News Nosh 3.08.17

by APN 03/08/17
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday March 8, 2017
 
Quote of the day:
“The debate exists by definition within the Israeli public, with all of its elements. We know these debates, and within these debates we need to build. Not to fan [the flames] but to come and find common ground."
--At an education conference, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin accused Israel's government leaders of incitement between the different sectors of Israeli society - Jewish-Arab, Ashkenazi-Mizrachi, religious-secular - in order to gain political power. Rivlin spoke about the need for unity amongst the various sectors of Israeli society. He encouraged Jews and Arabs, religious and secular to meet and discover each other and find a common ground.*
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I almost lost my Hamantaschen

by APN 03/07/17
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Mark Bilsky"A person is obligated to get drunk on Purim until he cannot tell the difference between ‘blessed is Mordecai’ and ‘cursed is Haman’.” Purim is upon us. The wicked Haman convinces the clownish King Ahasuerus to kill all the Jews by executive order, but Queen Esther prevails upon the King to rescind this dictate and Haman is hanged.

Day after day, our current reality reads like a story concocted for Purim. We see a carnival of populist buffoonery in which reality is indistinguishable from satire. Professional comedians, who straddle the line between reality and fiction, feel like the politicians are trespassing, usurping their turf.

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News Nosh 3.07.17

by APN 03/07/17
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday March 7, 2017
 
Quote of the Day #1:
"We must remember that there is no physical shield available which can totally defend citizens against a determined enemy. To all types of physical defense we must add an investment in the area of social strength development, so that Israel’s citizens will know how to recover and return to full systemic functioning after sustaining possible damage."
--Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Meir Elran argues that the 'tunnel threat' is neither 'existential' or 'strategic' and is one that Israel can live with.*
 
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Press Release: APN Condemns New Israeli Law Banning Entry of Foreign Nationals who Call for Settlement Boycott

by APN 03/06/17
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Americans for Peace Now strongly condemns new Israeli legislation adopted today by the Knesset, which would ban entry to Israel of foreign nationals who support or publicly engage in boycotts of either Israel or West Bank settlements. 

APN's President and CEO Debra DeLee said: "This new draconian law is a severe blow to Israeli democracy. It is aimed at a basic civil liberty, the freedom of expression, and will severely harm Israel by keeping out some of its greatest supporters.

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Peace Now Petitions High Court against Expropriation Law

by APN 03/06/17
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Israel’s Peace Now movement submitted on March 5th 2017 a petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice against the newly adopted Expropriation Law (also known as the Legalization Law or the Regulation Law), a law that allows the expropriation of privately-owned West Banks Palestinian land for settlement construction.

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March 06, 2017 - Netanyahu and Russia; Trump, Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood

by APN 03/06/17
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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 possible agenda items for Thursday's meeting in Moscow between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Russian President Putin; the Trump angle; the Syrian civil war; whether all Israel wants from the Russians in Syria is to keep Iran far away; what Russia could want from Israel; and the possible effects of a Trump administration move to ban the Muslim Brotherhood on Muslim movements among Arab citizens of Israel.

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News Nosh 3.06.17

by APN 03/06/17
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday, March 6, 2017
 
You Must Be Kidding:
"I was very hurt; they asked me if I had ties to ISIS. I am a married man and I want to live and support my family with dignity."
--Majdi Othman of Abu Ghosh town was shocked to learn that the Shin Bet denied him permission for a technical job in an external company working at Ben-Gurion Airport. The Shin Bet said his "security status was found unsuitable.” Othman, an Arab-Israeli, served in the IDF as a combat medic and driver and fought in the Second Lebanon War.**
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Americans for Peace Now presents The Dove

by APN 03/05/17
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Americans for Peace Now
presents

The Dove
Stories of Hope Amidst Conflict

The Dove is an evening of live, personal stories – told by Israelis, Palestinians, and others who have experienced the Israeli-Palestinian conflict first-hand – based on the popular storytelling show The Moth. Their stories describe real-life experiences in Israel and the occupied territories that inspire hope for Israeli-Palestinian peace, and that show how light can overcome darkness.

Thursday, April 6th| 8:30pm - 10pm | $5
Washington, DC | Busboys and Poets (5th and K location; 1025 5th Street NW)

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News Nosh 3.05.17

by APN 03/05/17
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday March 5, 2017
 
Quote of the day:
"I am going to say something that sounds harsh: there are between 15% and 20% [who oppose two-states] on the Israeli side and the Palestinian side. On their side it is mainly Hamas and on the Israeli side it is the fundamentalist ideologues who prefer the Land of Israel over the Zionism of a Jewish and democratic State of Israel."
--In an expansive interview in Maariv, former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon says Israeli society is led by extremists who support a one-state solution.*
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News Nosh 3.03.17

by APN 03/03/17
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday, March 3, 2017
 
Quote of the Day #1:
“…Once we used the Jewish National Fund to raise money to buy the lands. Today? We just pass a law saying we can just take their lands and that’s it. Soldiers shoot at stone-throwers because they’re a real threat, but if in Israel someone throws stones they won’t even be charged…for years we’ve been deepening the hatred,  the same hatred that we later complain about in peace talks, ‘Why do you incite your children against us? Why don’t you teach them to love us?’ Israel’s most impressive innovation, more than any hi-tech project, or Rafael weapon, is our amazing ability to ignore what is happening mere kilometers away to our neighbors. A whole people, transparent. Like it doesn’t exist. Not in the news. Not online. Not in social media. And definitely not in the hearts of the people. Nothing. We’ve got a great country and great restaurants and it’s fun to travel abroad. Just don’t tell us what’s really happening. We’re good. Don’t bum us out…"
-- In his last show, Israeli political comedy show host, Asaf Harel, made a searing indictment of Israeli society that has gone viral on social media.
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