APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday November 1, 2015
Quote of the day:
"Now imagine that Netanyahu said those things last night, at the 20th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's
murder, in front of the tens of thousands of youth who stood there. Does a sentence like that not injure, cause
despair, and lay the groundwork for violence and obliterate all possibilities of normal life? What do young
people think when they hear a sentence like that, how can they continue to weave the dreams of their lives
here? And why can't the Prime Minister of Israel stand on a stage like this and tell his citizens warm and
empowering things.
--Top Yedioth political commentator, Sima Kadmon, asks why, instead of a prime minister who tells them they "will forever live by the sword," they don't have a leader like US President Bill Clinton, who empowered thousands in his speech at the Rabin Memorial last night.
--Top Yedioth political commentator, Sima Kadmon, asks why, instead of a prime minister who tells them they "will forever live by the sword," they don't have a leader like US President Bill Clinton, who empowered thousands in his speech at the Rabin Memorial last night.
You Must Be Kidding:
“I have a fantasy about getting together [former Iranian President] Ahmadinejad, [Hezbollah leader] Nasrallah, [Palestinian President] Abbas and [UN Secretary-General] Ban Ki-moon and taking them on a visit to the new Temple, the Third Temple now being built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and letting them see the coronation ceremony from there of a new king of Israel. The Vatican is returning the ancient golden menorah and the high priest is rededicating it."
--From supplementary educational materials for a mandatory program at Israeli religious state schools meant to teach children 'longing for the Third Temple.' Researchers fear the curriculum could drive pupils to take violent actions to advance the building of the Third Temple on the Temple Mount.