Haaretz Editorial

Rebuilding the confidence of the public and the troops in the integrity of the army's top command must be Galant's top priority.

Soon it will be clear whether Netanyahu's maneuver was an empty one, designed to buy time and ease international criticism of Israel, or whether he is ready for a compromise that will lead to the creation of a Palestinian state.

As education minister and chairman of the Council for Higher Education, Sa'ar must go beyond his feeble condemnation of the attempt to sabotage the universities' balance sheets.

The humiliation of Palestinian detainees must not be remembered as the 'best time' of any soldier's army experience.

The preoccupation with syllabi at Tel Aviv University is nothing more than a cover for a dangerous worldview, which says academic research must comply with the winds blowing in the Knesset and the street.

In recent months, district courts have heard 17 petitions by refugees who were held in detention for a year or more, a violation of their legal rights.

Using snipers against civilians must be restricted to extreme situations in which the soldiers' lives are threatened.

The negligence and arrogance that characterize this government's work, and which led to its military and diplomatic failures in handling the flotilla, are also reflected in subsequent developments.

The Shin Bet cannot deny murder suspects basic human rights.

The support former policeman Shahar Mizrahi received from top officers as he entered prison sends a message that Mizrahi acted legally even though the court saw it differently.

The trust of soldiers and civilians in both symbols of leadership has been severely undermined. It must be restored, and fast.

It's hard to understand why Israel is pushing a significant sector of its citizens toward extremism and crime.

The absorption of new Israelis will contribute to the immigrants' personal development, strengthen the Zionist enterprise and reflect Israel's maturity.

The government and IDF must understand that not every time is right for demonstrating Israeli sovereignty right up to the last millimeter, certainly not when tension is rising on both sides of the northern border.

The 'age of decision' of the Haredi requirement of army service will only get 60,000 yeshiva students off the hook to do mandatory military service.

Fourteen years ago, then-justice minister Yaakov Neeman - a private attorney before and after his stint in the cabinet - resigned from then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet. Neeman had a credibility problem that became an indictment.

Centralization harms competition, development, growth and the public welfare. It also leads to high prices and mediocre service in the absence of competition.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must decide whether to bow to American pressure and accept Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's invitation to begin high-level discussions.

Reopening of Israel Museum in Jerusalem is a reminder that Israel can attain global renown for its cultural and artistic excellence, and not only because of its wars.

The role of the security establishment and intelligence services is to protect the state in the present, not to hide the past.

The challenge before the IAF is striking a balance between carrying out missions and protecting airmen's lives, between achieving operational capacity and ensuring safety.

It is time to thank the critics for forcing the IDF to examine itself and amend its procedures.

After a man murdered his three children in Netanya this weekend, hasty cries to immediately identify the guilty parties, and at any cost. If an inquiry committee is created, its members must focus on recommendations for the future and not only on assigning blame, which will be the focus of the police investigation into the case.

The public security minister is wrong to query the sentence of a policeman convicted of killing car thief.

In both words and actions the MKs are undermining democracy's fundamental values, making cynical, cheap use of parliamentary tools, dragging Israeli society to sectorial disputes and separatism, and isolating Israel from the world.