APN's daily news review from Israel

Friday November 30, 2012

Quote of the day:

"In 1949, there were not a hundred persons in the entire world who believed in this solution. Not a single country supported it...Mine was a lonely fight."
--Peace activist, journalist and former politician Uri Avneri writes in Maariv about his idea in 1949 to set-up a Two-State Solution. (Maariv English)

APN's daily news review from Israel

Thursday November 29, 2012

Quote of the day:

“We are citizens in the state of Israel, and we support the UN bid."
--Joint statement by coalition of Israeli peace organizations.**
 

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Wednesday November 28, 2012

Quote of the day:

"True, we’re going to see fireworks in Ramallah but the settlements will remain exactly where they are and the IDF will continue to operate in the same areas."
--Israeli official tells Yedioth that Palestinian statehood won't change anything.**

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Tuesday November 27, 2012

Quote of the day:

"State of Palestine."
-- Phrase, which if printed on any official letters to Israeli missions around the world, will mean putting letter in the garbage.**

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Monday November 26, 2012

Quote of the day:

"I am the leader of Hamas. I tell you and the whole world, we are ready to resort to a peaceful way, without blood and weapons as long as we attain our Palestinian demands: a Palestinian state and the ending of the occupation and the (West Bank separation) wall."
-Khaled Mashaal says in an interview with CNN - largely ignored by the Israeli media.**

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Sunday November 25, 2012

Quote of the day:

"You are a persona non grata here."
--Omer Parter, a reserve soldier at the Gaza border, forced extremist Rabbi Dov Lior to leave without giving soldiers a pep talk. ** (Ynet)

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Friday November 23, 2012

Quote of the day:

"We want to preserve a homey and positive atmosphere."
--'Hamarakia restaurant owner, Noam Park, explains why Israeli police were expelled from the premises.**

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Thursday November 22, 2012
 

Quote of the day:

"It has become clear that even a perfect bikini body doesn’t give you a pass in wartime."
--Haaretz blogger Allison Kaplan Sommer writes about the Tweets that got Israeli model Bar Refaeli in trouble.

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Wednesday November 21, 2012

Quote of the day:

"The political echelons of Israel don't want a paper, for the same reason that Hamas wants one. The Israelis prefer to make a verbal agreement. Putting the conditions on paper will limit Israel's freedom to act militarily in the future..."
--Senior Israeli political analyst Nahum Barnea in Yedioth today.**

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Tuesday November 20, 2012

Quote of the day:

"Periods of peace and quiet were always the result of a dialogue and agreement. We have already assassinated terrorists and launched, as well as invaded Gaza, and nothing has changed apart from more killing and more hatred."
--Petition by Israeli intellectuals and artists calling on government to obtain a ceasefire and dialogue to lead to a peace agreement.**

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Monday November 19, 2012
 

Quote of the day:

"And I know that every moment that passes in this war, more parents lose their beautiful, sweet, innocent children. Yes, I am scared. I cannot fall asleep. But more than that, I am angry."

--Gaza Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, formerly a doctor at the Israeli Sheba Hospital, who lost his three daughters and niece form an Israeli shell shot at his home during Operation Cast Lead, writes to Israelis in Yedioth.**

Sunday November 18, 2012

Quote of the day:

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Friday November 16, 2012

Quote of the day:

"The real Qassam (rocket) are the economic problems."
--Avi Haviv, 34, of Netivot tells Maariv.**

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Thursday November 15, 2012

Quote of the day:

"If, as we all hope, the IDF is able to leave the latest round successfully and Hamas is hit and weakened, the time will have arrived for the victor to put out its hand to the defeated in an attempt at real dialogue of quiet between the two sides."
--Former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy advises the government of Israel in a Yedioth Op-Ed.** (see Commentary for translation)

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Wednesday November 14, 2012

Quote of the day:

"There will be the same check for everyone - Arabs and Jews as one. We are speaking of citizens of Israel and we cannot allow this discrimination."
--Former prime minister Ehud Olmert told then Shin Bet chief to stop the humiliating racial profiling of Arab Israelis at Ben-Gurion Airport. Yedioth reveals why that never happened.**

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Tuesday November 13, 2012

Quote of the day:

"Having reached the age of 67, the age of retirement, I watch with trepidation as the 1967 lines fade away, taking with them the outline of a peace that is within arm's reach, the border of a democratic, Jewish and moral state - a country in which it would be pleasant to live the rest of my life."
--Akiva Eldar dedicates his last column in Haaretz to Israeli activists and groups working towards peace, including Peace Now, Breaking the Silence and B'Tselem.**

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Monday November 12, 2012

Quote of the day:

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Sunday November 11, 2012

Quote of the day:

"I hung up and called again, this time presenting myself with a Jewish name. The hostess said 'no problem', and that is when we understood that there is indeed a problem."
-- Muhammad Sufri tells reporters about racism at a famous sushi restaurant.**

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Friday November 9, 2012
 

Quote of the day:

"After the next unnecessary war, after you cry over those who fell, make a Google search for the interview by Udi Segel with Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) on the 2nd of November 2012, where a courageous Palestinian leader offers a solution acceptable to most of the residents of Israel..."
--Maariv columnist and Israeli poet Yonatan Gefen slams his 'wall' of a leader.**

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Quote of the day:

"At worst, he won't be quick to answer every telephone request coming from Israel."
--Yedioth political commentator's guess as to how US President Barack Obama will respond to Israel after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu supported his rival.**

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Wednesday November 7, 2012

Quote of the day:

"[People] always said that if something happend to my family I would see things differently. And then, in one moment, I'm in that situation."
--Eyal Shiran explains how he is running for the left-wing Meretz party, even after his sister being killed in a Palestinian suicide bomb attack.**

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Tuesday November 6, 2012
 

Quote of the day:

"And you are not responding. This is a bit embarrassing..."
--David Grossman, author and moral compass for Israel, writes open letter to Prime Minister asking him to respond to Palestinian President with negotiations after the latter hinted at a renunciation of the Right of Return.** (Haaretz)

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Monday November 5, 2012
 

Quote of the day:

"If tomorrow I send you to Tapuach (settlement) to put up a block to prevent reinforcement in Migron (outpost), will you be able to do it?"
--- Judea and Samaria Division Commander Brigadier-General Hagai Mordechai asked ultra-Orthodox soldiers, some settlers, if they would refuse orders. (The soldier did not answer.) Ynet**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Sunday, November 4, 2012 
 

Quote of the day:

"Recognition of a Palestinian state by most countries of the world does not mean denying or negating the existence of the State of Israel."
--From a confidential Israeli Foreign Ministry report whose conclusions regarding the de-legitimization of Israel in the world completely oppose the Israeli government's policies. (Maariv Hebrew)**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Friday November 2, 2012
 

Quote of the day:

"I don't see any problem in the multi-facted connections."
--Miss Young Israel, Lina Mahoula, is fine with her Israeli-Russian-Arab-Christian identity.**