APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday, February 8, 2018
You Must Be Kidding:
“Music is music, what does it matter what language it’s in? We live in Israel and we hear all the languages here: Arabic, Hebrew, Russian."
--Yusuf, an Arab-Israeli from Kafr Qassem reacted to the complaints by Jewish passengers of public buses about the Arabic music the Arab bus drivers put on the radio.**
“Music is music, what does it matter what language it’s in? We live in Israel and we hear all the languages here: Arabic, Hebrew, Russian."
--Yusuf, an Arab-Israeli from Kafr Qassem reacted to the complaints by Jewish passengers of public buses about the Arabic music the Arab bus drivers put on the radio.**
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Arab News: February 7, 2018
"Time to rise above anger when confronting Israeli extremism," Ray Hanania wrote
that Palestinians need to build relations with pro-peace Israeli groups such as Peace Now.
Arutz Sheva: February 5, 2018
"Left panics after Havat Gilad recognized," Quotes Hagit Ofran's explanation and
analysis of the government's adecision to legalize the illegal outpost after Rabbi Raziel Shevach's murder.
The Daily Star (Lebanon): February 5, 2018
"PLO to mull revoking recognition of Israel," Cites Peace Now calling the effort to
legalize the outpost a “cynical exploitation of the murder.”
Al Arabiya: February 4, 2018
"Israel begins distributing deportation notices to Africans, legalizes West Bank
settlement," Cites Peace Now saying the effort to legalize it is a “cynical exploitation of the murder.”
New York Post: February 4, 2018
"Israel to legalize settlement outpost deep in West Bank," Cites Peace Now calling
the effort to legalize the outpost a “cynical exploitation of the murder.”
Jerusalem Post: February 4, 2018
"Cabinet expected to give not to settlement status for Havat Gilad," Peace Now
warned sucha move would be a grave mistake and that it would need to be evactuated in a final status agreement.
Americans for Peace Now condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of Rabbi Itamar Ben-Gal, who was stabbed to death outside the West Bank settlement of Ariel. A teacher and father of four, Ben-Gal was a resident of the settlement of Har Bracha outside Nablus. A Hamas spokesman praised the killing as “a continuation of the resistance to Trump’s Jerusalem declaration.”
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday February 6, 2018
Quote of the Day #1:
“We in the Gaza Strip live in a catastrophe. Total collapse. Have you ever heard of a people who wants
to die? A people that is pushing Hamas to go to war? The situation is not ahead of a collapse, rather we are
already at the heart of the storm. We're haven't yet started eating each other."
--Maariv published a letter to Israelis from Mohammed A., a resident of the Gaza Strip.*
Quote of the Day #2:
"Israel, in 99th place, is 24 rungs below Palestine, in 75th. The vicissitudes of fate. Some people occupy a top position, while others occupy another people."
--Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi remarks on Israel and Palestine's FIFA soccer ratings in an interview in Yedioth/Ynet.**
--Maariv published a letter to Israelis from Mohammed A., a resident of the Gaza Strip.*
Quote of the Day #2:
"Israel, in 99th place, is 24 rungs below Palestine, in 75th. The vicissitudes of fate. Some people occupy a top position, while others occupy another people."
--Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi remarks on Israel and Palestine's FIFA soccer ratings in an interview in Yedioth/Ynet.**
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 conflict arenas that have evolved seven years after the Arab Spring: Egypt, Jordan, the Iran-Hezbollah alliance, and the Red Sea/Horn of Africa.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday February 5, 2018
Quotes of the day:
“True, we learn from experience and from nature, and know things others don’t. But nowadays people
don’t care what’s inside of you, every employer wants to know what diploma you have."
-Daoud, 45, a Bedouin man from the village of Al-Muntar in the West Bank. Bedouin today want their children to go to school. But Israel is fighting in court to destroy the village schoolhouse.
“There’s a school in [the nearby settlement of] Ma’aleh Adumim, a place to get an education. All we’re asking is that we have a kindergarten and school as well. If you had a 6-year-old child who had to walk 6 kilometers both ways to get to school, wouldn’t you be concerned and want to change that?"
--Abdallah, 39, another resident of Al-Muntar village.
-Daoud, 45, a Bedouin man from the village of Al-Muntar in the West Bank. Bedouin today want their children to go to school. But Israel is fighting in court to destroy the village schoolhouse.
“There’s a school in [the nearby settlement of] Ma’aleh Adumim, a place to get an education. All we’re asking is that we have a kindergarten and school as well. If you had a 6-year-old child who had to walk 6 kilometers both ways to get to school, wouldn’t you be concerned and want to change that?"
--Abdallah, 39, another resident of Al-Muntar village.
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday February 4, 2018
Quote of the day:
“I’m very proud to defend Israel and I think I’ve done a good job, but this has gotten me so upset and
disappointed and I don’t know where to turn. It got me to such a point where I said, you know, this is
something I have to stand up for, and if it means criticizing Israel, I just have to do it."
--Jewish American millionaire and philanthropist, Joey Low, says it will be very difficult to defend Israel if it expels African asylum seekers.*
--Jewish American millionaire and philanthropist, Joey Low, says it will be very difficult to defend Israel if it expels African asylum seekers.*