APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday November 13, 2013
Quote of the day:
"The setting aside of these public funds suggests the government is serious (about settlement expansion), and
suggests it's only pretending to negotiate while it pursues its settlement construction."
-- Peace Now Secretary General Yariv Oppenheimer on Israel's announcement to build a whopping 20,000 new
settler homes.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday November 12, 2013
Quote of the day:
"Appointing Lieberman as foreign minister is like planting an explosive device in the peace
process."
--Chairwoman MK Zahava Gal-On before the swearing-in ceremony Monday.**
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Winter approaches, and the days grow shorter. The world becomes darker and feels colder. |
This week, Alpher discusses Netanyahu's opposition to an interim nuclear deal with Iran and its consequent strain on the US-Israel relationship, the Israeli perception of a link between the Iranian nuclear issue and the Palestinian issue, the emergence of an ad hoc alliance between France, Israel and the Saudis and Emirates on Iran, who disagrees over what at this juncture, a rating of Netanyahu's overall performance on this issue in recent days, how will Avigdor Lieberman's acquittal and return to his post as foreign minister. affect Israel's foreign relations and how will it affect coalition politics in the Netanyahu government,
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday November 11, 2013
Quote of the day:
"I want to contribute to the State in a way that would have made Yitzhak and Leah Rabin proud of me."
--Yitzhak Rabin, 18, a Jordanian immigrant, wants to serve in the IDF.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday November 10, 2013
Quote of the day:
"Think of the scandal we'd see if Palestinian policemen, or other foreign troops, were to use a Jewish
cemetery for practice purposes."
--Yesh Din's Yossi Gurvitz, writes about the organization revealing that Israeli soldiers used a Muslim cemetery in
Hebron for training space.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday November 08, 2013
Quote of the day:
"Good things are coming."
--Graffiti sprayed on walls in a Palestinian village by right-wing activists Thursday, who also
set two cars on fire.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday November 07, 2013
Quote of the day:
"There were arrests, there were all kind of arrests. But the high point of the night was drawing fire,
creating a situation where they fired at us."
--Testimony of a former soldier from the
Golani Brigade. His commander had said: "I want bodies full of
bullets."**
Gershon Baskin / The Jerusalem Post (November 6, 2013)
Argues that peace requires both sides to demonstrate positive will and actions to positively influence the
atmosphere outside of the negotiating room, and provides examples that both sides could take to do that. Read More
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APN's Israel Study Tour participants held a series of meetings with Israeli Knesset members at the Israeli parliament. One of them was MK Ayelet Shaked of the Jewish Home, one of the youngest and most extreme right-wing members of the Knesset. Shaked routinely attacks Israel's peace camp. She does so while noting how effective Israel's peace movement has been in mainstreaming the notion that Israel needs a two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians.