News Nosh

A daily roundup of the news from Israel that Israelis are reading. News Nosh is a free service. To receive News Nosh, subscribe below.

We will neither sell, rent, nor exchange your email address, nor add you to any other email list.


News Nosh 09.05.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday September 05, 2016 
 
Quote of the day:
"[Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu sees the approaching disaster, but doesn’t have the courage to do anything. Lacking leadership, it is our right and duty as citizens to determine our fate. Only a decision as part of a referendum will give a true expression to the desire of the majority and will enable the continued building of the Zionist enterprise without violence between us.” 
--Former Shin Bet chief and minister, Ami Ayalon ahead of the launching today of a left-wing initiative for a national referendum on the future of the occupied territories.**
Continue reading

News Nosh 09.04.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday September 04, 2016 
 
Quote of the day:
"It is harder to sit among Jews. They bless me when I go to make peace with gentiles, but raise an eyebrow when I meet with my brothers."
--Rabbi David Menachem, who builds bridges between Jews, Muslims and Christians using the power of music and interfaith prayer, comments on his collaborations with Conservative Jews.**
Continue reading

News Nosh 09.02.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday September 02, 2016 
 
Quote of the day:
"I expect two things from you. First, listen to your parents and your teachers, and second, learn to write and read. Learn Hebrew and Arabic and English. I want you to learn the history of the Jewish people and the Arab people, and I want you to learn the truth - that we were meant to live together."
--Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Arab first graders on the first day of school yesterday.
Continue reading

News Nosh 09.01.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday September 01, 2016 
 
Quote of the day:
 "We are the world champions of occupation, and we have made it into an art form. I was GOC Central Command -- the general of the occupation. And I ask, is this what we want to be?"
--Former GOC Central Command Maj. Gen. (res.) Gadi Shamni also charged that the "IDF's task of controlling a population of 2.5 million civilians distracts the military from its primary function."*

You Must Be Kidding: 
"I don't think that we need to apologize to anyone. And I expect that they'll soon approve additional construction plans in Judea and Samaria."
--Mayor of Beit Aryeh, Avi Naim, commenting on the government giving retroactive approval yesterday to a full neighborhood that was built illegally in his West Bank settlement.**
Continue reading

News Nosh 08.31.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday August 31, 2016 
 
Quote of the day:
"Another gatekeeper has broken the silence."
--Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai reacted to the lecture by former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, who said that the dangers posed from within are more serious than external threats, such as Iran and Hezbollah.**
Continue reading

News Nosh 08.30.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday August 30, 2016 
 
Quote of the day:
"This internal threat should concern us more than external threats."
--Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo warned on Tuesday that the polarization and division in Israeli society could lead to a civil war.
Continue reading

News Nosh 08.29.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday August 29, 2016
 
Quote of the day:
“Routine. There is no contradiction between “nobody was hurt” and ‘the terrorist was killed.’ Only Jews can be hurt. An update followed: ‘The Kfir squad commander, who saw the terrorist throw a firebomb at an IDF pillbox in Silwad, shot and killed him. Nobody was hurt.’ Now the shooting had turned into ‘a firebomb.’ A short time later, it was reported: ‘Apparently, he was mentally unstable. A search on his body resulted with no findings.’ In other words, murder.
--Haaretz’s Gideon Levy writes how Israeli media accepts IDF reports as fact and how Israelis view the killing of a Palestinian within the conflict.
Continue reading

News Nosh 08.28.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday August 28, 2016 

You Must Be Kidding: 
300,000.
--The number of textbooks that Israel has delayed allowing into the Gaza Strip for Palestinian school children, whom, like Israeli children, start school on Thursday, September 1st.**
Continue reading

News Nosh 08.26.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday August 26, 2016
 
 
Breaking News:
Conflicting reports about killing of unarmed Palestinian by soldiers near Ramallah
The IDF said Eyad Zakaria Hamed, 38, was running towards an IDF guard post so they shot him dead. However, Maan noted that the initial reports from Hebrew media said the suspect had opened fire from inside a vehicle, and that a woman might have been inside the car with him. Witnesses told Maan that Hamed was shot and critically injured while inside his vehicle. The IDF said no weapons were found on him and that none of the soldiers were injured. (Ynet and Maan)
Continue reading

News Nosh 08.25.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday August 25, 2016
 
Quote of the day:
"My peak is still ahead of me.”
--Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells ultra-Orthodox reporters.*

You Must Be Kidding: 
“To bring the wider world, to understand who really owns this city – all this infrastructure is intended for that.”
--Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barekat explained why he was adding a stop for the planned cable car in the midst of an Arab neighborhood.**
Continue reading
1 2 3 ...105 106 107 108109 110 ...193 194 195