APN is deeply concerned over the spiraling calamity in Syria. More than two years of fighting has left the country in ruins and more than 100,000 people dead, including, in the latest phase, hundreds killed in a chemical weapons attack.

APN's daily news review from Israel

Friday August 30, 2013

Number of the day:

77.
--Percentage of Israeli public that opposes Israeli intervention in the case that the US does not attack Syria, according to Maariv poll.**

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Americans for Peace Now is organizing a small group study tour to Israel. Participants will explore the "real" Israel -- the one behind the headlines, which tourists typically don't see. More

APN's daily news review from Israel

Thursday August 29, 2013

Quote of the day:

"The soldiers exposed themselves to unnecessary danger..."
--IDF disciplines a group of soldiers serving in Hebron who crashed a Palestinian wedding party and danced with the guests to PSY.**

Since the birth of the peace process, popular wisdom has held that an Israeli leader cannot be expected to expend much domestic political capital during talks, because political capital must be saved to "sell" any agreement at the end of talks. In principle, there is some logic in this argument. In practice, that logic is now hitting a brick wall. If recent events indicate the patterns of action to come, talks will be in danger of falling apart long before an agreement is in reach.

APN's daily news review from Israel

Wednesday August 28, 2013

Quote of the day:

"They are talking about everything without a framework or plan to deal with the issues. In actuality, this means they aren't speaking about anything."
--Noam Sheizaf writes a sharply worded Op-Ed in Maariv on the report that Israel only wants an interim agreement with the Palestinians. **

When Israel's Maariv daily wrote about housing construction in East Jerusalem this summer, it offered exact numbers - down to the individual house.

APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday August 27, 2013

Quote of the day:

"Israel's behavior conveys the following message: 'If you compel me, I will engage in peace talks.' In other words, the only interest that guides the Israeli government is to avoid a colossal crisis with the world."
--Uzi Baram writes in Haaretz how the right-wing description of 'peace' must be ignored and the real meaning of peace must be adopted.**

By Rob Eshman

Last Monday night after dinner, after the dishes were cleared, I sat in my dining room with Mark Rosenblum and asked him the question I'd long been meaning to ask: Why don't you just give up?

APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday August 26, 2013

Quote of the day:

"Due to the large number of discriminatory laws, what is needed now is a law to protect the Arab population from the tyranny of the majority, because democracy in the broad sense means protecting the rights of the minority from various types of racists."
--Haaretz commentator Oudeh Basharat writes about the how the so-called "Basic Law: Jewish Nation State" boils down to being anti-Arab.**