DOCSLIB.ORG

“Schlaglicht Israel”!

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
“Schlaglicht Israel”! Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 4/18 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 15.-28. Februar Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Neue Vorwürfe gegen Netanyahu ..................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Iranische Bedrohung ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 3. Polnisches Holocaust-Gesetz tritt in Kraft ......................................................................................................................... 6 4. Medienquerschnitt ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 1. Neue Vorwürfe gegen Netanyahu The graft that Netanyahu unwittingly admits to Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanyahu steht unter (...) “I worked to close Channel 10, of which he dem Verdacht, in einen weiteren Korruptionsfall [friend and benefactor Arnon Milchan] was an own- verwickelt zu sein. Er soll versucht haben, das er. If it weren’t for the attorney general’s instructions, Nachrichtenportal Walla im Gegenzug zu rechtlichen the channel would have closed,” Netanyahu said to und vor allem finanziellen Begünstigungen für eine defend himself against bribery allegations. (...) The positivere Berichterstattung über ihn selbst und prime minister’s claim is both a gross lie and foolish. seine Familie zu gewinnen. Netanyahu war zur Milchan may have formally been a shareholder in fraglichen Zeit Kommunikationsminister. Hinter dem Channel 10 during those years, but he had stopped Nachrichtenportal steht Israels größtes Telekommu- investing money in the channel and himself was nikationsunternehmen Bezeq. Der finanzielle Vorteil, working to close it down, so Netanyahu wasn’t work- den Bezeq erhielt, belaufe sich auf bis zu einer ing against him in this matter. On the contrary, their Milliarde Schekel. Die Polizei verhaftete in dem interests converged. (...) Netanyahu is admitting that Zusammenhang den Medienunternehmer und he tried to close a media outlet (...), because the Freund Netanyahus Shaul Elovitch, dessen Sohn Or channel broadcast damaging investigative reports und die Ehefrau Iris. Elovitch hält die Mehrheitsan- about him. (...) If a person who tried to close a me- teile an Bezeq. Desweiteren nahm die Polizei Nir dia outlet out of personal interest isn’t corrupt, then Hefetz, Netanyahus PR-Berater, fest. Hefetz wird what’s corruption? vorgeworfen, versucht zu haben, eine Richterin zu Raviv Drucker, HAA, 18.02.18 bestechen. Netanyahu droht bereits in zwei weiteren Korruptionsfällen die Anklage. Polizeiliche Ermittler This time, it’s not just cigars or champagne gaben nach Abschluss der Untersuchungen eine (...) it seems impossible that Netanyahu (...) isn’t entsprechende Empfehlung an den Generalstaats- deeply involved in this affair. (...) The allegations anwalt ab. Es seien ausreichend Beweise für Be- aren’t surprising. They all have to do with the apple stechlichkeit, Betrug und Untreue in zwei Fällen of Netanyahu's eye—the media—and his need to gesammelt worden. Netanyahu wies die Vorwürfe control it, and with the apple of Sara Netanyahu's als "absurd" zurück. eye—the obsessive pursuit of positive coverage, including flattering photos, a report on every single event she attends and, most importantly, ensuring that her work as a psychologist in the public service 1 is mentioned every time. (...) There are articles and perhaps the most scandalous political imbroglio in photos on the Walla! News website and, most Israel's history. (...) The current effort orchestrated importantly, testimonies of the website’s editors by the police and media is the culmination of dec- about relentless pressure for positive coverage of ades of delegitimization directed against a prime the prime minister’s family. And the return is clear: A minister who has proven outstanding diplomatic gift worth millions. The police will have no trouble leadership and is largely responsible for transform- finding the golden piece of evidence here, the ing Israel into a financial and military superpower. return. There is someone who gave a bribe and Ever since he was elected to lead the Likud, the someone who took a bribe. It’s all documented. (...) mainstream media (...) has ceaselessly sought to it’s likely going to be the simplest case. (...) no one besmirch him. No other democratic leader has been will claim that Netanyahu didn’t know or didn’t so vilified. (...) The ultimate outrage was a TV inter- understand what was going on around him, and that view with Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh in the so many people around him are being led to the week prior to the release of the police recommenda- interrogation room, while he is squeaky clean. It’s tion. Alsheikh unleashed a tirade against the prime time to wake up. The multiple cases, the growing minister, predicting that he would soon be charged number of interrogatees and the multiple circles with two major acts of corruption. (...) Yet, when closing