Washington, DC – Americans for Peace Now (APN) mourns the passing of President George H. W. Bush and salutes his legacy of efforts to advance peace between Israel and its neighbors.
Washington, DC – Americans for Peace Now (APN) mourns the passing of President George H. W. Bush and
salutes his legacy of efforts to advance peace between Israel and its neighbors.
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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On a wall at APN’s Washington office, there’s a Hanukkah poster that we produced years ago,
which says, “It’s not about the oil, it’s about the light.” The idea was that the true miracle of Hanukkah was
not the Maccabees finding an extra pint of oil, but their using it to generate the light needed at a time of
severe adversity.
Today, still, it's all about the light.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday November 29, 2018
NOTE: News Nosh will be published in a truncated version from December 2-13.
Happy Hannukah!
You Must Be Kidding:
"To greet in Arabic, Masa' al-Kheir
To greet in Arabic, Masa' al-Kheir
To greet in Arabic, Masa' al-Kheir
At the beginning of her words in every program,
Lucy says her words also in Arabic.
This is inappropriate and very jarring.."
--Words from a letter written by a viewer of the TV news show presented by Arab-Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish. Aharish and her Jewish-Israeli husband turned the words into a song and performed it on TV.**
You Must Be Kidding:
"To greet in Arabic, Masa' al-Kheir
To greet in Arabic, Masa' al-Kheir
To greet in Arabic, Masa' al-Kheir
At the beginning of her words in every program,
Lucy says her words also in Arabic.
This is inappropriate and very jarring.."
--Words from a letter written by a viewer of the TV news show presented by Arab-Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish. Aharish and her Jewish-Israeli husband turned the words into a song and performed it on TV.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday November 28, 2018
NOTE: News Nosh will be published in a truncated version from December 2nd-13th.
NOTE: News Nosh will be published in a truncated version from December 2nd-13th.
Quote of the day:
"Isolating the Palestinians and rendering them irrelevant is a central pillar of Netanyahu’s campaign
to push them into a corner, crush their aspirations, smash their expectations and bring them back, with a thud,
to a reality in which they must make do with the status quo for the time being and with an administrative
autonomy, at best, as a permanent solution. In order to weaken the Palestinians further, Netanyahu is playing
divide and rule between Gaza and the West Bank, even if this requires an accommodation with Hamas that
disappoints his right-wing base."
--Haaretz's Chemi Shalev writes that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policies could explode in Israel's face.*
--Haaretz's Chemi Shalev writes that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policies could explode in Israel's face.*
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday November 27, 2018
You Must Be
Kidding:
“The other day, he was defense minister and today he’s playing musical chairs because he can’t sit next to an Arab.”
--Arab MK and leader of the Joint List faction, Ayman Odeh, Tweeted after MK Avigdor Lieberman changed seats in the Knesset plenum so as not to sit next to Odeh.**
“The other day, he was defense minister and today he’s playing musical chairs because he can’t sit next to an Arab.”
--Arab MK and leader of the Joint List faction, Ayman Odeh, Tweeted after MK Avigdor Lieberman changed seats in the Knesset plenum so as not to sit next to Odeh.**
Healing Hearts: A Message of Peace and Coexistence
An upcoming documentary, Healing Hearts, shows how Israeli and Palestinian doctors at Jerusalem’s largest hospital are saving the lives of Jewish and Arab children suffering from heart disease. The film focuses on the families of the doctors and the children they treat, both Jews and Arabs. Through them, it shines a light of hope for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and reconciliation.
Director Katya Chelli continues her work on the film, but she and her team need help to bring it to completion. Your support on Giving Tuesday can make this happen.
By supporting APN’s crowdfunding campaign, Healing Hearts: A Message of Peace and Coexistence, you will help highlight the efforts of Palestinian doctor Ibrahim Abu Zahira, Israeli doctor Sagui Gavri, and Professor Jean-Jacques Rein, head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at Hadassah. In witnessing the experiences of Israeli and Palestinian parents who accompany their sick children, viewers are immersed in the daily life of the families and the Hadassah medical team. The film will show how the work that these inspiring doctors perform can alter perceptions and attitudes about the other side of the conflict.
On this Giving Tuesday, please help spread the message of Israeli-Palestinian coexistence, common cause and life. Support Healing Hearts: A Message of Peace and Coexistence now.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday November 26, 2018
Quote of the Day #1:
"The solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to let the women negotiate. They bring life to the
world and they understand what life is, and I'm sure they will succeed where men have failed.”
—Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza whose three daughters were killed during Operation Cast Lead when their Gaza home was hit by IDF tank shells in the first Gaza War.*
Quote of the Day #2:
“Yes, in the State of Israel, Arab women can also stay in shelters for battered women. We do not discriminate between one black eye and another black eye, between one broken tooth and another broken tooth. The ruler and his wife are so merciful that they allow all sectors (and all genders, if they are threatened) to be protected under their protective roof.”
—In a biting Op-Ed, Haaretz journalist Shani Littman slams Sara Netanyahu for expressing happiness that her husband allows Arab women to be in battered women’s shelters.*
—Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza whose three daughters were killed during Operation Cast Lead when their Gaza home was hit by IDF tank shells in the first Gaza War.*
Quote of the Day #2:
“Yes, in the State of Israel, Arab women can also stay in shelters for battered women. We do not discriminate between one black eye and another black eye, between one broken tooth and another broken tooth. The ruler and his wife are so merciful that they allow all sectors (and all genders, if they are threatened) to be protected under their protective roof.”
—In a biting Op-Ed, Haaretz journalist Shani Littman slams Sara Netanyahu for expressing happiness that her husband allows Arab women to be in battered women’s shelters.*
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.