APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday October 15, 2015
Quote of the day:
"Do you want us to go around and confiscate all the kitchen knives in East Jerusalem?"
--Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon asked, in a jab to Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, who had said there was a need to “clean up” East Jerusalem’s Palestinian neighborhoods.
--Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon asked, in a jab to Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, who had said there was a need to “clean up” East Jerusalem’s Palestinian neighborhoods.
You Must Be Kidding:
Yesterday, Ashur Jawals opened his café for the first time in two weeks. It’s very near to where Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Bennett were murdered. Shortly after the cafe reopened, two inspectors, accompanied by five police officers, entered and issued a 5,000-shekel fine, to be paid within 90 days, for the absence of no-smoking signs. Jawals, who has run the café for decades, said he’d never even been asked to post such signs, much less fined for failing to do so. (Haaretz+)
Front Page:
Haaretz
- Two stabbing attacks in Jerusalem, woman moderately injured; check points erected in (Arab) neighborhoods in eastern part of city
- Siege to improve the feeling // Amos Harel
- Ease in gun licensing requirements: Local authorities will give gun permits
- Security establishment preparing to establish double fence on Gaza border
- Aharonovitch answers Regev’s accusations: She asked for permit to open a passage in the wall of the Temple Mount
- Drop in number of B.A. students, rise in percentage of Arabs (particularly Arab women)
- Budget not yet passed, (but) stipends of yeshiva students skyrocketed
- Mossad chief Pardo to his associates: National Security Council advisor Yossi Cohen won’t be the next head of the Mossad
- Destructive incitement // Haaretz Editorial
- Price of oppression // Gideon Levy
- The battle at JNF bridges the Labor party primaries
Yedioth Ahronoth
- The lie – Abu Mazen claims: Israel “Executed” the 13-year-old boy. But he’s alive
- Partition plan // Sima Kadmon
- Abu what’s that // Eitan Haber
- Terror at the bus station; Bus passenger armed with a rolling pin
- Initiative for class action suit against Facebook for incitement
- Israel’s national team didn’t make it to the Euro cup finals – and celebrated at the casino
Maariv This Week (Hebrew links only)
- In its heart, a wall – In E. Jerusalem they woke up to a new reality – barriers erected in neighborhoods, police stop buses and check passengers
- Jerusalem: 70-year-old woman stabbed and moderately wounded, another attack was thwarted
- The liar // Ben Caspit on Palestinian President’s speech
- Saudi Foreign Minister to Maariv: “Israel must adopt our peace initiative”
Israel Hayom
- Liar – Wall-to-wall anger in Israel following Palestinian Authority Chairman’s speech
- Chairman of the PA claims: The Palestinian children came to Pisgat Zeev innocently, they weren’t armed; 13-year-old was “executed” when his arms were raised
- Jerusalem: 2 attacks, 2 terrorists eliminated
- Ahead of dramatic move in Syria: Thousands of Iranian soldiers with Russian aid prepare for ground attack against rebels in Aleppo
News Summary:
Police kill Palestinian assailants in a stabbing and an attempted stabbing attack, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of executing Palestinian youth and Israel calls him a ‘liar,’ E. Jerusalem neighborhoods are blocked with barriers and police, which some commentators call the ‘division of unified Jerusalem,' and the US moves toward diplomacy here making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers.
A 70-year-old woman was stabbed near the Jerusalem bus station and the attacker was killed. Earlier, at the Old City’s Damascus Gate, Basil Sidr, 23, from Hebron, attempted to stab Border Policemen. The Israeli media quoted the Israeli police, saying that the assailant reportedly continued to run towards police while holding the knife, and was then shot dead. Video captured by an MSNBC crew shows him running down stairs and shot dead without anyone in the immediate vicinity. Witnesses did not deny he had attempted the stabbing, but said the man was "executed in cold blood" after being shot with 14 bullets and left to bleed on the ground. Israeli forces deployed in the area and shouted "terrorist, terrorist" at the suspect before shooting him, they added.
Meanwhile, Palestinian President Abbas gave a speech to mark the Islamic New Year, which infuriated Israelis. Abbas referred to the escalation in violence and called for international intervention. He also said that the Palestinians would not agree to change the status quo at the Temple Mount. But what really got the ire of the Israeli papers was when he said that Israel had executed Ahmed Mansarah, a 13-year-old who stabbed another 13-year-old. A video shows him wounded on the ground after being shot, surrounded by the forces who look at him as he bleeds and passerby curse him. But contrary to Abbas’ claim, he was taken alive to Hadassah hospital. His cousin, Hassan, was shot dead. Despite video showing Manasrah running with a knife, his father says Israel staged the attack.
