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Americans for Peace Now (APN) today expressed deep concern for the safety of the three Israeli Yeshiva students who were kidnapped last Friday in the West Bank. Our hearts and prayers are with the three and with their families. We stand in solidarity with their families and the people of Israel.
APN is also concerned about the possible repercussions of the crisis and calls on all parties involved to do their utmost to ensure that the three return home unharmed and that their abduction does not further exacerbate an already volatile situation.
This week, Alpher discusses what we should focus on with regard to the abduction-settlement link; if there is any link between the abduction, presumably by Palestinian Islamist extremists, and the military successes last week of the ISIS salafi group in Iraq; how all this will affect the Palestinian unity government experiment; and how the election of Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin as president of Israel last week will affect the Israeli political discussion of settlements and the two-state solution.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday June 16, 2014
Quote of the day:
59%.
--Percentage of Israeli Jews who believe settlements harm Israel’s relationship with the US government.**
--Percentage of Israeli Jews who believe settlements harm Israel’s relationship with the US government.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday June 15, 2014
Quote of the day:
"What will you do if, in a week, three 14-year-old girls are kidnapped from one of the settlements?
Will you say there is a law and we don't release terrorists?"
--Shin Bet chief Tamir Pardo said to ministers ten days ago, in an effort to convince them not to approve a bill preventing releasing terrorists.**
--Shin Bet chief Tamir Pardo said to ministers ten days ago, in an effort to convince them not to approve a bill preventing releasing terrorists.**
Veteran Israeli journalist Danny Rubinstein, who has been covering Palestinian affairs for Israeli daily newspapers since 1967, shared his observations on current Israeli-Palestinian relations in perspective of 47 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday June 13, 2014
Quote of the day:
"We will continue in our unwavering fight against criminal nationalistic activity by extremist
elements, and these criminal terrorists will meet a harsh response."
--Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon decides to leave Border Police forces inside radical Yitzhar settlement.**
--Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon decides to leave Border Police forces inside radical Yitzhar settlement.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday June 12, 2014
Quote of the day:
"Just as we saw in the case of Firing Zone 918 [in the South Hebron Hills], after the Palestinians are
expelled on grounds that it’s a firing zone, settlers are allowed to take control of the land."
--MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) responds to statements by Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Elkin that there is no choice but remove Palestinians from their homes in IDF firing zones.**
--MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) responds to statements by Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Elkin that there is no choice but remove Palestinians from their homes in IDF firing zones.**
Author and Journalist Daniel Rubinstein is Israel’s longest serving Palestinian-affairs correspondent, first with Davar (1967-1990), then with Haaretz (1990-2008) and now with Calcalist, Yedioth Ahronoth’s business daily. He is the author of three books, including The Mystery of Arafat, and The People of Nowhere about the Palestinian refugees. He was born and resides in Jerusalem.
An APN Briefing Call with Rubinstein will be Friday, June 13, 1:00 PM EST
Call-in Number: 951-797-1058
Participant Access Code: 147414
For a link to the recording available soon after, Email kcunningham@peacenow.org.