Schlaglicht Nr. 16/18 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen

1.-15. September

Die Themen dieser Ausgabe

1. 25 Jahre Osloer Prinzipienerklärung ...... 1 2. USA stellen Zahlungen an die UNRWA ein ...... 3 3. Polizeichef geschasst ...... 5 4. Medienquerschnitt ...... 6

1. 25 Jahre Osloer Prinzipienerklärung palästinensischen Konflikts scheint in Weite Ferne 25 Jahre nach Unterzeichnung der Osloer Prinzi- gerückt zu sein. pienerklärung ziehen Befürworter und Gegner Bilanz des Friedensprozesses zwischen Israel und der Israel's selective memory on the Palästinensischen Befreiungsorganisation (PLO). (…) I sense no special excitement even in anticipa- Der damalige Palästinenserchef Yassir Arafat, Isra- tion of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the els früherer Ministerpräsident und Ex- Oslo Accord on the White House lawn on Septem- Außenminister wurden 1994 mit dem ber 13, 1993. Is it not important to reconstruct the Friedensnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Doch schon bald outbursts of joy on that day? Should we not focus on machten Terror und Enttäuschung der anfänglichen the handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Euphorie Platz. Rabin bezahlte mit seinem Leben, Arafat, the man who would betray him and destroy als ein jüdischer Extremist auf ihn schoss, um weite- in the blood and fire of terror attacks the agreement re territoriale Zugeständnisse Israels an die Palästi- that he had just signed with him? (…) Then, in the nenser zu verhindern. Nach dem Scheitern der days of ecstasy, you allowed no criticism to be Verhandlungen im Sommer 2000 und dem Beginn voiced against the self-deception in which you were der zweiten Intifada schien der Prozess am Ende zu imprisoned and which you led. Now, and just for the sein. Im Alleingang zog ausgerechnet der israeli- sake of professionalism, consider airing statements sche Hardliner fünf Jahre später die like those of Haggai Segal (today the editor of Makor aus dem Gazastreifen ab, was die islamisti- Rishon) on Arutz Sheva, the only media outlet that sche Hamas als ihre Errungenschaft propagandis- came out against Oslo: “Dear listeners, keep your tisch verbuchte und bei den palästinensischen Wah- newspapers from this week. Keep the red and blue len kurze Zeit später gewinnen ließ. Der Gazastrei- headlines that announce the coming of the messiah, fen wurde zu einer gegen Israel gerichteten Rake- (…) the tears of Yoram Kaniuk and the self- tenabschussbasis. Für viele Israelis schien damit congratulations of Uri Avnery ... If you throw them in bewiesen, dass sich territoriale Zugeständnisse mit the garbage can, your grandchildren will not believe den Palästinensern nicht lohnten. Bei den Palästi- a word you say about everything that was written nensern führte der Machtkampf zwischen der Ha- and said on the occasion of that insane event taking mas und der Fatah dazu, dass das Westjordanland place tomorrow in Washington. They will not be able und der Gazastreifen zwei rivalisierende Regierun- to believe that such intelligent people, so experi- gen haben. Eine friedliche Lösung des israelisch- enced, were willing to do business with a creature