Israelis are scared to ride buses and to go shopping. Yedioth reported that half a billion shekel drop in sales using visa cards in the last week.
In E. Jerusalem, residents woke up to a new reality where they can only leave their neighborhoods through one entrance and are checked by police and dogs.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry plans to visit the Middle East. Yedioth reported that there may be plans for a summit. Israel was angry at Kerry for a speech he made Tuesday at Harvard. Kerry said that massive Israeli settlement construction and violence engendered frustration Palestinians. The State Department John Kirby later said he wasn’t trying to assign blame, but that settlement activity and the increasing violence in the region were reducing the prospect of a practical two-state solution. Kirby also said that the State Department had seen reports which may indicate excessive use of force by Israeli forces. Interestingly, Israel Hayom reported that “Kerry condemns Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians."
Israel Hayom did not mention in the title that Kerry actually said violence between Israelis and Palestinians "has got to stop."
Also of interest, Saudi Arabia has allowed – possibly invited - an Israeli journalist to Riyadh. Today, Maariv's Gideon Kotz reported that he interviewed the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubur, who said that “Despite everything, Israel must adopt our peace initiative.” Kotz also reported that the Saudis are concerned about what is happening in Syria and Yemen, "ISIS’ terror must be addressed first.”
Police kill Palestinian assailants in a stabbing and an attempted stabbing attack, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of executing Palestinian youth and Israel calls him a ‘liar,’ E. Jerusalem neighborhoods are blocked with barriers and police, which some commentators call the ‘division of unified Jerusalem,' and the US moves toward diplomacy here making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers.
A 70-year-old woman was stabbed near the Jerusalem bus station and the attacker was killed. Earlier, at the Old City’s Damascus Gate, Basil Sidr, 23, from Hebron, attempted to stab Border Policemen. The Israeli media quoted the Israeli police, saying that the assailant reportedly continued to run towards police while holding the knife, and was then shot dead. Video captured by an MSNBC crew shows him running down stairs and shot dead without anyone in the immediate vicinity. Witnesses did not deny he had attempted the stabbing, but said the man was "executed in cold blood" after being shot with 14 bullets and left to bleed on the ground. Israeli forces deployed in the area and shouted "terrorist, terrorist" at the suspect before shooting him, they added.
Meanwhile, Palestinian President Abbas gave a speech to mark the Islamic New Year, which infuriated Israelis. Abbas referred to the escalation in violence and called for international intervention. He also said that the Palestinians would not agree to change the status quo at the Temple Mount. But what really got the ire of the Israeli papers was when he said that Israel had executed Ahmed Mansarah, a 13-year-old who stabbed another 13-year-old. A video shows him wounded on the ground after being shot, surrounded by the forces who look at him as he bleeds and passerby curse him. But contrary to Abbas’ claim, he was taken alive to Hadassah hospital. His cousin, Hassan, was shot dead. Despite video showing Manasrah running with a knife, his father says Israel staged the attack.
Israelis are scared to ride buses and to go shopping. Yedioth reported that half a billion shekel drop in sales using visa cards in the last week.
In E. Jerusalem, residents woke up to a new reality where they can only leave their neighborhoods through one entrance and are checked by police and dogs.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry plans to visit the Middle East. Yedioth reported that there may be plans for a summit. Israel was angry at Kerry for a speech he made Tuesday at Harvard. Kerry said that massive Israeli settlement construction and violence engendered frustration Palestinians. The State Department John Kirby later said he wasn’t trying to assign blame, but that settlement activity and the increasing violence in the region were reducing the prospect of a practical two-state solution. Kirby also said that the State Department had seen reports which may indicate excessive use of force by Israeli forces. Interestingly, Israel Hayom reported that “Kerry condemns Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians."
Israel Hayom did not mention in the title that Kerry actually said violence between Israelis and Palestinians "has got to stop."
Also of interest, Saudi Arabia has allowed – possibly invited - an Israeli journalist to Riyadh. Today, Maariv's Gideon Kotz reported that he interviewed the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubur, who said that “Despite everything, Israel must adopt our peace initiative.” Kotz also reported that the Saudis are concerned about what is happening in Syria and Yemen, "ISIS’ terror must be addressed first.”
