APN in the News August 17-25, 2017

APN"s Aaron Mann in the Times of Israel: August 25, 2017
"The right kind of 'bias'"

The Forward: August 24, 2017
"Left-Wing Groups Slam Trump For Refusing To Promote Two-State Solution," APN among progressive pro-Israel groups blasting Trump for failing to endorse two-state solution.

Haaretz: August 24, 2017
"J Street Blasts Trump's 'Dangerous Ignorance' for Not Endorsing Two-state Solution," APN among progressive pro-Israel groups blasting Trump for not endorsing two state solution.

Peace Now in the News August 17-25, 2017

Haaretz: August 22, 2017
"New Israeli law could ‘legalize’ 3,455 illegal buildings in West Bank," Civil Administration data confirms Peace Now numbers regarding West Bank settlement homes built illegally on private Palestinian land.

Ma'an News: August 22, 2017
"Israeli state argues that confiscation of occupied land benefits Palestinians," Peace Now blasts Israeli government position submitted to Supreme Court re law allowing confiscation of Palestinian land for settlements.

Times of Israel: August 22, 2017
"State says outpost Legalization Law protects Palestinians," Peace Now rejects government's position in suit against law that allows seizing private Palestinian land for settlements.

Jerusalem Post: August 21, 2017
"Israel: Law seizing Palestinian property fits international standards," Peace Now rejects state's position at Supreme Court regarding law allowing seizing of Palestinian-owned land.

Xinhua: August 19, 2017
"China's creative thinking to help advance Israeli-Palestinian peace process: Israeli peace activist," Peace Now's Avi Buskila welcomes China's venturing into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.

Times of Israel: August 17, 2017
"High Court freezes controversial outpost legalization law," High Court postpones decision on petition by Peace Now and others regarding the Legalization Law.

Say "Two States"

News Nosh 8.25.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday August 25, 2017
 
You Must Be Kidding: 
Adalah’s petition to the interior minister shows that Bedouins of the Negev who have been Israeli citizens for 20, 30 or even 40 years, some of whom served in the army, who voted and paid their taxes, had Interior Ministry clerks cancel their status with a keystroke.
--Haaretz's Jack Khoury reveals that Israel is revoking the citizenship of hundreds if not thousands of Bedouin citizens of Israel.
 
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Press Release: APN Outraged by Trump Administration's Backtracking on Two-State Solution

By refusing to publicly endorse a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and suggesting that doing so would "bias one side over the other" regarding possible outcomes, the Trump Administration yesterday dropped a dangerous and unacceptable bombshell. The Administration turned its back on a core bipartisan foreign policy principle, thumbed its nose at an international consensus regarding the way to resolve the conflict, and handed a gift to extremists on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.

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News Nosh 8.24.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday, August 24, 2017

NOTE: Orly Halpern, editor of News Nosh, is on holiday from August 15th until August 24th, during which News Nosh will be produced as a truncated version and sent later in the day. 
 

You must be kidding
“We are not going to state what the outcome has to be. It has to be workable to both sides. That’s the best view as to not really bias one side over the other, to make sure that they can work through it.”

-- In critical policy shift, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert says endorsing the two-state solution would be "biased"
 
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News Nosh 8.23.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

NOTE: Orly Halpern, editor of News Nosh, is on holiday from August 15th until August 24th, during which News Nosh will be produced as a truncated version and sent later in the day. 
 

Quote of the day:
“Balfour became famous for his promise to the Jews to establish a state for them on the land of Palestine . . . I call for the current British foreign minister to be famous for giving the Palestinians a promise called the ‘Johnson declaration’ that recognizes a Palestinian state.”

-- PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said on Tuesday in a meeting with British Middle East and International Development Minister Alistair Burt
 
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APN Security Validator - Major General (ret.) Yair Golan, Former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff

Go HERE for an archive of past versions featuring Israelis such as Shabtai Shavit, Yuval Diskin, Yitzhak Rabin, Meir Dagan, Tzipi Livni, Shomo Gazit, Rabbi Michael Melchior, and more....

News Nosh 8.22.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

NOTE: Orly Halpern, editor of News Nosh, is on holiday from August 15th until August 24th, during which News Nosh will be produced as a truncated version and sent later in the day. 
 


You must be kidding:
The "Regularization Law" - which allows for the retroactive legalization of Israeli outposts, built in violation of Israeli law - is a "humane, proportional and reasonable response to the genuine distress of Israeli residents [settlers].” 

-- the state argued on Monday before the Israeli High Court to reject legal challenges to the "Regularization Law" 
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Update: this action, now closed, ran in August 2018. 

President Trump is again sending his two Middle East envoys, Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, together with Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell, to the region.

The three will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to explore prospects for resuming peace talks.

In past meetings, Trump and his aides reportedly criticized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his government for hate speech and incitement. He also asked Prime Minister Netanyahu to “hold back on settlements,” but seems to have done very little to get Netanyahu to restrain West Bank settlement activity and other anti-peace actions. Indeed, Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition have scoffed at Trump’s call and plowed ahead with the settlement enterprise.

If the Trump Administration is serious about facilitating peace, it must call out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government for their share in hindering peace efforts. 

Click here to tell Trump to Demand that Netanyahu’s Government Stop Actions that Hinder Peace Efforts.

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