"I also argued with him and told him that in the Knesset plenum he accused us (of terror) all and when he said we need to say thank you that we are here he referred to all of us. So he said to me that he did not mean all the Arabs, but only those who support terror. I told him that there were no terrorists in the plenum.”

--MK Massoud Ghanaim tells Maariv about his hallway conversation with a Likud MK who sparked an uproar.**

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Outrage of The Day: 
“Arabs to slaughter,” “Arab blood is cheap,” and “Arab — the son of a whore.”
--Graffiti spray-painted on the walls of the Jewish-Arab Max Rayne Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem on the last day of school. (Read more)

“We are all humans and I wanted to share the good precious holy moments of Ramadan with other people. Everyone has a different view and perspective we need to share it together to remove the anger and the sadness in the area.”
--Bronka Tahboub said over a Ramadan iftar at her home in E. Jerusalem, which she shared with Jewish families she never met. (Read more.)

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You Must Be Kidding: 
Days after being released from restraints, Khader Adnan, who is severely ill after just ending a 56-day hunger strike in protest against being held without charges, was shackled to his hospital bed again by Israel Prison Service in contravention of Israeli law. (Read more)

"Before the murder, Shuafat was the most peaceful place in East Jerusalem but since the murder, this entire fabric of life has been destroyed."
--Hussein Abu Khdeir, father of Mohammed, who was burned alive one year ago.**

"I want to fast as a way to demonstrate the importance of dialogue and reaching a political agreement. We only have control of ourselves - and I'm in control of giving up food."
--Cindy Cohen of Kfar Vradim is one of many women from the 'Women Make Peace' movement who will mark last summer's 50-day Gaza war by fasting 50 hours.

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You Must Be Kidding: 
Police caught on video violently apprehending a Palestinian bagel seller 
Zaki Sabah, 62, is well-known bagel seller with a history of legal troubles for selling bagels from his cart in Jerusalem's Old City because the Jerusalem municipality won't give him a permit. Two years ago he got a 10-year jail sentence for not having a permit. After a public storm he was quickly released. Now police arrested him again. (Haaretz+ and YOUTUBE)

"Our concept is to create the atmosphere that exists in many other government cities in the world, such as Washington..."
--Initiators of the new 'Pop-Up' Bar, which will be open every Tuesday in the Government compound where there isn't even a single coffeeshop.**

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You Must Be Kidding: 
“I pay 13,000 shekels ($3,430) a year in municipal taxes, but we sweep the streets ourselves."
--Ibrahim Abu Sneineh, 72, a resident of the one Arab neighborhood of the Jewish middle-class city of Kfar Sava, which is now battling for its rights.

APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday July 7, 2015

Quote of the day:

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“As long as the basic economic problems in Gaza remain, we will also have the potential for renewed military conflict, without connection to the extent of deterrence achieved in the last war.” 
**On the one year anniversary to Operation Protective Edge, Senior IDF officers call on Israel's government to ease the siege on Gaza.**

23,300,000,000.
--The amount of dollars Israel will lose in exports if the European Union decides to boycott Israel, according to an expansive Israeli Finance Ministry study.

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You Must Be Kidding: 
"How is it possible that for more than ten months, the security system and the political system, leave a man to his fate in enemy territory and prevents any public discussion or updates the family with details?"
--Meretz MK Ilan Gilon is shocked that it took Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal to speak for Israel to lift the gag order.**

“We don’t recognize the existence of a Jewish people. There is no such nation. This is not my personal analysis. A religion cannot be a nation.”
--Recently revealed remarks by Palestinian Ambassador to Chile Imad Nabil Jadaa made at a conference two months ago, which just cost him his job. 

"I suddenly felt like the film and reality were being mixed.”
--Ad director Rani Carmeli said after his shoot in Kiev of a telephone company ad portraying Iranians kidnapping Israelis, which was received a surprise visit by three real Iranians.