1. SARKOZY TO NETANYAHU: GET RID OF LIBERMAN. FOREIGN MINISTER: THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE INTERFERENCE.
During his meeting with PM in Paris last week, French President told Netanyahu: "You must get rid of this man. Dump him and bring in Livni. With her and Barak, you could make history."
MA’ARIV
1. Unprecedented attack by Knesset Speaker against Prime Minister.
RIVLIN: NETANYAHU DOES NOT RESPECT THE KNESSET.
Knesset Speaker, in exclusive Ma'ariv interview: "Netanyahu's worldview says that majority can do anything, that the leader can command those who entered the Knesset because of him and enforce his will upon them." Following Rivlin's remarks, planned reconciliation meeting with Netanyahu cancelled yesterday.
2. "AMERICANS ARE BLACKMAILING US."
MK Othniel Schneller, who prepared position papers for Netanyahu and Barak on agreement on settlements issue, speaks about American administration: "They are pushing the Israeli public into a corner. They are unreliable."
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Greatest thief in history to sit in jail until the end of his days.
LIFE PRISONER.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Foreign Ministry outraged over remarks attributed to French President.
"SARKOZY SHOULDN'T INTERFERE."
At meeting with Netanyahu and his entourage, French President said that, "Pull his hair out," when he heard Liberman's remarks – and compared him to the extremist Le Pen. Revealed yesterday that Sarkozy criticized Livni for not joining the Government.
______________________________
SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Ma'ariv suggests that "Obama is pushing the settlement issue in order to proclaim the weakening of Washington-Jerusalem ties, a step which would enhance American influence in the world." The author argues that, "Such an analysis - meaning that the Arabs would perceive Israel as no longer enjoying American support, as in the past - conceals seeds of enticement for war, not peace."
The Jerusalem Post writes: "Barack Obama might want to reflect on how his push for a freeze is being seen among mainstream Israelis - those who want a peace deal. They wonder why there is no withering campaign to pressure Abbas into insisting that a Fatah-Hamas unity government explicitly accept the Quartet's principles. In its statement issued last Friday, the Quartet told the Palestinians that a peace deal with Israel would require them to end all other claims - implying abandonment of the "right of return." The Quartet also reiterated that Palestinian unity required Hamas to commit "to non-violence, recognition of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations." It even demanded the immediate release of Gilad Shalit. Yet, predictably, it was the Quartet's demand for a freeze on all settlement activity that dominated the news coverage."
Yisrael Hayom refers to the situation in Iran and argues that "Israel has an interest in a regime change, but neither it, nor even the US, can do much about it. If and when there will be a change, it will come from within."
Haaretz writes: "Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has initiated a plan for legalizing much of the unauthorized Palestinian construction in the city, and the municipality is expected to limit the extent of the house demolitions in Arab neighborhoods. It is too bad that the state, which proudly carries the flag of "Unified Jerusalem," needed external pressure to incorporate a bit of logic and fairness into its relations with the population that was forcebly annexed by it."
Yediot Aharonot discusses about the proposed raising of water rates due to the severe water crisis in Israel: "We and our MKs must understand that Israel has a water shortage and, for now, until there will be a long-term solution, it will not disappear and will perhaps even worsen, if this tax is not approved."
[Amir Ben-David, Shmuel Rosner, and Efraim Kam wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot, Ma'ariv and Yisrael Hayom, respectively.]
(Courtesy of Israel GPO) 
