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Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 1/16 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 1.-15. Januar Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Terror in Tel Aviv ............................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Jüdische Extremisten vor Gericht .................................................................................................................... 3 3. Eklat mit Schweden ......................................................................................................................................... 5 4. Medienquerschnitt ............................................................................................................................................ 6 1. Terror in Tel Aviv said he is psychologically unstable. An analysis of the attack raises doubts over such a claim. The Fast eine Woche lang dauerte die Jagd der planning, which included access and escape routes, israelischen Sicherheitsdienste auf den dreifachen the calmness with which the attack was carried out Mörder Nashat Melhem. Ein von der Über- (…) point to an organized, calculated operation in wachungskamera eines kleinen Ladens aufge- which the terrorist also displayed a high level of zeichnetes Video zeigt den 29jährigen israelischen expertise with his weapon. (…) In Israel there are Araber mit einer Sonnenbrille und Rucksack, wie er hundreds of terrorists who have been released from zuerst eine Tüte mit Nüssen füllt, um sie gleich prison, with Israeli identification cards, who are only wieder auszuschütten. Dann nimmt er seinen minimally monitored (…). Some of them, it stands to Rucksack vom Rücken, greift die Waffe und reason, have access to weapons, legal or otherwise. erschießt zwei Menschen in der an den Laden (…) This needs to worry law enforcement agencies, grenzenden Bar. Während der Flucht erschießt and not just because such attacks can be far deadli- Melhem einen dritten Mann, den arabischer Fahrer er than a terrorist with a knife; the main problem is des Taxis, mit dem Melhem vom Tatort flüchtet. that they reverberate far beyond the attack itself -- Dieser dreifache Mord reiht sich in die Serie der affecting the economy, everyday life and overall politisch motivierten Attentate palästinensischer morale. The Arab-Israeli leadership did well over the Einzeltäter. Dass der Täter diesmal zunächst ent- weekend to condemn the attack and emphasize its kommen konnte, warf zahlreiche Fragen auf. rejection of terrorism, and the government did well to Außerdem belastet die Methode der Sippenhaft, die expedite the transfer of funds to the Arab sector to beim Kampf gegen Terror in Israel zur Routine make it clear that it wasn't seen as an enemy. (…) gehört, und nun gegen die Familie Melhem ange- The main challenge appears to still be ahead: Con- wandt wurde, das ohnehin schwierige Verhältnis von sidering the sense of systematic discrimination, Juden und Arabern im Staat. Israeli society becoming more extreme, and the external influences of elements like ISIS, action Manhunt shifts spotlight to gaps in system must be taken to ensure that the attack in Tel Aviv (…) Past experience teaches us that the terrorist will remains anomalous, and not a dangerous bench- eventually make a mistake leading to his capture. mark for Jewish-Arab relations in Israel. The desire is to catch him alive, to understand his Joav Limor, IHY, 03.01.16 course of action and whether he received help. (…) During their interrogations the terrorist's relatives 1 Do Israeli Arabs really want coexistence? How did Tel Aviv shooter slip away? (…) in Israel's north, some in the media have decep- (…) It's worth focusing on two problematic decisions tively tried to cast him as a renegade in an otherwise made on the ground. The first, which was actually tolerant Arab society that seeks coexistence. (…) led by the Shin Bet, was to avoid publishing the The vast majority of Israeli Arabs are indeed law- picture of the shooter, Nashat Melhem (…) Profes- abiding citizens who consider themselves loyal sionals are in complete agreement that the pictures Israelis. (…) But to better understand Israeli Arab should have been spread as soon as possible and society, we must look at the bigger picture. The everywhere, so that hundreds of thousands of eyes national-Palestinian identity of a great number of would be exposed to the man and try to locate him. Arab residents in that area, including prominent (…) Leaving the media arena in the hands of the figures, is very much on display at Wadi Ara district's spokeswoman and sending the district mosques and in various incitement-laden speeches. commander to calm the citizens down only three Those who reject Israel's right to exist have used the hours later points to a failed policy. What was suita- area as fertile ground to propagate their ideology ble for the Shin Bet is not suitable for the police. (…) since the state's founding. (…) Over the years, the Police Commissioner Alsheikh is beginning to per- area has produced