News Nosh 03.01.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday March 1, 2015


Quote of the day:
“Congress will applaud Netanyahu, but the power is in the hands of the President. What will Netanyahu gain from this trip? I just don't get it. What's his objective – applause? This trip is a failure waiting to happen.”
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan in widely-discussed interview with Yedioth on the subjects of Iran, ISIS and the recent war in Gaza.**

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News Nosh 03.02.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday March 2, 2015

Quote of the day:
“I recruited him, I taught him to navigate and I say to him now, ‘Bibi, you are navigating wrong.’”
-Gen. (res.) and former Mossad deputy head Amiram Levine, who was Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s commander in Sayeret Matkal, joined 180 commanders in warning that Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress is a danger to the strategic alliance between the US and Israel, and actually helps Iran.**

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News Nosh 03.03.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday March 3, 2015

Quote of the day:
"Who's a chicken, eh? Who's a chicken?"
--Israeli soldier heard saying to 16-year-old Hamzeh Abu Hashem in video as soldier sets attack dog on the boy.**

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News Nosh 03.04.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday March 4, 2015

Quote of the day:
“The state cannot discriminate against Arab communities in funding, so it gives over the handling of rural communities in the Galilee and Negev to the Settlement Division…At the same time, settlement activities in the West Bank that may breach the law are blamed on the World Zionist Organization and the Settlement Division, not, perish the thought, on the Israeli government.”
--Haaretz+ reporter Meirav Arlorzoroff explains how the World Zionist Organization's Settlement Division helps the state get around its own laws to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank and avoid investing in Israeli Arab communities.**

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News Nosh 03.05.15


APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday March 5, 2015


Quote of the day:
"Stand. Down. Stand. Down. Good to see you back on your feet. Iran, Iran, Iran. You can do it."
--From a parody rhythm remix of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.**

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News Nosh 03.06.15

APN's special election polls review from Israel
Friday March 6, 2015


Quote of the day:
"This is a 'Just not Bibi' bloc and it has been expanding recently.”
--Maariv's Ben Caspit writes that the parties that could form a government led by Opposition leader Isaac Herzog are not necessarily left-wing.**

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News Nosh 03.08.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday March 8, 2015 

Quote of the day:
“Enemies do not scare me; I worry about our leadership."
--Former Mossad chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Meir Dagan tells tens of thousands of Israelis at rally last night that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is putting Israel in danger.**

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News Nosh 03.09.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday March 9, 2015

Quote of the day:
"(She) kills her husband and cries that she’s a widow,”
--Right-wing columnist Hagai Hoverman slammed Michal Kastan-Keidar for her Saturday night address to the Saturday rally to end the Netanyahu rule.**

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News Nosh 03.10.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday March 10, 2015

Quote of the day:
"No one has even apologized yet. Today, there is no difference between them and the terrorists in Hebron who throw stones or firebombs at us."
--IDF soldier responding to the attack on soldiers by Bat Ayin settlers.**

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News Nosh 03.11.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday March 11, 2015

Quote of the day:
“Netanyahu offered autonomy; the Palestinians wanted a state. This is how he stopped [international] pressure on Israel.” 
-Likud representative explains how the Israeli Prime Minister avoided peace.**

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