Following a Peace Now petition, the Israeli High Court of Justice ordered the demolition of 17 homes built on private Palestinian land at the illegal outpost of Derech Ha'avot. The State now has 90 days to appeal and it is considering a proposal by the Gush Etzion Regional Council to retroactively legalize the construction through a "re-parcellation" procedure. This proposal is a kind of legal acrobatics meant to confiscate lands without calling it a confiscation and it is clearly not legal. If this idea would be approved, the settlers could build anywhere, being sure that the land will be given to them eventually. Follow us as we continue the fight against illegal settlement construction.
Our annual conference will take place on July 24th 2015 in Tel Aviv.
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This week, Alpher discusses what are the issues that bear the most intense scrutiny regarding the upcoming nuclear deal with Iran; why is there a commotion in Israel over two Israelis that decided of their own free will to cross the border into the Gaza Strip; how could they have entered unhindered? What was the reason that that the authorities initially acted indifferently to Mengistu’s flight in terms of their contacts with his family? And what will happen now?
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday July 13, 2015
Quote of the day:
“…in my eyes its portrays my fears – on the one hand I am worried by our militaristic and nationalistic
sways as a society – and on the other hand, I'm afraid of ISIS, and I love the IDF and want it to be as strong
as possible.”
--Pavel Postovoit comments on his final art school project that applies sci-fi to how the IDF will look in 2048.
--Pavel Postovoit comments on his final art school project that applies sci-fi to how the IDF will look in 2048.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday July 12, 2015
Quote of the day:
"I suddenly felt like the film and reality were being mixed.”
--Ad director Rani Carmeli said after his shoot in Kiev of a telephone company ad portraying Iranians kidnapping Israelis, which was received a surprise visit by three real Iranians.
--Ad director Rani Carmeli said after his shoot in Kiev of a telephone company ad portraying Iranians kidnapping Israelis, which was received a surprise visit by three real Iranians.
Americans for Peace Now (APN) welcomes the Palestinian Authority's decision to summon its ambassador to Chile, following anti-Semitic comments that Ambassador Imad Nabil Jada' recently made in Santiago.
According to a statement issued by the Palestinian Authority last night, the PA's Foreign Minister, Riadh al-Maliki, summoned Jada' to Ramallah "for consultation and clarification" in regards to the statements he made in May, which were made public earlier this week.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday July 10, 2015
You Must Be Kidding:
You Must Be Kidding:
“We don’t recognize the existence of a Jewish people. There is no such nation. This is not my
personal analysis. A religion cannot be a nation.”
--Recently revealed remarks by Palestinian Ambassador to Chile Imad Nabil Jadaa made at a conference two months ago, which just cost him his job.
--Recently revealed remarks by Palestinian Ambassador to Chile Imad Nabil Jadaa made at a conference two months ago, which just cost him his job.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday July 9, 2015
Number of the day:
23,300,000,000.
--The amount of dollars Israel will lose in exports if the European Union decides to boycott Israel, according to an expansive Israeli Finance Ministry study.
--The amount of dollars Israel will lose in exports if the European Union decides to boycott Israel, according to an expansive Israeli Finance Ministry study.
You Must Be Kidding:
"How is it possible that for more than ten months, the security system and the political system, leave a man to his fate in enemy territory and prevents any public discussion or updates the family with details?"
--Meretz MK Ilan Gilon is shocked that it took Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal to speak for Israel to lift the gag order.**
Americans for Peace Now (APN) strongly condemns vile anti-Semitic statements made by the Palestine Liberation Organization’s ambassador to Chile, in which he denied the existence of a Jewish people, accused the Zionist movement of striving to “dominate life in the entire planet,” and hailed the forged “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” as recommended reading.
APN calls on Mahmoud Abbas, the Chairman of the PLO and the President of the Palestinian Authority, to repudiate the statements of his ambassador to Santiago, Imad Nabil Jada’, to dismiss him, and to remind Palestinian officials of the terrible impact of hate-speech on the cause of peace.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday July 8, 2015
Quote of the day:
“As long as the basic economic problems in Gaza remain, we will also have the potential for renewed
military conflict, without connection to the extent of deterrence achieved in the last
war.”
**On the one year anniversary to Operation Protective Edge, Senior IDF officers call on Israel's government to ease the siege on Gaza.**
**On the one year anniversary to Operation Protective Edge, Senior IDF officers call on Israel's government to ease the siege on Gaza.**