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Israeli media have covered a number of issues during the past hours, such as the Israeli conscription law, the army’s lack of plans to end the war in Gaza, and the possibilities of launching a military operation in Rafah, south of the Strip.
Israeli Channel 12 described the Supreme Court's decision to stop financial support for some religious schools, starting from the beginning of next month, as dramatic because they include a large portion of students obligated to conscription.
In this context, former Knesset member Rachel Azaria said that the Haredi community does not realize that the reality in Israel has changed and that they have to conscript into the Israeli army.
North and South developments
The military analyst for the Israeli Channel 13, Alon Ben David, commented on the statements of the commander of the army’s northern region, Major General Uri Gordin, that Tel Aviv has been waging a war for almost half a year, saying that it is a war characterized by extreme stagnation.
Ben David added, "Despite the tactical achievements that Major General Gordin talks about, there are no strategic achievements, compared to a strategic achievement for Hezbollah, which is the evacuation of northern Israel," indicating that the price paid by the Lebanese party can be tolerated.
He pointed out that in order to focus on the north, the war in Gaza must be ended, before adding that "the army has no plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip without occupying Rafah."
Israeli Channel 12 alerted that preparations to carry out a military operation in Rafah have begun, and will be implemented if the prisoner exchange deal collapses.
She added that the army actually began to isolate Rafah and target the tunnels linking the city to the center of the Strip, in addition to the escalation of air strikes on fighters' apartments, military operations rooms, and assassinations inside the city.
Incitement on the island
In turn, Kan 11 channel highlighted the activity of Al Jazeera correspondent Muhammad Khairi and broadcast a report on the effects of the bombing that targeted the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel, coinciding with the approval of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Al Jazeera law in the second and third readings.
The channel explained that the “Al Jazeera Law” does not prohibit broadcasting if it is done via a cell phone because the law does not consider it a broadcast device, and it also does not include broadcasting over the Internet, which is the most common way to watch Al Jazeera in Israel, noting that the law is also not in effect in the West Bank.
It revealed that many members of the Knesset in Likud and Religious Zionism criticize the new formulation of the law, saying that it is “useless.”
Source: Al Jazeera