APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday July 22, 2016
Quote of the day:
“Up till now, we've known that the defense minister was racist and violent. Now, it turns out that he is
also a Holocaust denier.”
--MK Ahmad Tibi reacts to Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman's statement that an Army Radio program about the poetry of national Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is like a program “glorifying the literary marvels of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf.'"
--MK Ahmad Tibi reacts to Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman's statement that an Army Radio program about the poetry of national Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is like a program “glorifying the literary marvels of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf.'"
Front Page:
Haaretz
- 25,000 marched in Jerusalem against hatred and homophobia
- Brig. Gen. Ofek Buchris charged with rape in row of sex crimes against a female soldier and female officer
- Netanyahu pressed to change the bill on advertising content and that is how mainly Yedioth Ahronoth was affected // Yossi Verter
- End of the Ataturk legacy // Anshel Pfeffer
- At the Republican convention, fear of progress dominated // Chemi Shalev
- “I don’t have any remorse”: 70 years since the blowing up of the King David Hotel
- Who is Ari Harow, the man who is likely to determine the fate of Netanyahu?
- Daniel Ben-Simon talks about the Biton Commission (on Mizrachi Jewish legacy), the Labor party and Haaretz
- The other side of the Israeli story: A look from inside at the Biton Commission
Yedioth Ahronoth
- The charge: Rape (by Brig. Gen. Ofek Buchris) – “The accused was left wearing only his tzitzit and his dog tags on his body”
- The symbol that was shattered // Yossi Yeshoshua
- Nightmare // Merav Betito
- 25,000 – The incitement of the rabbis (against homosexuals) brought the masses to (protest at) the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
- Connection in the media // Sima Kadmon writes that Netanyahu’s attempts to take control of the media were so blatant that he forced the heads of the parties of the coalition to stand as a bulwark against him
- Doesn’t apologize – Film critic Gidi Orsher does not retract his post that sparked a storm. Au contraire
- We accuse – The mothers of Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin in a joint interview: “This is not just a disappointment – it’s betrayal”
Maariv Weekend (Hebrew links only)
- Lieberman: Opposes the postponement of the establishment of the public broadcasting corporation
- (Brig. Gen.) Buchris on the (rape) charges against him: “This is the battle of my life”
- Amidror-Chachnover Committee considers: Government cabinet member will do polygraphs
- Pride in Jerusalem – 25,000 celebrated at the biggest gay pride parade in the capital
- Erdogan time // Alon Ben-David, Avi Benayahu, Caroline Glick, Haim Isrovitch
Israel Hayom
- Trump to Israel Hayom: “I love Israel”
- Severe indictment against Brig. Gen. Ofek Buchris: Rape and indecent acts
- Israel is on the way to renewing relations with Chad
- Pride under security: Some 25,000 people participated in the Jerusalem gay pride parade
News Summary:
An esteemed general was indicted on rape charges, 25,000 people – including religious Jews - marched in the biggest Jerusalem gay pride parade ever as a statement of tolerance following the murder of a participant by a religious man in last year’s parade and the recent homophobic statements by rabbis (which were not retracted), and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman compared the poetry of the Palestinian national poet, Mahmoud Darwish, with Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ sparking a storm, (Arab MKs plan to read Darwish’s poetry in Knesset in protest - Maariv) – making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers. Meanwhile, the Israeli analysts weighed in on whether the Israeli government cabinet ministers could stop Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s “attack on the media that continued this week in full force.”
An esteemed general was indicted on rape charges, 25,000 people – including religious Jews - marched in the biggest Jerusalem gay pride parade ever as a statement of tolerance following the murder of a participant by a religious man in last year’s parade and the recent homophobic statements by rabbis (which were not retracted), and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman compared the poetry of the Palestinian national poet, Mahmoud Darwish, with Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ sparking a storm, (Arab MKs plan to read Darwish’s poetry in Knesset in protest - Maariv) – making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers. Meanwhile, the Israeli analysts weighed in on whether the Israeli government cabinet ministers could stop Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s “attack on the media that continued this week in full force.”
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.