Eye on the Enemy: Barak’s Conditions to Negotiations with Iran, Protests back to Tel Aviv
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The army assesses that the demonstrations will concentrate in Bethany, Qalandiya, Rachel crossing, the Erez Crossing and the Palestinian towns, yet there is no fear the protests will spill over violence against the "Israeli" soldiers. A senior officer in Central Command said that "the strike of the prisoners will provoke more Palestinians to go to the streets but the "defense" services of the PA would not allow demonstrations and rallies to worsen."
Barak: Condition to Successful Negotiations with Iran
"Israeli" Radio
"Israeli" Minister of "Defense" Ehud Barak, stated that "the reports received on Iran, and specifically on Iran's nuclear program, clearly show to all intelligence agencies in the free world that our claims are true."
"The Iranians are continuing their nuclear program to acquire nuclear weapons," he added. "The countries that are negotiating with Iran must put conditions on Tehran that shall be sufficient had Iran accepted to stop its nuclear program," Barak said to our station.
Barak believes that Iran would not comply with all the European conditions because had it done so, it won't be able to continue its progress towards a nuclear weapon. In this case, negotiations will be useless. "So we've made it clear to our colleagues in the free nations, and China -though that's a difficult task- that all uranium enrichment must be stopped; not only the 20% should be taken outside the borders of Iran, but the enrichment of 3, 5% must be halted and exported as well. That way Iran won't be able at any moment to achieve its goal and obtain a nuclear weapon."
On the Government of National Unity and the entry of the "Kadima's" President Shaul Mofaz to the government, and linking this event to launching an "Israeli" military strike on Iran, Barak said that "Israel" has a big responsibility, and always did, to do whatever can be done.
"But we have to differentiate between the internal policy, our relations with the United States and the decision itself. We must listen to everyone, discuss the topics and hear all points of view," he concluded.
Lapid: Bibi Bought Kadima at Liquidation Value
Army Radio
Although Yair Lapid is considered on the political arena one of the biggest losers of the revocation of early elections, the chairman of "Yesh Atid " party, which was sent to the political wilderness, attacked Netanyahu at a parlor meeting in Shefayim. Lapid said that the promises of change regarding Tal law were a ruse, and the coalition has been born "in sin."
"Something good happened this week, Kadima has gone back to being what it has always been - a part of Likud," Lapid said.
He added that the Prime Minister bought his partners at liquidation value, and got 28 seats for Kadima with the price of eight seats, which the party would have received according to the polls. Lapid slammed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and accused him of fearing Moshe Feiglin and his extremist group in Likud party.
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This Summer, Social Protests back to Tel Aviv
Army Radio
"Four days ago, it seemed that the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu feared going to the elections for several reasons, and social protests expected in the summer, is one of them. Since the early elections had been canceled, protest is supposed to be in the form of a series of demonstrations that will take place soon in parts of the country. Social protests are listed, inter alia, in the agenda of National unity government, according to our correspondent of political affairs.
After ten months of invading the country with the social protests, it is expected that the protests will be back to the streets, in many centers across the country, including al-Qus (Jerusalem), Haifa, Beer al-Sabe' (Beersheba), Nahariya and Pardes Hanna .
Crowds are expected to come out to the streets with less numbers than last summer. Activist Daniel Flanker is expected to lead a number of marches, which will begin from the southern neighborhoods of Tel Aviv to Rabin Square.
One of the protesters says that, "we know very well that there is enough for all, while banks are profiting tens of billions per year and 18% of people are sewing up everything, some people are looking for food in the containers of waste, and the state is burning food to adjust the prices, it's not reality, reality is what people produce for themselves at home, in the street and in the neighborhood."
One of the leaders of the protest, Yair Olmert, says that there are leading figures such as Staph Shaffer, Daphne Liv, and the President of the Student Union Itzik Shomouly preferred to stay aside, "but we still have a real chance for the population is now against the formation of a unity government".
It is unclear whether the protests will escalate as expected by the nephew of former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert. However, for everyone, even the political establishment, it is clear that the popular discontent might affect the elections, not necessarily those approaching. "
The Death of a Prisoner on a Hunger Strike will Ignite the Situation
Amir Bohbot - Walla!News
In the "defense" establishment, they are convinced that in the current situation there is no fear that the Palestinian protests will lead to violent demonstrations, but they are concerned about the exacerbation of the prisoners' situation on hunger strike. "Each of them is like a ticking bomb".
The possibility of violent protests would be more intense than usual this year because of the hunger strike of Palestinians prisoners. Chief of Staff said in private conversation with the central command: "We are hoping for better and preparing ourselves for the worse".
Along with this issue, there is concern that the death of Palestinian inmates in "Israeli" prisons will spark violent protests against "Israeli" soldiers and settlers. "The issue of prisoners' strike acquires a great interest in the Palestinian media and the death of prisoners can lead to a united protest between organizations and that concerns us," said a senior security source, and added that "there are a number of individual prisoners who completed this month without food and they are at risk. It is clear that each of them is like dynamite. "
Source: Hebrew papers, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
