Yisrael Hayom advocates that Israel should persist in including the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb in its national heritage project. The author says that "Palestinian threats are due to their knowledge that heritage sites attest to our basic rights over the country."
Haaretz worries that PM Netanyahu’s decision will create an unnecessary confrontation over Israel’s heritage sites, and "threatens to turn a welcome initiative – one that deepens the link to Jewish heritage and the country’s history – into a focus of contention with the Palestinians and the entire Arab world."
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Yediot Aharonot argues that "A government web site which dictates to its citizens what to think, what to say and how to defend it – its place is among fascist and dark nations. An attempt to market its political positions will only damage Israel."
The Jerusalem Post welcomes PM Netanyahu’s comprehensive transportation reform plan, and asserts that Netanyahu is the first premier to recognize that "Improvement in public conveyances will shrink distances and demolish psychological barriers to residence away from the country’s economic and cultural hubs," and to propose a major overhaul of the country’s transportation infrastructure and mass transit system in light of this.