I know that the headlines are terrible, and that people are throwing up their hands and feeling defeated. "The two-state solution is hopeless," they say. "We will never have peace."
But... consider:
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday December 11, 2014
Quote of the day:
"This is not the first time that a Palestinian participating in a civilian demonstration pays for it,
wrongly, with his life. Perhaps because of the senior status of the latest casualty, those in charge will
finally be demanded to take steps to investigate the cases and prevent the next unnecessary
killing."
--Meretz MK Michal Rozin responds to the death of the Palestinian minister Ziyad Abu Ein following an altercation and scuffle with Israeli Border Police at a peaceful rally yesterday.**
--Meretz MK Michal Rozin responds to the death of the Palestinian minister Ziyad Abu Ein following an altercation and scuffle with Israeli Border Police at a peaceful rally yesterday.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday December 10, 2014
Quote of the day:
"The extreme right doesn’t recognize the word “border”; the “moonstruck” left, or perhaps it’s the “delusional”
left, sings hymns to a binational state; and the banal left is willing to support a Palestinian state without
drawing its borders. Thus all that’s left for the extreme center is to offer a non-solution, without
negotiations and without Palestinian consent."
--Haaretz analyst Zvi Bar'el writes about the 'members of the extreme center party, which include Tzipi Livni.
--Haaretz analyst Zvi Bar'el writes about the 'members of the extreme center party, which include Tzipi Livni.
APN and co-sponsor Valley Beth Shalom held the very successful event on Thursday, December 4, 2014, at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, CA. A large crowd heard keynote speaker Daniel Seidemann, leading Israeli expert on contemporary Jerusalem, speak on "Getting Real About Jerusalem." VBS' Rabbi Ed Feinstein engaged Mr. Seidemann in a conversation following his talk.
A video of the event is available HERE.
In case you want to go directly to certain parts of the event, including the very insightful talk by Daniel Seidemann, the time guides are:
4:50 - 5:55 - Jerry Bubis' Remarks
8:15 - 41:20 - Daniel Seidemann "Getting Real About Jerusalem"
41:52 - end - Conversation with Rabbi Feinstein and Audience Q&A
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday December 7, 2014
Quote of the day:
"It's a disgrace that even on the last day of the Knesset, the government is trying to use upper handed
opportunism to transfer millions to the settlements without allowing any discussion or questions, working
against Knesset regulations."
--Hadash party MK Dov Khenin slams decision to approve another almost $54 million dollars for settlements hours before the Knesset dispersed and just before he got kicked out of the Knesset Finance Committee.**
--Hadash party MK Dov Khenin slams decision to approve another almost $54 million dollars for settlements hours before the Knesset dispersed and just before he got kicked out of the Knesset Finance Committee.**
On December 8, 2014, APN hosted Akiva Eldar of al-Monitor.com, the former chief political
writer of Israel's Haaretz, for a briefing call on the Israeli political scene following the decision taken by
Israel's political leaders to hold early elections in March 2015.
Israeli elections
This week, Alpher discusses why the new Knesset elections have been set so soon; who Netanyahu's rivals on the right are; whether the left-center is incapable of mounting a challenge; what is happening with Yesh Atid; what will happen to the Arab parties, with a new threshold law that requires a party to gain a minimum of four mandates; and whether the bombings of Damascus airport and a second site at Dimas near Damascus that Syria accused Israel of on Sunday have any connection to Israel's elections.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday December 8, 2014
Numbers of the day:
75%.
--Percentage of Education Ministry funding that Jewish high-schoolers from a weak socioeconomic background receive more than Arab high-schoolers from a similar background.**
--Percentage of Education Ministry funding that Jewish high-schoolers from a weak socioeconomic background receive more than Arab high-schoolers from a similar background.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday December 7, 2014
Quote of the day:
"When the time came to make peace with the greatest of Arab nations it did so, and when it was time to
talk it talked. I and my friends will not miss an opportunity to make peace."
--Former Likud minister Moshe Kahlon says the 'real Likud' knows how to make peace and that he will do so if elected.**
--Former Likud minister Moshe Kahlon says the 'real Likud' knows how to make peace and that he will do so if elected.**
The Forward - November 23, 2014
APN's Lara Friedman: The Terror Rocking Jerusalem Is Not About God
http://m.forward.com/blogs/forward-thinking/209741/the-terror-rocking-jerusalem-is-not-about-god/
Haaretz - November 24, 2014
Ori Nir's op-ed: The sickness in both Israeli and Palestinian societies
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.628206
New York Times - November 25, 2014
APN Ori Nir's article quoted by NYT's Thomas Friedman
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/opinion/thomas-friedman-news-drumsticks.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Ynet - November 29, 2014
Large turnout for Peace Now demonstration in Jerusalem
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4597563,00.html
Jerusalem Post - November 29, 2014
Anger and defiance at Peace Now demonstration in opposition to "Jewish State" bill
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Hundreds-protest-Jewish-state-bill-at-PMs-residence-in-Jerusalem-383184
Times of Israel - November 30, 2014
Thousands turn out for Peace Now Jerusalem demonstration against "Jewish State" bill
http://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-rally-in-jerusalem-against-jewish-state-bill/
Haaretz - November 30, 2014
At demonstration organized by Peace Now, over 1,000 protest Jewish nation-state bill outside PM's
residence
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.629272
Jewish Currents - November 30, 2014
Profile of APN Board Member Mandy Patinkin mentions his 2012 Peace Now speech
http://jewishcurrents.org/november-30-mandy-patinkin-33925
The Forward (JTA story) - December 2, 2014
APN among Jewish groups opposing "Jewish State" bill
http://forward.com/articles/210210/american-groups-line-up-against-israel-jewish-stat/
Diamondback (UMD campus newspaper) - December 3, 2014
APN's Ori Nir and ATFP's Ghaith al-Omari speak at UMD
http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/article_90bf0c0a-7a75-11e4-9475-57f757453e6e.html