Quick Hits:
- Family: 46-year-old Palestinian dies after assault by Israeli soldiers - Israeli forces beat up Riyad Ibrahim Dar Youssef, 46, from al-Janiya village near Ramallah as he was returning home from picking olives with his family, leaving him with critical injuries. His condition rapidly deteriorated as he had a heart attack. He was pronounced dead Thursday morning. (Maan)
- Parent demands expulsion of Arab girl from kindergarten - A WhatsApp group for parents at a Beer Sheva kindergarten descended into racism, with one parent demanding that an Arab Bedouin girl be expelled. His justification: “Scum must be isolated.” (Ynet)
- Class action against Facebook seeks to 'dislike' incitement - Shurat Hadin legal advocacy group seeks an injunction against social media site to close all pages inciting for violence against Israelis; 'Facebook has turned into an anti-Semitic hotbed for murder.' (Ynet)
- Haifa court extends detention of Jew who stabbed another Jew in failed 'revenge attack' - Court grants request for gag order on man’s identity, despite the naming of dozens of Arab assailants over the past week. (Haaretz+ and Israel Hayom)
- Faced With Calls to Bar Arabs From Workplaces, Israeli Employers Stand Firm - Companies tighten security checks on workers, but union says it knows of only one dismissal. Rami Levy halts sales of kitchen knives at its groceries. (Haaretz+)
- MADA (Israel’s Red Cross) Director: "Even if the terrorist slaughtered my daughter, I would treat him” - Eli Bin was interviewed by Gabi Gazit on 103 FM and spoke about the criticism he has endured in social media after he said medics treat more severely wounded first, even if he is a terrorist. "I would give him (medical) treatment because of my Israeli and Jewish compassion." ZAKA founder, Yehudah Meshi Zahav: "Even in the halacha it says that all who are merciful to the cruel will end up being cruel to the merciful.” (Maariv)
- Rabbi Stav: Harming neutralized terrorists is a 'moral breakdown' - Chairman of the Tzohar association of national-religious rabbis warns Israeli Jewish public against targeting Israeli Arabs who are 'uninvolved in murderous activities' and perpetrators who 'no longer pose a danger.' (Ynet)
- Settlers injure 4 Palestinians with rocks, set fire to land in Nablus - Settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement set fire to dozens of acres of olive fields in the area connecting Burin and Huwwara and threw stones at locals picking olives, injuring four Palestinians and one foreigner. (Maan)
- Israeli public security minister relaxes gun licensing requirements amid violence - New guidelines will arm reserve officers, authorize certain local authorities to allow residents to carry guns, overturning policy of recent years to limit civilian firearms possession. (Haaretz+)
- Israel to move ahead with massive Gaza border fence - After Gazans storm border, plan to build a fence is expected to be authorized. (Haaretz+)
- Israeli Imam: We will protect al-Aqsa with spirit and blood - Head of northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel appeals his conviction for incitement, and clarifies that he will continue in his ways: 'We aren't afraid of prison.' (Ynet)
- Jerusalem gets petty with Muslim Quarter merchants - Inspectors whip out rulers to measure displays, issue steep fines in campaign seen as harassment. (Haaretz)
- Police chief rebuffs ministers' calls to 'enforce Israeli sovereignty in East Jerusalem' - While minister urges police to ‘clean up’ East Jerusalem and enforce Israeli law, police says they don’t know facts on the ground. (Haaretz+)
- Record Demand for Security Guards in Israel as Store Sales Plummet After Terrorist Attacks - Security companies are reporting double the demand from public institutions, schools and private businesses compared to normal times. (Haaretz+)
- Lieberman aims to stop court from overturning candidate ban - The High Court has often intervened to overturn bans on Israeli Arab candidates in Knesset elections. The Yisrael Beiteinu leader is fighting that. (Haaretz+)
- Stav Shaffir: Netanyahu has led to the disintegration of the Zionist dream - WATCH: In Knesset address, Zionist Union MK slams prime minister for lack of leadership and goads the Israeli right to annex the West Bank and Gaza Strip if they truly believed it was wisest move. (Haaretz)
- Netanyahu reiterates seeks peace talks with the Palestinians - The prime minister also decries the 'young people swept up in murderous delusions of ISIS and fanatical Islamists around us.' (Haaretz+)
- Israeli court bars Islamic Movement leader from leaving country - Court postpones decision on Ra'ad Salah's appeal of his conviction for incitement. (Haaretz+)
- (Israeli) Video explains Palestinian incitement to European - Israeli video "translates" Palestinian incitement against Israel into fictional scenario of British incitement against the French, making it relatable to a European audience. Deputy foreign minister: We are facing a mendacious incitement industry. (Israel Hayom)
- Is Netanyahu responsible for rise in settler numbers? In a recording of a meeting broadcast on Army Radio, Netanyahu is heard boasting that the number of settlers has grown by 120,000 during his time in power. While this is correct, it isn't due to settlement construction. (Haaretz+)
