Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
Today's issues: Rushing to profit from the Iran deal, the abysmal treatment of African asylum seekers, choosing between a signed agreement or no agreement, the Greek economic crisis, and of the State Comptroller's report on Israel's natural gas sector.
The Jerusalem Post notes: "The rapidity that Tehran is returning to vortex of the international business community tends to make the agreement seem like nothing more than a preamble to opening the gates of profit," and adds: "Iran, in other words, is shown that it can literally stick to its guns and its 'non-negotiable' genocidal plots against Israel, while the response from the rest of the world is an indulgence that triggers an unnerving impetuous competition in Europe and Asia for lucrative Iranian opportunities."
Haaretz contends that the government feels that "African asylum seekers aren't human beings." The editor criticizes the government policy of deporting asylum seekers to Uganda and Rwanda, without having obtained clear guarantees of their safety and freedom in those countries, and asserts: "The right thing to do would be to enable the asylum seekers to live in dignity and freedom here in Israel as long as circumstances don't allow them to return to their homelands."
Yediot Aharonot discusses Prime Minister Netanyahu's efforts to muster the required majority in the US Congress against the agreement with Iran, and argues that "Netanyahu is not interested in any agreement with Iran, regardless of its content." The author, a former head of Mossad, says that Teheran was obliged to make considerable concessions, and notes that the agreement also details a "clear process giving a forum with a clear Western majority the possibility of restoring the sanctions." The author believes that "it's important to hold a profound debate in Israel on whether no agreement is preferable to an agreement which includes components that are crucial for Israel's security," and concludes: "There will be no other agreement and no other negotiations. What is better, a signed agreement or no agreement?"
Israel Hayom compares the Greek economic crisis to a similar crisis in Israel in 1985, and states that unlike 21st century Greece, the 1985 Israeli national unity government, "managed to stop Israel's nosedive, stabilized its economy and put Israel on solid economic footing." The author adds: "The economy recovered because of economic liberalization. By adopting free-market principles, the government managed to transform Israel's heavily centralized and planned economy." The author criticizes the Leftist MKs who "continue to advocate the same destructive populism that brought Greece to its knees," and is hopeful that more moderate and reasonable forces will prevail.
Globes discusses the publication of the State Comptroller's report on the subject of the natural gas sector, and states: "The State Comptroller correctly identified the weaknesses and defects, and criticizes (gently) those who need to be criticized. Beyond the soft criticisms and rebukes, however, he proposes no solution, no way out, or alternative scheme for escaping this depressing imbroglio."
[Efraim Halevy, Zalman Shoval and Amiram Barkat wrote today's articles in Yediot Aharonot, Yisrael Hayom and Globes, respectively.]
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21 July 2015
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