News Nosh 03.16.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday March 16, 2015

Quote of the day:
"As someone who survived the inferno, who lost the best of friends in the battlefield, I am fearful and I warn against a leadership that does not initiate a diplomatic-security initiative. That is leadership that will crush the Jewish and democratic identity of Israel and lead our sons from one wave of violence to the next."
--Gen. (res.) Amnon Reshef, who led an armored division that got the most casualties in the Yom Kippur War, writes why Israel must change its leadership.**

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News Nosh 03.17.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday March 17, 2015

Quote of the day:
""In order to reach a solution there must be readiness to compromise. We cannot continue to rule over another people. The Palestinians have national aspirations."
--Former Israesli prime minister Ehud Barak says on a panel the day before elections.**
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APN/Peace Now in the News: March 6 - March 13, 2015

New York Times - March 12, 2015
Major NYT expose on Netanyahu's settlement policy uses Peace Now as chief source and quotes Peace Now's Hagit Ofran
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/12/world/middleeast/netanyahu-west-bank-settlements-israel-election.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=3

 

Washington Post - March 6, 2015
Magazine piece profile and interview with APN Board Member Sara Ehman (and others)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/three-audacious-women-before-audacious-was-in/2015/02/26/9dd26308-9c1f-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html

 

Washington Jewish Week - March 11, 2015
Interview with Yossi Alpher, analyst for APN
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/20345/strategic-analysts-hard-look-at-israels-periphery/

 

Washington Jewish Week - March 13, 2015
APN urges Hillel's president to reconsider canceling his J Street appearance
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/20268/hillels-fingerhut-cancels-j-street-appearance/

APN/Peace Now in the News: February 27 - March 6, 2015

Huffington Post - March 3, 2015
APN's Aaron Mann op-ed: Netanyahu's 'Mr. Security' Mirage
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-mann/netanyahus-mr-security-mirage_b_6790894.html

 

Tablet - March 4, 2015
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, in a tribute to Leonard Nimoy, remembers fundraising letter he signed for APN
http://tabletmag.com/scroll/189420/letty-cottin-pogrebin-leonard-nimoy

 

Boulder Jewish News - February 27, 2015
APN Board Member Thomas Feldman (among others) letter to the editor blast Netanyahu's congressional speech
http://boulderjewishnews.org/2015/response-sky-will-not-fall-if-degette-not-in-hall/

 

CNN Wire Service - March 1, 2015
APN: Netanyahu's brazen conduct hinders his efforts achieve his goals in Washington
http://wtvr.com/2015/03/01/benjamin-netanyahu-congress-speech/

 

CNN - March 1, 2015
CNN's Fareed Zakaria quotes Peace Now settlement report in interview with Herzog
http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/03/01/israeli-opposition-leader-netanyahus-speech-in-congress-is-a-mistake/

 

San Diego Jewish World - March 2, 2015
APN press release on Netanyahu speech published in its entirety
http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2015/03/02/apn-to-netanyahu-use-speech-to-repair-relations/

 

 

News Nosh 03.18.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday March 18, 2015


Quote of the day:
"They voted for the man who admitted to having duped half the world during his Bar-Ilan speech; now he has torn off his mask and disavowed those words once and for all. Israel said "yes" to the man who said "no" to a Palestinian state."
--Haaretz's Gideon Levy examines what is in the mind of the Israeli voters who elected Binyamin Netanyahu.**

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March 18, 2015 - Israel’s Knesset elections

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 This week, Alpher discusses what happened in these elections*; what the next government is likely to look like; how Netanyahu engineered such a dramatic come-from-behind victory, despite the polls giving Labor (Zionist Camp) an advantage almost until election day; whether there are winners here, besides Netanyahu; how Herzog and Lapid are likely to respond to their setbacks, and what “losers” on the right who are nevertheless likely to join the coalition are going to do; how to explain the phenomenon of Israel's seeming to be set on a right-wing course, with no end in sight; and assuming Netanyahu now forms a fairly cohesive right-wing coalition, what are the main challenges it will face.

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Press Release: APN on Israeli election results: We have our work cut out for us

Washington, DC – Israel’s general election results are a disappointment for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans. They will undoubtedly make our objective even harder to attain.

Pre-election polls and the overall atmosphere in Israel preceding the elections provided us with hope for a government that would embrace the policies and values that we support. It now seems like Israel’s next government will provide us with more of the same, if not worse.

Moments like this are not new to us. Yes, they disappoint us, but we do not succumb to the disappointment. We know that our fight to secure peace for Israel and its neighbors is a long-term fight.  We care too deeply about Israel’s future as a democracy and a Jewish state to cede the struggle over Israel’s future character to the bullies and the bigots, the racists and the ultra-nationalists. We know that the only way for Israel to be loyal to the vision of its founders, to be both a secure, morally sound Jewish state and a democracy, is to end the occupation and reach a peace settlement with the Palestinians and the Arab world. Together with our Israeli sister organization, Peace Now, we will therefore redouble our efforts to advance this objective, serving as a bulwark against the rejectionists and the zealots, true to our core values.

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News Nosh 03.19.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday March 19, 2015


Quote of the day:
"In the absence of the absolute pretension of being – even in appearance alone – prime minister to all, Netanyahu compared the attempt to replace him – through the election he himself initiated – as a putsch. He compared his rivals with ISIS [Islamic State] and his opponents to Hamas. He growled his rivals’ names with contempt, warning time and again against a “left-wing government supported by Arabs,” and in practice, identifying anybody not supportive of him as “left.” 
--Haaretz+'s Uri Misgav argues that while Binyamin Netanyahu may be prime minister, he is no longer the national leader of Israel.**

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Listen: Israeli Elections, Initial Analysis with Yossi Alpher

Alpher 320x265On March 18, 2015, the day after Israel's general elections, Israeli political expert Yossi Alpher was APN's guest on a briefing call analyzing the election results.

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News Nosh 03.20.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday March 20, 2015

Quote of the day:
"Netanyahu in Hebrew: If I become prime minister, a Palestinian state will not be created.
Netanyahu in English: I did not go back on my speech at Bar Ilan University, I believe in the two-state solution."
--Israeli Army Radio journalsit Ido Benbaji Tweets in response to Netanyahu's interview to NBC News.

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