News Nosh 04.23.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday April 23, 2014

Quote of the day:
“An excessive and foolish provocation that only deepens the hatred and harms co-existence.”
--Justice Minister Tzipi Livni slams the Jerusalem municipality for confiscating 'beigeleh' breads from Palestinian street stalls at Jaffa Gate on Passover.**

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News Nosh 04.22.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday April 22, 2014

Quote of the day:
"...it will turn Israel into an isolated vagabond on the world stage."
-Meretz party chairwoman Zahava Gal-On calls on Israeli Prime Minister to heed the Palestinian President and avoid dissolution of the Palestinian Authority.**

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Rocket Threat to Israel: Palestinian Rocket & Mortar Attacks

Jewish Virtual Library (2009 - 2014)
List of Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel. Includes dates, locations, descriptions, and information about the perpetrators (if known) of each attack. Also provides information on the types of rockets used and their capabilities. Read More >

Peace Now: Minister of Defense approves new settlement in Hebron, first time since the 1980s

The Minister of Defense has approved the creation of a new settlement inside the Palestinian city of Hebron, making it the first settlement in the city since the 1980s.
 
The impact of the settlement is remarkable: a large building, 4000 square meters,  that can hold more than 20 settler families (more than 120 people) and on a strategic and pivotal location: relatively distant from the other settlements inside Hebron, and on the route that connects Hebron to Kiryat Arba settlement.

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News Nosh 04.14.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday April 14, 2014

Note: News Nosh will be off this week over the Passover holiday, beginning tomorrow.

Quote of the day:
"It looks like something written using Google Translate."
--An Israeli Arab academic on the garbled Arabic Facebook post written by Habayit Hayehudi leader Naftali Bennett to Arab Israelis. **

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APN/Peace Now in the News: April 2-April 11, 2014

Al-Monitor - April 2, 2014
APN's Lara Friedman comments on possible congressional repercussions of PLO's UN move
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/04/palestine-un-aid-cuts-peace-talks-abbas.html#

News Nosh 04.13.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday April 13, 2014

Note: News Nosh will be on Passover holiday from Tuesday, April 15th through Monday, April 21st.  News Nosh will resume on Tuesday, April 22nd.

Quote of the day:
"Everyone thought we were crazy when we said we were going to the Palestinian territories in search of comedy."
--US journalist Joel Warner and US psychologist Peter McGraw find jokes in the Palestinian territories.**

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Goodbye to Israeli peace activist Ron Pundak

Pundak-Ron320x265Israeli peace activist Ron Pundak, a trail-blazer of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, died today in Tel Aviv after a battle with cancer. He was 59.

Dr. Pundak, together with his friend and academic colleague Yair Hirschfeld, established the now well-known “secret channel” with the Palestinian Liberation Organization, which led to the signing of the Oslo Agreement in September 1993. Recently, he published a book that documents the pre-Oslo efforts, titled "Secret channel: Oslo – the full story." 

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News Nosh 04.11.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday April 11, 2014

Quote of the day:
"Every Arab mother should know that the fate of her son is in our hands."
--Words written on shirts ordered by IDF Nahal officer and soldiers for their army unit.*

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The Jewish Journal: The West Bank is under military occupation, and that’s a fact

by Jessica Montell, JTA

According to press reports, the crowd at a recent Republican Jewish Coalition conference “noticeably gasped” when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie referred to the West Bank as “occupied territories.” Christie promptly apologized to the event’s host, mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, clarifying that his remarks “were not meant to be a statement of policy,” a source said.

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