1 like Arafat, and even to describe that business in doing the same thing, people would start to think terms of a vision of the End of Days.” Chilling. differently and try to come up with a new plan or try Israel Harel, HAA, 01.09.18 a different tactic. (…) annexing large swaths of the West Bank while giving the Palestinians an “auton- The Oslo Process – 25 years on omy on steroids” in Areas A and B (…) might not be The Oslo process (…) did not result in peaceful ideal, but at least it is an attempt to think out of the coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians. The box (…) a regional peace deal (…). What does it nearly 1,600 Israeli casualties and many more thou- mean (…). Netanyahu has the political power and sands of wounded during this period by Palestinian capital today to pretty much do whatever he wants. terrorist and rocket attacks testify to this failure. If he decided to annex all of the West Bank, he has Yitzhak Rabin’s land-for-security formula did not the coalition to pass the needed legislation through work. (…) The differences in positions, particularly the . (…) this coming year is an opportunity on refugees and , are unbridgeable. (…) to demand more from our leaders – and most im- 25 years after Oslo, we are left with two revisionist portantly, to expect answers. (…) Palestinian national movements, one traditional and Yaakov Katz, JPO, 07.09.18 one Islamist, controlling parts of Palestine. Palestin- ian-ruled territories constitute local bases of terror- How Oslo Accords contributed to Israeli occupa- ism against Israel. (…) the awareness that the Pal- tion estinians are not ripe for statehood has slowly (…) we can congratulate the signatories of the Oslo spread into foreign policy decision-making fora. (…) agreement on a current reality in the Palestinian The decisions of the Trump administration to recog- territories, and not because the agreement was nize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and the cuts in signed, but rather because it was never fully imple- aid to the UNRWA and the PA reflect as well the mented (…). The Oslo agreement is not dead, it is decreased appeal of the Palestinian cause in the alive and breathing. (…) the reality it had created international arena. (…) Israel’s cautious strategy of has benefitted Israel—the occupation of the territo- conflict management (…) of recent years has been ries became much cheaper. The establishment of a successful in minimizing the domestic and interna- political Palestinian entity exempted Israeli govern- tional damage from the continuous Palestinian hos- ments from a burden of sustaining the territories, not tility. Israel’s willingness to make concessions is only when it comes to: economy, education, health, useful for retaining social cohesion at home and for employment, infrastructure and welfare, but from the gaining points among friends abroad. (…) the Oslo enormous security burden that only those who have process failed to attain peace and security for Israel, been to Nablus, Jenin and Hebron before Oslo, but it much relieved the Jewish state of the Palestin- would understand. (…) As far as the Right is con- ian burden. (…) Israel is no longer responsible for cerned, the agreement did not interfere with a set- the Palestinians, and they are on their own. (…) tlement enterprise. (…) since Oslo there has been a Efraim Inbar, JPO, 02.09.18 fourfold increase in the number of settlers (…) The Palestinian entity is run as a state in every sense of Breaking the cycle the word—with a flag, an anthem, police and army (…) Instead of peace, the sides seem to have never forces and government apparatuses—and it does been more distant (…). While it has brought relative not cost the Israeli taxpayer a penny. (…) The prob- quiet to the West Bank, the Gaza Strip still remains lem is that although the reality created by the Oslo Israel’s most volatile military front, one that the IDF Accords is convenient for the Israeli Right, it is drag- brass believes has the greatest potential of explod- ging the two nations into a de facto binational ing (…) while Israel has achieved economic prosper- state—a sure recipe for continuing violence and ity (…) the same cannot be said about the Palestini- bloodshed, which only harms Israel as a Jewish, an territories. (…) Are there leaders on both sides – democratic and Zionist state. If we were to entertain in Jerusalem and Ramallah – who are really inter- ourselves with an idea of “if” and imagine the Oslo ested in a deal and prepared to make the tough agreement had been implemented in its entirety, decisions and painful concessions to achieve one? Israel would have been a country with a Jewish (…) Can Israel today withdraw from enough of the majority that would not need a legislation such as West Bank to satisfy Palestinian demands? It seems the Nation-State Law, with recognized borders and that no matter what we offer, it will never be enough. open relations with the Arab world, and without the (…) It would be only natural that after 25 years of stain of occupation stamped on its forehead. Most

