1 Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 7/20 Aktuelles Aus Israelischen Tageszeitungen 1

Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 7/20 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 1.-15. April Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Politische Krise vorerst beendet .................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Israel verhängt strenge Einschränkungen wegen Corona-Pandemie ........................................................................ 3 3. Pessach 2020 ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Medienquerschnitt ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. Politische Krise vorerst beendet mit der Bewältigung der Corona-Krise in Zusam- Die über ein Jahr lang andauernde politische Krise menhang stehen. Allerdings soll eine Entscheidung in Israel scheint nun – zumindest vorübergehend – der Regierung und/oder der Knesset über eine An- gebannt. Am 20. April haben der geschäftsführende nektierung israelischer Siedlungen im Westjordan- Regierungschef Benjamin Netanyahu und Benny land und des Jordantals ab dem 1. Juli möglich sein. Gantz, Chef der Partei Blau-Weiß, das Koalitionsab- kommen zur Bildung einer gemeinsamen Notstands- Setting the worst example regierung unterschrieben. Neben Likud und Blau- Kahol Lavan chairman Benny Gantz’s official excuse Weiß sollen ihr die beiden ultraorthodoxen Parteien for breaking his election promise (…) was the health Shas und Yahadut Hatorah sowie Amir Peretz und and economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus. Itzik Shmuli von der Avoda angehören. Staatspräsi- (…) a reasonable explanation, had it been accom- dent Reuven Rivlin hatte am 16. April das Mandat panied by suitable conditions in the coalition agree- zur Regierungsbildung an das israelische Parla- ment. But the agreement being hashed out reflects ment, die Knesset übertragen, nachdem Benny the most bloated cabinet in Israel’s history. It will Gantz bis dahin keine Einigung mit Benjamin Netan- probably have 34 ministers, split ministries and yahu über eine gemeinsame Koalition erzielen und mutual veto rights on senior appointments. (…) keine Alternative zu einer Regierungsbildung vor- Such an agreement, in the midst of a crisis in which weisen konnte. Die Verhandlungen waren kurz vor the unemployment rate soared to 25 percent of Beginn der Pessach-Feiertage ins Stocken geraten. employees (…), is a slap in the face of Israelis, who Streitpunkte waren zum einen das Prozedere zur are shuttered in their homes and are dealing with Ernennung von Richtern, zum zweiten die Annektie- health and economic anxieties as well as social and rung von Teilen des besetzten Westjordanlandes. family distancing. This agreement is about finding Netanyahu hatte angekündigt, die im Nahost- jobs for politicians, which means heavy costs, in- Friedensplan von US-Präsident Donald Trump vor- creasing the bureaucracy and red tape in the gov- gesehene Annektierung umgehend umzusetzen. ernment’s administration and the public sector. It’s Gantz hingegen wollte abwarten und forderte, die also proof that as far as the politicians are con- gesamte Aufmerksamkeit zunächst auf die Corona- cerned – right and left – they put themselves ahead Krise zu konzentrieren. Diese Forderung ist nun im of everyone else. This is not the way to manage a Koalitionsabkommen verankert. Die Regierung gilt in crisis. Managing the coronavirus crisis requires the den ersten sechs Monaten ihres Bestehens als public’s confidence, cooperation and sacrifice, for Notstandsregierung und wird in diesem Zeitraum it’s being called upon to pay a hefty price. (…) The keine Gesetzesinitiativen einbringen, die nicht direkt hasty decision to hand out one-time allocations to 1 families for 500 shekels per child (…) and to the convenient opportunity that history has given Blue elderly shows Netanyahu understands that broad and White and its leader Benny Gantz: To finally social unrest is brewing, which could be directed advance internal Jewish consensus and broad na- against him as well. But this tranquilizing pill cannot tional accord over the future of Judea and Samaria hide the wastefulness of the bloated government (…). If they could only internalize this, it would be being planned. their finest hour. The deal of the century, which al- Editorial, HAA, 03.04.20 lows for the annexation of 30% of Judea and Samar- ia and the application of Israeli law in the communi- A political crisis amid COVID-19 should (and ties there, is not just a plan from the "hard-line right" could) have been avoided school of thought. For years, the camp Gantz now (…) Israel’s experience should serve as a wake-up leads has talked about the need for "separation." call to other countries, including