This week, Alpher discusses the Israeli Air Force helicopter strike in the Golan; the broader strategic implications; the announcement last week in the Hague that the International Criminal Court was launching a preliminary inquiry to determine whether to investigate war crimes allegedly committed by Israel in last summer’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza; and why “Charlie Hebdo” drew so much more international attention than far more extensive Islamist atrocities perpetrated almost simultaneously by Boko Haram in Nigeria and al-Qaeda and the Shiite-affiliated Houthis in Yemen

New fronts of warfare

APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday January 19, 2015
 

Quote of the day:

“Because my wife and I and many other Israelis like us want to leave their children a country which does not control another people and which is not indifferent to its poor, we will not stop fighting for the end of the occupation and end of poverty. All the rest is important, but not critical.”
--Yedioth economic analyst Sever Plocker answers Yair Lapid’s question, "What kind of country do you want to leave your children?"**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Sunday January 18, 2015
 

Quote of the day:

"During Operation Protective Edge over 2,000 people were killed in Gaza who we could not identify."
--IDF Judge Advocate General, Major General Dani Efroni, warns of problems Israel could face in a probe by The Hague of war crimes.**

Boston Globe - January 12, 2015
APN's Ori Nir op-ed: Israelis need optimism
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/01/12/israelis-need-optimism/WTc5q4ECTw7hTBd1rp9FyN/story.html

The Forward - January 9, 2015
APN participates in progressive list running in elections for WZO
http://forward.com/articles/212347/the-zionist-election-you-can-participate-in-if-y/

The Wrap - January 15, 2015
Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer to take part in premiere of new Travel Channel series
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/travel-channel-breaking-borders-sets-premiere-date-location-170024879.html

Update: this action, now closed, ran in January 2015. 

The fight to keep Iran-focused diplomacy alive isn’t over. Last year, with your help, efforts by some Senators – backed by groups like AIPAC – to pass new, diplomacy-killing Iran sanctions in the Senate (S. 1881) were stopped in their tracks. Now, the same group is at it again, with new Iran sanctions legislation expected to be introduced in the Senate next week.

National Security Advisor Susan Rice has predicted that new Iran sanctions would “blow up” negotiations. President Obama has promised to veto the legislation if it makes it to his desk. But this isn’t stopping Senate Iran hawks and their supporters. They appear more determined than ever to move ahead with new sanctions and are working to muster a veto-proof majority.