In Arabic, Fauda means chaos. It's also the name of a popular
Israeli TV series that has made it on the international scene. Fauda's co-creator Avi Issacharoff, an Israeli
journalist, talks about the show's surprising success, about the message that he and his co-creator Lior Raz are
trying to convey to the Israeli audience and to the world through the show, and about the odd reactions to
Fauda's second season's publicity campaign.
Listen to the episode
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Quote of the day:
"Friday’s shelling was conducted by the [Palestinian] Islamic Jihad, and we know exactly who was behind it... We will do anything we have to to stop this. We will not accept ‘drizzles' (slang term for occasional rocket and mortar fire."
-- Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman
Arab News (AFP story): January 4, 2018
"Israel minister calls for more settlement approvals," Peace Now data cited in
piece on Avigdor Lieberman's call for more settlement construction.
New York Times: January 1, 2018
"Emboldened Israeli Right Presses Moves to Doom 2-State Solution," Peace Now's
Hagit Ofran quoted in story on Israeli right's drive to doom hopes for two-state solution.
Haaretz: January 1, 2018
"Jewish National Fund involved in effort to evict East Jerusalem
family," Peace Now's Hagit Ofran quoted in story on JNF's involvement in efforts to evict Palestinians
from their home in Silwan.
Al-Monitor: January 1, 2018
"Israel seized 2,500 acres of Palestinian land in 2017," Peace Now data cited
in a news story on increase in settlement activity in 2017.
Times of Israel: December 27, 2017
"Government grants settlements NIS 40 million for security, first-aid," Peace Now
blasts Netanyahu for new government grant to settlements.
Jerusalem Post: December 27, 2017
"Additional 40 million NIS allocated for settlement security," Peace Now condemns
new government grant to settlements.
Washington, DC -- Following President Trump's ill-conceived announcement on Jerusalem, which
upended prospects for a US-mediated Israeli-Palestinian peace, Trump this week lashed out at Palestinians. He
threatened in a pair of tweets to cut off aid to Palestinians as long as they are "no longer willing to talk
peace."
While Trump did not clarify which aid he planned to target, his tweets followed an earlier statement by US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. She had indicated that the Trump Administration wants to quit funding the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides assistance to some 5 million Palestinian refugees. The US is by far the largest single donor to UNRWA, providing $360 million to the relief organization for 2016.
Welcome to 2018!
Looking for hope?
Watch this short video featuring the staff and volunteers of Israel’s Peace Now movement. These young people work daily, year-round, with determination and faith, to keep alive the vision of Israel as a democracy and a Jewish state that lives in peace and security with its Palestinian neighbors.
This year, Peace Now’s activists are facing greater challenges than ever before. They need your help now. Please listen to them answer the question: "Why Peace Now?" and make a tax-deductible donation through Americans for Peace Now.
Reacting to several recent moves by Israel's government that sabotage a future Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, Americans for Peace Now (APN) today called on fellow American Jewish organizations to join APN in vocal opposition to annexation and to unilaterally pre-judging issues that Israelis and Palestinians should negotiate to achieve a final-status peace deal.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday, January 3, 2018
You Must Be
Kidding:
“Do you want half of Africa coming here?... Sorry to say this, but for us, he is a goy from Kenya.”
-- Amos Arbel, an official from the Ministry of Interior, defends the deportation of a Jewish convert from Africa.
“Do you want half of Africa coming here?... Sorry to say this, but for us, he is a goy from Kenya.”
-- Amos Arbel, an official from the Ministry of Interior, defends the deportation of a Jewish convert from Africa.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday January 2, 2018
Quote of the day:
“KKL has turned from the Jewish National Fund into the Settler National Fund."
--Peace Now's Settlement Watch director, Hagit Ofran, slammed the Jewish National Fund for "playing a central role in an ugly process of using the Absentee Property Law and dubious testimonies" to help a right-wing organization evict Palestinians from their homes.*
--Peace Now's Settlement Watch director, Hagit Ofran, slammed the Jewish National Fund for "playing a central role in an ugly process of using the Absentee Property Law and dubious testimonies" to help a right-wing organization evict Palestinians from their homes.*
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday January 1, 2018
Quote of the day:
"The Likud has completed the task of sabotaging the diplomatic peace process, which Trump began with
the fake declaration of Jerusalem as capital."
--Meretz leader MK Ilan Gilon in response to Likud Central Committee vote to annex West Bank settlements.*
--Meretz leader MK Ilan Gilon in response to Likud Central Committee vote to annex West Bank settlements.*
This year has brought an assault on truth that has left us all feeling like Diogenes the Cynic,
wandering the streets with a lamp, looking for “an honest man.” Since our founding, Americans for Peace Now has
been meticulous in uncovering the truth. We shine a lantern in places that extremists would prefer to keep
dark and hidden. We are unshakable in our honesty, even when the truth we tell is unpopular.
So, let us get right to the point: Americans for Peace Now will continue speaking the truth in the New Year, as will our sister organization, Peace Now in Israel.
We will speak the truth about settlements: Settlements are used to prevent a viable two-state solution, to dispossess Palestinians of their land and, sometimes even to outright punish them. Settlements are the most potent of Israel’s actions against them. Settlements are the most potent of Israel’s actions against them.