News Nosh 5.10.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday May 10, 2017
 
You Must Be Kidding: 
At a park during a police-community relations activity, the policeman warned the children that they will hear gunshots during the demonstrations, adding they shouldn’t be worried. Four policemen from a patrol and riot control unit arrived on motorbikes and opened fire in the direction of the "assailant," and continued on shooting him after he fell to the ground – in order to make sure he was dead, as the audience was told.**
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News Nosh 5.09.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday May 9, 2017
 
Quote of the day:
"No momentary political capital and the smell of elections in the air justify the violation of what was promised in the Declaration of Independence and does not justify incitement against a minority living within us. No momentary electoral interest of any functioning public is justified by a series of legislative acts that embarrass the Declaration of Independence or Herzl's dream."
--Opposition leader and Zionist Camp party chief, MK Isaac Herzog said in reaction to the passing of the Jewish nation-state bill by the Ministerial Committee.*
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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 significance of Abbas's meeting with Trump, the election of Hamas's new leader, and Hamas's new "Document of General Principles and Policies"; the importance of these developments from Israel's standpoint; and the connection between the new document and the election of Ismail Haniyeh.

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News Nosh 5.08.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday May 8, 2017
 
Quote of the Day #1:
"[This bill] is a declaration of war against Israel’s Arab citizens and against Israel as a democratic and properly governed society.”
--Meretz Chairwoman Zehava Galon said at the passing of the nation-state bill, which revoked the status of Arabic as an official language of Israel.*
 
Quote of the Day #2:
“It is quite possible that it is precisely (Trump), the guttural, impatient leader, who lacks the knowledge and the ability to analyze history, who will be the one who will force us to deal with (our) fear. Without any glory and fanfare, there is not a bad chance that he will be the one who will help us find the courage not to be weak.”
--In Maariv, Dr. Revital Amiran reviews Zionism’s change after conquering the Palestinian Territories in 1967 and explains how US President Donald Trump might be able to bring about peace.**
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Peace Now Settlement Watch: Possible Critical Developments in East Jerusalem

News from Peace Now:

Last week, several press reports have suggested that the government is preparing to advance 15,000 new housing units in three Israeli neighbourhood-settlements at East Jerusalem. According to the publications, the plans are for the establishment of a new neighbourhood at Atarot (10,000 housing units), expanding Ramat Shlomo (3,000 housing units) and establishing Givat Hamatos (2,000).

Peace Now is deeply concerned regarding the possible development in Givat Hamatos in particular, which is the most immediate, and will pose a serious threat for a compromise in Jerusalem based on the Clinton Parameters, and thus for the possibility of a two state solution.  

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News Nosh 5.07.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday May 7, 2017
 
You Must Be Kidding: 
Israel’s Coca-Cola franchisee contributed 50,000 shekels ($13,850) to right-wing fascist group Im Tirtzu in 2015, Yedioth revealed. In attack social media campaigns it held 18 months ago, Im Tirtzu "outed" individuals associated with Israeli human rights groups as foreign "moles" and attacked several of Israel's most well-known artists, including writers Amos Oz, David Grossman and A.B. Yehoshua, due to their opposition to the occupation.**
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Legislative Round-Up: May 5, 2017

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived


1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters
2. FY17 Consolidated Appropriations: Middle East-Related Provisions
3. Hearings
4. On the Record


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News Nosh 5.05.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday May 5, 2017
 
Quote of the day:
"Israeli civil society, including groups like Breaking the Silence, B’Tselem and Peace Now, have been a beacon of hope in a period of despair."
--22 Israelis, former MKs, former ambassadors, artists, and Israel Prize laureates bought a front-page ad in today's Haaretz Hebrew and English thanking German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel for insisting on meeting with representatives of Israeli civil society groups. The papers reported that the German President agreed not to meet with them in his upcoming visit.**
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News Nosh 5.04.17

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday May 4, 2017
 

Quote of the day:
"If Trump only understood that this [what Mahmoud Abbas asked for - a two-state solution with E. Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital] is the exact solution Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn’t want and can’t accept, he would've realized at this stage that it would be pointless to dip his toes into the Middle Eastern swamp. But Trump, whose power is in his ignorance, hasn’t studied anything thoroughly and therefore possesses the optimism reserved for people with no knowledge: He doesn’t let the details get in the way."
--Yedioth's Washington correspondent, Orly Azoulay, explains why Trump's approach might work.*
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Press Release: APN to Trump: Get Serious about Peace, and We'll Support You

In his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today, President Trump vowed to work with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinians to broker peace. "We will get this done," Trump declared.

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