Americans for Peace Now

News Nosh 1.22.20

by APN 01/22/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Wednesday January 22, 2020

Quote of the day:

"Gantz, the citizens of the country deserve hope and not imitation - that's not how to replace the prime minister. Annexation is the elimination of any chance of democracy and peace. You've probably forgotten that there is life also after the (election) campaign. The pathetic attempt to scramble a few votes from the right is not worth the destruction of the future of us all."
--Chairman of the Joint List, Ayman Odeh, said in response to Kahol-Lavan leader, Benny Gantz's, declaration that Israel must annext the Beqaa Jordan Valley in the West Bank.*

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News Nosh 1.21.20

by APN 01/21/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday January 21, 2020

Quote of the day:

"At least the right wing is consistent. Not only is incitement against Arabs one of its standard tools to whip up the base, but the right’s ethnocentric and nationalist ideology also mandates a callous disregard for the Arab minority, its history and its demands for full integration and equality. On the left, it’s the other way around: Its leaders’ refusal to engage with Arabs not only contradicts its supposedly liberal worldview, but also lends credence to right-wing efforts to trash the left."
--Haaretz commentator Chemi Shalev writes about the left-wing's refusal to take the outstretched hand of leading Israeli Arab politicians.*

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Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher (January 21, 2020) - Thoughts and Insights on the Emerging Israeli Election Alignment

by APN 01/21/20

Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.

News Nosh 1.20.20

by APN 01/20/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday January 20, 2020

You Must Be Kidding:

Judges ruled to give Ateret Cohanim settler organization the land in E. Jerusalem on which live 23 members of the Rajbi family in a home they bought over 40 years ago, on grounds that the structure was built on land owned by Jews before 1948. Israeli law enables Jews to repossess properties in East Jerusalem that they lost during the 1948 war, but does not allow similar rights to the thousands of Palestinians who lost their property in that war.**

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News Nosh 1.19.20

by APN 01/19/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Sunday January 19, 2020

Quote of the Day #1:

"Our religion is the motorcycle and its horsepower. Politics remain beyond the fence.”
-Comment by an Israeli organizer of a meet at a West Bank settlement for Israeli and Palestinian motorcyclists.*

Quote of the Day #2:
"I am flooded with many hundreds of moving messages of support from students, alumni, and parents. You are an example, an inspiration and hope that one day a society will be established here, where Jews and Arabs, religious and secular, Ashkenazi and Mizrachi will live together in peace and friendship."
--Long-time high school teacher Meir Baruchin posted on Facebook after he was fired for political remarks he made.**

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Legislative Round-Up: January 17, 2020

by APN 01/17/20

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived.

Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.

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News Nosh 1.16.20

by APN 01/16/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Thursday January 16, 2020

You Must Be Kidding:
The Hecht Museum at Haifa University canceled a talk by an Arab Israeli artist because the appearance by “a Palestinian artist” would displease the Hecht Foundation, which is associated with the museum.**

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APN / Peace Now In the News - January 15-16, 2020

by APN 01/16/20

Independent: "Israel to open seven new nature reserves in occupied West Bank" (January 16, 2020)

According to Israeli rights group Peace Now, which monitors settlement expansion, more than a third of the proposed location of the new reserves is on private Palestinian land, making it illegal even under Israeli law.

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Al Jazeera: "Israel creates seven 'nature reserves' in occupied West Bank" (January 15, 2020)

According to Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now, the designated reserves total about 5,300 hectares (13,096 acres), some 40 percent of it under private Palestinian ownership. Under Israel laws regulating nature reserves, Palestinians would be forbidden to cultivate their own land, the Peace Now's Hagit Ofran said.

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France 24 (AFP): "Israel turns swathes of occupied West Bank into 'nature reserves'" (January 15, 2020)

Under Israel laws regulating nature reserves, Palestinians would be forbidden to cultivate their own land, the NGO's [Peace Now's] Hagit Ofran said. "If it's a nature reserve, then you can uproot their (Palestinians') trees and tell them they need a special permit for any agricultural activity," she told AFP.

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News Nosh 1.15.20

by APN 01/15/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Wednesday January 15, 2020

Quote of the day:

“I expect the state authorities in the area, both the army and the Civil Administration, to treat Palestinians, especially those who are innocent of any crime, as they would Israelis who are injured parties. I expect that after [the authorities] are forced to damage businesses, they act fairly when considering the compensation due them and not try to evade responsibility using creative legal arguments.”
--Military Judge Ronen Atzmon wrote in an unusual ruling because it awarded compensation to the plaintiffs — Palestinians whose plant nurseries were needlessly destroyed by Israeli soldiers in 2000, during the Second intifada.*

You Must Be Kidding:
"The charges against Netanyahu are much more serious. If Netanyahu can [run for Knesset], so can we."
—Gali Silver, wife of Amos Silver who is in jail on drug trafficking charges for running Telegrass, an online illegal Israeli cannabis and drug distribution network. Amos registered the New Economic Dawn party from jail on Tuesday.**

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News Nosh 12.14.20

by APN 01/14/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday January 14, 2020

Number of the day:

500.
--Number of Bedouin elementary school students without running water at Tel Arad Elementary School in the Negev.*

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News Nosh 1.22.20

News Nosh 1.21.20

Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher (January 21, 2020) - Thoughts and Insights on the Emerging Israeli Election Alignment

News Nosh 1.20.20

News Nosh 1.19.20

Legislative Round-Up: January 17, 2020

News Nosh 1.16.20

APN / Peace Now In the News - January 15-16, 2020

Independent: "Israel to open seven new nature reserves in occupied West Bank" (January 16, 2020)

Al Jazeera: "Israel creates seven 'nature reserves' in occupied West Bank" (January 15, 2020)

France 24 (AFP): "Israel turns swathes of occupied West Bank into 'nature reserves'" (January 15, 2020)

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