The Jerusalem Post reflects on commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year also marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and notes: “While the atrocities of the Holocaust took place seven decades ago, the dangers of murderously violent anti-Semitism are hardly a thing of the past.” The editor asserts: “Just 70 years after the Holocaust, we are confronted with a stark reality: anti-Semitism remains a danger. History’s lessons have not been learned. The situation of the Jews in Europe is once again precarious,” and concludes: “unlike 70 years ago, Europe’s Jews need not rely on the rectitude of their hosts. They have a choice.”

Haaretz comments on the “suspicions against [PM] Netanyahu over the funding of trips and transfer of funds for other purposes when he was head of the opposition (the so-called Bibitours case),” and asserts that despite the fact that both Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein and State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan are seemingly doing all they can to keep the prime minister in office, nevertheless, “If Netanyahu allegedly violated the law, he must stand trial like anyone else.”

Yediot Aharonot believes that last Sunday’s apparent decision to assassinate senior Hezbollah and Iranian military leaders on the Syrian Golan has left Hezbollah and Iran with basically no other choice other than to respond in a vicious and painful attack against Israel, and warns that this approach “is a risky business, and an indication of much self-confidence – for which there may be a very high price.” The author asserts: “The violent undercurrent in the various arenas is part of a mood in which Israel comes across as lacking in sufficient resolve. The deterrence offered by Israel's security forces – against both external and internal threats – is not at its best” and asks: “When will Israel decide that we are dealing with a threat that requires handling with a different set of tools?”

Yisrael Hayom criticizes the Israeli media’s tendency “to paint a humiliating portrait of a democratically elected prime minister is well beyond what can be considered acceptable,” and asserts; “Under the guise of journalistic work, the Left has been singularly focused on one goal: creating a diversion from reality and denying the public the right to think freely.”

Globes op-ed was not available today.