APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday, June 29, 2018
Quote of the day:
“#Birthright wouldn’t show us the occupation so we are going to see it for
ourselves.”
—Katie Anne, live-streamed on Facebook herself announcing the reason she and four others were walking off the bus of a Birthright trip to join a Breaking the Silence anti-occupation tour - while the Birthright tour guide slammed them for it. Anne later told Haaretz: "Birthright gave us a map of Israel that does not denote the West Bank [even though] the director of our Birthright organization admitted that the majority of maps in Israel do include [it]. They keep saying they're apolitical but this is clearly to the right."
You Must Be Kidding:
An Israeli official declared a plot of land in the West Bank 'state land,' then turned it into a legal outpost with a farm and a guesthouse, whose profits go to a company established by the official, who has since left his government job.
—Katie Anne, live-streamed on Facebook herself announcing the reason she and four others were walking off the bus of a Birthright trip to join a Breaking the Silence anti-occupation tour - while the Birthright tour guide slammed them for it. Anne later told Haaretz: "Birthright gave us a map of Israel that does not denote the West Bank [even though] the director of our Birthright organization admitted that the majority of maps in Israel do include [it]. They keep saying they're apolitical but this is clearly to the right."
You Must Be Kidding:
An Israeli official declared a plot of land in the West Bank 'state land,' then turned it into a legal outpost with a farm and a guesthouse, whose profits go to a company established by the official, who has since left his government job.
For at least 30 years I've been traveling to Israel twice a
year to visit my family who lives there. I know the terrain; I speak the language,
though rudimentary. I move around with confidence and would never consider going with a tour group
because I don't need to -- except that four times now I've traveled to Israel with Americans for Peace Now on
their Study Tour and barring anything unforeseen I expect to do it again in early 2019.
