1. Turkel threatened to resign – and received additional authority.
COMMISSION WITH TEETH
Under pressure of Chairman of Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident: Netanyahu will request that Government approve extension of authority. Commission's composition will increase and it will be able to send warning letters and subpoena witnesses.
2. STEPS TOWARD RENEWING CONTACTS
While thousands are marching for Shalit's release: Amos Gilad visited Cairo in attempt to advance deal.
3. GAS DICOVERY'S FIRST PROFITS
In wake of enormous reserves discovery – new power station in Ashkelon will be gas operated.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Authority of flotilla inquiry commission to be extended.
COMMISSION WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE PERSONAL CONCLUSIONS
Turkel demanded, Netanyahu and Barak agreed: Commission of Inquiry will be able to send warning letters and punish decision-makers. Soldiers will not be investigated.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Justice Turkel demands: Mandate like Winograd's.
TURKEL COMMISSION: GREATER AUTHORITY
The Justice wants upgrade to Government Commission. Significance: Authority to question witnesses under oath, receive all the evidence and issue letters of warning. Officers and soldiers will not be investigated. Netanyahu's Bureau: "There is no obstacle in assenting to Turkel. Ministry of Justice to submit proposal to Government."
HA'ARETZ
1. IF MANDATE IS NOT EXTENDED, IT WOULD BE BEST THAT TURKEL RESIGN FROM COMMISION OF INQUIRY
2. KASSAM ROCKET STRIKES PACKING HOUSE IN SOUTH
"The big problem is that our homes are not reinforced," said factory manager.
3. ISRAEL INFORMED PALESTINIANS THAT IT WOULD TRANSFER 150 TRUCKS WITH MERCHANDISE TO GAZA STRIP.
Within a few weeks Israel intends to raise number of trucks to 370.
NANA10
1. FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TO RELEASE SHALIT: 3,500 MARCHING TO YOKNEAM
2. KASSAM HITS KIBBUTZ FACTORY IN SOUTH – STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
WALLA!
1. THOUSANDS PARTICIPATING IN FOURTH DAY OF SHALIT MARCH
2. KASSAM HITS NEGEV FACTORY – STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
Kassam rocket exploded in Sdot Negev Regional Council area adjacent to packing house. "Luckily for us, it happened at an hour in which no one was yet here."
3. MINISTERS TO DECIDE ON EXTENDNING AUTHORITY OF TURKEL COMMISSION
Government to discuss extending authority of Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident.
[Headlines for Ha'aretz, Nana10 and Walla! are from their websites as of 09:30.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Three papers discuss various issues related to retired Justice Jacob Turkel's request that his commission be granted expanded powers:
Yediot Ahronot believes that, "The Turkel Commission was born as a fig leaf; the goal was to cover the American administration's move to prevent the establishment of an additional Goldstone-style commission of inquiry into the flotilla affair," and adds that, "From the Israeli Government's point-of-view, the Commission finished its work on the day it was established." The author says that Justice Turkel's request, and reported threat to resign if his request was not met, had been crafted in advance.
Ma'ariv suggests that, "People do not like being made fun of and older people are more sensitive to this than others," because, "They do not owe anything to anyone and their good name is important to them." The author adds that Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Giora Eiland's IDF report on the seizure of the Mavi Marmara, which is due to be completed early next week, may prove surprising in its conclusions and recommendations.
Yisrael Hayom asserts that, "From the outset, there was no reason to establish any other commission apart from the professional evaluation group led by Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Giora Eiland, but the international pressure did its work," and believes that the Turkel Commission will be granted the expanded powers that Justice Turkel has requested.
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Nana10 complains that not only do the textbooks in Palestinian Authority schools, "not contribute to peace, they only push the two peoples further apart," and declares that, "The Israeli Government must remind the world that in 2007, Palestinian Media Watch, led by Itamar Marcus, issued a report on the new 12th grade textbooks in the Palestinian Authority, some of which are funded by the Belgian government, and which depict a world without Israel, portray the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as an Islamic struggle and which encourage students to see Israel, the US and the West as enemies."
The Jerusalem Post discusses the internecine tensions that exist today both among Israeli Jews between themselves, and between Israeli Jews and Jews in the Diaspora. Recent sociological studies show a marked decline, at all ages, in the level of American Jewish identification with Israel and a rise in discomfort with the idea of a Jewish state and that younger, non-Orthodox, American Jews were less identified with Israel. The editor notes that steps are being taken to bridge this decline, and states that "one of the most effective ways of achieving this goal is by facilitating a visit to Israel." The editor feels that "By simply meeting with Israelis and seeing up close their unique challenges, American Jews gain a better understanding and return home with closer ties to Israel, whether or not they agree with the policies of the government of the day."
Haaretz discusses the State Comptroller's report on the sensitive issue of the use of wiretaps in criminal investigations, and calls on the agencies concerned to "implement the report's systemic recommendations, which come on top of both previous comptroller's reports and the recommendations of a parliamentary commission of inquiry."
[Nahum Barnea, Ofer Shelah, Dan Margalit and Yigal Hazan wrote today’s articles in Yediot Ahronot, Ma'ariv, Yisrael Hayom and Nana10, respectively.] 
