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APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday September 20, 2018
Quotes of the day:
“Our country is losing itself, and what is happening here does not add to our democracy, but only weakens it."
--Former Shin Bet agent Gonen Ben-Yitzhak said in an interview in Maariv.*
shin bet
"I think there will be an explosion in Israeli society, I just don’t know when."
--Brig.-Gen. (res.) Avigdor Kahalani said in an interview in Maariv.**kahalani
“Our country is losing itself, and what is happening here does not add to our democracy, but only weakens it."
--Former Shin Bet agent Gonen Ben-Yitzhak said in an interview in Maariv.*
shin bet
"I think there will be an explosion in Israeli society, I just don’t know when."
--Brig.-Gen. (res.) Avigdor Kahalani said in an interview in Maariv.**kahalani
Hagit Ofran is one of the world's leading experts on West Bank
settlements. In a conversation at her Jerusalem home, she analyzes current trends in West Bank settlement
planning and construction, as well as Israeli government actions to "legalize" illegal outposts and to allow the
construction of new illegal outposts.
Visit Peace Now's Settlement Watch website
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics today published data on construction starts in Israel and the West Bank,
indicating that in the second quarter of 2018, 794 new apartments were built in the settlements, compared with only 279
in the first quarter. In the first half of 2018, construction began on 1,073 settlement housing units, compared to 870
in the first half of 2017. Peace Now: The Netanyahu government continues to destroy the chances for peace. Further
construction in the settlements undermines Israel's interest in reaching a two-state solution, as such a solution will
not be stable without a viable Palestinian state, which settlements increasingly threaten. Unfortunately, since Trump's
election, we have seen a sharp increase in the approval of the plans and tenders, and now we are beginning to see the
consequences of these approvals on the ground.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday September 17, 2018
NOTE: News Nosh will be off on Yom Kippur holidays Tuesday and Wednesday,
September 18-19.
Quote of the day:
Quote of the day:
“In all of the years that I have worked representing Israeli, Palestinian, and international
protesters, I’ve never come across a situation in which the justice system was used to justify the secret
deportation of a person [accused only] of nonviolent protest.”
--Gaby Lasky, attorney of American-French professor Frank Romano, said in court after police tried to secretly deport Romano - but were thwarted by a judge.*
--Gaby Lasky, attorney of American-French professor Frank Romano, said in court after police tried to secretly deport Romano - but were thwarted by a judge.*
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.
APN In the News: September 8 - September 14
Arab News: "Palestine mission still open despite US threats to close it" (9/11/18)
Ori Nir, the director of communication at the nonprofit organization Americans for Peace Now, told Arab News that the move to close the Palestinian office in Washington is “another swing of Trump’s wrecking ball” at prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
France 24: "25 years on, Israeli right-wingers ready to declare Oslo accords dead" (9/10/18)
When Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat sealed the first Oslo agreement with a handshake on the White House lawn, there were 110,066 settlers in the West Bank and another 6,234 in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now.
Israel i24 News: "APN's Debra Shushan - Video Clips" BYLINE(optional) (9/5/18)
Debating with Ruthie Blum of the Gatestone Institute and Fatah international spokesperson Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad, APN's Debra Shushan discusses the Trump administration's closure of the PLO Mission in DC, the Palestinian turn toward the International Criminal Court, the pending demolition of the West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, and the IDF's grim projection for conflict between Israel and Gaza.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday, September 14, 2018
Quote of the day:
“... I felt it would be dishonest to continue to say nothing. i'm still really hopeful that one day
i'll be able to play in Israel again."
—British DJ Ben Thomson, known as Ben UFO, wrote on Instagram that he joined several top electronic musicians, producers and DJs worldwide who pledged their support for a campaign promoting a cultural boycott of Israel, using the hashtag #DJsForPalestine.
—British DJ Ben Thomson, known as Ben UFO, wrote on Instagram that he joined several top electronic musicians, producers and DJs worldwide who pledged their support for a campaign promoting a cultural boycott of Israel, using the hashtag #DJsForPalestine.
This episode's guest is Jeremy Ben-Ami, the founder and
president of J Street. Jeremy recently published an article in The New Republic headlined "Don’t Give Up: Why Liberal Jews Must Not Abandon the Fight
for Israel’s Future." His is one of several articles in the current edition of The New Republic,
devoted to the relationship today between American Jews and Israel.
On these Days of Awe between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we reflected and took stock of where our pro-Israel, pro-peace movement stands and where we wish to go.
i24 Spin Room (9/12/18): Shushan on Deteriorating US-Palestinian Relations, the Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, and the Gaza Crisis
Debating with Ruthie Blum of the Gatestone Institute and Fatah international spokesperson Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad, APN's Debra Shushan discusses the Trump administration's closure of the PLO Mission in DC, the Palestinian turn toward the International Criminal Court, the pending demolition of the West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, and the IDF's grim projection for conflict between Israel and Gaza.
Trump Administration Arsonists Set Fire to Peace Prospects (1:01)
White House's Policy Is Pushing Palestinians to Turn to ICC (1:10)
Khan al-Ahmar and Israel's Duplicitous West Bank Building Policy (1:28)
Impending Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar: Full Segment (8:14)
Israel's Failed Gaza Strategy (3:58)