APN/Peace Now in the News: June 19-June 26, 2015

 

Jerusalem Post - June 21, 2015
High Court to debate Peace Now petition to demolish homes of settlers built illegally on Palestinian owned land
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/High-Court-to-debate-demolition-of-homes-in-West-Bank-outpost-406716

 

Haaretz - June 23, 2015
Responding to Peace Now petition, High Court orders government to explain why it would not demolish illegal outpost
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel/.premium-1.662557

 

Times of Israel - June 25, 2015
APN among groups opposing BDS law that passed the Senate
http://www.timesofisrael.com/landmark-anti-bds-law-passes-final-senate-legislative-hurdle/

News Nosh 06.26.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday June 26, 2015 

Numbers of the day:
49 and 9.
--Percentage of Israelis who think a nuclear agreement with Iran is an existential threat and the percentage of those who support Israeli military action against Iran.**

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News Nosh 06.25.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday June 25, 2015 

Quote of the day:
"We know that the road to peace is not easy, that the answers are not straightforward, and that it takes two sides to make peace. But we also know that in the absence of progress towards peace, Israel loses support, and peace becomes even harder to achieve."
--Outgoing Jewish UK Ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, writes a warm goodbye letter to Israelis.**

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News Nosh 06.24.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday June 24, 2015 

Quote of the day:
"It’s possible they wore short dresses, but they were more modest and didn’t reach mid-hip.”
--The main complaint of Magda Haroun, the leader of the tiny Jewish community of Egypt, about the accuracy of the portrayal of Jews in the new big hit TV series in the Arab world, “The Jewish Quarter.”**

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News Nosh 06.23.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday June 23, 2015 

Quote of the day:
״Now what? Now let's stop telling ourselves our narrative, and let's deal with some of the claims."
--Senior Maariv political commentator Ben Caspit writes today that the UN report on Operation Protective Edge was "balanced and restrained."

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June 22, 2015 - Oren, Netanyahu, and widening the gaps between strategic partners

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This week, Alpher discusses whether former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren is just trying to sell his new book, or are his attacks on President Obama part of some sort of larger plan to widen the gap between the two countries; if Obama knowingly and deliberately violated previously sacred bilateral principles of “no daylight” and “no surprises;” what the American Jewish angle is; what the likely ramifications of Oren’s attacks for US-Israel relations are at the current juncture.

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News Nosh 06.22.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday June 22, 2015 

Quote of the day:
"This is a textbook that expands their education about our neighbors. If parents say such things we have a big problem." 
--Nes Tziona Mayor and Likudnik, Yossi Shabo, responds to the fiery reaction by parents after he gave the city's high school graduates a book about the history of Arabs and Islam.**

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News Nosh 06.21.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday June 21, 2015 

Quote of the day:
“Next time you enter this community, I’m detaining you all for disturbing the peace ... You’re known as left-wing activists, and I have no problem doing this legally, okay? I’m telling you, that’s how we’ll work starting from tomorrow.”
--What policeman Yaniv Ohana told Ta'ayush peace activists filming illegal settlement construction at the West Bank settlement outpost of Avigail.**

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APN/Peace Now in the News: June 9, 2015 - June 19, 2015

New York Times - June 9, 2015
Peace Now organizes tour to new settlement site
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/world/middleeast/west-bank-compound-irving-moskowitz.html?_r=0

 

Columbus Dispatch - June 10, 2015
APN represented at a Columbus conference on Israel-Palestine
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/06/10/conference-Israeli-Palestinian-conflict.html

 

Haaretz - June 11, 2015
Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer blasts bill that targets progressive NGOs
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel/.premium-1.660648

 

New Jersey Jewish News - June 12, 2015
APN's Katherine Cunningham's op-ed: The conflict won't end until average Israelis acknowledge its costs
http://njjewishnews.com/article/27518/the-conflict-wont-end-until-average-israelis-acknowledge-its-costs#.VYRcPvlVikp

 

Jerusalem Post - June 15, 2015
Commenting on OU endorsement of Temple Institute, APN urges responsibility, respect
http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/USs-Orthodox-Union-supports-freedom-of-prayer-for-Jews-on-Temple-Mount-406130

Derech Haavot Ouptost320x265For the first time, the government is requesting to officially take over private Palestinian land in order to legalize an unauthorized outpost, which is built, in part, on private Palestinian land. The request was presented to the Supreme Court as part of the State's reply to a petition filed by Peace Now and Palestinian land owners, against 17 houses built on private Palestinian lands in the Derech Ha'avot Ouptost, near Bethlehem.  The first hearing of the case will take place next Monday, 22 June at 9:00am.
 

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