This week, Alpher discusses why the Netanyahu government threatens to refuse to negotiate with a Fateh-Hamas Palestinian Authority unity government; what settler "price tag" attacks and provocations focused over the past two weeks on targets in Israeli Arab towns and villages rather than in the West Bank and East Jerusalem tells us; PM Netanyahu's renewed effort to legislate a basic law proclaiming Israel a Jewish state and Israel's sixty-sixth Independence Day.
On Monday, May 5, Israel marked Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day), a day in which life comes to a halt to commemorate Israelis – soldiers and civilians – who died in Israel’s many wars and terrorist attacks. On this somber day, Americans for Peace Now stands with our brothers and sisters in Israel in paying tribute to the fallen and in recommitting to fulfill our mission of securing peace for Israel, peace that will end the endless wars and bloodshed.
And when the sun sets, in an abrupt shift of emotion, Israelis start the festivities of Yom Ha’Atzma’ut (Independence Day), flooding the parks and the public squares to rejoice in the 66th birthday celebrations of their country.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday May 05, 2014
Note: Note: News Nosh will be off on Israeli Independence Day.
Note: Note: News Nosh will be off on Israeli Independence Day.
Quote of the day:
"All that pioneering energy would have gone to the Negev and the Galilee..(there would have been
a) different demographic balance that would have strengthened Israel."
--Security expert Amos Yadlin answers Yedioth's question: what if Likud had not won the elections in
'77.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday May 04, 2014
Quote of the day:
"There's no such thing as 'can't do' in the Shin Bet, just 'don't want.'"
-- Former Shin Bet head Carmi Gillon tells audience a cultural event in Beersheva why the 'price-tag' attackers have not been caught.**
-- Former Shin Bet head Carmi Gillon tells audience a cultural event in Beersheva why the 'price-tag' attackers have not been caught.**
San Diego Jewish World - May 1, 2014
APN 'appalled' by Conference vote to exclude J Street (press release reprinted)
http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdjewishworld.com%2F2014%2F05%2F01%2Fapn-appalled-conference-vote-exclude-j-street%2F
The Forward - May 1, 2014
APN demands reform in Conference of Presidents
http://forward.com/articles/197490/j-street-turns-tables-on-president-conference-afte/?p=all#ixzz30YoMtcv8
LA Jewish Journal (JTA story) - April 30, 2014
Peace Now: Israel advanced some 14,000 West Bank apartments during talks
http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/item/peace_now_israel_advanced_some_14000_west_bank_apartments_during_talks
Northbynorthwestern.com - April 29, 2014
APN's Ori Nir and ATFP's Ghaith al-Omari speak at Northwestern University
http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/j-street-u-northwestern-speakers-speak-on-israeli-/
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday May 02, 2014
Quote of the day:
"Netanyahu is completing the series of racist laws that have been emerging in recent years and is
leading Israel to become the first racial state of the 21st century."
--MK Mohammed Barakeh, head of Hadash party on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's plan to
"legally anchor" Israel's status as "the nation-state of the Jewish people."**
Americans for Peace Now (APN) is appalled and deeply disappointed at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organization's failure to accept J Street, an important player in the pro-Israel arena, into its ranks.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday May 01, 2014
Number of the day:
399.
--The number of 'price-tag' attacks by right-wing Jewish Israeli extremists on Palestinians and Arab Israelis and their property in 2013, according to US State Department report.
--The number of 'price-tag' attacks by right-wing Jewish Israeli extremists on Palestinians and Arab Israelis and their property in 2013, according to US State Department report.
By Rachel Fobar
J Street U Northwestern hosted a discussion and Q-and-A session tonight with Ori Nir and Ghaith al-Omari, who argued that a peaceful two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is possible.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday April 30, 2014
Quote of the day:
"We are making great efforts to convince the world that [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud] Abbas
is a peace rejectionist who embraces Hamas...This is a strong card and it would be wrong to lose
it."
--Israeli political officials explain why the Defense Minister was ordered to cancel a meeting to be held today to advance settlement construction.**
--Israeli political officials explain why the Defense Minister was ordered to cancel a meeting to be held today to advance settlement construction.**