Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday, August 4, 2017
You Must Be Kidding #1:
Israel is forcing a Palestinian family to leave their
home where they have lived 53 years in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah
neighborhood. The home was registered as owned by a Jewish family before the '48 war and a settler
organization battled in court in the Jewish owners' name to reclaim the property. However, Israel
does not allow Palestinians to take back the properties in W. Jerusalem (and elsewhere) that Jews
moved into after the '48 war.
Daoud Kuttab a veteran Palestinian journalist, now lives and works in Amman as the director-general of the Community Media Network a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing independent media in the Arab world. In a conversation with APN's Ori Nir and Debra Shushan, he lays out Jordan's perspective on the recent Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif crisis and the deteriorating relations between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Israel.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday, August 3, 2017
You Must Be Kidding:
According to a new poll, 66% of Israelis said they favored the death penalty for those convicted of murdering Israeli soldiers. **
According to a new poll, 66% of Israelis said they favored the death penalty for those convicted of murdering Israeli soldiers. **
On August 1 2017, APN hosted Jerusalem expert Daniel Seidemann for a briefing call on the impact of the recent crisis surrounding Jerusalem’s Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Quote of the Day #1:
"Once a year, on a prescribed date, they suddenly weep over “baseless hatred.” They recite
poetry, they philosophize and write columns. For the rest of the time the pillar of fire that goes
before the camp is back, to sow hatred – against Arabs, the left, human rights groups, the media, the
High Court of Justice, and recently even the heads of the security services – and the rest toe the line
or remain silent.”
—Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav laments the religious-nationalist right-wing's annual 'crying game' on Tisha B'Av.*
Quote of the Day #2:
“It's easy for policy makers to look at [the study’s results] and say, we can coast because the public isn’t demanding that we move ahead on this. But if they were to show political leadership, if they had vision, they could get the public to support them.”
--Pollster and analyst, Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin, explained that a drop in support for a two-state solution can be changed.*
—Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav laments the religious-nationalist right-wing's annual 'crying game' on Tisha B'Av.*
Quote of the Day #2:
“It's easy for policy makers to look at [the study’s results] and say, we can coast because the public isn’t demanding that we move ahead on this. But if they were to show political leadership, if they had vision, they could get the public to support them.”
--Pollster and analyst, Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin, explained that a drop in support for a two-state solution can be changed.*
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
You Must Be Kidding #1:
The directors of a Jewish overnight camp in the Pacific Northwest thought it might be nice to welcome their Palestinian guests by flying the Palestinian flag. Little were they prepared for the backlash to their gesture of goodwill.**
You Must Be Kidding #2:
Yesterday, the average number of racist remarks by Israelis on Internet social networks was was 563 per hour. The Hatred Report was just released.***
The directors of a Jewish overnight camp in the Pacific Northwest thought it might be nice to welcome their Palestinian guests by flying the Palestinian flag. Little were they prepared for the backlash to their gesture of goodwill.**
You Must Be Kidding #2:
Yesterday, the average number of racist remarks by Israelis on Internet social networks was was 563 per hour. The Hatred Report was just released.***
Americans for Peace Now is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Debra Shushan as its Director of Policy and Government Relations, effective August 1, 2017.
Dr. Shushan will be responsible for developing and formulating APN’s policy positions. She will also direct and run APN’s relations with the US government’s executive branch, as well as with Congress.
Barbara Green has been a volunteer for Americans for Peace Now for many years. She lives in
Washington, DC.
Commemorating as it does the destruction of both the first and second temples in Jerusalem, Tisha b'Av is problematic for secular American Jews. The destruction of the central institution of pre-rabbinic Judaism, first by the Babylonians in 587 BCE, and then by the Romans in 70 CE, both followed by exile from the land, were indeed terrible events in our history. Among observant Jews, Tisha B’Av has also been, and remains, a Jewish day of mourning, not only for these events, but also for a number of other historic tragedies which happened to fall during the late summer.
But it does make me wonder, what does the recitation of this litany do to our sense of self? Does it tell us we're victims and must always stay strong? We must behave toward our enemies the way they treated us?
News from Peace Now:
The Shamasne family, who resides in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, recently received an
eviction order from the Execution Office of Israel's Enforcement and Collection Authority. The order states
that the family must evict its home by August 9th 2017, or else it will be forcibly evicted.
This order follows a
High Court verdict from August 2013, in which the court rejected the Shamasne family appeal, and ruled that
family members are not considered protected tenants and that therefore, their landlords are allowed to evict them.
The landlords are settlers who had managed to gain ownership over the property on the basis of the right of return
to Jews only (see more information below).