APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday September 09, 2013
Quote of the day:
"In the end, they will still be sitting in Washington and because of them, the Israelis will be going down to the shelters."
--Maariv political commentator Shalom Yerushalmi on AIPAC's 'help' in getting the US Congress to support a US attack on Syria.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday September 08, 2013
Quote of the day:
'Im Tirtzu is a Fascist movement.'
-- A Facebook group name, which an Israeli judge ruled was not a libel against the far right-wing Im Tirtzu movement.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday September 04, 2013
Note: News Nosh will be off Thursday and Friday for the Rosh Hashana holiday.
Quote of the day:
"After Assad goes, we'll talk on Facebook."
--Captain Shirin Sheli tells what one of the wounded Syrians she treated said to her upon being released from the
secret IDF medical facility.**
Topics discussed are the Assad regime and its assessment of President Obama's decision to postpone a punitive
attack pending congressional approval; Israeli assessment of the decision to postpone.
Also, the issue of shortages of and long lines for gas masks in Israel, and Israel's security needs if and when a
two-state solution is reached.
Every year, on Rosh Hashanah, we wish you and other supporters of Americans for Peace Now that the coming year be a
Shnat Shalom, a year of peace. Like other forms of well-wishing, it has become somewhat of a cliché.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday September 03, 2013
Quote of the day:
"I'm critiquing the way the American Jewish community operates because I think we're hurting ourselves, and
Israel, through our isolation from Palestinians. As Jews and Zionists, I want us to do better."
--Peter Beinart in a scathing new article discussed in Haaretz.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday September 02, 2013
Quote of the day:
"Sandwiched between two Arab civil wars, expecting nothing from the peace talks, quietly legalizing
discrimination against its minorities - Israel's year of superficial calm."
--Don Futterman sums up a less than positive year in Israel ahead of Rosh Hashana.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday September 01, 2013
Quote of the day:
'The wieners will still be used in the IDF, but only under
field conditions.'
--Ynet writes about the introduction of healthy food in the Israeli army.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday August 30, 2013
Number of the day:
77.
--Percentage of Israeli public that opposes Israeli intervention in the case that the US does not attack Syria,
according to Maariv poll.**
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Americans for Peace Now is organizing a small group study tour to Israel. Participants will explore the "real" Israel -- the one behind the headlines, which tourists typically don't see. More