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News Nosh 03.04.16

by APN 03/04/16

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APN's daily news review from Israel

Friday March 4, 2016

Quote of the day:

“So far, the major stumbling block to replacing Bibi is ego. As soon as we solve that, everything will be easier.”
--One of the senior politicians from the right-wing involved in trying to get Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu out of power tells Haaretz's Yossi Verter about one of the biggest problems.

News Nosh 03.03.16

by APN 03/03/16

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APN's daily news review from Israel

Thursday March 3, 2016

You Must Be Kidding:
"You're just proving that you are the ones here who are the terrorists."
--Oryan Ben-Uliel, wife of Amrama, the main suspect in the murder of three members of the Dawabshe family, responded as she walked past the supporters for the murdered Dawabshe family, who chanted "murderers" at her. They responded shouting "God is great."

Briefing Call: Two States: The Only Solution – with Daniel Kurtzer

by APN 03/02/16

On March 2^nd 2016, APN hosted Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, a leading expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and on efforts to resolve it for a briefing call on the state of the two-state solution.

Transcript Below

News Nosh 03.02.16

by APN 03/02/16

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APN's daily news review from Israel

Wednesday March 2, 2016

BULLETIN:
APN briefing call today with expert, Amb. Dan Kurtzer, on the viability and the desirability of a two-state solution and the efforts underway to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Call time: 2:30 pm EST. More details here.

Quote of the day:

"The bill emits a McCarthyite stench. Its sponsors’ goals are clear and well known: to harass Arab Knesset members, who serve as a bridge between the Arab community and state agencies."
--Haaretz Editorial calls on MKs "who still see the right to vote and to be elected as a sacred and fundamental right...even when the words and actions of the minority’s elected representatives aren’t to the liking of the ruling majority" to vote against the 'Suspension Bill'.'*

You Must Be Kidding:
Travel agents who were at a meeting with the Tourism Ministry’s director genera Amir Halevy understood that the ministry intends to cut grants allotted to Israeli travel agencies whose groups sleep over in Bethlehem.

Occupation, Inc: March 10 panel discussion with APN's Lara Friedman

by APN 03/01/16

On March 10, 2016, Human Rights Watch, the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Americans for Peace Now hosted a panel discussion of Human Rights Watch’s new report, Occupation, Inc.: How Settlement Businesses Contribute to Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Rights.

Discussing the report was Sarah Saadoun, the report’s author, and APN’s Lara Friedman. Sarah Saadoun is the Leonard H. Sandler Fellow at Human Rights Watch. Lara Friedman is APN’s Director of Policy and Government Relations.. The discussion will be moderated by Matthew Duss, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.

What: Occupation, Inc., a discussion of Human Rights Watch’s reports on how business in and with Israel’s settlements contributes to violations of Palestinian rights.

Watch the video of the event below:

News Nosh 03.01.16

by APN 03/01/16

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APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday March 1, 2016

Quote of the day:

"My peers and I don’t need any more multi-million dollar ventures to save us. What we need is for the community to wake up. What we need is for the community to stop willfully blinding itself to the disastrous reality of holding millions of Palestinians under military occupation."
--Simone Zimmerman, a young Jewish American, rejects the idea that to save the Jewish future and Israel’s public image, Jewish young people need to be engaged in “universal do-gooding," as Haaretz+ commentator Ari Shavit suggested.*

You Must Be Kidding:
A campaign organized by a new settler group of comprising so-called moderate settlements adjacent to the road between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea has released a video on Facebook comparing EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen to Hannibal Lecter, the serial killer from the film "Silence of the Lambs" because of the EU's aid in giving temporary housing to Palestinian Bedouin living in that corridor.**

February 29, 2016 - Reformers in Iran, cessation of violence in Syria, a port for Gaza: is moderation about to triumph?

by APN 02/29/16

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 whether the reform camp, allied with President Rouhani, is poised to triumph in Iran's elections; what are the advantages and drawbacks of a seaport for Gaza and who opposes it; Alpher's forecast on the matter; and whether we can say it's "good news" that the Syria cessation of hostilities appears to be holding, however partially and tenuously.

News Nosh 02.29.16

by APN 02/29/16

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APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday February 29, 2016

Quote of the day:

“When we work here (in Sodastream), (Israeli) people change their views about Palestinians. Suddenly they say that not all Palestinians are terrorists. They see us as people.”
--Nabil Bisharat, 41, from Ramallah, can no longer get to his job at SodaStream because the company relocated and he hasn't gotten a permit to enter Israel.

News Nosh 02.28.16

by APN 02/28/16

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APN's daily news review from Israel

Sunday February 28, 2016

Quote of the day:

"If that young woman had been killed, it's probably that someone she knew -- a brother, a friend, a neighbor -- would have followed in her footsteps."
--Israel Hayom's military analyst describes how the security commanders are now trying to teach their forces not to kill Palestinian youth who try to kill them - in order to save more Israeli lives.*

You Must Be Kidding:
"Things like this happened only in the Middle Ages or in totalitarian states."

--Said Prof. Ami Volansky, former Education Ministry chief scientist, who was ousted by far right-wing Education Minister Naftali Bennett. Bennett also cancelled Volansky's racism index project, whose goal was to enable teachers or principals to measure the level of racism in their classroom or school, and then devise ways of dealing with it.

APN/Peace Now in the News: February 20, 2016 – February 26, 2016

by APN 02/26/16

Anti-BDS laws gain momentum across US, but some say they go too far (JTA, 2/23/2016)

News Nosh 03.04.16

News Nosh 03.03.16

Briefing Call: Two States: The Only Solution – with Daniel Kurtzer

News Nosh 03.02.16

Occupation, Inc: March 10 panel discussion with APN's Lara Friedman

News Nosh 03.01.16

February 29, 2016 - Reformers in Iran, cessation of violence in Syria, a port for Gaza: is moderation about to triumph?

News Nosh 02.29.16

News Nosh 02.28.16

APN/Peace Now in the News: February 20, 2016 – February 26, 2016

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