Americans for Peace Now mourns the passing of Samuel (Sandy) Berger Z”L, a former member of our Board of Advisors and a friend of APN. As President Clinton’s national security advisor and in other capacities, Sandy served America’s national security interests. He also played a pivotal role in advancing Israel’s security and wellbeing, and was an avid advocate of the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday December 3, 2015
Quote of the day:
“Donald Trump is an (MK) Oren Hazan who has made money. He is rude, quick-tempered and addicted to the
noise he makes as if it were a drug. Ben Carson is a (MK) Bezalel Smotrich with a PhD. He has dark views,
screaming ignorance and problematic credibility. The possibility that one of these two will hold world peace in
his hands is as scary as ISIS's sleeper cells in Molenbeek.”
--Yedioth’s top political commentator Nahum Barnea writes that it's harder to understand the extent of the damage posed by those who don't dress like extremists, but think like them.
--Yedioth’s top political commentator Nahum Barnea writes that it's harder to understand the extent of the damage posed by those who don't dress like extremists, but think like them.
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Over the holiday of Chanukah, APN sent out a series of messages from members of APN’s Board of Directors and staff.
These messages are our way of exchanging gifts: offering you the gift of learning -- for you or a loved one -- in exchange for your contribution to APN.
We call it Spreading the Light. It’s a celebration of ideas and learning to nourish our hearts and minds and bring some much-needed light into our lives and into the lives of people we love.
For us, the best way to spread the light, to enlighten, is through books that we find eye-opening. The books that we have offered you – gifts to convey our appreciation for your support -- include fascinating chapters in the history of Israel and the Palestinians, and the conflict between them, as well as an Israeli-Palestinian cookbook, a book by Israel’s leading modern poet, and a whimsical book on the role that words play in Jewish tradition, co-authored by Israel’s leading contemporary novelist, a founder of Israel’s Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) movement, and his daughter.
Thank you for all that you do to support our efforts to counter the darkness of war, violence, intolerance and extremism, and advance hope for a better future for Israel and its neighbors.
Happy Chanukah,
Jim Klutznick, Chair, and Debra DeLee, President and CEO,
Americans for Peace Now
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday December 2, 2015
Quote of the day:
“An act of this kind, in addition to being non-normative and in contradiction of IDF values, is liable
to lead to a weakening of the moral strength of the IDF and even of the State of Israel.”
--IDF court writes in ruling on trial of soldier who beat a detained Palestinian on the back of his neck and yelled, 'Death to Arabs.' The IDF has seen a rise of violence by soldiers against Palestinians.
--IDF court writes in ruling on trial of soldier who beat a detained Palestinian on the back of his neck and yelled, 'Death to Arabs.' The IDF has seen a rise of violence by soldiers against Palestinians.
You Must Be Kidding:
Asked why he asked for a tattoo of the Islamic State flag and why he has an al-Qaida flag tattoo, the Israeli man said he saw the terrorist groups' flags on the news and "thought they would make pretty tattoos."
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday December 1, 2015
Quote of the day:
"You are not Van Damme, not the police, not judges, and not God."
In a lecture to high school studentsabout human rights, Israeli State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan warned that people must not take the law into their own hands and attack a Palestinian assailant who no longer poses a threat.
In a lecture to high school studentsabout human rights, Israeli State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan warned that people must not take the law into their own hands and attack a Palestinian assailant who no longer poses a threat.
You Must Be Kidding:
"If I knew that you're a stinking Arab, I wouldn’t have accepted your order.”
--What the customer service representative at 'Class Deal' website told Fadi Grace, an Arab Israeli, who called because he did not receive his shoe order.
This week, Alpher discusses whether the opening of a diplomatic mission in the United Arab Emirates is a breakthrough; is the Palestinian issue being pushed to the back burner internationally despite the current protest wave of violence that reflects a high degree of Palestinian public despair; and how we should read the fallout from Turkey’s downing of a Russian combat aircraft last weekend.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday November 30, 2015
Quote of the day:
"(Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu) has condemned,
expressed anger, threatened to take retaliation steps and promised that Israel's security forces are capable of
overcoming the attack. But there is one thing he has failed to do: He has failed to turn to the young
Palestinians in a human, direct manner, offering them hope, in a bid to stop the acts of murder and outline a
possibility for a better future for them and for us."
--Israeli author A. B. Yehoshua writes in Yedioth about the need to create hope for Palestinian youth.
--Israeli author A. B. Yehoshua writes in Yedioth about the need to create hope for Palestinian youth.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday November 29, 2015
Quote of the day:
"The truth should also be voiced clearly. Little can be done to prevent lone terrorists from carrying
out their plans, especially when their motives are no longer clear."
--Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror writes in Israel Hayom that imposing harsh measures on the Palestinians because of the act of individuals, won't
help and could make things worse.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday November 27, 2015
Quote of the day:
“I’m out of ideas."
--What US Secretary of State John Kerry told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a phone conversation on the way to the airport after their meeting to discuss how to stop the violence came up empty, according to a US source.
--What US Secretary of State John Kerry told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a phone conversation on the way to the airport after their meeting to discuss how to stop the violence came up empty, according to a US source.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday November 26, 2015
Quote of the day:
"Our rules of engagement are more permissive than restrictive, but when you have a trembling girl with
scissors in her hands, you don't need to riddle her with ten bullets. You could kick her or shoot her in the
leg."
--Senior IDF commander says, "We learned a lesson from both intifadas – Palestinian deaths cause outbursts of violence.”
--Senior IDF commander says, "We learned a lesson from both intifadas – Palestinian deaths cause outbursts of violence.”
You Must Be Kidding:
A Palestinian shop owner in E. Jerusalem village of Issawiya was reportedly fined by the Jerusalem municipality on the grounds that the sign above his storefront did not accurately describe the store’s contents. He is one of a number of shop owners in the village who have recently been heavily and repeatedly fined for arbitrary reasons.