APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Quote of the day:
"Each side tries to convince itself that it is deterring the other side, and vice versa. Hamas is
starving, with its back to the wall, receiving $15 million protection money in cash via Israel, happy with
itself and then wakes up the next morning to find a Zionist gang in its backyard. 'These Jews are crazy,'
Hamas politburo chief Yahya Sinwar and his men say to themselves. 'They discount us. There is no choice,
they have to be deterred.' They bury their dead and shoot an anti-tank missile on a bus of soldiers and 200
rockets into (Israeli) towns.
"Israel is the same, just the opposite. 'We only just gave them money, and they are already shooting at us,' the Israelis say, raising the stakes. Because everyone in this story deters everyone, so no one is deterred from anything."
--Maariv's political commentator Ben Caspit writes a fascinating piece in today's paper (fully translated below).*
"Israel is the same, just the opposite. 'We only just gave them money, and they are already shooting at us,' the Israelis say, raising the stakes. Because everyone in this story deters everyone, so no one is deterred from anything."
--Maariv's political commentator Ben Caspit writes a fascinating piece in today's paper (fully translated below).*
This episode, like several episodes we’ve produced in the
past, focuses on the Gaza border. It features a conversation with Ose Oyamendan, a documentary filmmaker whose
film 
