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
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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 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.

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

by APN 02/26/16
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Anti-BDS laws gain momentum across US, but some say they go too far (JTA, 2/23/2016)

 

News Nosh 02.26.16

by APN 02/26/16
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday February 26, 2016
 
You Must Be Kidding: 
"Netanyahu is the leader of the Israbluff camp. Everything about him is pretend. In the next election campaign we [Yisrael Beytenu] will not pledge our support to you as prime minister. We are the true Right, the real nationalist camp -- not you."
--Hardline right-wing leader of Yisrael Beiteinu, MK Avigdor Lieberman, said Netanyahu isn't right-wing enough.**
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News Nosh 02.25.16

by APN 02/25/16
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday February 25, 2016
 
Quote of the day:
"In my farewell letter to the (Foreign) Ministry I wrote: 'The government leaders have endorsed policies that outrage me… I have a hard time explaining them honestly.' I did not expect that after five years, over the course of which we faced two wars and two elections, Israel’s situation would deteriorate beyond recognition."
--Former Israeli diplomat Ilan Baruch examines where Israel has gone in the last five years and where it needs to go.*

You Must Be Kidding: 
Investigator: You’re sure Sharaf was with you during that terror attack?
Tamimi: Yes, I’m sure Sharaf was with us.
Investigator: You’re lying, because he had a broken leg.
Tamimi: He may have had a broken leg. I don’t remember.
Investigator: Maybe he was with you only in planning to attack the military outpost, but not during the execution?
Tamimi: I’m sure he took part in the planning but by God I don’t remember if he was there at the execution, because you say he had a broken leg.
--A report by Haaretz+'s Chaim Levinson reveals how the IDF military prosecution, headed by Lt. Col. Maurice Hirsch, a resident of the settlement Efrat, continues to have detained Palestinians questioned after they have proven to be false witnesses, who have incriminated innocent people. Those people, who are held in prison for months during the proceedings, sometimes agree to plea bargains just to be sure they will get out of jail.**
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News Nosh 02.24.16

by APN 02/24/16
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday February 24, 2016
 
Quote of the day:
“Why? Because the parliament could. It was a ‘military government’ of the left-wing parties.”
--Expressing reservations about the 'Suspension Bill,' which would allow suspending MKs on ideological grounds, MK Benny Begin tells how his father was suspended in the Fifties.**

You Must Be Kidding: 
A gay Iranian poet who fled his homeland after harassment and arrest has requested asylum in Israel.*
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Two States: The Only Solution – a briefing call with Daniel Kurtzer Wednesday, March 2, at 2:30 pm EST

by APN 02/23/16
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As many question not only the viability but also the desirability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one of the world’s leading experts on the conflict and on efforts to resolve it discussed the state of the two-state solution.

Dan Kurtzer, is the former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Egypt and currently the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East policy studies at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

We suggest reading Ambassador Kurtzer’s recent Brookings essay on the two-state solution.

Listen here.

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Hot Topics

by APN 02/23/16
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Peace with the Palestinians and the Arab world is a vital interest to both Israel and the U.S.  It can and must be achieved as soon as possible, and the U.S. must demonstrate leadership in vision to achieve it.

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Fanning the Flames of Conflict
Settlements ≠ Peace
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Support Israel: Boycott the Occupation
Threats to Israeli Democracy
No Alternative to the Two-State Solution
Do This Not That
Daniel Seidemann's Tough Questions, Expert Answers: The Temple Mount
Unilateral Withdrawal/Annexation
The Palestinians & the UN
Repairing the Internal Palestinian Rift
The JCPOA at One Year: A Clear Win for the US and Israel
The Iran Nuclear Deal
The Temple Mount - Dangers & Escalation

News Nosh 02.23.16

by APN 02/23/16
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday February 23, 2016
 
Quote of the day:
"I don’t feel I need to deny my ancestry and my roots for me to declare and prove loyalty to Israel. My recognition of, and pride in my roots does not pose a threat to Israel’s security, nor should it be considered an ‘attack’ on it - it’s just a fact."
--Rita Khoury, a Palestinian citizen of Israel (commonly known as an Arab-Israeli), is a graduate of the Technion and an information systems engineer.

You Must Be Kidding: 
The prosecution for Israel’s military court refused to allow the family of imprisoned Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq to visit him at an Israeli hospital as al-Qiq’s hunger strike reached 90 days because it said they were “dangerous to Israeli security." Yet, it reportedly allowed two Hamas prisoners to visit him, ostensibly to convince him to stop his hunger strike. Al-Qiq is protesting being held without charges.
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