2 importantly, the word "peace" would have been part of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah – namely, a ploy aimed of our everyday discourse. Too bad that did not at buying time and eventually defeating Israel the happen. way the Prophet Muhammad had crushed the infi- Roni Shaked, YED, 08.09.18 dels – the Israeli Left remained in a state of denial. (…) Rabin saw the peace process as a means of I advised the Palestinian negotiating team. It was establishing nothing more than Palestinian autono- a mistake to have negotiated with Israel at all my. But his very willingness to sign a deal with the (…) 25 years later, Palestinians are no closer to PLO unleashed all the demons: the Palestinian freedom, as Israel has further entrenched, rather "right of return," refugees, Jerusalem, and the armed than lessened, its now 51-year military occupation. struggle against Israel. (…) Israel, and especially the (…) Today, the settler population is more than three Left, gave the PLO international legitimacy. Just as times the size it was in 1993, with nearly 700,000 no one in 1993 thought the Gaza Strip would be- settlers living in the West Bank. Back in 1993, set- come a hub for missiles and suicide bombers, no tlements were, for the most part, confined to hilltops, one thought the PLO would be in a position of being with Israeli settlers considered to be fringe. Far from able to deny Israel its international legitimacy. A being ostracized, today, some Israel’s largest cities quarter of a century later, it has become apparent are settlements, settlers have taken over homes in that a coalition of terrorist groups has managed to the heart of Palestinian towns and settlers command create a major internal schism within Israeli society. positions on the Israeli cabinet and on the Supreme Amnon Lord, IHY, 13.09.18 Court. In short, settlers are the norm, not the excep- tion. Today, Israeli settlers speak openly about an- nexing the West Bank or expelling Palestinians. (…) 2. USA stellen Zahlungen an die UNRWA ein the real reason for failure (…) is because the parties Dem UN-Hilfswerk für palästinensische Flüchtlinge should not have started negotiating in the first place. drohen infolge der von US-Präsident Donald Trump To demand that Palestinians - living under Israeli gestrichenen Finanzhilfen Zahlungsschwierigkeiten. military rule - negotiate with their occupier and op- Anfang des Jahres hatten die USA noch 60 Millio- pressor is akin to demanding that a hostage negoti- nen Dollar an die UNRWA (Initialwort für das Hilfs- ate with their hostage taker. It is repugnant that the werk) überwiesen. Nun sollen die Zahlungen kom- world demands that Palestinians negotiate their plett eingestellt werden. Die USA waren bislang der freedom, while Israel continues to steal Palestinian wichtigste Finanzier der UNRWA, die Schulbildung, land. Instead, Israel should have faced sanctions for medizinische Versorgung und Nahrungsmittelhilfen continuing to deny Palestinians their freedom while bereitstellt. Angestoßen von der Gesetzinitiative building illegal settlements. (…) The negotiations zweier republikanischer Kongressmitglieder strebt process has, in effect, served as cover for the world Trump eine Neudefinierung an. Flüchtling könne to do nothing - while giving Israel the cover to build demnach nur ein Palästinenser sein, der tatsächlich and expand settlements. (…) For Israel and its sup- aus seiner Heimat vertrieben wurde. Die UN rechnet porters, the past 25 years have been a victory. With hingegen auch die Nachfahren der rund 700.000 Trump at the helm, Israel’s settlers are at an all-time während und nach des Unabhängigkeitskriegs aus high, Palestinians are confined to bantustans and Israel geflüchteten und teilweise vertriebenen Paläs- the U.S. is cracking down on Palestinians for de- tinenser zur Gruppe der Flüchtlinge, die sie heute manding their freedom. (…) mit gut fünf Millionen beziffert. Die meisten der pa- Diana Buttu, HAA, 12.09.18 lästinensischen Flüchtlinge leben in Lagern im Liba- non, in Syrien, in Jordanien und im Westjordanland. Oslo Accords: 25 years of naivete Mehr als die Hälfte der Bevölkerung im Gazastreifen There were no celebrations this week to mark the ist zudem unmittelbar auf Nahrungsmittelhilfen der 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords, the deal that UNRWA angewiesen. Das Hilfswerk berichtet auf was supposed to do away with war and terrorism. der eigenen Webseite über „711 Schulen“, die von (…) already in the year following the Oslo signing, rund einer halben Million palästinensischer Kinder Israel had adopted a pattern of concessions and im Nahen Osten besucht werden. compromises that only encouraged Arafat to double down on his deception. (…) Even after Arafat said, in a speech in South Africa in 1994, that the Oslo Accords were nothing more than a modern version Cutting UNRWA 3 The Trump administration’s decision to cut