APN's daily news review from Israel

Friday August 7, 2015 

Quote of the day:

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Front Page:

Haaretz

• Two soldiers seriously wounded in hit-and-run attack
• [Photo of four radical settlement hilltop youth in prison uniforms] They tend to change houses, meet at night and accept only hose who stayed silent in interrogations. Until recently, establishing outposts was their main goal and violence was the means. But then the tables turned 
• (Education Minister) Bennett will give enormous amounts to Diaspora to halt “undermining of the Jewish element in the family”
• Obama’s show: Large amount of scorn for Netanyahu // Yossi Verter
• Rivlin warns: What will happen if we win in the US
• At the White House and in Israel they say it’s not personal. The damage was already done
• Israel loses its glory in the world and the desperation is beginning to win // Yoel Marcus
• Ultra-Orthodox delegation met with leaders of LGBT community
• The oversight, the resignation, and the pampering arrangement – State paid millions for screw-ups of National Forensic Institute run by Yehuda Hiss. When he was forced to resign, the Prosecution invented a patent: Payment of thousands of shekels for every testimony he gave in court
• Did the secular people in Jerusalem win the battle over Shabbat? // Nir Hasson
• Only the opera is missing at al-Sisi’s launch of the Suez Canal
• Actress and theater director Orna Porat died
• Syndrome E – The mechanism that causes a person to turn into a mass killer
• Two mysterious female soldiers hold surreal battle history tours

• The commander was run over and shot the terrorist
• They waited with medals of honor // Alex Fishman
• Who they are and who we are // Hanoch Daum
• My screams. Beloved land // Bat Galim Shaar 
• Don’t condemn, act // Yoaz Hendel
• Kahlon reform: Salary raise for draft soldiers
• Bennett reform: Up to 34 pupils per class
• Death of the queen of children’s theater – Orna Porat
• Not silent and not deterred  - Interview with President Reuven Rivlin
• Shira (Banki’s) dreams – Fly to Greece, become a lawyer, have four children – Her friends share stories about the child who won’t grow up

• High alert in Judea and Samaria
• “I am not afraid” – President Reuven Rivlin in interview
• Orna Porat 1924-2015
• “The sardines are coming out of the can” – Reform limits number of pupils to 34 per classroom
• Electricity prices will drop 7%
• Bombay trauma: Moishe’s grandfather opens up for a special interview
• Meet Harvey Pollard, Jonathan’s shy brother
• City war zone: Those who oppose and who support the nuclear agreement lit Washington up
• Parting song: Friends of Shira Banki on 16 unforgettable years
• Prof. Aharon Barak’s surprising declaration of assets

• The platoon officer who was run over: I understand it was an attack – and I opened fire; 3 soldiers injured at Sinjil junction (West Bank)
• The Left’s condemnation problem // Haim Shine
• The irony: “The Chinese Lavi” – for Iran?
• The heat wave – second strike
• Likely: Drop of 7% in electricity tariff from September
• Orna Porat 1924-2015: The actress and Israel Prize laureate passed away
• Suggestions for watching the meteor barrage
• “We are all together, for good and bad” – President Reuven Rivlin in interview
• The split life of the gay Rabbi Ron Yosef
• On the hate crimes that sparked a great fire in Israeli society

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News Summary:
Three Israeli soldiers were injured by a Palestinian driving a car, in what was believed to be an intentional attack in retaliation for the murder of toddler Ali Dawabshe by Jewish militants last week making the top story in today’s Hebrew newspapers, which also ran the full interviews with President Reuven Rivlin, marking one year in office. Meanwhile, the commentators discussed the battle of the speeches between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the debate in Israel over violence emanating from the right-wing religious parts of society.
 

 

 

Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.