APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday March 20, 2015
Quote of the day:
"Netanyahu in Hebrew: If I become prime minister, a Palestinian state will not be created.
Netanyahu in English: I did not go back on my speech at Bar Ilan University, I believe in the two-state solution."
--Israeli Army Radio journalsit Ido Benbaji Tweets in response to Netanyahu's interview to NBC News.
Netanyahu in English: I did not go back on my speech at Bar Ilan University, I believe in the two-state solution."
--Israeli Army Radio journalsit Ido Benbaji Tweets in response to Netanyahu's interview to NBC News.
Front Page:
Haaretz
- Senior officials in White House: The damage Netanyahu has caused is irreversible
- The difficult conversation between Obama and Netanyahu // Barak Ravid
- There is no more without him – Vote F for fear // Yossi Verter
- Battle over the files: Dispute over who will get chairman of Knesset Finance Committee
- Do the election results accelerate the next conflict? // Amos Harel
- And what if Israel really does annex Area C (of West Bank)? // Amira Hass
- The Arab voters will not be satisfied with Joint List’s electoral achievement // Jack Khoury
- The rebellions groups failed: return of the old-time religious // Yair Ettinger
- Nation State law, left-wing NGOs and legislation against the High Court: Bills that will return for discussion by the government
- “Everyone said Likud”: People who waivered, and in the end voted Netanyahu
- After the trauma, does Meretz need to reinvent itself? // Ilan Lior
- New MKs in the Knesset: Mayors, lawyers, journalists
- Draft of agreement was leaked: Progress in formulating removal of sanctions from Iran
- Putin’s Internet commenting army was revealed
Yedioth Ahronoth
- Obama called to congratulate Netanyahu
- Binyamin travels // Nahum Barnea
- He did know // Sima Kadmon
- Losing with dignity // Hanoch Daum
- To re-connect // Yoaz Hendel
- End of the world, left // Ben-Dror Yemini
- The Kahlon era // Sever Plocker
- The knockout – This is how Binyamin Netanyahu charged for the fourth time on the premiership
- The chair game: Finance Ministry taken? The senior members of the future coalition are battling over the Foreign and Defense Ministries
- The US administration is harshening its tone: “We will reconsider our policies towards Israel”
- Whereto the Palestinian Authority: Is Abu Mazen on the way to a confrontation with Israel? // Jacky Khougy
Israel Hayom
- On the way to a coalition
- Obama called to congratulate Netanyahu, agreement and disagreement, particularly on the subject of a two-state solution.
- In Washington they are hinting at “reassessing” US defense of Israel at the UN. Political sources: They should pressure Abu Mazen
- Partners are allowed to demand and pressure, but they shouldn’t exaggerate // Dan Margalit on battles in the coalition
- The US administration has an opportunity to repair relations // Boaz Bismuth
- Campaign “not to give” to the periphery: Losing without dignity // Mati Tuchfeld
- This afternoon: Partial eclipse will be seen in Israel
- Stock market jumped following forecast of negative interest
- New initiative: a minimum wage for authors
News Summary:
Today’s top stories in the Hebrew newspapers were the battle over which future coalition partner gets which ministry and Knesset committee chairmanship and relations with the US.
**Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received the much-awaited phone call from US President Barack Obama congratulating him for his re-election, but it was not a pleasant call. Obama protested Netanyahu’s statements against Palestinian statehood and Israel's Arab citizens. Netanyahu ‘kind of’ retracted the statements in an interview with US network NBC News yesterday, but the Americans didn’t buy it. Instead, the papers reported of irreversible damage to US-Israel relations and the US said it would reevaluate backing Israel at the UN. Britain also said that if Netanyahu rejects the two-state solution, the UK will recognize Palestine. Meanwhile, a twitter storm erupted among Israeli journalists after Netanyahu gave his his first post-election interview to NBC and said he does NOT oppose a two-state solution, contradicting what he said the day before elections: that he opposes a Palestinian state. The journalists said he was not telling the truth in Hebrew and English. Maariv called him "Dr. Bibi and Mr. Netanyahu." 'NoamR' wrote: Which lie does Netanyahu expect us to believe? The one when he said during the elections that he is against a Palestinian state or the one where he said today that his dream now is to establish such a state?"
Today’s top stories in the Hebrew newspapers were the battle over which future coalition partner gets which ministry and Knesset committee chairmanship and relations with the US.
**Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received the much-awaited phone call from US President Barack Obama congratulating him for his re-election, but it was not a pleasant call. Obama protested Netanyahu’s statements against Palestinian statehood and Israel's Arab citizens. Netanyahu ‘kind of’ retracted the statements in an interview with US network NBC News yesterday, but the Americans didn’t buy it. Instead, the papers reported of irreversible damage to US-Israel relations and the US said it would reevaluate backing Israel at the UN. Britain also said that if Netanyahu rejects the two-state solution, the UK will recognize Palestine. Meanwhile, a twitter storm erupted among Israeli journalists after Netanyahu gave his his first post-election interview to NBC and said he does NOT oppose a two-state solution, contradicting what he said the day before elections: that he opposes a Palestinian state. The journalists said he was not telling the truth in Hebrew and English. Maariv called him "Dr. Bibi and Mr. Netanyahu." 'NoamR' wrote: Which lie does Netanyahu expect us to believe? The one when he said during the elections that he is against a Palestinian state or the one where he said today that his dream now is to establish such a state?"
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.