Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 05/15 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 16.-28. Februar Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Vorgezogene Neuwahlen................................................................................................................................. 1 2. Netanyahus Rede vor dem US-Kongress........................................................................................................ 3 3. Terror in Dänemark.......................................................................................................................................... 5 4. Medienquerschnitt............................................................................................................................................ 6 1. Vorgezogene Neuwahlen Das Parteienbündnis Zionistisches Lager zwischen der Arbeitspartei unter Führung von Isaac Herzog und HaTnua unter der früheren Justizministerin Tzipi Livni sowie auch der frühere Wirtschaftsminister Yair Lapid von Yesh Atid werfen Netanyahu wirtschaftli­ches Versagen vor. Die Regierung stellt die Sicher­heit in den Mittelpunkt ihrer Kampagne. Wenige Wochen vor dem Wahltermin sieht sich Netanyahu mit zwei sehr kritischen Berichten des Rechnungs­hofes konfrontiert: Ein detaillierter Bericht über die privaten Ausgaben seiner Familie sowie ein Bericht, der die Wohnungsbaupolitik der Regierung als Fias­ko mit katastrophalen Folgen qualifiziert. Talking‘tachles’ in a vacuous election campaign If one were a visitor from abroad, judging from the Israeli election campaigns one could easily assume that there are no major issues of importance facing the State of Israel. The Israeli public is being daily bombarded with empty slogans, clever but meaning­less YouTube videos and vacuous Facebook posts. (…) There are some parties which never write a platform because there is simply no position which the list of candidates can agree on. These parties hope that enough citizens will merely vote for their brand, in much the same way as one chooses a type of laundry detergent or soft drink if they see and hear enough advertising.(…) Israel’s political system has become paralyzed with fear and it large­ly puts its own survival ahead of the interests of the state and its people. The people of Israel should demand more from their potentially elected officials. They should demand clarity and a sense of purpose. Israelis should say clearly that they will not vote for parties which do not even deign to provide a plat­form or vision. We should not be hoodwinked by punchy videos and clever slogans; we should de­mand clear answers to questions of national and existential importance. It’s time to put an end to meaningless and empty election campaigns, it’s time for straight talk. Ashley Perry, JPO, 16.02.15 Right-wing leaders, stop cultivating anti-Left, anti-Arab propaganda The Samaria Settlers Committee, a body that bene­fits from public funds through the Samaria Regional Council, posted a video in which a master with a German accent who hides behind a broadsheet newspaper uses his Jewish servant to collect stories that blacken the reputations of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces. In exchange, the master tosses the servant euro coins, until the former no longer has any need for the Jew and sends him to his death. The analogy is clear: Left-wing organizations, whose 1