funding (…) The US Department of State's announcement to UNRWA, the UN agency serving Palestinian (…) is actually implementing UN resolutions from refugees, was justifiably applauded by Prime Minis- those years. Not the perpetuation of refugee status, ter Benjamin (…) there have been a number of but rather rehabilitation. (…) The so-called "Palestin- cases of its employees and facilities harboring ter- ian refugee problem" would have been resolved if rorists, spreading incitement in textbooks and other only standard refugees procedures been imple- materials, and even housing rocket launchers used mented with the Palestinians as well. The fear by to shoot at Israel. But beyond the UNRWA system security officials of a vacuum, that would be filled by being abused by terrorists, its written mandate plays Hamas, if UNRWA leaves the Gaza Strip, is a little a central role in perpetuating the Palestinian refugee strange, because in any case, in the recent elections myth and the demand for the “right of return.” (…) for UNRWA institutions, in which nearly 11,500 of UNRWA has been fleecing the world since it was the organization's employees voted, the Hamas established (…) and has failed in its 69 years of associated "Professional List" won a crushing victo- operations to do what the UNHCR did within a dec- ry. Despite all the denials, education at UNRWA ade for the millions of refugees of World War II. (…) institutions primarily produces Hamas activists. (…) How can the Palestinians be expected to engage in the direction is right. After almost 70 years of the big state building if they refuse to take responsibility for refugee scam, the time has come for a change. The themselves and are constantly holding their hand cessation of US aid will not cause the refugee prob- out to the world? (…) the fact that the US (…) is lem to disappear. The transition from the fostering of pulling out, sends a strong message. (...) refugees to their rehabilitation must be a gradual, Editorial, JPO, 02.09.18 coordinated international effort. But it is absolutely clear that as long as the organization is the main Shame on you, America instrument for perpetuating the refugee problem and (…) Washington decided to hit the Palestinians in nurturing the return fantasy — UNRWA is the prob- the wallet. Of all the huge sums going to aid corrupt lem. Not the solution. regimes, of all the trillions spent on pointless wars Ben-Dror Yemini, YED, 02.09.18 and mass killing, it’s the aid to the Jabalya refugee camp that’s mismanaged and has to stop. (…) In the What should be done with UNRWA? next decade, the United States is set to pour $38 (…) UNRWA considers Palestinians living in the billion into Israel, among the most developed coun- West Bank and Gaza as stateless refugees, despite tries on the planet with one of the best-equipped the fact that they are already living in the land the armies in the world — which of course follow the international community says will be their eventual right business model. Not a single dollar can be cut. state. The problem is that the Palestinians living in Humanitarian aid to a needy country that doesn’t the West Bank (Judea/Samaria) and Gaza, as their waste a single cent. (…)The leader of the free world, “Mass March of Return” clearly states, consider the greatest warmonger since World War II, cuts themselves refugees from today’s Israel within the flour for Yarmouk and cooking oil for Bureij, because 1949 armistice line, demanding an unlimited right of the Palestinians overestimate refugee numbers. (…) return that UNRWA’s mission advocates for and Anyone familiar with the conditions in the refugee which would effect the demographic destruction of camps knows just how dependent their inhabitants Israel. (…) Palestinians (…) have a perpetually are on the UN agency. There might be some waste, growing refugee population, without a single de- certainly there are freeloaders, reform is absolutely scendant of a Palestinian refugee ever taken off the necessary, but UNRWA provides basic humanitarian UNRWA roll. (…) UNRWA refuses to help any Pal- assistance. Without it there are no schools, clinics estinian resettle outside of Israel. (…) Emphasizing and food in the camps. America owes an indirect the absurdity and danger to American interests of debt to the people there; it funds and supports the continued funding of UNRWA without a change in its Israeli occupation, and it has never lifted a finger to definition of refugees is indeed a step toward desta- reach a genuine solution to their suffering. (…) bilizing the current unsustainable situation, a step Gideon Levy, HAA, 02.09.18 away from funding the Islamist desire to destroy Israel, and a step toward a genuine peace. Let the Palestinians have a normal economic life, exchang- ing productivity with their neighbors, including Israel, A step in the right direction to everyone’s benefit, instead of maintaining a deso-