- Israel in 2015: 17 billionaires, over 88,000 millionaires - Annual report reveals middle class equals 42% of Israeli population and holds 40.2% of wealth. (Ynet)
Features:
Terror Wave Q&A: Haaretz military analyst answers readers’ questions
What is really going on at Al-Aqsa? Where do the attackers come from? Who is behind the escalation on the Palestinian side? What can the government do to quell the violence? And where is Mahmoud Abbas in all this? (Haaretz+)
A day of rage and the killing of Mutaz Zawahreh: How he really died
At one point, Zawahreh climbed up on a building where Israeli forces were stationed below and threw a Molotov cocktail on the helmeted head of a soldier. Zawahreh’s friends believe that is why he was targeted hours later, when he stood with his friends. When Zawahreh was shot, the bullet went through his stomach and exited from his back. Israel said Israeli forces "thwarted an attack" by a "Palestinian perpetrator" who attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at their army. (Sheren Khalel, Maan)
In Photos: Thousands attend funeral of Mutaz Zawahreh, the Palestinian killed in Bethlehem (Maan)
Peace barrier: Abu Ghosh trying to hold on to coexistence with its nails
The village on the way to Jerusalem is not immune to the frenzied days in Israel. Two of its residents stopped a terrorist this week who carried out the attack bus 185: "We are more Israeli than Israelis. From first grade were taught to preserve the country." (Eyal Levy, Maariv Magazine supplement, cover)
Terror in Jerusalem: 'My son doesn’t sleep''
'I don’t leave the house,' says a pupil at school of 13-year-old seriously wounded in a terrorist attack in Pisgat Ze’ev; with issue of adequate security ongoing, students, parents and teachers are forced to deal with their fear of further attacks. (Itay Blumenthal and Noam (Dabul) Dvir, Ynet)
Smokescreen: the incitement on social networks encourages young people to carry out attacks
Instructions for stabbing, training for effective rioting, and an application that sends messages of hate, this is how incitement appears on the network. Some say the violent and hate-filled discourse on the Internet continues to burn and agitate the field. (Eyal Levy, Maariv’s Wednesday magazine supplement, cover)
Palestinian Architect Homes in on Tales of Locks and Loss
Suad Amiry tells the stories – laced with farce, irony and sometimes oversimplification – of Palestinians revisiting homes they left in the nascent Jewish state. (Alona Ferber, Haaretz+)
Commentary/Analysis:
What is really going on at Al-Aqsa? Where do the attackers come from? Who is behind the escalation on the Palestinian side? What can the government do to quell the violence? And where is Mahmoud Abbas in all this? (Haaretz+)
A day of rage and the killing of Mutaz Zawahreh: How he really died
At one point, Zawahreh climbed up on a building where Israeli forces were stationed below and threw a Molotov cocktail on the helmeted head of a soldier. Zawahreh’s friends believe that is why he was targeted hours later, when he stood with his friends. When Zawahreh was shot, the bullet went through his stomach and exited from his back. Israel said Israeli forces "thwarted an attack" by a "Palestinian perpetrator" who attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at their army. (Sheren Khalel, Maan)
In Photos: Thousands attend funeral of Mutaz Zawahreh, the Palestinian killed in Bethlehem (Maan)
Peace barrier: Abu Ghosh trying to hold on to coexistence with its nails
The village on the way to Jerusalem is not immune to the frenzied days in Israel. Two of its residents stopped a terrorist this week who carried out the attack bus 185: "We are more Israeli than Israelis. From first grade were taught to preserve the country." (Eyal Levy, Maariv Magazine supplement, cover)
Terror in Jerusalem: 'My son doesn’t sleep''
'I don’t leave the house,' says a pupil at school of 13-year-old seriously wounded in a terrorist attack in Pisgat Ze’ev; with issue of adequate security ongoing, students, parents and teachers are forced to deal with their fear of further attacks. (Itay Blumenthal and Noam (Dabul) Dvir, Ynet)
Smokescreen: the incitement on social networks encourages young people to carry out attacks
Instructions for stabbing, training for effective rioting, and an application that sends messages of hate, this is how incitement appears on the network. Some say the violent and hate-filled discourse on the Internet continues to burn and agitate the field. (Eyal Levy, Maariv’s Wednesday magazine supplement, cover)
Palestinian Architect Homes in on Tales of Locks and Loss
Suad Amiry tells the stories – laced with farce, irony and sometimes oversimplification – of Palestinians revisiting homes they left in the nascent Jewish state. (Alona Ferber, Haaretz+)
Commentary/Analysis:
This isn't an intifada, this is what binational Israel looks like (Asher Schechter, Haaretz+) Intifadas by definition have an ending. Recent events are merely a terrifying
preview to a hellish reality: You can't send a tank to fight a mother with a master’s degree wielding a
knife.