several terrorist cells who target- sonally experience the difference between the world ed Jews in nearby localities. (…) On top of that, the of shadows he grew up in until now and the police. Islamic State group is becoming increasingly popu- (…) in order to succeed in his new position he must lar there. Considering this reality, any attempt to make much quicker adjustments - especially when it describe Wadi Ara's Arabs as mostly peace-loving comes to dealing with the public and the media. individuals who seek neighborly relations with the Yossi Yehushua, JED, 03.01.16 Jews is just a form of sugarcoating at best. Daniel Siryoti, IHY, 04.01.16 Not all Arabs are to blame We are hearing yet again that all Arabs are terror- Shooter does not represent Israel's Arabs ists, that they are all against us, that they are the (…) I have been there, in Ar'ara and in Wadi Ara, fifth column, and other gems from those who do not dozens of times. (…) Attorney Sami Melhem, who miss an opportunity to lash out against an entire represented the suspected murderer in the past, is a community that makes up about a fifth of Israel's close friend. We have been engaging in a dialogue population. But Israeli Arabs are not all the same: for years. A lot can be said about him and the family They are not all the Tel Aviv shooting terrorist members. They were never among the radicals. (…) Nashat Millhem -- they are people with different The suspected murderer (…) may have been affect- opinions and different world views, just like Jews, ed by his cousin's killing. He may have also become Americans, Saudis or the Lebanese. They have a enchanted by the Islamic State. If that's the case, it wide range of beliefs and political parties, and their happens to one in thousands. The unequivocal common denominator is that they are all citizens of condemnation of the family, of the surroundings, of a country that has declared itself a Jewish and dem- all Arab Knesset members, is real. That is not al- ocratic state. (…) There is no doubt that we need to ways the case. (…) Israel's Arabs are dealing with a deal with the issue of radicalization. But first we conflict between loyalty to the Palestinian people need to provide opportunities for the normal devel- and loyalty to the State of Israel. It's not just the opment of Arab communities(…). Instead of expro- conflict which has been going on got 100 years now. priating land and labeling the green areas in Arab There are problematic relations in Sweden and villages as nature reserves, while at the same time Germany too. The fact that only few of Israel's Arabs allowing Jewish towns to expand at the expense of have turned to hostile activity, as opposed to ex- their Arab neighbors, the state and its government pressions of protest, is a badge of honor for both the should see the Arabs living here as equal citizens Arabs and the Jews. There is incitement. There are and should treat them in kind. (…) the country's inciters. But the Melhem family, where the murderer leaders (…) should see the Arabs directly, without came from, represents the majority of Israel's Arabs intermediaries or intelligence reports. They should when it condemns and disagrees with the act. (…) meet them, walk around in Arab towns and villages, Let's not link the despicable murder to all Israeli listen to the citizens, try to understand their distress Arabs. and make an effort to fix the injustice done to such a Ben-Dror Yemini, JED, 04.01.16 large community, of which the vast majority wants simply to live in dignity in this state on the one hand, 2 and to preserve its beautiful culture on the other. were acquired in the countries of origin of their dele- (…) gates. The victim status of the Jews did not auto- Majdi Halabi, IHY, 11.01.16 matically make them liberal and tolerant towards other victims. (…) Who is to blame for the unravel- The scariest thing about the Tel Aviv terror at- ling of the loose threads of co-existence in Israel? tack Those who criticize the prime minister's statements (…) He strode in, a bag on his shoulder. In his hand about the Arab population do not help co-existence if he held a plastic bag, into which he scooped some they ignore the part played by those who speak for nuts and then emptied them back, as if deciding not the Arabs. In the latest generation, the loyalty of part to buy them. And then, after a few steps toward the of the Arab community towards the state and its exit, nonchalantly(…) in a flash he leaped outside, institutions has been in constant decline (…). In this straight to the bar at his left – and to murder in broad sense, each side has indeed found its match, and daylight. All this on Dizengoff Street, in the very extremism on one side is fed by extremism on the heart of the first Hebrew city. (…) Tel Aviv has suf- other. But the need to balance the criticism does not fered mass-casualty terror attacks before (…) And absolve the prime minister of responsibility for the now, one man wreaked this kind of terror because of dangerous rhetorical escalation.

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