in on the prime minister can no longer be challenged, he was unable to produce any evidence ignored by senior members of his party and by his substantiating these allegations. In any normal de- coalition partners. (...) Someone has to understand mocracy, a police commissioner breaching his du- that this disgrace can no longer be taken. ties on any of these issues would be dismissed. In Sima Kadmon, YED, 19.02.18 our dysfunctional system, Alsheikh carries on as usual. (...) In the absence of evidence of a crime, The assault on the rule of law distaste for Netanyahu's hedonism is insufficient (...) the public chorus (...) provides politically biased grounds for a breach-of-trust charge, let alone the information (...), and its message, the delegitimation more serious charges. The prime minister's future of the competent authorities, is an educational ca- should depend only on the judgment of the voters. tastrophe. If the attorney general decides to accept Most Israelis, whether they like or despise Netanya- the police recommendations and indict the prime hu, recognize that replacing him now could have minister, the chorus on the Right will rhyme his catastrophic consequences. At this critical period, name with the “New Israel Fund,” the “Meretz Su- with crucial threats looming, no one is capable of preme Court” and all its other ostensible enemies of stepping into Prime Minister Netanyahu's shoes. Israel. If he decides to drop the case, the chorus on Isi Leibler, IHY, 20.02.18 the Left will accuse him of cowardice and betrayal of his sworn duties, in order to please the man who We need a clear answer from Mandelblit appointed him to his high position. (...) A reasonable The question whether Attorney General Avichai person should reject the conspiracy theories of both Mandelblit was asked by Prime Minister Benjamin sides. (...) Netanyahu’s efforts to escape the clutch- Netanyahu, Nir Hefetz or anyone on behalf of the es of the law have led him to blow an evil wind on prime minister about the criminal investigation embers that threaten to flame up and consume the against Sara Netanyahu before being appointed public’s confidence in the rule of law. When Netan- attorney general is a fundamental and critical ques- yahu accuses the law enforcement agencies of tion in the current state of affairs. We must not let it fabricating a case against him he is putting his own get away without a clear and simple answer—yes or interests ahead of what is good for the country. no? (...) In light of the vagueness surrounding the Inciting the public against the legitimacy of the law issue, the attorney general should summon himself enforcement agencies is a much more serious mat- to the police’s Lahav 433 Unit immediately and ask ter than all the allegations in the police recommen- to provide his own account on the matter so as not dations put together. (...) to leave even the slightest bit of doubt. (...) If Man- Yedidia Stern, JPO, 20.02.18 delblit—this time as the attorney general who han- dles cases related to the prime minister and his Dysfunctional politics, disgraceful behavior close associates—received such an appeal and hid The criminal charges recommended by the Israel it from the public and from the police before being Police against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed, he knows he must disqualify himself and the politicians' and media's reactions amount to immediately from handling the investigations against 2 the prime minister and resign immediately for failing minister. (...) In a spectacular boomerang effect, the to report the appeal and then handling the Sara bulldozer turned up a judge who failed to report what Netanyahu cases. In such an event, I believe Man- she viewed as an offer of a bribe (...) detention con- delblit should also lose his license to practice law. ditions that would make the KGB proud; the demor- (...) The suspicions of serious governmental corrup- alization of a senior police officer who alleged that a tion, which are growing deeper every day, require an chief investigator sexually harassed her; a judge and attorney general capable of handling the different an investigator who illicitly coordinated detentions, affairs without any suspicion or prejudice. Other- obviating the role of the defense, reducing suspects wise, the public will completely lose its faith in Isra- to sub-human status, and more. It appears that el’s legal system.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • April 6 2020
