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's daily news review from Israel - Thursday April 8, 2021
Quote of the day:
“You and your Kahanist friend represent a sick variant of Judaism, which only a politically perverted mind
like that of Netanyahu could ignore or rely on. You continue to be racist and we will continue to share the
maternity ward with you.”
—Arab
MK Ahmed Tibi wrote in response to the Tweet by extremist MK Bezalel Smotrich, saying that “We will make
sure that Arabs who don’t recognize that Israel belongs to the Jews won’t be here.”*
Palestinian Elections: A Guide for the Perplexed
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories are gearing up for three rounds of elections over the summer, beginning with parliamentary elections on May 22nd.
The election campaign is revitalizing Palestinian public life, creating new alliances, and producing many questions.
To help decipher the latest developments on the way to Palestinian elections, with an emphasis on the upcoming May 22 Palestinian legislative elections, we hosted veteran Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab for a webinar on Friday, April 16th.
Award winning Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab is director of the Community Media Network in Amman, Jordan. He is the former editor of Al-Fajr English weekly newspaper, a columnist for the Arabic language al-Quds daily and a regular contributor to leading American newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
Washington, DC – Americans for Peace Now warmly welcomes the Biden administration's decision to resume US aid to Palestinians, which not only benefits the Palestinians but is also good for Israel and for prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
APN's daily news review from Israel - Tuesday April 6, 2021
Quote of the day:
"Could anyone else possibly compare to Bibi when it comes to symbolizing this country? Just like him, it
plays the victim, is corrupt, cynical, arrogant, malicious, racist, mendacious, cunning, aggressive, greedy,
susceptible to bribery, conflicted, hypocritical, self-righteous, cruel, treacherous, hedonistic and suspected of
criminal actions. So similar are the two that, in the twilight, it’s quite hard to distinguish between the
symbolizer and the symbolized."
--B. Michael writes that Israel
deserves Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister.*
Breaking News:
*President Reuven Rivlin gives Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the mandate to form the next
government.
*Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man and wounded his wife in West Bank. The army initially
alleged the couple, who have five children, had attempted to ram the soldiers with their car, but a preliminary
military investigation said it was too early to determine that it was an attack. The wounded wife said Israeli
soldiers asked them to stop their car and after they did, a soldier waved them forward at which point soldiers
opened fire on them. (Ynet,
Maariv,
Haaretz+,
WAFA)
Americans for Peace Now urges the Biden administration to clearly oppose and act to block the planned construction of hundreds of new settlement homes in a strategic location between East Jerusalem and Bethlehem, which would thwart the contiguity of a future Palestinian state.
Dear Friend of APN,
If you enjoyed watching Mandy Patinkin lead our moving and memorable commemoration to Yitzhak Rabin last fall, you’re going to love what I have to offer you today.
How about a chance to meet Mandy and his wife, Kathryn Grody, for lunch in New York City?
APN's daily news review from Israel - Monday April 5, 2021
Quote of the day:
“Those days are gone.”
—Yedioth’s diplomatic correspondent,
Itamar Eichner, writes that the Biden administration is signaling the dawn of a new era in which the US will no
longer be basing its policies on Jerusalem's positions.*
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.