July 28 Headlines

HA'ARETZ

1. OBAMA PRESSED, AND JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH MET WITH NETANYAHU.

Meeting, which was held in royal palace in Amman, at initiative of Mossad Director, and encouraged by US, ended over year-long break between the leaders. Netanyahu: Prepared to go far toward Palestinians.

2. AIR FORCE ASSESSMENT: HUMAN ERROR CAUSED CRASH.

3. Under Mossad and ISA pressure:

PM EXTENDS IMMUNITY OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM STATE'S FOUNDING BY AN ADDITIONAL 20 YEARS.

MA�ARIV

1. THE BITTER END.

Bodies of those killed located alongside helicopter's wreckage and black box.

YEDIOT AHRONOT

1. THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT.

Helicopter's black box located in Romania. Provisional assessment: Impaired vision caused mountainside crash.

YISRAEL HAYOM

1. SAD JOURNEY HOME.

IDF announces finding bodies of four pilots and two technicians killed in Romania helicopter crash.

NANA10

1. "RESCUE WILL BE DONE CORRECTLY; WE DON'T HAVE A STOPWATCH IN HAND."

IDF force will try to rescue bodies of those killed from helicopter crash site in Romania.

2. REPORT: SHALIT DEAL MEDIATORS TO VISIT REGION.

According to Egyptian newspaper, representatives from Berlin and Paris will visit Egypt and Israel.

3. "THERE IS NO CHANGE; WE DEMAND A WITHDRAWAL TO THE 1967 BORDERS."

PA Chairman reiterates his conditions for a diplomatic settlement.

WALLA!

1. Romania helicopter disaster.

UNIT #669 EN ROUTE TO RESCUE BODIES.

Three IDF helicopters, with rescue and evacuation teams on board, took off this morning from Romanian air force base toward helicopter crash area.

2. NETANYAHU AND ABU MAZEN MET SECRETLY IN AMMAN?

According to report on Palestinian web site, PA Chairman attended yesterday's meeting in Amman with PM and King Abdullah. "The three talked about way to begin direct negotiations between the sides."

3. US: PRESSURE FROM EVERY DIRECTION TO ADVANCE DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS.

Under shadow of Netanyahu's visit to Jordan and Barak's to the US, White House announced that it was stepping up pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to begin direct negotiations. "We are full of hope that both sides will make progress and will open talks."

[Headlines for Nana10 and Walla! are from their websites as of 10:50.]

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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS

Two newspapers discuss the tragic IAF helicopter accident in Romania, in which six IAF crew members and one Romanian officer lost their lives:

The Jerusalem Post discusses the tragic Israel Air Force accident in Romania, and notes that the Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter that was involved in the crash has suffered numerous accidents since it first entered service with the IAF in 1969. The editor states that while the helicopter undoubtedly seems accident prone, one cannot ignore the fact that it is the IAF's most widely used transport helicopter. Furthermore, "It has probably seen more action than any other chopper, and accidents will always be a ratio of total flight time � the more the aircraft is in the air, the greater the chance for something to go wrong." The editor concludes: "We mourn the loss of the brave, selfless IAF men, some of the very finest people this country has produced, who have paid the ultimate price to defend us. And we celebrate their achievements, the IAF�s achievements, in maintaining so overwhelming a role in our protection."

Haaretz discusses the recent Israel Air Force helicopter crash in Romania, and states that "The challenge before the IAF is striking a balance between carrying out missions and protecting airmen's lives, between achieving operational capacity and ensuring safety." The editor adds that "The air force can be counted on to spare no effort in determining what happened in Romania, and how best to minimize the chance of a similar disaster occurring again."

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Yediot Ahronot notes that, "We have learned, and we are still learning, that the Americans cannot abide even a small mistake in English, and there is nothing pleasant in our terrible accent. They suffer in their anguish when facing our English speakers, but their hypocritical good manners prevent them from telling us their real opinion of the disaster that is called Israeli English."

Ma'ariv argues that, "The suicide killer phenomenon trickled from Israel to the Arab and Muslim world. Suicide attackers sprouted in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and others. Due to the internal threat, the best minds and sheikhs were recruited in order to excoriate the suicide attacker phenomenon and the legitimization which radical organization accorded it. One of the beliefs which accelerated the spread of the idea of the jihad is the 72 virgins which became the wet dream of every suicide terrorist. An important fatwa in this regard was issued by Pakistani Sheikh, Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, which forbade Muslims from committing suicide even for reasons of holy war. With extraordinary courage, in a press conference broadcast live a few months ago, the Sheikh labeled the terrorists 'enemies of Islam' and determined that the place of suicide terrorists is in Hell."

Yisrael Hayom refers to the peace process and asserts that, "Since any agreement, or even unilateral move, would culminate in a settlement evacuation, it would be worthwhile preparing for it even now."

[Eitan Haber, Linda Menuchin and Yuval Benziman wrote today�s articles in Yediot Ahronot, Ma'ariv and Yisrael Hayom, respectively.]

(Courtesy of the GPO)