News Nosh 3.26.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday March 26, 2017
 
Quote of the day:
"But one minute and 33 seconds after the video begins, something happens that shows that, as opposed to what the police claim, (riot policeman Moshe) Cohen works in an organization where violence against civilians has become routine, acceptable. In those last 16 seconds, a few of his colleagues from the unit enter the picture and see him acting violently, kicking (Palestinian truck driver) Shweiki in the back and knocking him to the ground, bleeding from his head."
--Haaretz+ police correspondent writes that violence actually is part of the culture of Israel police.*
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News Nosh 3.27.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday, March 27, 2017
 
Quote of the day:
“Natural growth on the one hand, and lack of planning on the other, has forced the Arab population to build without permits on a massive scale. The demolition of these homes, constructed out of distress in the absence of equitable planning, violates morality and basic civil rights."
--Some 250 Jewish and Arab professionals from the fields of building and architecture, wrote in an open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for an immediate end to the policy of house demolitions in the Arab sector and calling upon the authorities to advance worthy and fair planning policies.*

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News Nosh 3.28.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday March 28, 2017
 
You Must Be Kidding: 
Only 5% of Israelis believe that the main problem Israel faces is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.** 
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News Nosh 3.29.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday March 29, 2017
 
Quote of the day:
“I came as a public representative, and AIPAC knows who I represent. What, do you [at Army Radio] think my views can be bought by financing my trip?”
--Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg responded to Army Radio journalist who questioned why she attended a demonstration against AIPAC when she invited to speak on a panel at the AIPAC conference.*
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News Nosh 3.30.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday March 30, 2017
 
Quote of the day:
Haaretz+ journalist question to Palestinian who was an administrative detainee in Israeli prison and who helped create the Israeli TV series that Culture Minister Miri Regev hates: What would you want a Jewish and Israeli viewer to think after he watches the series?
Administrative detainee Abed al-Basat: “That we are human beings and we have a right to independence..."
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