Today, as we join our fellow Americans in mourning the victims of the hate-crime in Charleston, South Carolina, and as we re-commit to fighting political violence, racism, and bigotry, Americans for Peace Now (APN) also condemns the torching and vandalizing of the Church of Loaves and Fishes in Israel.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday June 18, 2015
Quote of the day:
“...therefore we decided to fire a volley of shells toward the point from which he lost his
life.”
--IDF Battalion commander Lt. Col. Neria Yeshurun described the shelling of a Gaza medical clinic because he and his soldiers were sorry that they could not be at the funeral of a fellow officer who was killed by fire from the clinic.**
--IDF Battalion commander Lt. Col. Neria Yeshurun described the shelling of a Gaza medical clinic because he and his soldiers were sorry that they could not be at the funeral of a fellow officer who was killed by fire from the clinic.**
When: Tuesday, June 23
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Where: Room 2168 (Gold Room)
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
Since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was re-elected after walking back his support for a Palestinian
state, the viability of the two-state solution has yet again been called into question. As the Israeli occupation
of the West Bank and Gaza nears its fiftieth year, there is a complete lack of trust between the Palestinian and
Israeli leadership. The goal of "two states for two peoples" has never seemed more distant, despite decades of U.S.
support.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday June 17, 2015
Quote of the day:
"This is a terrorist act holding thousands of Palestinians hostage."
--Meretz party chief MK Zehava Gal-On says she won't withdraw her bill to require labeling of settlement
products sold in Israel, despite settler factories' threats to fire Palestinian employees.**
As we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words. This is our aim: to make people think and to act for peace.
This week, we bring you a new cartoon, asking who is a Jew ...and who recognizes a Jewish state: “Jews in Glass Houses...”
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday June 16, 2015
Number of the day:
761.
--The number of Palestinian civilians that Israel now says were killed in last summer's Gaza war. The IDF's figure, released for the first time since the war, is almost half of the UN number. Israel says that nearly half of the Palestinians killed were armed.**
--The number of Palestinian civilians that Israel now says were killed in last summer's Gaza war. The IDF's figure, released for the first time since the war, is almost half of the UN number. Israel says that nearly half of the Palestinians killed were armed.**
This week, Alpher discusses why Israeli Druze leaders are lobbying the government to help the Syrian Druze; does Israel have any special reason to get involved; if the Syrian Druze friendly to Israel; what Israel should do; and if there are other minority issues in Syria that should concern Israel.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday June 15, 2015
Quote of the day:
“An army that jails [a soldier] for eating a non-kosher sandwich but finds it sufficient to
reprimand and confine [soldiers to their base] for brutally beating a Palestinian, is an army whose moral
compass is seriously dubious."
-- Meretz MK Esawi Freige responds to ‘punishment’ of soldiers filmed beating Palestinian man.**
-- Meretz MK Esawi Freige responds to ‘punishment’ of soldiers filmed beating Palestinian man.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday June 14, 2015
Quote of the day:
“Wanted: A culture minister. Until the person is found for the position, Chief Censor (Miri) Regev
serves as the substitute.”
--Opposition leader and Zionist Camp chief MK Isaac Herzog wrote on Twitter.**
--Opposition leader and Zionist Camp chief MK Isaac Herzog wrote on Twitter.**