOZENS OF GRAVES DESECRATED IN GERMANY.
2008: Anti-Semitism in Europe is alive and kicking. Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Remembrance Day events to begin this evening.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. On eve of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day: New hope for survivors.
GIVE THEM MORE.
State Commission of Inquiry checking treatment of Holocaust survivors to recommend increase in support payments to survivors who were ineligible for payments from Germany and were obliged to make do with funds transferred to them by the state.
[MAKOR RISHON-HATZOFEHunavailable for today.]
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot contends that a unity of interests existed between Israel and the US until last week's disclosure by Present George Bush of details of the attack on the Syrian reactor. The editors opine that, "President Bush is concluding his second term in office with zero accomplishments in foreign affairs…and, therefore, it is very nice for him to warm himself in the aura of the successful foiling of the evil project in Syrian, the existence of which cannot be denied."
Haaretz comments on two breakaway members of the Pensioners Party who are forming their own faction under the patronage of Arcadi Gaydamak, and states that the Pensioners Party will be remembered as one more repellent and frustrating episode in the history of Israeli politics.
The Jerusalem Post laments that Israel's three major parties appear disinterested in fielding a candidate in Jerusalem's upcoming municipal elections, due to be held in November.
Ma'ariv presents two opposing arguments for and against a peace deal with Syria. One contends that, "Syria must first cut its ties with Iran and Hezbollah, and only then can there be negotiations." The other believes that, "A peace accord with Syria is a strategic card against Ahmadinejad."
[Ronen Bergman, and Yosef Harif and Yariv Oppenheimer, wrote today’s articles in Yediot Ahronotand Ma'ariv, respectively. Makor Rishon-Hatzofehwas unavailable today.]
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