    Israel and the Middle East News Update Monday, April 6 Headlines: • Cabinet Decides Lockdown in 8 Cities, Jerusalem Areas Amid Passover • Israel Seals Off Ultra-Orthodox Town Hit Hard by Coronavirus • Israel's Number of COVID-19 Cases Rises to 8,430 • Bennett Demands Defense Ministry Take Over Virus Battle from Health • Gantz Asks Rivlin for More Coalition-Forming Time • Eyeing Positions in Likud Govt, Labor Asks to End Left-Wing Alliance • PA Bans Israeli Goods to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus • Ex-IDF Generals: West Bank Annexation Could Cause Collapse of PA Commentary: • Ma’ariv: “‘An Appeal to Netanyahu: Health Ministry Versus the Scientists” - By Ben Caspit, commentator at Ma’ariv • Ha’aretz: “Who Needs Doctors When You Have an Army?” - By Raviv Drucker, commentator at Channel 13 News S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace 633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004 www.centerpeace.org News Excerpts April 6, 2020 Times of Israel Cabinet Decides Lockdown in 8 Cities, Jerusalem Areas Amid Passover The cabinet early Monday adopted decisions to allow the government to close off several cities and neighborhoods across Israel and the West Bank to combat the spread of the coronavirus and also step up economic assistance to the battered economy. The cabinet, which met via telephone, authorized a ministerial committee to declare various areas in Israel with high infection rates as “restricted areas,” and gave the same powers to the Israel Defense Force commander in the West Bank. The cabinet statement, issued after midnight Sunday, did not say who the members of the committee would be.
    [Show full text]
  • The Role of People-To-People Programs in the Current Israeli-Palestinian
    The Power of Possibility: The Role of People-to-People Programs in the Current Israeli- Palestinian Reality Forum Israel Shira Herzog and Avivit Hai ECF economic cooperation foundation © 2005 by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Israel Office P.O.Box 12235 Herzliya 46733, Israel Editor: Hermann Bünz Layout: Jaffa Cohen Printing: Ra'ayon All rights reserved. Editorial The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is a non-profit organisation with ideological roots in the German and international labour movement. Out of a profound commitment to social justice and peaceful coexistence both within societies and between nations, the Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung office in Israel contributes to - Strengthening German-Israeli relations - Facilitating the peace process and regional co-operation - Improving labour relations - Working for gender equality and women's empowerment - Democracy education for youth - Policy consulting and information Together with its partners, the Israel office of the Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung regularly holds public forums and workshops which address the above-mentioned topics. Authoritative representatives from the political, social, economic, and academic worlds are invited to take part in these encounters. Lectures and addresses given at these events, as well as conference summaries, are reproduced in this series of brochures, entitled "Israel Forum". The series is also intended for the presentation of policy analyses and research results which constitute the backdrop to such public forums. www.fes.org.il Opening Note The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) are pleased to support this publication, "The Power of Possibility – the Role of People-to-People in the Current Israeli-Palestinian Reality." The last few months have seen dramatic changes in the Israeli-Palestinian relationship.
    [Show full text]
  • Families of Backsliding Democracies: Unhappy in Their Own Way?
    Working draft – do not cite Families of Backsliding Democracies: Unhappy in their own way? Mordechai Kemnitzer and Yuval Shany (with assistance by Oded Ron), The paper, which is part of a broader project studying the mechanics and root causes of democratic backsliding and their possible relevance for Israeli democracy, explores similarities and differences between specific legislative and administrative measures taken or contemplated in three clusters of states, which could conceivably be presented on a spectrum of backsliding from liberal democracy – (1) Poland and Hungary – two EU member states that retain democratic institutions, but whose governments have been able to change significantly the balance of power between branches of government and to decrease the space available to criticism and opposition to government policies and to certain conservative values supported by the government (such countries are sometime regarded as illiberal or anti-liberal democracies); (2) Israel - a state which retains democratic institutions, but where elements in government have been attempting, with partial success, to change the balance of power between the branches of government and to curb criticism and opposition; and (3) Turkey, Russia and Venezuela – states that preserve some democratic institutions but no longer allow meaningfully competitive elections, practice open repression against political opponents and have left very little civic space for criticism and dissent. The present paper focuses only on comparing certain measures taken in the first two clusters of countries and presents some tentative conclusions about democratic backsliding in the three states. Our concern in this paper is not with the overall assessment of the situation in backsliding democracies, or on studying the populist ideology inspiring and, at times, facilitating the backsliding.
