The Jerusalem Post comments that "Israel is certainly high on [Syrian President] Assad’s hit list. The fact that his regime is so beleaguered only makes him more dangerous. The menace isn’t only from Assad’s junta but from the fact that he is Iran’s closest ally in the region and as such, for now, commands the loyalty of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, as enunciated by its chief Hassan Nasrallah. A clear and present danger exists that Assad’s missile stockpiles, replete with chemical warheads, will eventually make their way to Hezbollah arsenals. There’s woefully little attention to this in the West, despite the censure of Assad’s oppression of his own people."
Yediot Aharonot says that, "In far away Stockholm the temperatures are diving toward 0 Celsius, but Professor Dan Shechtman yesterday supplied many warm moments to the citizens of the State of Israel, as well as to the Jewish People throughout the Diaspora. And why hide it? Twenty-two percent of all prize winners until today have been Jews. And the anti-Semites can go to hell."
Ma’ariv professes that "Governments do not like criticism. They especially do not like claims regarding human rights under their jurisdiction. But openness to criticism and the willingness to accept it are requisites for democracy – even when it is burning and painful. To filch some of the money which has been contributed to organizations, the mission of which is to criticize governments’ human rights records, and then to institute a special tax on those contributions in order to transfer some of them to the criticized body – is an idea which borders on the absurd. Only a government which is afraid of human rights could contemplate support of such a move."
Haaretz comments that Israel must refrain from launching a Gaza offensive: "Before the Israel’s air force and the tanks rush once more toward Gaza, carrying out an operation whose beginning is known but not its end, it is essential to examine the possibility of establishing a cease-fire in different ways. In the past Israel has managed to achieve unofficial agreements with the group on cease-fires, and set the terms for their implementation. It is fair to say that Hamas, too, has much interest in maintaining calm."
Yisrael Hayom notes, "The death last week of the journalist Nakdimon Rogel, one of the founders of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, returned to the public debate the recollection of the document which he authored, with the modest and minimalist title, ‘Guidelines for Coverage of News and Current Affairs’. A guide, not a directive. This composition was only one aspect of Rogel’s work. Rogel, known as Nakdi, was, first and foremost, an authority." The author believes that "In all likelihood, the use of the Nakdi document’s principles by contemporary journalists would filter the legislative fervor in the Knesset regarding journalism."