News Nosh 09.01.14

by APN 09/01/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday September 01, 2014
 

Quote of the day:

"How will Abbas explain to his people the disregard and aggression of the Netanyahu government towards him?"
--Peace Now director Yariv Oppenheimer slams the Israeli decision to appropriate almost 1000 acres of land in the West Bank.** 

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News Nosh 09.02.14

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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday September 02, 2014

Note: In the translation yesterday of Peace Now director Yariv Oppenheimer's Op-Ed in Maariv, it should have read  that 4000 dunams (998 acres) of West Bank land were appropriated for Israeli construction.

Quote of the day:
“There’s a clash between the theory in the books and what the children see on the ground...They see that Jews get democracy and they get only the theory.”
--High School Principal Fawzi Abu Ghosh at Amal high school in East Jerusalem, where Mohammed Abu Khdeir studied, had to cancel the annual trip to concentration camps in Poland.**
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News Nosh 09.03.14

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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday September 03, 2014

Number of the day:
61.
--Percentage of Palestinians who would choose former Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh as prime minister, almost double what Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received.**
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News Nosh 09.04.14

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APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday September 04, 2014

Number of the day:
18.
--Percentage of the 4000 dunams Israel appropriated that are west of the separation barrier, which means its meant to link Gush Etzion with Israel, said Peace Now.**
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News Nosh 09.05.14

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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday September 05, 2014

Quote of the day:
“(It) drove the Americans nuts.”
--A senior Israeli official speaks of the US reaction to Israel's announcement to expropriate 4000 dunams of West Bank land.** 
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News Nosh 09.07.14

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APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday September 07, 2014

Quote of the day:
"It’s interesting to wonder how much thought (Vogue Editor Emily) Wintour and Co. gave to Hadid’s family background when they mulled placing her in Bercu’s shoes."
--Haaretz's Shachar Atwan asks whether the Israel-Palestine conflict is being fought on the cover of Vogue after a Palestinian-American model was chosen to replicate a cover by an Israeli model.**
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News Nosh 09.08.14

by APN 09/08/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday September 08, 2014

Number of the day:
30.
Percentage of Israelis who would seriously consider leaving Israel if they could, according to a poll commissioned by Israel's Channel 2.**
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News Nosh 09.09.14

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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday September 09, 2014

Quote of the day:
"However, to date, this initiative has not received an official response from the governments of Israel."
--Israeli former security officials and academics write letter calling on Prime Minister to embrace the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002, which, they write, has support of most Israelis and Palestinians.**
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News Nosh 09.10.14

by APN 09/10/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday September 10, 2014

Quote of the day:
"Why bother any more to lie about what's really going on here, what the government and the settlement movement are actually doing, and why?
--Haaretz commentator and senior editor Bradley Burston takes apart Elliot Abrams lies in Foreign Policy about settlements.**
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News Nosh 09.11.14

by APN 09/11/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday September 11, 2014

Quote of the day:
"The peace process will help us fight this mutual threat. Those who don't want to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are the ones who will eventually drive us to a bloody conflict with decapitators."
--Justic Minister Tzipi Livni speaking at special cabinet discussion on ISIS threat.**
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