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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday March 2, 2018
You Must Be Kidding:
Israeli soldiers beat Palestinian journalists with batons and arrested them, on their commanders’ orders, with the declared intention of disrupting their coverage of a weekly demonstration, Haaretz+ revealed.
You Must Be Kidding:
Israeli soldiers beat Palestinian journalists with batons and arrested them, on their commanders’ orders, with the declared intention of disrupting their coverage of a weekly demonstration, Haaretz+ revealed.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Quote of the day:
“The Haredim have climbed very high up a tree, very much increasing the chance of elections."
“The Haredim have climbed very high up a tree, very much increasing the chance of elections."
-- Hadashot TV News quoting Israeli officials from Likud talking about the fight over legislation exempting
ultra-Orthodox students from military service
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Quote of the day:
“If we manage to kill Nasrallah in the next war, I would see that as reaching a decisive victory.”
“If we manage to kill Nasrallah in the next war, I would see that as reaching a decisive victory.”
-- Maj. Gen. Yaakov Barak
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday February 27, 2018
You Must Be
Kidding:
IDF forces detained 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi from his home, despite him being seriously wounded after a soldier shot him in the head in December and he is awaiting surgery next week to restore part of his skull.**
IDF forces detained 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi from his home, despite him being seriously wounded after a soldier shot him in the head in December and he is awaiting surgery next week to restore part of his skull.**
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.
This week, Alpher discusses the possible indictment - on at least three counts - that Prime Minister Netanyahu faces; what the allegations are about; what Netanyahu's options are; how to account for the public's lenient attitude; and if anyone in Israel will emerge from this looking good.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday, February 26, 2018
You Must Be Kidding:
In addition to the $600,000 for hotel rooms while they await temporary residence, the 15 families who squatted on privately-owned Palestinian land will receive $7 million in 'personal compensation.'**
In addition to the $600,000 for hotel rooms while they await temporary residence, the 15 families who squatted on privately-owned Palestinian land will receive $7 million in 'personal compensation.'**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday February 25, 2018
Quote of the day:
"We could no longer agree to hear the club narrative when fans used violence and displayed their racism
by shouting 'Death to Arabs.'"
--Aviv Sharfstein, a member of the management of Beitar Nordia, the breakaway soccer club formed by fans of the Beitar soccer team who wanted to escape the racism and violence of the infamous Jerusalem club.*beitar
--Aviv Sharfstein, a member of the management of Beitar Nordia, the breakaway soccer club formed by fans of the Beitar soccer team who wanted to escape the racism and violence of the infamous Jerusalem club.*beitar