4 late state of war, propped up forever by foreign aid, using UNRWA to keep the right of return on the with the corruption that it almost always entails. international political agenda than they are for meet- Palestinian “refugees” receive more aide than any ing the humanitarian needs of its Palestinian benefi- other refugees in the world. (…) ciaries. Eric R. Mandel, YED, 12.09.18

UNRWA perpetuates the refugee problem 3. Polizeichef geschasst (…) One can be fully supportive of Palestinian rights “Meinungsdifferenzen” und seine Sorge um „das to self-determination without believing in UNRWA. Vertrauen der Öffentlichkeit in die Polizei“ nannte (…) It has become highly politicised agency seeking Gilad Erdan, Israels Minister für Innere Sicherheit, to preserve the status of second and third- als Gründe dafür, die Dienstzeit des amtierenden generation Palestinians as refugees. (…) The big- Polizeichefs Roni Alsheich nicht zu verlängern. Bis gest funder of UNRWA has been the United States Ende Dezember muss ein Nachfolger bestimmt (…) The administration is the first to recognise that werden. Drei Kandidaten stehen aktuell zur Debatte, an organisation with the main purpose of preserving darunter Moshe Edri, der derzeit Generaldirektor im refugee status is out of keeping with the rest of the Büro des Ministers ist. Erdan streitet ab, von politi- world, where permanent settlement and integration schen Beweggründen motiviert gewesen zu sein. is the goal. It makes peace in the region more diffi- Tatsächlich gilt Alsheich als federführend bei der cult by encouraging the multiplication of numbers. polizeilichen Empfehlung, gegen Erdans Parteikol- That makes the promises of ‘return’ in any peace legen Regierungschef in zwei deal between Israel and the Palestinians infinitely Korruptionsfällen Anklage zu erheben. more complicated. (…) The real hope for the Pales- tinians are programmes such as those run by the The police chief made himself a lame duck World Bank which seek to unleash enterprise and (…) One day we'll have to examine how as commis- economic development not to preserve a depend- sioner he became so entangled in investigating the ence culture. (…) prime minister. (…) the decision not to extend a Alex Brummer, TOI, 12.09.18 police commissioner's term isn't a dramatic one. (…) The police was caught in the massive political-media UNWRA: What will be the repercussions of pressure campaign (…). Alsheikh projected a cold Trump´s funding cuts? disdain toward the prime minister; the hostility to- (…) Arab and other states use the demise of the ward the person accused by the police and state Palestinians to generate political capital by lambast- prosecutor exuded from him. (…) It seems that ing Israel for subjugating them and for instigating a some politicians in Israel are blind to the rules of “humanitarian disaster” in the Gaza Strip. Still, the democracy. Anything that falls under the label of Arab and other states that have left it to the US to opposition to Netanyahu is deemed democratic, shoulder one third of the funding to keep UNRWA even if it reeks of a coup. (…) Alsheikh himself also afloat since its inception, have a vested political responds by espousing the worldview that "the Isra- interest in UNRWA. (…) What is surprising is how el Police is at the forefront of defending the country's UNRWA has ingeniously manipulated the more image, character, security, and integrity." Perhaps commonly accepted International Humanitarian Law the police's job is possibly also to enforce the law? and the 1951 UNHCR Convention definitions of a And maybe not in a selective manner. (…) refugee to accommodate more permanent provi- Amnon Lord, IHY, 14.09.18 sions to its original, temporary mandate. (…) it has succeeded in turning a temporary relief mandate Netanyahu Probes: What will be the impact of into a quasi-governmental and permanent political Alsheich leaving office? fixture in the West Bank and Gaza. (…) UNRWA What impact will the governing coalition’s choice of spends one-third of all the resources donated to a new chief have on the probes against Prime Minis- refugees internationally. Per-capita annual support ter Benjamin Netanyahu? Surprisingly, not much. for a Palestinian refugee is more than twice the (…) Netanyahu and Alsheich were not always ene- amount of support allocated by the UNHCR. (…) If mies. (…) Early in his term, Alsheich took pains to the “refugee” term remains uncontested, UNRWA protect the Netanyahu family, facing criticism from will continue to serve as a political springboard for the media and Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit those states which seem to be more interested in when he almost covered up the police recommenda-

5 tion to indict Sara Netanyahu in the “Prepared Food minister, to promise that Israel will grant entry visas Affair”. However, a series of events with each side for the event regardless of applicants’ political offending the other eventually led to complete alien- opinions; (…) that there be no religious restrictions ation. (…) The police have already done their da- on rehearsals on Saturday; and that Israel’s public mage in Cases 1000 and 2000. The remaining case broadcasting company, Kan, be given complete 4000 is nearly complete on The Police side of independence in editing the broadcasts. (…) Public things, with no need for further questionings of the Security Minister Gilad Erdan (…) urged Prime prime minister. If anything, the main result of Netan- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to sign this basic yahu and his Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan memorandum of understanding, even at the price of making sure to replace Alsheich as early as possible ceding Israel’s right to host the competition. (…) The will probably be that the police commissioner will be right-wing government’s disingenuousness borders sure to send Mandelblit the police’s final recommen- on the grotesque. With one hand it passes laws that dation to indict the prime minister in Case 4000 no undermine the state’s democratic character, and later than December. So Alsheich will get the last with the other, it holds its head in shock when the laugh. In that case, his successor’s hands will be Western world treats it with suspicion because of tied regarding the Netanyahu probes; the decision those very same laws. (…) The Eurovision is an will already be fully in the hands of Mandelblit. (…) opportunity to host an international cultural Yonah Jeremy Bob, JPO, 14.09.18 celebration. But the Israelis responsible for the event must understand that reality can’t be left outside the Removed after getting in the way hall. The flattering videos of Tel Aviv beaches, (…) Benjamin Netanyahu deposed the commissio- Masada and the Dead Sea that will surely be ner since the latter refused to fulfill the unofficial screened during the event won’t be able to hide the mission for which he was selected, namely, to inter- government’s policy in the territories or the fere with the investigations of the prime minister and radicalization and religionization within Israel. But his wife. (…) Alsheich was deposed for fulfilling his allowing freedom of movement, freedom of role as gatekeeper. He was let go for conducting the expression and freedom of the press could plant a criminal investigations against Netanyahu lawfully, seed of hope that Israel’s ministers haven’t yet fearlessly and impartially. He was ousted for backing forgotten what democracy is. his own people in the police force and publicly sup- Editorial, HAA, 05.09.18 porting the recruitment of state witnesses against the prime minister. He was terminated for being loyal to his role instead of to the personal interests of the PLO-Botschaft geschlossen prime minister and his wife. (…) He was let go as revenge for the fact that the police under his com- Shutting Palestinian offices in Washington long mand recommended indicting Netanyahu. Alsheich’s overdue ousting is no surprise. (…) One can only hope that The US president has finally decided to close the the police completes its part of the investigations by Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington (…) December 2, when Alsheich steps down, so that This step was needed long ago (…). There is no there is no interference, and that the next person doubt that the man in the White House will continue appointed commissioner turns out to be another his scrutiny, despite the attacks waged on him by wrong gamble by Netanyahu. people who worked for him until recently. (…) The Editorial, HAA, 15.09.18 entire time they enjoy the benefits of their governmental role. Trump was alright from their point of view. When they were forced to resign or 4. Medienquerschnitt when they retired, they suddenly realized that he is a “disaster” and that he the man who will destroy the Bedingungen für Eurovision in Israel US. (…) Noah Klieger, YED, 12.09.18 Eurovision's demands should serve as wake-up call for Israel (…) the European Broadcasting Union, the organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest, (…) is asking for an Israeli authority, preferably the prime Protest gegen Räumung von Beduinendorf

