May 6 Headlines
Tuesday
HA’ARETZ
1. RICE CONCERNED THAT INVESTIGATION OF PM WILL PREVENT PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS.
2. SENIOR KADIMA SOURCE: WE WILL NOT GO DOWN WITH HIM.
MA’ARIV
1. This evening: Honoring the memory of the 22,437 fallen.
60 YEARS OF BEREAVEMENT.
2. THE MISSING LAWYER.
Police told to search for Olmert's former partner, attorney Uri Messer; he was located a few hours later. Today: Dramatic development in case.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Olmert affair: Dramatic development expected today.
FATEFUL DAY.
Information that led to investigation of new suspicions against PM discovered during State Comptroller's investigation of Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry one year ago.
2. Tonight at 20:00 – Siren in memory of those who fell in Israel's wars.
22,437.
This is how many have fallen in Israel's wars and in acts of terrorism.
[MAKOR RISHON-HATZOFEHwas unavailable today.]
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Ma'ariv warns against, "confusing boundaries," and believes that, "This week we must commune with our pain and identify with the fallen, and not to try to link our mourning and our celebrations with the Palestinian Nakhba.
The Jerusalem Post discusses Israel's water shortage, and states that while we can take pride in the fact that this nation has become an irrigation pioneer and a global superpower in helping other countries overcome their water shortages, the proverbial shoemaker goes barefoot. The editor states that "This then is no moment for myopic thrift. A flood of words but a dearth of deeds today will cause certain thirst tomorrow."
Haaretz criticizes the recent the decision by three rabbinic judges at the Supreme Rabbinic Court in Jerusalem to annul conversions conducted since 1999 by Rabbi Haim Druckman, calling it cruelty in the guise of religion. The editor states that on the eve of Israel's 60th Independence Day, the time has come to return to the values of the Declaration of Independence and liberate ourselves from the destructive bonds of religious coercion.
Yediot Ahronot asks, "Why are we willing to bind our children to the altar of the nation?" and replies, "Only because otherwise the basic experience of our generation would not be possible – the realization of the dream of a Jewish nation-state."
[Michal Shir-El and Prof. Yedidya Stern wrote today’s articles in Yediot Ahronot and Ma'ariv, respectively. Makor Rishon-Hatzofeh was unavailable today.]
(Courtesy of the GPO)
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