APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday April 17, 2019
Quote of the day:
"On the one hand, he treats the Arabs in Israel as unworthy of participating in government and accuses
his rivals of allying with the Arabs and he even incites against them, but on the other hand, he tries to meet
King Abdullah for the elections."
--Jordanian source told Arab media that Jordan found Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's behavior towards the Israeli Arabs surprising.**
--Jordanian source told Arab media that Jordan found Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's behavior towards the Israeli Arabs surprising.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday April 16, 2019
You Must Be
Kidding:
"Why would an American Jew would be interested in relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel?"
--The question a Ben-Gurion Airport security officer asked Laura Mandel, a US board member of The Abraham Initiatives, a Jewish-Arab Israeli organization whose purpose is to advance coexistence, equality and cooperation between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens.**
"Why would an American Jew would be interested in relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel?"
--The question a Ben-Gurion Airport security officer asked Laura Mandel, a US board member of The Abraham Initiatives, a Jewish-Arab Israeli organization whose purpose is to advance coexistence, equality and cooperation between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday April 14, 2019
You Must Be
Kidding:
After court ordered demolitions for homes of hundreds of Palestinians under guise of zoning, Jerusalem municipality changes plans to allow for settler construction
After court ordered demolitions for homes of hundreds of Palestinians under guise of zoning, Jerusalem municipality changes plans to allow for settler construction
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday April 15, 2019
Quote of the day:
"The people have decided that there are more important things than clean hands.."
--Former High Court justice Eliyahu Matza breaks his silence and speaks about the elections and the politicians.*
--Former High Court justice Eliyahu Matza breaks his silence and speaks about the elections and the politicians.*
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.
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Ha'aretz Opinion: "American Jews, Don't Walk Away From Israel" by APN's Debra Shushan (April 11, 2019)Netanyahu's re-election is a black day for solidly liberal American Jews, whose relations with a pro-Trump Israel were already in crisis. But we can't give up... Read >> |
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JTA: "Israel approves thousands of new West Bank housing units" (April 8, 2019)"The construction of the settlements only makes it harder to end the occupation and to get to a two states peace agreement and is bad for the Israeli interest to remain a democratic and secured state," Peace Now said in a statement... Read >> |
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NPR: "After A Decade Of Netanyahu, Hopes Fade For A Palestinian State" (April 8, 2019)About three-quarters of the construction has taken place in settlements deep in the West Bank "that Israel will probably need to evict in the framework of a two-state agreement," said Hagit Ofran of Peace Now, a settlement watchdog group. Read and Listen >> |
The letter includes: “We welcome bipartisan efforts aimed at
combating anti-Semitism. However, much of the recent rhetoric and political maneuvering on the issue seems
cynically focused on showing that one party cares more about anti-Jewish bigotry than the other. This political
theater is not only counter-productive, but endangers the very people such advocates claim to defend.”