    [Show full text]
  • Israel's National Religious and the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict
    Leap of Faith: Israel’s National Religious and the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict Middle East Report N°147 | 21 November 2013 International Crisis Group Headquarters Avenue Louise 149 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 502 90 38 Fax: +32 2 502 50 38 [email protected] Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... i Recommendations..................................................................................................................... iv I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 II. Religious Zionism: From Ascendance to Fragmentation ................................................ 5 A. 1973: A Turning Point ................................................................................................ 5 B. 1980s and 1990s: Polarisation ................................................................................... 7 C. The Gaza Disengagement and its Aftermath ............................................................. 11 III. Settling the Land .............................................................................................................. 14 A. Bargaining with the State: The Kookists ................................................................... 15 B. Defying the State: The Hilltop Youth ........................................................................ 17 IV. From the Hills to the State ..............................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Israel Report Is a Student Publication of Sara, Hefetz Became Her Close Friend
    To provide greater exposure to primary Israeli news sources and opinions in order to become better informed on the issues, and to gain a better understanding of the wide range of perspectives that exist in Israeli society and politics. Issue 1094 • February 23, 2018 • 8 Adar 5778 SECURITY CABINET: NO LONGER STICKING THEIR NECKS OUT FOR Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s envoy for Middle East peace, and Jared Kushner, THE PM (JPost 2/22/18) Trump's son-in-law and adviser, met behind closed doors with the When The Jerusalem Post asked a member of Prime Minister Benjamin ambassadors on Tuesday, the report said. Netanyahu’s security cabinet Wednesday why he does not defend During the one-hour meeting, the envoys did not share details of the Trump Netanyahu in interviews, he responded bluntly and honestly that his plan nor did they indicate when the U.S. administration planned to unveil its conscience limited what he could defend. proposals, diplomats told AFP. "They asked for support at the time the plan In the past, Likud politicians fought over who would go on top television and comes out," said a diplomat, who asked not to be named. Another diplomat radio programs to advocate on the prime minister’s behalf. confirmed that Greenblatt and Kushner had made the request, even though Now, the best Netanyahu got was a strange speech by Culture Minister Miri no details of the plan were shared. Regev in the Knesset in which she made grammatical errors in Hebrew and French Ambassador Francois Delattre said the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Periodic Report As the Group Or the Bezeq Group
    Chapter A – Description of Corporation’s Operations In this report, which contains a description of the Corporation’s business operations as at December 31, 2008, the Company has included forward-looking information, as defined in the Securities Law 5728-1968 (the Securities Law). Such information includes forecasts, targets, appraisals and assessments which apply to future events or matters the realization of which is not certain and is not under the Corporation’s control. Forward-looking information in this report will usually be identified specifically, or by employing statements such as “the Company expects”, “the Company assesses”, “it is the Company’s intention”, and similar statements. Forward-looking information is not a proven fact and is based only on the Company’s subjective assessment, based, inter alia, on a general analysis of the information available at the time of drafting of this report, including public announcements, studies and surveys, and they contain no undertakings as to the correctness or completeness of the information contained therein, and the Corporation does not independently check the correctness thereof. The Company’s assessments vary from time to time, depending on circumstances. In addition, the realization and/or otherwise of the forward-looking information will be affected by factors that cannot be assessed in advance, and which are not within the control of the Company, including the risk factors that are characteristic of its operations as set out in this report, and developments in the general environment, and external factors and the regulation that affects the Company’s operations, as set out in this report. Bezeq The Israel Telecommunication Corporation Limited (the Company or Bezeq) along with the subsidiaries that it owns in whole or in part, whose financial statements are consolidated with the Company's, shall be jointly referred to in this periodic report as the Group or the Bezeq Group.
