APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday, March 12, 2018
Quote of the day:
"The OECD presents Israel as a bi-polar society: an economy of flourishing high tech and finance,
versus an economy of low productivity in the rest of industry; an economy of Tel Aviv versus an economy of the
periphery; an economy of the secular and modern orthodox versus an economy of ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs; a
positive and hopeful short term versus a long term that arouses pessimism and concern. But there are also
unifying factors: we all suffer from high housing costs and intolerable road congestion. That's a comfort of
sorts."
-Globes commentator, Amiram Barkat, on the 2018 OECD report that both praised Israel's strong economy and warned of the sharp gaps within society.*
You Must Be Kidding:
An Israeli policeman named Yehuda Gigi hit Mohammed Shakir, 17, to force a confession. The Palestinian youth made the confession and served 10 months in prison for stone-throwing, despite security cameras showing he didn’t throw rocks at cars. And even when was the forced confession was revealed accidentally, the policeman kept his job.**
-Globes commentator, Amiram Barkat, on the 2018 OECD report that both praised Israel's strong economy and warned of the sharp gaps within society.*
You Must Be Kidding:
An Israeli policeman named Yehuda Gigi hit Mohammed Shakir, 17, to force a confession. The Palestinian youth made the confession and served 10 months in prison for stone-throwing, despite security cameras showing he didn’t throw rocks at cars. And even when was the forced confession was revealed accidentally, the policeman kept his job.**
PeaceCast is back after a long hiatus. Ori Nir is back from
Israel and the West Bank. Debra Shushan is back from AIPAC's policy conference in DC.
Note from Jo-Ann Mort, an event co-chair and APN board memeber:
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman had a front-row seat at
this week’s AIPAC conference. The camera panned frequently to Friedman, reportedly the key shaper of US policy
on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as AIPAC darlings like US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley and Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pandered to the crowd.
“Pro-Israel and pro-peace sounds like a completely reasonable
position. My friends, it is not.” – US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman