APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday September 11, 2013
Number of the day:
4.5 million
--The number of shekels which the right-wing Elad organization has sued left-wing organizations, including Peace
Now, in libel suits. Peace Now Secretary General Yariv Oppenheimer calls it 'legal terrorism.'**
Beginning this Friday evening and continuing through Saturday night, the holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, will be observed by Jews throughout the world.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday September 10, 2013
Quote of the day:
"The question is, what is the message to commanders who are at the frontline,
doing the dirty work and not hiding behind screens..."
--Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner reacts to his 'severe' punishment for beating a peace activist: two months of community service without pa and forced early retirement from the army**
APN on Campus outlines the three main arenas in which student advocacy takes place, and tells how progressive student leaders and their organizations can be effective advocates for a pro-Israel, pro-peace agenda on campus.
This week Alpher discusses the interim ramifications for Israel of the Obama appeal for congressional support to attack Syria, the most relevant lessons of Oslo right now, as Israel and the PLO once again seek a negotiated solution, and a summary of the outgoing Jewish year, 5773, from the standpoint of Israel's overall security.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday September 09, 2013
Quote of the day:
"In the end, they will still be sitting in Washington and because of them, the Israelis will be going down to the shelters."
--Maariv political commentator Shalom Yerushalmi on AIPAC's 'help' in getting the US Congress to support a US attack on Syria.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday September 08, 2013
Quote of the day:
'Im Tirtzu is a Fascist movement.'
-- A Facebook group name, which an Israeli judge ruled was not a libel against the far right-wing Im Tirtzu movement.**
Like much of the world, all of us at APN are watching the situation in Egypt with shock, horror, sadness - as well as with serious concern for what the future holds, both for that country and its people, and for the broader region, including Egypt's neighbor, Israel.