May 5 Headlines
Monday
HA’ARETZ
1. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES: WITHIN DAYS WE WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO INDICT PM.
Olmert: "The cloud will dissipate". Former Bureau head Shula Zaken silent during third investigation as well
2. GAYDAMAK: "I WILL AGREE TO BE MINISTER".
3. SUSPICION: ISRAELI WOMAN MURDERED IN SOUTH AMERICA.
4. OLMERT'S BUREAU ASSISTED HIS WIFE'S EXHIBIT.
5. HRSCHSON TO BE INDICTED FOR STEALING NIS 2.5 MILLION.
MA’ARIV
1. LEGAL SOURCE: WE MUST ACT QUICKLY, BEFORE INVESTIGATION IS OBSTRUCTED.
New Olmert affair branching out. "There is feverish activity," states legal source, "We are trying to get to evidence in time".
2. TAMAR MURDERED IN PERU.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Head of PM's bureau refuses to cooperate with police.
SHULA ZAKEN SILENT.
Attorney General Mazuz: "We will try to expedite publication of affair details".
2. ISRAELI WOMAN MURDERED IN PERU.
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Two newspapers discuss the new investigation of PM Olmert:
The Jerusalem Post criticizes the police, Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz, State Attorney Moshe Lador and the legal establishment for the manner in which they are conducting themselves in the investigation of Prime Minister Olmert. The decision to authorize the police to pursue a completely new investigation on the eve of the 60th anniversary, embarrasses not just the premier, but the entire nation. The editor concludes by stating that no one should be above the law. But neither should anyone, not even an unpopular prime minister, be trampled by it.
Haaretz calls on Attorney General Mazuz to publish a statement on whether the new material concerning the investigation of PM Olmert justifies him to say that it is 'temporarily' impossible for Olmert to fulfill his duties.
Ma'ariv believes that, "The greatest challenge for the State of Israel, 60 years after it was established, is to see to it that the Arab milieu around us internalizes and accepts that Israel is a state of the Jewish People, a Jewish state." The editors aver that, "In the 60th year of its existence, it is important the national leadership not hesitate to make, in a loud voice, remarks similar to those made not long ago by a retired Supreme Court judge in an entirely different context – we will cut off the hands of whoever tries to threaten the destruction of the state of the Jewish People."
Yediot Ahronot laments that the Israeli Left, "has left the flag and symbols of Israel in the hands of those with a nationalist outlook, and the Israel's main symbol has become the symbol of a political movement." The editors add that, "The Left remains with an empty flagpole." The paper asserts that, "We must correct this injustice, which we fostered with our own hands," and declares that, "The Left must fly the flag, as a sign of nationality as the Left believes in it, as befits Israel on its 60th anniversary."
[Gavri Bergil and Amos Gilboa wrote today’s articles in Yediot Ahronotand Ma'ariv, respectively. Makor Rishon-Hatzofehwas unavailable today.]
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