Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 2/17 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 16.-31. Januar Die Themen dieser Ausgabe Trump im Amt........................................................................................................................................................... 1 Tote bei Räumung des Beduinendorfs Umm al-Hiran............................................................................................... 3 Debatte über Bericht des staatlichen Kontrolleurs zum Gazakrieg 2014.................................................................. 5 Medienquerschnitt.................................................................................................................................................... 6 Trump im Amt Schon wenige Tage nach dem Amtsantritt von US­Präsident Donald Trump kündigte Israels Regie­rungschef Benjamin Netanyahu an, alle bisherigen Beschränkungen für die israelische Bautätigkeit in Ostjerusalem aufzuheben. Die Stadtverwaltung gab zunächst den Bau von 566 neuen Wohnungen für jüdische Israelis in Ostjerusalem bekannt. Zudem sollen 2500 Wohnungen im Westjordanland errichtet werden. Der von der Siedlerpartei Habayit Hayehudi verfolgte Plan, die Siedlung Ma’ ale Adumim und anschließend weitere Teile des Westjordanlandes zu annektieren, soll bis zum Treffen von Netanyahu und Trump aufgeschoben werden, das für Mitte Februar in Washington angesetzt ist. Netanyahu ließ durchblicken, dass das Atomabkommen mit Teheran Priorität für ihn hat. Unklar bleibt, ob der neue Chef im Weißen Haus sein Versprechen an Israels Regie­rung wahrmachen wird und die US-Botschaft von Tel Aviv nach Jerusalem verlegen lässt. Is Trump already walking back his Jerusalem embassy promise? Let’s hope he is (…) Relocating its embassy to Jerusalem would mean the U.S. taking a partisan stance on a central and sensitive issue, a source of controversy be­tween Israel and the Palestinians, and between Israel and the international community. The future status of Jerusalem is among the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict( …). Its national, religious and symbolic meanings have already led to violence erupting due to unilateral steps taken in the city.(…) It is not by chance that, as of today, not a single country has an embassy in Jerusalem.(…) Any American decision to(…) relocate the embassy will certainly backfire. With the stagnation of the peace process(…) the embassy move could have dire consequences. Not least among those possible consequences: Escalation and violence between Israel and the Palestinians. Damage to the relation­ships that Israel has managed to gradually develop and deepen with some of its Arab neighbors. If Pres­ident Trump really wants to have Israel’s back, as he’s often said he does, he should focus his energy on promoting peace, rather than on taking actions like moving the U.S. embassy that will distance its achievement even further. Dr. Nimrod Goren, HAA, 23.01.17 The president's 3 promises (…) Trump comes to power with three impossible promises(…): to transfer power from Washington to the people, to put America first and to make America great again, meaning to return it to its former glory. The U.S. is the most important democracy in the world(…) There is no other country in which(…) the public is involved in the selection of so many office­holders who have an impact on their lives, in which there are so many nongovernmental organizations that express the needs of the individual, and within which anyone can be president.(…) no public can fill all the positions of power by itself, and doing so 1