    [Show full text]
  • October 2 2019
    Israel and the Middle East News Update Wednesday, October 2 Headlines: • 22nd Knesset to Be Sworn in Tomorrow Amid 3rd Election Talk • Gantz Cancels Meet with Netanyahu: ‘Not Acting in Good Faith’ • PM to Convene Right-Wing Allies as His Criminal Hearings Begin • Arab MK: If Center-left Forms Gov't With Haredis, We May Support It • Report: Macron Brokered Document Between Rohani and Trump • Putin, Rouhani Meet in Armenia to Discuss Regional Issues • Israel Lets Gaza Workers Enter in Bid to Reduce Tension • 130,000 Sephardic Jews Apply for Spanish Citizenship by Deadline Commentary: • Ha’aretz: “3 Cases, 4 Days and Dozens of Lawyers: Netanyahu's Pre- indictment Hearing Begins Wednesday” - By Netael Bandel, columnist at Ha’aretz • Yedioth Ahronoth: “Not in Good Faith” - By Yuval Karni commentator at Yedioth Ahronoth S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace 633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004 The Hon. Robert Wexler, President ● Yoni Komorov, Editor ● Aaron Zucker, Associate Editor News Excerpts October 2, 2019 Jerusalem Post 22nd Knesset to Be Sworn in Tomorrow Amid 3rd Election Talk The 22nd Knesset will be inaugurated on Thursday, despite persistent threats from all political sides that it will soon be dissolved ahead of a third election in less than a year. There are only eight new MKs this time, and another nine are returning from past stints as legislators, which means that 103 members of the 22nd Knesset will be sworn in for the second time in 2019. Starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday, MKs can arrive at the Knesset, walk down a red carpet and receive a boutonniere and have a souvenir photo taken.
    [Show full text]
  • Netanyahu Formally Denies Charges in Court
    WWW.JPOST.COM THE Volume LXXXIX, Number 26922 JERUSALEFOUNDED IN 1932 M POSTNIS 13.00 (EILAT NIS 11.00) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 27 SHVAT, 5781 Eye in the sky A joint goal Feminist religious art IAI unveils aerial Amos Yadlin on the need to When God, Jesus surveillance system 6 work with Biden to stop Iran and Allah were women Page 6 Page 9 Page 16 How did we miss Netanyahu formally denies charges in court Judges hint witnesses to be called only after election • PM leaves hearing early the exit • By YONAH JEREMY BOB two to three weeks to review these documents before wit- Prime Minister Benjamin nesses are called, that would ramp? Netanyahu’s defense team easily move the first witness fought with the prosecution beyond March 23. ANALYSIS on Monday at the Jerusalem Judge Rivkah Friedman Feld- • By YONAH JEREMY BOB District Court over calling man echoed the prosecution’s witnesses in his public cor- arguments that the defense A lifetime ago when living ruption trial before the March had between one to two years in northern New Jersey, I 23 election. to prepare for witnesses. But often drove further north for It seemed that the judges ultimately the judges did not work. were leaning toward calling seem anxious to call the first Sometimes the correct exit the first witness in late March witness before March 23. was small and easy to miss. or early April, which they A parallel fight between the But there were around five would present as a compro- sides was the prosecution’s or so exits I could use to avoid mise between the sides.
    [Show full text]
  • Israel 2020 Human Rights Report
    ISRAEL 2020 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Israel is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. Although it has no constitution, its parliament, the unicameral 120-member Knesset, has enacted a series of “Basic Laws” that enumerate fundamental rights. Certain fundamental laws, orders, and regulations legally depend on the existence of a “state of emergency,” which has been in effect since 1948. Under the Basic Laws, the Knesset has the power to dissolve itself and mandate elections. On March 2, Israel held its third general election within a year, which resulted in a coalition government. On December 23, following the government’s failure to pass a budget, the Knesset dissolved itself, which paved the way for new elections scheduled for March 23, 2021. Under the authority of the prime minister, the Israeli Security Agency combats terrorism and espionage in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. The national police, including the border police and the immigration police, are under the authority of the Ministry of Public Security. The Israeli Defense Forces are responsible for external security but also have some domestic security responsibilities and report to the Ministry of Defense. Israeli Security Agency forces operating in the West Bank fall under the Israeli Defense Forces for operations and operational debriefing. Civilian authorities maintained effective control over the security services. The Israeli military and civilian justice systems have on occasion found members of the security forces to have committed abuses. Significant human
