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The Jerusalem Post comments on UNESCO’s acceptance of “Palestine” as its 195th member: "In its rush to aid the Palestinians in their unilateral bid for internationally recognized statehood status, UNESCO completely disregarded its own declared educational and cultural standards based on equality and mutual respect. Instead, UNESCO effectively endorsed the warped, hate-mongering Palestinian national ‘narrative’ as reflected in the Palestinian Authority’s official school textbooks, cultural policies and popular media. By accepting ‘Palestine’ as a member, UNESCO has effectively given its stamp of approval to the sort of vicious indoctrination undergone by Palestinian schoolchildren at a young, impressionable age."
Yediot Aharonot calls the current situation in Jordan, in light of the ongoing regional upheavals, "delicate and dangerous." The author asserts that "Israel’s immediate responsibility is to support the kingdom, support the King, and convince the US to cancel its millions in dept, to speak with the Jordanians, to call the King and to create numerous connections, as did, for example, Yitzhak Rabin." The author adds that "Jordan today separates between the Iranians and Israel. The Iranians will stop on the border of the desert if they know that the Jordanians are willing to fight them, and if they know that behind them, ready to do battle, is the power of Israel."
Yisrael Hayom argues that the "’public debate’ surrounding an attack on Iran is irresponsible and dangerous to the country’s security. There is no doubt that if the Iranians have a bomb, and if, God forbid, would use it against us – even then, from amongst the rubble, will rise the same know-it-all, no-barriers journalists, they will shake the dust and plaster from their cloths and will commence a piercing blame campaign: ‘Why didn’t the Government do anything?’, ‘Failure!’"
Ma’ariv says, "They say that the spark has died, that they was no excitement in the air, that Rabin Square has seen greater crowds and that more people attended previous protests. All true. But something real happened here, and therefore the social revolution has already succeeded even though most of demands have not been met. It awakened Israel from its apathy. The public became more critical of the political system; volunteers now follow Knesset committee debates – a celebration of democracy."
Haaretz comments: "The growing number of murders and other acts of violence in their communities has become a leading concern for Israeli Arabs in recent years," who claim the police are not doing enough to prevent criminal violence in Arab communities. "The police blame the Arab community itself for this, claiming that the Arab population does not cooperate with criminal investigators. The distrust that exists between the police and Israel’s Arab citizens does indeed make it more difficult to carry out investigations." However, "they, like all the country’s citizens, are entitled not to have their security neglected."
[Eitan Haber, Norit Kanti and Amos Regev wrote today’s articles in Yediot Aharonot, Ma’ariv and Yisrael Hayom, respectively.]