--How Israeli President Shimon Peres described the demand for Palestinians to recognize Israel as a 'Jewish state.'**
This week Alpher discusses whether there is any chance of replacing Assad with a transition regime as discussed at the Geneva I talks, who else agrees with Israeli Defense Minister Yaalon's labeling of Kerry by as "obsessive and messianic," or if this is "last week's news," and whether there is anything really new on the Israeli-Palestinian scene.
--Words of a teacher at a Kiryat Tivon high school, which got him fired after a student complained.**
JTA - January 12, 2014
APN issues statement re: Ariel Sharon's death
http://www.jta.org/2014/01/12/news-opinion/united-states/jewish-groups-in-u-s-around-world-mourn-sharon
JTA - January 13, 2014
APN among Jewish groups challenging Fla. synagogue over $3 million bequest
http://www.jta.org/2014/01/13/news-opinion/united-states/jewish-groups-challenge-synagogue-over-3-million-bequest
San Diego Jewish World - January 14, 2014
APN issues two press releases: One on Iran, another on Israeli reaction to Kerry peace
initiative
http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2014/01/14/americans-peace-now-call-new-iran-sanctions/
Al-Monitor - January 14, 2014
Peace Now settlement data cited
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/01/construction-settlements-prisoners-release-john-kerry.html#
Salem-news.com - January 14, 2014
APN press release urges US Jewish groups to stop pushing new Iran sanctions
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january142014/israel-settlements.php
Sun Sentinel (FL) - January 15, 2014
APN among Jewish groups challenging bequest
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-synagogue-lawsuit-update-20140115,0,3789451.story
JTA - January 15, 2014
APN among groups who signed a letter to Congress opposing new Iran sanctions
http://www.jta.org/2014/01/15/news-opinion/politics/obama-urges-congress-not-to-pass-sanctions
NOTE: News Nosh will be off tomorrow for Tu B'Shvat.
-- Manuela Grayson, a Jewish lawyer from London, joined a tour visiting West Bank settlements, Palestinian villages, E. Jerusalem and the Ofer military court.
--Brent Sasley suggests in a Haaretz Op-Ed that in exchange for some implicit Palestinian acknowledgment of Israel’s Jewish character, Israel accepts partial responsibility for the Naqba.**