Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press
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Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press 4/1

  • 4/1/2015
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    ​​The Jerusalem Post favors the agreement to raise the minimum wage in Israel, and contends: “It could boost productivity and reduce income inequality without necessarily causing a rise in unemployment.” In addition positive aspect, the editor adds, is that “the hike comes just in time for Passover, which will be good news for many families having a hard time making ends meet.”
     
    Haaretz attacks new Ministry of Interior regulations meant effectively to deport citizens of Eritrea and Sudan seeking asylum in Israel, and notes: “Thus Israel, itself a country of refugees, has turned into a state that oppresses people who seek refuge here.” The editor asserts that “This criminal policy of the immigration authorities can be understood in the context of the general abandonment in principle of this population,” and calls to put an end to these inhuman measures that stain Israel’s moral image.
     
    Yediot Aharonot comments on the nuclear negotiations with Iran, and states: “Contrary to all reason and rational thought, Obama and his European partners are about to sign an agreement that will allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons and pose a serious threat not only to the existence of Israel, but also to the future of its neighbors in the Middle East – and world peace too in the final analysis.” Relying on the naiveté of the American president and the other Western negotiators, the author contends that the Iranians will continue to lie and deceive as they have thus far, “and again play the Americans and Europeans for fools.”
     
    Yisrael Hayom notes the disproportional reaction by the international community to the Saudi attack on a refugee camp in Yemen that killed 40 civilians and wounded 200 others compared to the outrage against Israel when it operated in Gaza under similar circumstances, and states that “the almost certain silence in the United Nations about the attack on ‎the refugee camp in Yemen is worth recalling the next time Israel is attacked for doing far ‎less to protect itself.”
    Globes believes “Israel's relations with the Obama Administration have gone from poisonous to venomous,” and adds: “it appears that relations between the two governments will continue to deteriorate over the next 21 months until Obama is out of office.”
    [Noah Klieger, Elliott Abrams and Norman Bailey wrote today's articles in Yediot Aharonot, Yisrael Hayom and Globes, respectively.]