The Jerusalem Post bids farewell to William Schabas, head of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s panel of inquiry into last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip, who “has done us all a favor and resigned,” and notes: “Schabas’s resignation seals the fate of the misguided UNHRC’s panel of inquiry and its report, slated to be produced at the end of March. By stepping down, Schabas is effectively admitting his own bias, which renders the results of his inquiry inadmissible to any court of justice.”

Haaretz editorial was not available today.

Yediot Aharonot believes that the escalation in the north may lead to confrontation with Iran, and states: “Military conflict between Israel and Iran on Syrian soil will start off with favorable conditions for Israel. But Israel will also have to take Russia's stance into account and will require serious security and diplomatic American backing.” The author adds: “These considerations may cause Israel to favor the ‘containment’ of the recent conflict, which Nasrallah is interested in too,” but notes:  “‘containment’ is always a temporary cure.”

Yisrael Hayom discusses “the obsessive preoccupation of the leftist media with the bottle return refunds and the lawn furniture at the Prime Minister's Residence,” and is hopeful that the resulting investigation “won't be influenced by the media's persecution complex against the Netanyahu family.” The author states that “The ‘Zionist Camp’ and its representatives in the media can continue dealing with bottles and lawn furniture, while the government of Israel continues to deal with the existential interests of the state,” and is certain the forthcoming elections will leave the Likud and  Prime Minister Netanyahu firmly in power. 
 
Globes notes: “Israel's European exports are at the abyss,” and states: “If we look at the basket of currencies reflecting Israel's balance of trade and the world's countries, we find that within less than two months, the shekel has strengthened against the basket by no less than 6%.” The author is concerned by the “exceptional and unhindered activity in the local foreign currency market,” which makes it easy to affect the exchange rates, and warns that “when the euro recovers slightly from the low point it has reached following the quantitative easing program and Greece, those same bodies responsible for strengthening the shekel will do anything they like.”