News Nosh 02.05.15

by APN 02/05/15
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday February 5, 2015

Quote of the day:
“Apparently the police have been using a new weapon with a higher potential for injury and killing, before drafting the required procedures regulating its use and the minimum permitted ranges.” 
--Association for Civil Rights in Israel Adv. Anne Sucio in a letter urging the Attorney General to investigate immediately.**
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News Nosh 02.04.15

by APN 02/04/15
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday February 4, 2015

Quote of the day:
"The truck was even wider than the road. It's certain death. We should all be angry at those who run the country like this. Someone murdered (these women). Look at this road. Let the officer who authorized opening such road should come here."
--Ali, a relative of some of the killed and wounded in the horrific road accident on Road #31, which kills an average of nine people a year, told Maariv.
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Articles on announcement of 450 Israeli Settlement Tenders

by APN 02/03/15
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Kiryat_Arba_Construction2012The January 30, 2015, announcement by the Israeli Government of tenders (allowing for bids) for construction of 450 new settlement housing units in the West Bank (including Kiryat Arba, pictured) was covered extensively in the Israeli and international press.  Peace Now was prominently referenced, including from its released statement which said in part:

"After embarrassing the Obama administration with the invitation to the Congress, Netanyahu adds another slam in the face of the Americans, showing no respect to Israel's closest ally," 

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News Nosh 02.03.15

by APN 02/03/15
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday February 3, 2015

Quote of the day:
"The nature of the Jewish settlement in the city and its way of action smear and disgrace the entire Israeli society.”
--Peace Now director Yariv Oppenheimer criticized the visit of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to the Jewish settlement enclave in Hebron.**
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February 2, 2015 - Codes of violence: Hezbollah, Iran, American Sniper and Iraq, the Houthi coup, and more

by APN 02/02/15
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Codes of violence

This week, Alpher discusses whether there are new components to the Israeli-Hezbollah equation and if the attack of the IDF convoy is the end of this round of violence between them; how that relates to Iran; how Alpher understands the Washington Post’s revelation that the CIA and the Mossad collaborated in the 2009 assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah military chief Imad Moughniyeh; what his take on the film American Sniper and its controversial view of several aspects of US military involvement in Iraq; and why the recent Houthi coup in Yemen brings back interesting memories among a select group of Israeli security veterans.

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Peace Now: What They Said

by APN 02/02/15
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News Nosh 02.02.15

by APN 02/02/15
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday February 2, 2015

Quote of the day:
"Dialogue is important, especially when there is no consensus."
--Nava Boker, Likud candidate #25, speaking at a weekend conference with the former Palestinian prisoners' affairs minister.**
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News Nosh 02.01.15

by APN 02/01/15
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APN's daily news review from Israel

Sunday February 1, 2015
 

Quote of the day:

“If I go to the ceremony, and if I have the civic courage, I'll raise a handwritten placard in the hall. It will say that the Jerusalem Municipality does not have the right to award a prize for the freedom of the individual in society, because it does not respect the rights of the individual of the myriads of its residents.”
--Ilana Hammerman writes about her dilemma in attending the ceremony for "The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society," which she will be awarded on February 8th.**

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APN/Peace Now in the News: January 23 - January 30, 2015

by APN 01/30/15
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LA Times - January 27, 2015
APN's Lara Friedman quoted in a story on Congress' holding Iran sanctions legislation
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-na-congress-iran-sanctions-20150127-story.html

Chicago Tribune (LA Times Syndication) - January 27, 2015
APN's Lara Friedman quoted in a story on Congress' holding Iran sanctions legislation
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-congress-iran-sanctions-20150127-story.html

Haaretz - January 30, 2015
Peace Now: Israeli government issues tenders for 450 West Bank settlement housing units
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.639879

Associated Press - January 30, 2015
Peace Now report: Israel's government issues West Bank settlement building tenders
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jan/30/ahead-of-election-israel-issues-west-bank/

News Nosh 01.30.15

by APN 01/30/15
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday January 30, 2015

Ratio of the day:
25:24.
--Number of mandates Likud would receive compared to Zionist Camp, following the Hezbollah attack on an IDF convoy in the north.
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