News Nosh: April 24, 2018

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday April 24, 2018
 
Quote of the day:
“It almost felt cathartic to read.”
--Andrew Goldblatt, a junior at Tufts University, said Natalie Portman’s Facebook post, in which she explained her decision not to attend an awards ceremony to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies, was empowering for young liberal Jewish Americans.*

You Must Be Kidding: 
"It's a record in silencing people."
--Habayit Hayehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich's reaction to Twitter's decision to temporarily freeze his account after he posted that soldiers should have shot Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi in the knees for slapping one of them.**
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APN Disappointed in Committee Vote, Calls on Senate to Reject Pompeo for Secretary of State

Washington, DC – Americans for Peace Now is deeply disappointed in the decision of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to recommend favorably Mike Pompeo to become Secretary of State in a narrow party-line vote.

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News Nosh: April 23, 2018

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday, April 23, 2018
 
Quote of the day:
“He should have refused, unhesitatingly and without qualms, to accept any prize — especially the Israel Prize — from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Naftali Bennett. The former is bringing about the destruction of democracy and Israeli society, and the latter is nurturing the occupation while bringing about the destruction of public education and Israeli academia.”
—Eli Yassif, the former high school homeroom and literature teacher of renowned Israeli author, David Grossman and present day professor emeritus of Hebrew literature, wrote in an Op-Ed that his former student should have done as actress Natalie Portman did.*
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Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.

This week, Alpher discusses the main challenges Israel faces on its seventieth birthday: war, Gaza, peace, and the nature of the state.

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News Nosh: April 22, 2018

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday April 22, 2018
 
Quote of the day:
"Let us assure ourselves, after Independence Day, to examine once and for all how deeply and seriously our racist and aggressive policies in the (Palestinian) territories have contributed to world anti-Semitism and to what extent it threatens the security of every citizen.
-Maariv commentator Ran Adelist takes a sharp look at Israel on its 70th birthday.*

You Must Be Kidding:
“She’s a fifth-column…she and the rest of her converted friends are more dangerous than any Arab terrorist. ”
Likud MK Oren Hazan’s reaction to actress Natalie Portman’s refusal to receive the Genesis Prize because she doesn’t want to be seen as supporting Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.**
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Legislative Round-Up: April 20, 2018

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters
  2. Hearings
  3. On the Record

 

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Peace Now in the News: March 31 - April 20, 2018

Haaretz: April 9, 2018
"Palestinian families evicted from their East Jerusalem homes amid dispute with Elad," Peace Now's Hagit Ofran quoted in a story about more evictions of Palestinian families from Silwan, East Jerusalem.

New York Times: April 2, 2018
"Israel Courts Catastrophe in Gaza Protests," NYT editorial quotes Peace Now statement regarding Gaza events.

 

APN in the News: March 31, 2018 - April 20, 2018

New York Times: April 20, 2018
The Insanity at the Gaza Fence,” APN mentioned (in hyperlink) as a resource by Roger Cohen in an op-ed.

+972: April 16, 2018
"Debunking the myth: White House envoy Jason Greenblatt is no moderate," Article on Jason Greenblatt mentions APN's campaign urging David Friedman's dismissal.

Al-Monitor: April 11, 2018
"Palestinian journalist’s killing spurs international condemnation," APN's Ori Nir quoted in a story about the IDF's shooting of Palestinian journalists on the Gaza border.

APN Security Validators - Former Mossad Directors

In April 2018, the six living former directors of the Mossad -- Israel's spy agency -- were interviewed by Yedioth Achronoth.  A key theme was their belief in the imperative of the two-state solution for Israel, and their call for diplomacy with the Palestinians. 

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APN at J Street panel -Setting Settlements In Stone: Formalizing Annexation

Debra DeLee, Debra Shushan, MK Merav Michaeli, Nidal Fuqaha, and Lara Friedman discuss the formalization of annexation.  Americans for Peace Now's panel discussion at J Street's National Conference April 15, 2018.

 

 

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