    [Show full text]
  • Israel and the Middle East News Update
    Israel and the Middle East News Update Wednesday, April 17 Headlines: • PA Prime Minister: Trump’s Peace Deal Will Be ‘Born Dead’ • Amb. Dermer: Trump Peace Plan Should Give Jews Confidence • Final Election Results: Likud 35, Blue White 35 • Netanyahu Celebrates Victory: I Am Not Afraid of the Media • Nagel: “Currently, there is No Solution to Gaza” • In First, US Publishes Official Map with Golan Heights as Part of Israel • Israel Interrogates US Jewish Activist at Airport Commentary: • Channel 13: “The Main Hurdle: Lieberman Versus the Haredim” − By Raviv Drucker, Israeli journalist and political commentator for Channel 13 News • Ha’aretz: “How the Israeli Left Can Regain Power - Stop Hating the Haredim” − By Benjamin Goldschmidt, a rabbi in New York City. He studied in the Ponevezh (Bnei Brak), Hebron (Jerusalem) and Lakewood (New Jersey) Yeshivas S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace 633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004 The Hon. Robert Wexler, President ● Yoni Komorov, Editor ● Aaron Zucker, Associate Editor News Excerpts April 17, 2019 Jerusalem Post PA Prime Minister: Trump’s Peace Deal Will Be ‘Born Dead’ Newly sworn in Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Tuesday night that US President Donald Trump’s peace plan will be “born dead." Shtayyeh said the American “Deal of the Century,” was declaring a “financial war” on the Palestinian people, during an interview with The Associated Press. "There are no partners in Palestine for Trump. There are no Arab partners for Trump and there are no European partners for Trump," Shtayyeh said in the interview. See also, “PALESTINIANS TURN TO RUSSIA TO BYPASS US PEACE PLAN” (Jerusalem Post) Jerusalem Post Amb.
    [Show full text]
  • The National Left (First Draft) by Shmuel Hasfari and Eldad Yaniv
    The National Left (First Draft) by Shmu'el Hasfari and Eldad Yaniv Open Source Center OSC Summary: A self-published book by Israeli playwright Shmu'el Hasfari and political activist Eldad Yaniv entitled "The National Left (First Draft)" bemoans the death of Israel's political left. http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/osc/israel-left.pdf Statement by the Authors The contents of this publication are the responsibility of the authors, who also personally bore the modest printing costs. Any part of the material in this book may be photocopied and recorded. It is recommended that it should be kept in a data-storage system, transmitted, or recorded in any form or by any electronic, optical, mechanical means, or otherwise. Any form of commercial use of the material in this book is permitted without the explicit written permission of the authors. 1. The Left The Left died the day the Six-Day War ended. With the dawn of the Israeli empire, the Left's sun sank and the Small [pun on Smol, the Hebrew word for Left] was born. The Small is a mark of Cain, a disparaging term for a collaborator, a lover of Arabs, a hater of Israel, a Jew who turns against his own people, not a patriot. The Small-ists eat pork on Yom Kippur, gobble shrimps during the week, drink espresso whenever possible, and are homos, kapos, artsy-fartsy snobs, and what not. Until 1967, the Left actually managed some impressive deeds -- it took control of the land, ploughed, sowed, harvested, founded the state, built the army, built its industry from scratch, fought Arabs, settled the land, built the nuclear reactor, brought millions of Jews here and absorbed them, and set up kibbutzim, moshavim, and agriculture.
    [Show full text]
  • The Bezeq Era
    The Bezeq Era February 2016 Forward-Looking Statement This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may include financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, products and services, and statements regarding future performance. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the factors indicated in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For more details, refer to our SEC filings and the amendments thereto, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F and Current Reports on Form 6-K. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or to changes in our expectations, except as may be required by law. 1 About BCOM . B Communications Ltd. is a holding company with a controlling interest At A Glance (approximately 26.3%) in Bezeq, The Ticker BCOM Israel Telecommunication Corp. (“Bezeq”), Exchange NASDAQ & TASE Israel’s largest telecommunications provider (TASE: BEZQ). Headquarters Ramat Gan, Israel Stock Price $27.00 . BCOM is a subsidiary of Internet Gold and 52 Week Range $14.31-$27.96 part of the Eurocom Group in Israel.
    [Show full text]