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ISRAEL: Summary of Editorials from the Hebrew Press

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Haaretz - http://www.haaretz.com
Yediot Aharonot - http://www.ynetnews.com
Globes - http://www.globes.co.il
Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com
Hazofeh - http://www.hazofe.co.il


Haaretz comments: "The cancellation of a rabbinical conference last week called to deal with the distress of women whose husbands have refused to divorce them and ways of solving the problem through halakha (Jewish law) has one clear meaning: this great distress, which is also shared by many Orthodox women, is of no interest to the ultra-Orthodox establishment. That is, at least as long as its position is reflected by the "greatest ajudicator of the generation," Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, who brought about the cancellation of the meeting... Two conclusions can be drawn from this business. One is organizational: if senior officials in the Chief Rabbinate, in this case Rabbi Amar, are unable to withstand outside pressures and to create independent policy, this whole body is unnecessary... The second conclusion is more fundamental: ...If the Orthodox establishment wants to persuade at least that large portion of the public who has no such position, it must ensure that the Orthodox system can provide solutions for human distress involving issues of personal status, first and foremost in the cases of agunot ("chained" women) and those whose husbands have refused to divorce. If this is not done, it will mean that Orthodox exclusivity in these areas is destined to disappear."

The Jerusalem Post writes: "The imperative to reduce poverty is not a luxury, to be expended when other pressures come into play. It is as essential as any goal on the treasury's to-do list... The best way to achieve this objective is to persist in policies which generate growth because nothing alleviates poverty like greater opportunities. The wisdom is to focus on those opportunities of which the less skilled components of society can avail themselves at this time. A growing economy is the golden goose that can provide for defense and social needs while reducing unemployment. The key to spurring growth is to press ahead with an ambitious economic reform agenda, including reducing the tax burden, and tackling overconcentration of the economy through deregulation and privatization. The war is no reason to rest on our economic laurels; on the contrary, it should accelerate the pursuit of reforms that have brought us this far, and which hold the best prospect for increasing the income of the least fortunate over the long term."

Yediot Aharonot derides Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's latest electoral and government reform proposals.

Hatzofeh says that appointing Minister Avigdor Lieberman to the ministerial committee responsible for evacuating unauthorized settlement outposts is akin to "the cat guarding the cream," and wonders how the Labor Party could have agreed to this. The editors suggest that Labor is in too much internal turmoil and speculate that Amir Peretz's days as party chairman are numbered.
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