Israel needs a new policy vis-a-vis Hamas (Efraim Halevy, Yedioth/Ynet) While Hamas is maneuvering and changing tactics and strategies, Israel is sticking to its traditional conduct between one operation and another.
Reconciliation demands the Temple Mount be closed to Jews (Sefi Rachlevsky, Haaretz+) Prayer is not what's in the mind of extremist rabbis who encourage their flock to visit the Temple Mount.
Abbas is deceiving us all (Eitan Haber, Yedioth/Ynet) What does the man who represents the Palestinian people really want? Does he support peace or terror? The master of winking is producing lies, without letting the facts get in his way.
Netanyahu must stop the incitement against Israel's Arab citizens (Haaretz Editorial) Prime minister and his ministers would do well to act to calm things down and adopt a different policy, which regards Arabs as equal citizens, not a fifth column undermining the state.
Netanyahu, stop intimidating and start working (Shimon Shiffer, Yedioth/Ynet) Instead of constantly talking about the threat to destroy Israel, the prime minister should find practical solutions for the horrific reality created under his leadership.
Israel can’t fight the Palestinians’ despair with force (Jack Khoury, Haaretz+) Young people in East Jerusalem aren't afraid to break the rules and are no longer looking for a political solution.
Deport the inciters (Avi Dichter, Israel Hayom) On top of deportation, Israel should revoke the terrorists' permanent resident status, to deny them and their families any social benefits.
Israel's sleeping beauties have awoken from their deathly silence (Gideon Levy, Haaretz+) Israelis didn't know about the Palestinians' suffering beyond the dark mountains a half an hour away. For the most part, they didn’t want to know.
The illusion of coexistence unravels: the concept of a united Jerusalem is slowly disappearing (Alon Ben-David, Maariv) The capital leads the terror and without a clear separation between Israelis and Palestinians the path is being paved for the coming terrorists. Is the closure (of the Arab E. Jerusalem neighborhoods) an effective solution?
A closure of East Jerusalem would be ruinous for both sides (Nir Hasson, Haaretz+) It is impossible to separate the two halves of the city all at once – and that would be an admission of the illusion of a united city.
Liar: Abbas is not able to recognize reality, so how we do business with him? (Ben Caspit, Maariv) Chairman of the Palestinian Authority accused Israel of execution of a teenager - and lied on live TV. The Palestinians need to understand that they do not lie only to us, but mostly to themselves.
Recent Israeli violence gives a glimpse into the one-state quagmire (Ari Shavit, Haaretz+) Even the right-wing and the lunatics should have seen what is happening in Syria and Iraq and understood that there is no chance for a bi-national state.
1929 vs today (Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom) The British officers who looked on while Jews were being killed are no longer here. We now have the IDF and Israel Police to protect us.
Challenging assumptions about coexistence in Jaffa (Esther Zandberg, Haaretz+) How do current events affect Jewish-Arab relations in Jaffa? Anthropologist Daniel Monterescu, a Jaffa-born expert on mixed cities, believes the recent protests reflect a desire for integration, not a shift toward religious extremism.
Israel still keeping most of its powder dry (Amos Harel, Haaretz+) For the security forces, the current situation is still one of ongoing security, rather than an all-out battle.
Why 'Occupation-denial' Impedes Israel’s War on Terror (Chemi Shalev, Haaretz+) By ignoring the disenfranchisement of the Palestinians, Netanyahu escapes the need to explain why he's done nothing to dilute its poison.
