The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a ritualistic
obscenity. It offends the conscience of humankind.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday August 05, 2014
Quote of the day:
“Only four dead children? What a bummer."
--A post by a Jewish Israeli on the internet that was mentioned in an article by Haaretz's Asher Schechter about the 'emotional numbness that has overtaken Israel.'**
--A post by a Jewish Israeli on the internet that was mentioned in an article by Haaretz's Asher Schechter about the 'emotional numbness that has overtaken Israel.'**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday August 06, 2014
Quote of the day:
"This is the result of incitement coming from government ministers who tell the public that whoever does
not think like them is belongs to the enemy. In the end, there will be another political assassination,
except that this time, after the murder there will be those who blame the murdered and not who stands and
fuels the poisonous incitement every day."
--Peace Now Secretary General says after his face and those of dozens of left-wing journalists and leaders were published on a flyer with the symbol of Hamas' military wing.**
--Peace Now Secretary General says after his face and those of dozens of left-wing journalists and leaders were published on a flyer with the symbol of Hamas' military wing.**
With official representatives of Israel and Hamas indirectly negotiating a ceasefire agreement in Cairo today, Americans for Peace Now (APN) is strongly urging the government of Israel, the Obama administration, and all stakeholders in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts to bring the PLO and the Palestinian Authority – the sole legitimate representatives of the Palestinians – back into a final-status peace negotiations process.
APN's President and CEO Debra DeLee said: "It's time to pivot from war to real, credible peacemaking. Everyone knows what such peacemaking requires, including U.S. leadership that is prepared to hold both parties accountable for their actions. The only one viable way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a two-state solution – Israel and Palestine, each living in recognized borders in peace and security. The only legitimate interlocutor for negotiating such a settlement on behalf of the Palestinians is the PLO, headed by Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority. Furthermore, having signed a reconciliation agreement with Hamas earlier this year, the PLO is well-positioned to negotiate on behalf of all the Palestinians, to make hard decisions around the negotiating table, and to deliver when time comes to implement a peace agreement."
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday August 07, 2014
Quote of the day:
"Iron Dome did not succeed to protect Israelis from the precise and efficient missile of hatred
between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel."
-- Dep. President of the Israel Democracy Institute in an Op-Ed in today's Yedioth.**
-- Dep. President of the Israel Democracy Institute in an Op-Ed in today's Yedioth.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday August 08, 2014
Quote of the day:
"He gave me back my son."
--Miri Schwartz thanks Arab Israeli doctor, Prof. Ahmed Eid, for saving the life of her son, the soldier who was shot in the stomach this week in Jerusalem by someone on a motorcycle.**
--Miri Schwartz thanks Arab Israeli doctor, Prof. Ahmed Eid, for saving the life of her son, the soldier who was shot in the stomach this week in Jerusalem by someone on a motorcycle.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday August 10, 2014
Quote of the day:
"We were not thinking politically. Instead of leveraging the kidnapping and
spurring Hamas in a political direction, we strengthened its military wing."
--Internationally renowned Israeli expert on Palestinian affairs, Menachem Klein, says Israel tried to destroy the Fatah-Hamas unity government, which ended with the situation we have today. Klein also suggests how to change the reality. (See Interviews)**
--Internationally renowned Israeli expert on Palestinian affairs, Menachem Klein, says Israel tried to destroy the Fatah-Hamas unity government, which ended with the situation we have today. Klein also suggests how to change the reality. (See Interviews)**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday August 11, 2014
Quote of the day:
"The inability to decide on a compromise (sorry, but negotiations such as this require that each
side compromise on something) means the negotiations will explode. Exactly like with negotiations with the
Palestinian Authority."
--Maariv commentator Ran Adelist says that Israeli leaders are 'saving their political skin' making them unable to do the obvious for a long-term truce: compromise.**
--Maariv commentator Ran Adelist says that Israeli leaders are 'saving their political skin' making them unable to do the obvious for a long-term truce: compromise.**
Jerusalem expert Danny Seidemann spoke with APN on August 11, 2014, to describe the impact of the Gaza war on Jewish-Arab relations in Jerusalem. "Hatred has been personalized and intensified to an unprecedented level," he said. "Today, Jerusalem is more divided than ever. The virtual borders are impenetrable."