APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday January 03, 2014
Numbers of the day:
82.5 and 65.5
Percentage of Jewish Israeli respondents of poll that believes in teaching openness and critical thinking in
schools and percentage that believes that the schools must "teach Jewish and Zionist values without taking a
critical stance," respectively. **
Security for Settlers, Not the State of Israel
Analysis by Peace Now's Director General, Yariv Oppenheimer
2014 starts with major promise for peace in the Middle East: An American outline of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, which Secretary of State John Kerry is reportedly discussing today with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday January 02, 2014
Quote of the day:
"If Israel wants to redraw the map we are in favor of returning to the 1947 partition
lines."
--Hadash party MK Afu Agbaria responds to the Maariv/NRG report that Israel suggested transferring Israeli Arabs to
live under Palestinian Authority sovereignty.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday January 01, 2014
Quote of the day:
"Regards to John Kerry"
--Graffiti spray-painted on Palestinian home in village near Ramallah, where three cars were also torched, takes
jab at visiting US Secretary of State.**
Americans for Peace Now
Lara Friedman, APN's Director of Policy and Government
Relations, provides a weekly, comprehensive summary of congressional activity related to Israel and the Middle
East. Includes archived installments from November 2004 until the present. Read More >
UNRWA (2014)
Up-to-date numbers of Palestinian refugees supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),
including statistics for individual fields of operation. PDF >| For background on UNRWA, see:
UNRWA (Reut Institute) >
Interactive map app that can be used to explore data about settlement activity in the West Bank. Organized into several layers that show different kinds of data, the map is constantly updated and can be customized to fit each user's preferences. (see more)
List of terms commonly used in regard to Israeli settlements and/or generally associated with the Israeli settlement enterprise. (read more)
Comprehensive introduction to the issue of Israeli settlements and how they relate to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (read more)