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Media Summary

09/11/2015

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As terror attacks against Israelis continue, the Telegraph reports that six Israelis were wounded in stabbing and car-ramming attacks on Sunday. The Metro reports that one incident involved a Palestinian woman stabbing a security guard, while the Independent notes that a Palestinian who ran his car into a bus stop, injuring four people, was shot by police. The Guardian also reports the attacks.

The Guardian previews Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting later today with President Barack Obama. The report claims that the two leaders will discuss a £20bn military aid package and also notes that Mr Netanyahu will address the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.

The Telegraph carries a long obituary for Yitzchak Navon, Israel’s fifth president, who died on Saturday and was buried on Sunday.

The Times reports that Britain has begun deporting refugees, mainly of Palestinian origin, who fled to Cyprus from Lebanon three weeks ago. The 109 people stand to be forcibly removed from the British military base where they landed, and returned to Beirut.

The Times writes that a British woman has been recognised as ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ by Israel’s Yad Vashem holocaust centre for her role in saving a Jewish boy in 1938 Austria. Maria Turnsek fled to England before the outbreak of war and died last year.

Saturday’s Evening Standard covers Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s departure on a trip to Israel and the West Bank with a trade delegation.

A Times report on Saturday reported on a finding of France’s Court of Cassation that found the boycott campaign against Israel broke French anti-discrimination law.

All Israeli newspapers report on the three terror attacks yesterday as part of their coverage on the ongoing violence. Israel Hayom, the Jerusalem Post, Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz report that 19-year-old Benjamin Yaakovovich, a Border Guard injured in a terror attack last week, has died from his wounds. Yediot Ahronot reveals that the IDF has issued mobilisation orders to four reservist battalions due to the ongoing terrorism and violence.

Online, the Times of Israel reports that a rocket was fired from Gaza and landed inside Israel in an open area last night. The Israel Air Force targeted a Hamas installation in response.

All Israeli newspapers also cover the funeral of former President Yitzchak Lavon. The Jerusalem Post quotes Mr Netanyahu’s eulogy where he called Mr Navon “the jewel in the crown of Jerusalem”. Haaretz reports President Reuven Rivlin’s speech “You were a man of the people and above the rest – a beacon that illuminates when the way is not clear enough”.

Haaretz reports on the visit of London mayor Boris Johnson to Israel, noting that while officially a trade delegation, the trip is being seen by some as part of Mr Johnson’s preparation to run for Conservative leader when current Prime Minister David Cameron stands down.

Several papers preview today’s Netanyahu-Obama meeting in Washington. A positive spread in Israel Hayom headlined “A visit for security” quotes Mr Netanyahu saying the meeting will ensure Israel’s qualitative military superiority in the Middle East. Barak Ravid in Haaretz interviews Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, who told him that “Whoever the next [US ] president is, there is going to be significant international concern over the lack of a two-state solution” and suggested that Mr Obama is considering a major policy speech on the peace process. Maariv reports that Mr Netanyahu is considering gestures towards the Palestinians, which Education Minister Naftali Bennett is pre-emptively opposing. Shimon Shiffer, commenting in Yediot Ahronot, compares Mr Netanyahu’s visit to the walk to Canossa and suggests it will be conciliatory in tone.

Haaretz reveals the approval of plans to build a new bridge between Israel and Jordan. The bridge, to be built in Northern Israel near to the town of Beit She’an, will be Israel and Jordan’s first joint infrastructure project and will be a part of the planned Jordan Gate industrial zone.

Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz report on the attest of a right-wing activist who allegedly assaulted Rabbi Arik Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights two weeks ago and threatened him with a knife.