--Words written on shirts ordered by IDF Nahal officer and soldiers for their army unit.*
The Jewish Journal: The West Bank is under military occupation, and that’s a fact
by Jessica Montell, JTA
According to press reports, the crowd at a recent Republican Jewish Coalition conference “noticeably gasped” when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie referred to the West Bank as “occupied territories.” Christie promptly apologized to the event’s host, mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, clarifying that his remarks “were not meant to be a statement of policy,” a source said.
Growing up, Passover was my favorite holiday. I loved the Passover story about the Jews
being saved from the evil Pharaoh in Egypt. I loved the miracle of the parting of the sea and survival
crossing the desert (as a kid raised in the Arizona desert, I felt a special kinship with those early
Israelites). I loved the Seder — especially the part where we dipped our fingers in the wine as we
enumerated each plague. And I of course loved the food, particularly my mother’s matzo balls (sinkers, not
floaters) and the red horseradish that always made me sniffle and sneeze — and which, invariably, somebody
spilled on the tablecloth to leave a permanent beet juice stain.
--Renowned Israeli author Amos Oz writes a letter to the Editor.**
On Sunday, April 6, 2014, APN's Lara Friedman (Director of Policy and Government Relations) participated in the J Street U Town Hall at Johns Hopkins University alongside Hussein Ibish (Senior Fellow, American Task Force on Palestine) and columnist J.J. Goldberg (The Jewish Daily Forward). For more on the event, see Baltimore City Paper: "Progressive Jewish group J Street comes to Hopkins."
See photos and tweets from the event below:
Politico: Stand Firm, John Kerry
It’s time for the secretary of state to insist on America’s position on Middle East peace.
By ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI, FRANK CARLUCCI, LEE HAMILTON, CARLA A. HILLS, THOMAS PICKERING and HENRY SIEGMAN
We commend Secretary of State John Kerry’s extraordinary efforts to renew Israeli-Palestinian talks and negotiations for a framework for a peace accord, and the strong support his initiative has received from President Barack Obama.
We believe these efforts, and the priority Kerry has assigned to them, have been fully justified. However, we also believe that the necessary confidentiality that Secretary Kerry imposed on the resumed negotiations should not preclude a far more forceful and public expression of certain fundamental U.S. positions:
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday April 09, 2014
Quote of the day:
"The situation in Yitzhar can escalate to shooting soldiers."
--Maj.-Gen. (res.) Avi Mizrahi said the Israeli authorities were responsible for the settlers' attack on an IDF outpost.**
Israeli strategic affairs expert Yossi Alpher, the author of APN's Hard Questions, Tough Answers, was our guest on an April 8 briefing call, mainly focusing on the crisis in the US-led Israeli-Palestinian negotiations process.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday April 08, 2014
Quote of the day:
"Can you imagine revoking the citizenship of a Jew? Did you revoke the citizenship of Yitzhak Rabin's
murderer?"
--Arab MK Ahmed Tibi lashed out at government for suggesting revoking the citizenship of Israeli Arabs meant to be
released in Palestinian prisoner deal.**