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News Nosh 1.16.20

by APN 01/16/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Thursday January 16, 2020

You Must Be Kidding:
The Hecht Museum at Haifa University canceled a talk by an Arab Israeli artist because the appearance by “a Palestinian artist” would displease the Hecht Foundation, which is associated with the museum.**

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APN / Peace Now In the News - January 15-16, 2020

by APN 01/16/20

Independent: "Israel to open seven new nature reserves in occupied West Bank" (January 16, 2020)

According to Israeli rights group Peace Now, which monitors settlement expansion, more than a third of the proposed location of the new reserves is on private Palestinian land, making it illegal even under Israeli law.

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Al Jazeera: "Israel creates seven 'nature reserves' in occupied West Bank" (January 15, 2020)

According to Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now, the designated reserves total about 5,300 hectares (13,096 acres), some 40 percent of it under private Palestinian ownership. Under Israel laws regulating nature reserves, Palestinians would be forbidden to cultivate their own land, the Peace Now's Hagit Ofran said.

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France 24 (AFP): "Israel turns swathes of occupied West Bank into 'nature reserves'" (January 15, 2020)

Under Israel laws regulating nature reserves, Palestinians would be forbidden to cultivate their own land, the NGO's [Peace Now's] Hagit Ofran said. "If it's a nature reserve, then you can uproot their (Palestinians') trees and tell them they need a special permit for any agricultural activity," she told AFP.

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News Nosh 1.15.20

by APN 01/15/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Wednesday January 15, 2020

Quote of the day:

“I expect the state authorities in the area, both the army and the Civil Administration, to treat Palestinians, especially those who are innocent of any crime, as they would Israelis who are injured parties. I expect that after [the authorities] are forced to damage businesses, they act fairly when considering the compensation due them and not try to evade responsibility using creative legal arguments.”
--Military Judge Ronen Atzmon wrote in an unusual ruling because it awarded compensation to the plaintiffs — Palestinians whose plant nurseries were needlessly destroyed by Israeli soldiers in 2000, during the Second intifada.*

You Must Be Kidding:
"The charges against Netanyahu are much more serious. If Netanyahu can [run for Knesset], so can we."
—Gali Silver, wife of Amos Silver who is in jail on drug trafficking charges for running Telegrass, an online illegal Israeli cannabis and drug distribution network. Amos registered the New Economic Dawn party from jail on Tuesday.**

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News Nosh 12.14.20

by APN 01/14/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday January 14, 2020

Number of the day:

500.
--Number of Bedouin elementary school students without running water at Tel Arad Elementary School in the Negev.*

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Yossi Alpher responds to critique of "Israel and U.S. Jews must break their shared silence"

by APN 01/14/20

Israeli security expert Yossi Alpher's response to a Washington Jewish Week letter to the editor critiquing APN activist Barbara Green's opinion piece "Israel and U.S. Jews must break their shared silence"

NEW ITEM - Goal: Lower the expectations of the Palestinians - The Friedman File: APN Watch on soon-to-be-ex-US Ambassador to Israel

by APN 01/14/20

President Trump's controversial US Ambassador to Israel has demonstrated that APN was right to oppose his confirmation and subsequently call for his firing.

Based on his actions, statements, and our off-the-record conversations with informed insiders, it is clear that David Friedman is the chief architect behind the Trump administration's thinly concealed push to kill the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Friedman File is APN's comprehensive record documenting the deeds of the settlements enthusiast-cum-ambassador since he assumed his post.

Friedman File

Update on January 10, 2021

PeaceCast: Omar Shakir on HRW's New Report

by APN 01/13/20

This episode features a conversation with Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch. Shakir investigates and documents human rights abuses in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.

We talked about his recent deportation from Israel and about Human Rights Watch’s new report, Born Without Civil Rights.

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Taghyeer (Change) - Nonviolent Resistance and Palestinian Self-Development: A Conversation with Ali Abu Awwad (Washington, DC)

by APN 01/13/20

Friday, January 24 | 9-10:30 am

Middle East Institute - 1763 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036

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Image result for ali abu awwad Pro-peace Palestinian activist Ali Abu Awwad will discuss his work in the occupied Palestinian territory to mobilize a movement of nonviolent resistance to the occupation, his reception in Palestinian society, his engagement with Israeli civilians and his hopes and concerns for the new year.

Cosponsored by Americans for Peace Now, the Foundation for Middle East Peace, J Street, the Middle East Institute, and the New Israel Fund.

News Nosh 1.13.20

by APN 01/13/20

APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday January 13, 2020

Quote of the day:

"It will turn us into Saudi Arabia."
--Author Haim Be'er said in answer to an interviewer, who asked him how will Israel look if religious Zionism comes to power and leads the country.*

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Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher (January 13, 2020) - As the Post-Soleimani Smoke Clears...

by APN 01/13/20

Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.

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News Nosh 1.16.20

APN / Peace Now In the News - January 15-16, 2020

Independent: "Israel to open seven new nature reserves in occupied West Bank" (January 16, 2020)

Al Jazeera: "Israel creates seven 'nature reserves' in occupied West Bank" (January 15, 2020)

France 24 (AFP): "Israel turns swathes of occupied West Bank into 'nature reserves'" (January 15, 2020)

News Nosh 1.15.20

News Nosh 12.14.20

Yossi Alpher responds to critique of "Israel and U.S. Jews must break their shared silence"

NEW ITEM - Goal: Lower the expectations of the Palestinians - The Friedman File: APN Watch on soon-to-be-ex-US Ambassador to Israel

Friedman File

Update on January 10, 2021

PeaceCast: Omar Shakir on HRW's New Report

Taghyeer (Change) - Nonviolent Resistance and Palestinian Self-Development: A Conversation with Ali Abu Awwad (Washington, DC)

News Nosh 1.13.20

Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher (January 13, 2020) - As the Post-Soleimani Smoke Clears...

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