News Nosh 02.28.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday February 28, 2016
 
Quote of the day:
"If that young woman had been killed, it's probably that someone she knew -- a brother, a friend, a neighbor -- would have followed in her footsteps."
--Israel Hayom's military analyst describes how the security commanders are now trying to teach their forces not to kill Palestinian youth who try to kill them - in order to save more Israeli lives.*

You Must Be Kidding: 
"Things like this happened only in the Middle Ages or in totalitarian states."
--Said Prof. Ami Volansky, former Education Ministry chief scientist, who was ousted by far right-wing Education Minister Naftali Bennett. Bennett also cancelled Volansky's racism index project, whose goal was to enable teachers or principals to measure the level of racism in their classroom or school, and then devise ways of dealing with it.
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APN/Peace Now in the News: February 13, 2016 – February 19, 2016

This week, most of the articles deal with the Peace Now settlement report that was released over the weekend, which you can read here

 

APN's Ori Nir op-ed: American friends of Israel must support Israeli progressives (The Washington Jewish Week, 2/19/2016)

  

Peace Now end of year settlement report: 1,800 housing starts in settlements in 2015 (JTA, 2/14/2016)

Peace Now report: 1,800 housing starts in settlements in 2015 (AFP, 2/14/2016)

Peace Now report: 1,800 housing starts in settlements in 2015 (Haaretz, 2/14/2016)

Peace Now report: decline in housing starts in settlements in 2015 (Times of Israel, 2/14/2016)

Peace Now annual report: Decline in construction in settlements in 2015 (Arutz 7, 2/14/2016)

 Peace Now report : Netanyahu authorized 20 West Bank outposts constructed illegally since 2009 (Jerusalem Post, 2/14/2016 ) 

Peace Now report: Housing Starts Down 40 Percent in West Bank Settlements in 2015 (Hamodia, 2/14/2016) 

Peace Now report: 1,800 housing starts in Israeli settlements in 2015 (Globes, 2/14/2016)

Peace Now report: Israel started construction on some 1,800 new housing units in Jewish settlements in the West Bank in 2015 (i24News,2/14/2016)

APN/Peace Now in the News: February 20, 2016 – February 26, 2016

“‘Price Tag’ Escalation Timeline”

Americans for Peace Now / (February 15,  2016)
Timeline of major "price tag" attacks from January 1, 2011 to February 10, 2016, showing a sharp rise in both the number of attacks and the spread of attacks within the Green Line. Read More >

2015 in the Settlements: No Settlements Freeze, Especially Not in Isolated Settlements

Settlement Watch / Peace Now (February 2016)
Detailed report of new plans and constructions of Israeli homes in isolated settlements throughout 2015.  Read More >

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