Ten Israelis – five Arab citizens and five Jewish peace activists – were victims of hate crimes over the weekend. All ten were hospitalized with cuts, lacerations, fractures, and other injuries of various severity after being attacked by Israeli Jews.
Americans for Peace Now (APN) condemns the decision by the Trump administration to slash $200 million in aid appropriated by Congress for humanitarian projects in the West Bank and Gaza. According to a leaked report, this action will shortly be followed by a Trump administration announcement that it will cut support for programs of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the West Bank, ask Israel to consider restricting UNRWA's activities there, and dramatically reduce the number of Palestinians the United States recognizes as refugees.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday May 23, 2018
Quote of the day:
"The possibility of using a patient in desperate need of lifesaving medical treatment, whom no one
claims is herself involved in activities against the State of Israel, as a 'pressure lever' is not compatible
with the values of the State of Israel and cannot stand legally."
--Justice Ofer Groskopf wrote in the High Court ruling, which forces the State to allow sick Gazan women, who are relatives of Hamas members, to receive medical treatment in Israel.*
--Justice Ofer Groskopf wrote in the High Court ruling, which forces the State to allow sick Gazan women, who are relatives of Hamas members, to receive medical treatment in Israel.*
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday, August 27, 2018
Quote of the day:
“We must understand that things can get out of control because of the extremism that is prevalent in
the area...We are all destined to live here together in this country and are not doomed to live like
this.”
--President Reuven Rivlin reacted to the brutal racist attack by Jewish Israelis on three
Arab Israelis at a beach and alluded to the extremist atmosphere in the country.*
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.
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Forward: "Want To Stop Hemorrhaging Diaspora Support, Israel? Here’s What We Need" by APN's Debra Shushan (8/23/18)It has become axiomatic that a widening schism exists in relations between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. Relations with American Jews (who constitute over 70% of Diaspora Jewry) are increasingly fraught. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems unperturbed. Read » |
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JTA/Cleveland Jewish News: "In West Bank settlements, the housing market is booming" (8/23/18)Hagit Ofran, who heads Peace Now’s Settlement Watch project, said the main problem facing any potential settlement evacuation is the sheer number of residents who live in isolated settlements. Read » |
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VIDEO CLIP of APN's Debra Shushan - "Bibi's Partisan Divide" - Israel i24 News "The Spin Room" (8/23/18)Watch Shushan, selected to be a regular panelist, speak about the US partisan divide in approval/disapproval of Prime Minister Neyanyahu. NOTE: Link takes you to the page with all the Shushan videos. Watch » |
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Ha'aretz: "For West Bank Settlement Marking 40 Years, Donald Trump Is Just Another Reason to Celebrate" (8/17/18)Peace Now's Shabtay Bendet quoted in this article about the 40 year anniversary of the Ariel settlement. Read » |
"Bibi's Partisan Divide"
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday, August 24, 2018
You Must Be Kidding:
Shin Bet agent at Israel crossing in the Arava desert: “Is your wife pregnant?
Nadim Sarrouh, a 34-year-old German citizen, who was returning to Israel from Jordan with his wife and
her family, who are Israeli citizens: “No.”
Shin Bet agent:
“Okay, so she is fine, waiting in the heat.”
--Nadim Sarrouh told Haaretz+ he is accustomed to short detentions and questioning by Israeli authorities at
the border, but he has never been treated and interrogated as he was on August 11, 2018.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday, August 23, 2018
You Must Be Kidding:
984.
--The number of housing units in Jewish settlements in the West Bank that the Supreme
Planning Committee of the Civil Administration approved. Peace Now responded:
“Instead of solving the housing crisis in Israel, the government prefers to
deprive most of its citizens and nurture a welfare state located beyond the Green Line."
The Higher Planning Committee of the Civil Administration approved today (August 22, 2018) plans for 1,004
housing units in the settlements, 96% of which are in isolated settlements that Israel will likely
need to evacuate within the framework of a two-state agreement (according to the Geneva Initiative model). In
addition to the approval of the plans, and according to media reports, the government intends to promote hundreds
more housing units by issuing tenders, as well as promoting a future plan for some 300 units in Beit El.
Two plans for the legalization of illegal outposts, which were supposed to be discussed today, were removed from
the agenda following the instruction of the Ministry of Defense. One of them, "Haro'e Ha'ivri (Nofei Prat South),"
which was established illegally in 2015, is located just 1.5 km away from the Bedouin community of Khan Al-Ahmar
that the Israeli government plans to demolish.
Since President Trump was elected the government promoted plans for 10,536 units and tenders for 5,679 units in
West Bank settlements.