Elul, the Jewish month leading up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, is a time of reflection,
soul-searching, and repentance. Even before we reach the holy days designated for new beginnings and atonement,
Jews prepare to undertake tshuva, asking forgiveness both from our peers and from God. Each day in Elul, except
for shabbat, we blow the shofar to awaken our slumbering consciences and reach out to God, who is held to be
remarkably close and receptive to prayers during these weeks of spiritual preparation.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Quote of the day:
"The Shin Bet lady, who already knew everything about me and my family’s journey around
the world, began with 'You think because you’re a public person I can’t do whatever I want with
you?' I was floored. This is how interrogations begin in police states…In the end, after hours
of this, she warned, 'I may let you into Israel but, who knows, I may not let you out. I will
keep you here and kick out your family. It depends on you. You would miss your kids,
yes?'"
--Following the detention of Jewish-American journalist Peter Beinart and questioning about his political views by the Shin Bet at Ben-Gurion Airport, Iranian-American author and TV host, Reza Aslan, revealed on social media his recent ordeal when entering Israel.*
You Must Be Kidding:
"Instead of correcting this serious error after being notified, StandWithUs is now ignoring the truth and is doubling down and is repeating this erroneous claim in a new StandWithUs website post that Israeli policy supports a Palestinian state."
--One right-wing pro-Israel organization accused another right-wing pro-Israel organization of endangering Israel for 'falsely' accusing it of supporting the two-state solution.**
--Following the detention of Jewish-American journalist Peter Beinart and questioning about his political views by the Shin Bet at Ben-Gurion Airport, Iranian-American author and TV host, Reza Aslan, revealed on social media his recent ordeal when entering Israel.*
You Must Be Kidding:
"Instead of correcting this serious error after being notified, StandWithUs is now ignoring the truth and is doubling down and is repeating this erroneous claim in a new StandWithUs website post that Israeli policy supports a Palestinian state."
--One right-wing pro-Israel organization accused another right-wing pro-Israel organization of endangering Israel for 'falsely' accusing it of supporting the two-state solution.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Quote of the Day #1:
"Benjamin Netanyahu has half-apologized for my detention yesterday at Ben Gurion airport.
I'll accept when he apologizes to all the Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans who every day
endure far worse."
Prominent Jewish-American journalist, Peter Beinart, posted on Twitter after Israel's Shin Bet detained him at Ben-Gurion Airport and questioned him over his political views.*
Prominent Jewish-American journalist, Peter Beinart, posted on Twitter after Israel's Shin Bet detained him at Ben-Gurion Airport and questioned him over his political views.*
Quote of the Day #2:
"From the (Shin Bet's apology) statement it can be concluded that in Israel a black
list was compiled, not of terrorist operatives or people suspected of such activity, but of
people based on their political views."
--Maariv's Intel commentator writes how the Shin Bet has begun serving the right-wing ideological agenda of the government by detaining and interrogating Israelis and Jewish-Americans over to their left-wing views.**
--Maariv's Intel commentator writes how the Shin Bet has begun serving the right-wing ideological agenda of the government by detaining and interrogating Israelis and Jewish-Americans over to their left-wing views.**
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.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday, August 13, 2018
Quote of the Day #1:
"This open city, open to every spirit, can contain all the flags there are - the LGBT
flag, the Druze flag, the flags of anti-Semitic countries like Hungary and anti-Israeli
countries like Turkey. Only the Palestinian flag it can't hold."
--Top Yedioth political commentator, Nahum Barnea, writes about the bruhaha over the Palestinian flags waved at the protest rally against the Nation-State Law.*
Quote of the Day #2:
"Testimony from the officers involved in the attack, which has been concealed from the public until now, confirms for the first time that the children — four cousins ages 10 and 11 — were pursued and killed by drone operators who somehow mistook them, in broad daylight, for Hamas militants."
--'The Intercept' reporter, Robert Mackey, saw the secret Israeli military police report on the 2014 Israeli missile attack on four Palestinian children on a Gaza beach, which was the most direct evidence to date that Israel has used armed drones to launch attacks in Gaza. And moreover, it was proof of how unreliable the use of those drones are.**
--Top Yedioth political commentator, Nahum Barnea, writes about the bruhaha over the Palestinian flags waved at the protest rally against the Nation-State Law.*
Quote of the Day #2:
"Testimony from the officers involved in the attack, which has been concealed from the public until now, confirms for the first time that the children — four cousins ages 10 and 11 — were pursued and killed by drone operators who somehow mistook them, in broad daylight, for Hamas militants."
--'The Intercept' reporter, Robert Mackey, saw the secret Israeli military police report on the 2014 Israeli missile attack on four Palestinian children on a Gaza beach, which was the most direct evidence to date that Israel has used armed drones to launch attacks in Gaza. And moreover, it was proof of how unreliable the use of those drones are.**
Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived
1. Bills, Resolution, & Letters
2. On the Record
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Ha'aretz Analysis: In Show of Renewed Activism, Arab Israelis to Protest Nation-state Law on Saturday (8/10/18)...On Thursday, all the organizations, movements and political parties involved, including Meretz and Peace Now, issued a joint call to come out and protest. Read » |
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Israel i24 News: The Spin Room featuring APN's Debra Shushan (8/8/18)Debra Shushan was a panelist (for the third week in a row!) on the Israel i24 news debate program "The Spin Room". View a short clip of her talking about Israeli democracy and the Nation State law, as well as the entire program. Watch » |
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Times of Israel: "Donors: Do you know what you’re paying for?" by Elana Kravitz, APN Intern (8/2/18)When you crusade with the claim that Israel does no wrong, you drive students into the arms of the BDS movement. Read » |
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday, August 10, 2018
Numbers of the day:
48:41 - Percentages of Israelis
who support/oppose opening an expansive
military operation against the Gaza Strip.
29:64 - Percentage of Israelis who are satisfied/dissatisfied with the way Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is acting with Hamas. (Maariv Poll)
29:64 - Percentage of Israelis who are satisfied/dissatisfied with the way Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is acting with Hamas. (Maariv Poll)
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday, August 9, 2018
You Must Be Kidding:
An Israeli military officer gave permission to male religious soldiers who asked not to watch as a female instructor gave them a lesson on parachuting*
An Israeli military officer gave permission to male religious soldiers who asked not to watch as a female instructor gave them a lesson on parachuting*