Read the Israeli Scene Supplement 24-02-2015

• Front Page:

o A word at the start: In Israeli elections, political affairs are more and more marginal.
o Following a report on Netanyahu’s household expenditures, the political arena is in a state of alert in anticipation of the State Comptroller’s report on the housing crisis.


o Exclusive Israel Scene interview with researcher and lecturer at Ben Gurion University, professor Lev Greenberg: “The conflict between secularists and Haredim is the biggest in Israel and not any disagreements about the occupation.”
o MADAR Center activities: A seminar on “Israeli settlement activity and its geographic and economic effects”, Monday, March 02, 2015 at 1:00 pm at MADAR Center’s main office.


• Inner Pages:

o “The Joint List” of active parties among Palestinians in Israel: The reality, challenges and possibilities.
o Analysts: Israel’s military Chief of Staff’s task includes an escalation on three possible fronts as well as drawing lessons from the Gaza offensive.
o On the sidelines of Israel’s general elections.
o Israel’s Supreme Court reaffirms its rejection of the claim for compensation filed by Rachel Corrie’s family. “Yet more evidence of Israel’s unwillingness to hold its forces accountable for gross violations.”
o A Molad Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy investigation reveals the hidden side of a complex relationship: Evangelical Conservatives control key positions of power in Israel.
• Financial Scene:

o Israeli military budget is the highest in the world relative to GDP.
o The poor in Israel fall victim to black market loans.
• Financial Digest:

o Concern grows amid continued drop in inflation.
o Average general income rate is at a standstill.
o Sharp decline in the purchase of daily newspapers.
• Follow-up:

o Electoral campaign advertising over the last four years indicates a diminished interest in peace among Israelis.
o Israel grants asylum to 45 Africans out of nearly 18,000 applicants.

• Special Reports:

o A new report on “ Foreign nationals in Israel”.
o Israel awaits government legal adviser’s report regarding Netanyahu’s household expenditures.

• Last Page:

o Obsession with Elections and Power: Israel’s Prime Minister excludes “Palestine supporters and refusers of military service” from membership to the committee of judges of the Israel Prize for Literature.
o The phenomenon of individual privacy violation does not receive any attention in Israel.