News Nosh 1.23.18

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
 
Quote of the day:
"Mike Pence's remarks in the Knesset yesterday stemmed from his religious faith, but they represent only his community. We also have to get along with the rest of the world."
--Maariv's senior political commentator Ben Caspit on the Israeli excitement over the visit of US Vice President Mike Pence.*

You Must Be Kidding: 
Dr. David Zadok, the new director of the opthalmological department at Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital fired five doctors - all Arabs.**
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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 why US Vice-President Mike Pence is visiting Israel; why the Trump administration is withholding financial aid to the Palestinians; Secretary of State Tillerson's announcment that US troops will remain in Syria even after the final defeat of ISIS; and whether the Trump administration is performing worse in the Middle East than its predecessors.

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News Nosh 1.22.18

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday, January 22, 2018
 
You Must Be Kidding: 
In a negative-toned report, 'Israel Hayom' newspaper said the Israeli military is "favorably considering" a request by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel to send a military representative to participate in the group's legal training program for attorneys in the field of international humanitarian law." The paper called the Association for Civil Rights in Israel an "extremist" left-wing organization, but offered no support for its claim.*


Breaking News:
Pence Tells Israeli Lawmakers: U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Will Open Before End of 2019
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APN Vision of Peace Celebration Tribute Messages

Legislative Round-Up - January 19, 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
2. On the Record

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News Nosh 1.19.18

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday, January 19, 2018
 
Quote of the day:
“Archaeologists have been digging in Jerusalem for 150 years and no one shrinks from saying this is the palace of David, this is from one date or the other. But although carbon-14 dating has been around for a long time, almost no one applied this method here.”
—Yuval Gadot, an archaeologist at Tel Aviv University and one of the leaders of “Setting the Clock in the City of David,” a four-year project that will accurately radiocarbon-date the complex layers of ancient Jerusalem and answer questions about the historicity of the biblical account - including the incendiary issue of whether an ancient Israelite united monarchy under David and Solomon really did exist. Skeptics say that in some cases the dating and interpretation of ancient sites may have been twisted to fit the biblical narrative by scholars eager to prove religious texts right.
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News Nosh 1.18.18

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday, January 18, 2018
 
Quote of the day:
 “Public funds are not supposed to be used for political needs. The political debate must be conducted with equitable tools, not with one side getting public funds.”
—Hagit Ofran, Peace Now’s Settlement Watch director criticized the funneling of public funds to Regavim, a prominent right-wing organization.*

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PeaceCast #34: Palestinians Facing Two State Crisis

Leading Palestinian pollster and scholar Khalil Shikaki, in a conversation from his Ramallah office, reviewing key challenges facing Palestinians and their leaders, and explaining the dwindling support among West Bank and Gaza Palestinians -- particularly the younger generation -- for the creation of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state. 

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News Nosh 1.17.18

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
 
Quote of the day:
"Israelis have committed war crimes here and there; the Shin Bet was involved in the education system in the Arab sector; Israel has treated its Arab citizens in a manner that doesn't dignify a democratic state (and other civilians). If Israel commits acts that the courts in Israel or the world would reject, it is appropriate for citizens of the state to know about this and decide whether it is acceptable to them."
--Outgoing Chief Archivist of Israel's National Archives, Yaakov Lazovik, wrote in a scathing report that Israel is concealing embarrassing parts of its history under the guise of security.*


Breaking News:
Reports: Israel Attacked 'Hezbollah Arms Depot' in Syria's Damascus (Haaretz)

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Articles on Israel's approval of 100's of new settlement homes

Reuters: "Israel approves hundreds of new settlement homes: NGO"

Peace Now's Hagit Ofran noted that many of the latest housing projects were slated for settlements deep inside the West Bank.

The Australian (from AFP): 'Israel approves more than 1100 new West Bank settlement homes' (subscription needed)

Peace Now said 6742 housing projects were approved in the settlements last year, the highest since 2013.

The Independent: "Israel approves more than 1,100 new settlement homes in occupied West Bank"

In a statement, the group (Peace Now) said: "The government is attempting to destroy the possibility of a two-state solution and the prospects of peace by building more and more in the settlements."

Boston Globe: "Group: Israel OKs more construction in West Bank settlements"

Ofran (of Peace Now) said the government is ‘‘trying to prevent the possibility for peace and a two-state solution.’’

Ha'aretz: "EU, U.K., Germany and France Condemn Israeli Plan to Build Hundreds of Settlement Homes"

Israeli anti-settlement Peace Now also denounced the 1,122 new settlement units which were approved this week.

Jordan Times: "Jordan, world countries reject Israeli settlement plans"

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