News Nosh 01.26.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday January 26, 2017  
 
You Must Be Kidding: 
Jared Kushner's name appeared on the website of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces as a member of the national board until just two days ago. Kushner is the son-in-law and personal advisor of the US President. A day after Haaretz submitted questions both to the organization and to a spokeswoman for the Kushner family about his continued involvement on the board, it was suddenly removed.**
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News Nosh 1.27.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday, January 27, 2017  
 

Quote of the day:
"If you honk, you're not about to run people down."
-- Said Yakub Abu al-Kiyan's brother-in-law, Salim, who heard Yakub’s horn honking nonstop during the incident that night in Um al-Hiran village, during which Border Police shot and killed Yakub while he drove his car, which ran over and killed one of the policemen. The horn may have sounded when he fell onto the steering wheel, wounded, or maybe he blew it deliberately, wrote Haaretz reporter Gideon Levy, who visited and interviewed his family.
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News Nosh 1.29.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday January 27, 2017  
 
Quote of the day:
"...(it) is the sad historical irony that, of all nations, the one bragging about his success in turning away survivors of genocides and brutal dictatorships one day after International Holocaust Day is none other than the Prime Minister of Israel.
--Haaretz's Asher Schechter writes about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Twitter message expressing support for US President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the Mexican border.*
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News Nosh 1.30.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday January 30, 2017  
 
Quote of the day:
“Netanyahu’s statement created negative feelings among Mexicans towards Jews and the (Jewish-Mexican) community, and that causes terrible anti-Semitism."
--Chief Rabbi of Mexico, Shlomo Tawil, wrote in a letter to Israeli Interior Minister Arieh Deri in response to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Tweet message that US President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the Mexican border is a "great idea."
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