Israel's Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) movement today sent a letter to the Israeli government, demanding that it enforce the law and remove Esh Kodesh, a West Bank settlement that was established in violation of Israeli law, whose residents have repeatedly attacked neighboring Palestinians.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday January 08, 2014
Quote of the day:
"I've met many Palestinians who hate Israel. But I've never met one who attributes that hatred to street signs or
textbooks. Instead, they talk about parents evicted from their homes, cousins jailed, lands taken, travel permits
denied."
--Peter Beinart asks who is inciting more, the Israeli Prime Minister or the Palestinian
President.**
Op-ed: Instead of whining about Palestinian incitement, ministers should discuss state of incitement in Israel
On Sunday, Israel's cabinet dedicated its weekly meeting to an important issue. Not important - critical. Yossi Kuperwasser, the director-general of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, found the time to attend the meeting and even brought along a presentation. Not just a presentation - an audio-visual presentation, with both images and sounds. Thanks to the presentation, songs in Arabic were played in a cabinet meeting for the first time in history.
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Washington's failure to clinch two-state deal would shift Palestinian focus to international groups and college campuses where organized Jewry holds little sway.
In the spirit of the season, let me hazard a prediction: 2014 will be the year that America's Israel debate begins to pass the organized American Jewish community by.
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday January 07, 2014
Quote of the day:
"Even a very stupid prime minister who makes peace will get positive press. But a prime minister who is an
idiot will not make peace."
--Former prime minister Ehud Olmert sends a message to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.**
Regardless of the claims that the new housing units would be delayed until after US Secretary of
State Kerry's visit, Peace Now has just revealed 272 housing units were approved for validation yesterday
(5/1/14).
The plans are for 250 units in the settlement of Ofra and 22 units in the settlement Karnei Shomron. These plans were published for validation online by the Civil Administration's Subcommittee for Settlements.
Regardless of the claims that the new housing units would be delayed until after US Secretary of State Kerry's visit, Peace Now has just revealed 272 housing units were approved for validation yesterday (5/1/14).
This week, Alpher discusses the pronouncements on the peace process made by Secretary of State John Kerry in the course of his most recent Middle East trip, Foreign Minister Lieberman's departure from his traditional hawkish stance in his pronouncements that seem to view Kerry's performance as highly constructive, the relevance of Ariel Sharon's legacy for the current situation, and whether there is a Palestinian angle to Sunday's demonstration of more than 20,000 Eritreans in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, demanding freedom to work and live in Tel Aviv.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday January 06, 2014
Quote of the day:
"Friends, Bibi (Netanyahu) is not missing votes in the Knesset, the question is only if he has the
backbone."
--Opposition leader and Labor party chief Isaac Herzog says Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has a mandate to
reach a peace deal, but doubts if he has the courage.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday January 05, 2014
Quote of the day:
"I have no problem with the political demand that the valley should be part of the State of Israel. Such a position is permissible. What bothers me is that it's being depicted as some kind of security problem."
--Former Mossad chief refuted the claim that Israel needs to keep the Jordan Beqaa Valley for its security.**