the US: do not mix The deal of the century addresses this separation, politics into the ongoing health crisis. Israel is in the even if imperfectly. (…) The deal of the century also process of establishing a unity government (…). addresses the demographic demon and the Jewish Benny Gantz should have offered his support to majority and leaves the vast majority of Palestinians Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the very early outside the borders of the State of Israel. (…) The stages of the COVID-19 crisis instead of actively annexation of Judea and Samaria (…) ultimately working towards creating coalitions. (…) Instead, envisions a Palestinian state as a solution to the Israel found itself fighting the gravest health crisis of conflict, making this vision a cornerstone of the the century and a political and constitutional crisis, Gantz camp's policies after all. Gantz certainly has- all at once. (…) As Israel’s transitional government n't forgotten that the enterprise of settling the Jordan was making bold decisions on a daily basis to fight Valley is the fruit of the Labor party's policies – (…). the outbreak, the process of government formation Shimon Peres planted a tree in Ofra in the Judean nevertheless continued unabated. (…) In the past, Hills and approved its creation, and Motta Gur sup- Israeli politicians have (…) prioritized Israel’s welfare ported many of the communities across Judea and over party politics and formed unity governments in Samaria. (…) The moment the status of the Jewish the face of national crises. In June of 1967, as ten- settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria is final- sions between Israel and its Arab neighbors were ized through internal and international agreement rising, Levi Eshkol created a unity government, even (…) Israel can free itself to deeper introspection. though Labor already had a 75-seat majority. The Then Israel can finally turn its attention to matters of average survival time of a government between welfare, society and other schisms that divide Israeli 1949 and 1967 was 17 months; this government society. lasted for 38, ending with Eshkol’s death. Israeli Nadav Shragai, IHY, 05.04.20 leaders today should have followed Eshkol’s lead much earlier. (…) Ultimately, it is for the political Gantz, have you no red lines at all? opponent to demonstrate leadership, reach out to There are several proofs of the fact that the term whoever is in power, and offer assistance in the face “national emergency government” is devoid of con- of a national emergency. In times of crisis, the politi- tent. One is that Yaakov Litzman is staying on as cal system should rally behind the incumbent. Cam- health minister. Another is that the Kahol Lavan paigns and other political maneuvers – which in the party didn’t demand “coronavirus portfolios” like the case of Israel crystallized into a full-fledged political health and finance ministries. And here’s a third crisis and nearly resulted in a constitutional crisis – piece of evidence demonstrating that the pandemic have no place during such trying times. Moving is just a smokescreen for Prime Minister Benjamin forward, party politics and individuals’ personal polit- Netanyahu: the fact that during Likud’s negotiations ical considerations should not continue to undermine with Kahol Lavan over forming a government, the states’ responses to COVID-19. (…) main dispute has been over the issue of annexation. Daphné Richemond-Barak, JPO, 05.04.20 The self-evident question is why, at the height of an unprecedented health crisis – at a time when the Gantz's opportunity to mend the historic rift health system is on the brink of collapse, the educa- The discord over Israeli sovereignty – which is cur- tion system is shut down, the population is in quar- rently delaying the establishment of an emergency antine, the elderly are separated from their families, government – isn't just a landmine on the path to cities are under lockdown and more than a million unity. This disagreement is also a one-time relatively Israelis have become unemployed – why, amid all this chaos, is Netanyahu, and presumably other 2 sections of his right-wing bloc, primarily concerned without the Likud. Just how was he planning on with the issue of unilaterally annexing parts of the doing that? Did anyone imagine that Blue and White West Bank? (…) Netanyahu is simply using the would win enough mandates that it wouldn’t need coronavirus to ensure his continuance in power, the support of either the Joint List or Likud? How is it while also creating irreversible facts on the ground in then, that two days before he did an about-face turn, line with the right’s policy. (…) Kahol Lavan

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