Terror wave offers a taste of the future according to Netanyahu (Barak Ravid, Haaretz+) The prime minister has declared his opposition to a binational state, but has done nothing to eliminate the threat; he prefers to deal with the unrest as a natural disaster that is out of his control.
Blame This Intifada on Facebook (David Rosenberg, Haaretz+) The very social media driving the Palestinian-Israeli violence could wind up being the fatal weakness of the Third Intifada: It is a tool of the very young, and very unorganized.
Israel needs a new policy vis-a-vis Hamas (Efraim Halevy, Yedioth/Ynet) While Hamas is maneuvering and changing tactics and strategies, Israel is sticking to its traditional conduct between one operation and another.
Reconciliation demands the Temple Mount be closed to Jews (Sefi Rachlevsky, Haaretz+) Prayer is not what's in the mind of extremist rabbis who encourage their flock to visit the Temple Mount.
Abbas is deceiving us all (Eitan Haber, Yedioth/Ynet) What does the man who represents the Palestinian people really want? Does he support peace or terror? The master of winking is producing lies, without letting the facts get in his way.
Netanyahu must stop the incitement against Israel's Arab citizens (Haaretz Editorial) Prime minister and his ministers would do well to act to calm things down and adopt a different policy, which regards Arabs as equal citizens, not a fifth column undermining the state.
Netanyahu, stop intimidating and start working (Shimon Shiffer, Yedioth/Ynet) Instead of constantly talking about the threat to destroy Israel, the prime minister should find practical solutions for the horrific reality created under his leadership.
Israel can’t fight the Palestinians’ despair with force (Jack Khoury, Haaretz+) Young people in East Jerusalem aren't afraid to break the rules and are no longer looking for a political solution.
Deport the inciters (Avi Dichter, Israel Hayom) On top of deportation, Israel should revoke the terrorists' permanent resident status, to deny them and their families any social benefits.
Israel's sleeping beauties have awoken from their deathly silence (Gideon Levy, Haaretz+) Israelis didn't know about the Palestinians' suffering beyond the dark mountains a half an hour away. For the most part, they didn’t want to know.
The illusion of coexistence unravels: the concept of a united Jerusalem is slowly disappearing (Alon Ben-David, Maariv) The capital leads the terror and without a clear separation between Israelis and Palestinians the path is being paved for the coming terrorists. Is the closure (of the Arab E. Jerusalem neighborhoods) an effective solution?
A closure of East Jerusalem would be ruinous for both sides (Nir Hasson, Haaretz+) It is impossible to separate the two halves of the city all at once – and that would be an admission of the illusion of a united city.
Liar: Abbas is not able to recognize reality, so how we do business with him? (Ben Caspit, Maariv) Chairman of the Palestinian Authority accused Israel of execution of a teenager - and lied on live TV. The Palestinians need to understand that they do not lie only to us, but mostly to themselves.
Recent Israeli violence gives a glimpse into the one-state quagmire (Ari Shavit, Haaretz+) Even the right-wing and the lunatics should have seen what is happening in Syria and Iraq and understood that there is no chance for a bi-national state.
1929 vs today (Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom) The British officers who looked on while Jews were being killed are no longer here. We now have the IDF and Israel Police to protect us.
Challenging assumptions about coexistence in Jaffa (Esther Zandberg, Haaretz+) How do current events affect Jewish-Arab relations in Jaffa? Anthropologist Daniel Monterescu, a Jaffa-born expert on mixed cities, believes the recent protests reflect a desire for integration, not a shift toward religious extremism.
Israel still keeping most of its powder dry (Amos Harel, Haaretz+) For the security forces, the current situation is still one of ongoing security, rather than an all-out battle.
Why 'Occupation-denial' Impedes Israel’s War on Terror (Chemi Shalev, Haaretz+) By ignoring the disenfranchisement of the Palestinians, Netanyahu escapes the need to explain why he's done nothing to dilute its poison.
Terror wave offers a taste of the future according to Netanyahu (Barak Ravid, Haaretz+) The prime minister has declared his opposition to a binational state, but has done nothing to eliminate the threat; he prefers to deal with the unrest as a natural disaster that is out of his control.
Blame This Intifada on Facebook (David Rosenberg, Haaretz+) The very social media driving the Palestinian-Israeli violence could wind up being the fatal weakness of the Third Intifada: It is a tool of the very young, and very unorganized.
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.