6 being handled at a slow pace and budgets are ina- European hypocrisy rears its ugly head dequate. Why in the country of broadband, the arte- (…) By calling on the Israeli government not to act in ries of transportation are constantly clogged? (…) the spirit of the High Court of Justice's ruling and Two states for two nations? It's already here. They evacuate and demolish the illegal Bedouin village of live right next to each other. The gaps in education, Khan al-Ahmar, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and wages, health, and culture, have never been wider. Britain have violated official EU foreign policy, which (…) No, not all is good. In this land of milk and ho- supports the achievement of peace on the basis of ney, bees sting. the 1993 Oslo Accords and recognizes Israel as a Shai Cohen, YED, 12.09.18 sovereign state. According to the Oslo Accords, Israel is responsible for Area C until other diplomatic agreements are reached on the matter. (…) The EU routinely rushes to condemn any construction in "illegal" Jewish settlements beyond the Green Line. But to the EU, the illegal but non-Jewish settlement HAA = Haaretz of Khan al-Ahmar is an entirely different matter. It is YED = Yedioth Ahronoth / Ynetnews the EU's stance on Khan al-Ahmar that makes its JPO = Jerusalem Post objections to "illegal settlements" that much harder IHY = Israel HaYom to swallow. (…) Europe has chosen to defend its TOI = Times of Israel Palestinian protégés in such a way that prevents GLO = Globes any chance for an agreement to be reached. Europe is now the greatest obstacle to reaching a regional peace agreement. And when EU representatives attend an exhibit in Khan al-Ahmar that features anti-Semitic propaganda ahead of its demolition, Europe can no longer feign surprise when it is Veröffentlicht im: September 2018 accused of anti-Semitism.

Eldad Beck, IHY, 12.09.18 Verantwortlich:

Dr. Paul Pasch,

Leiter der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Israel Rosh Hashana – jüdisches Neujahrsfest

Redaktion: A list of issues Israeli public had to face in the Susanne Knaul past year Judith Stelmach At the start of the new year, it is customary to make

an inventory list of the past year, or do a bit of soul- Homepage: www.fes.org.il searching, depending on whether you are an owner Email: [email protected] of a business, a believing Jew, or a state. (…) There is a growing sense that law enforcement in the State of Israel is wearing down in an alarming way. There is no sense of personal security: in some places, strolling alone at night is unpleasant, and a silly argument about parking, a chair at the beach, or a supermarket line, might end in a stabbing. (…) Last years also did not bring us good tidings as we ex- pected, and so we gave the Minister of Finance a chance to curb the real estate market. (…) the Israe- li health system is a chronic patient. (…) There are not enough doctors, nurses, beds, rooms, medical centers, medical equipment, and more. (…) The residents of the north are not protected. (…) A party that promises to solve the traffic jams problem (…) will form the next government. (…) This problem is

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