News Nosh 02.03.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday February 02, 2014

Quote of the day:
"You could say that the sovereignty belongs to God, for example."
--Former US envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross suggests a solution for joint Israeli and Palestinian control of Jerusalem.**

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News Nosh 02.03.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday February 03, 2014

Quote of the day:
"They make it so that I need to be hassled, pay for representation, find proof and declarations, and then, even when I win, they don’t lose."
--Peace Now Secretary General Yariv Oppenheimer on West Bank settlers who filed libel lawsuits against him and lost.**

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News Nosh 02.04.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday February 04, 2014

Quote of the day:
"When he warns Israel against a South African-style international boycott, he knows what he's talking about it."
--Senior Yedioth political commentator Nahum Barnea tells Israelis to listen to US Secretary of State John Kerry.**

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News Nosh 02.05.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday February 05, 2014

Number of the day:
49.
--Number of times Israeli forces shut down Muslim call to prayer in Hebron because it 'annoyed' Jewish settlers when they prayed nearby.**

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News Nosh 02.06.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday February 06, 2014

Quote of the day:
"There were cases that reached absurdity. A car with two hilltop youth known to the Shin Bet and the police was caught and inside were all the means used to commit a pogrom, including a fake M-16, axes and knives. The youth in the car did not admit (to doing anything wrong) and were sent home."
--Yedioth security affairs reporter Alex Fishman on how Jewish 'price-tag' attackers were dealt with - but no more.

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News Nosh 02.07.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday February 07, 2014

Quote of the day:
“There’s only one way to deal with leftists – with force, just like with the Arabs.”
--One of a number of Facebook comments calling for violence against 'leftist' teacher Adam Verete, who told students the IDF was immoral.**

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News Nosh 02.09.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday February 09, 2014

Quote of the day:
"The unity of the people is more important than the unity of the land."
--Hawkish Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman grabs todays headlines with his support for a peace agreement - but not all the papers reveal the controversial plan he has for Israeli Arabs.**

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News Nosh 02.10.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday February 09, 2014

Quote of the day:
"(The State of Israel) belongs to the Jewish people only."
--MK Shimon Ohayon on what Israeli youth must be taught. His legislative bill was passed by the ministerial committee.** 

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News Nosh 02.11.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday February 11, 2014

Quote of the day:
"My big dream is to go to Yemen."
--Israeli singer Zion Golan, known in Yemen as Ziyan Joulan, has become a big star in the conservative Muslim country from which he is banned from visiting.**

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News Nosh 02.12.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday February 12, 2014

Quote of the day:
"I have to admit that for me it was a very challenging task. As the day drew near I got very tense and concerned...”
--Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy on giving a lecture to his granddaughter's fourth-grade class on 'why is it necessary to spy.'**

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