“But he told me, ‘I’m afraid they’ll burn me like they burned Abu Khdeir, so I won’t stay at home.’”
--Father of one of hundreds of children from E. Jerusalem detained by Israel since the riots began some three months ago says what his son answered him when told not to go out.**

"There was a time when police would beat the people being interrogated. Today they use psychological methods - they convince them that this way will be better for them."
--Criminal law professor Boaz Sangero explains why innocent people say they are guilty of crimes and sit in jail in Israel.**

"But a big rocket more significant than any fired by Hamas is being welded at this time in Ramallah, at Abbas's office."
--Maariv's military affairs analyst, Alon Ben-David, says that Hamas may return to rockets when it discovers that Israel has no intention of giving it a seaport, but Israel's bigger threat will come from The Hague.**

"The occupation corrupts, the 8200 refuseniks say, and they are telling the truth. In the best-case scenario, the information they gather prevents a terror attack; in many other cases, it contributes to the occupation's maliciousness, arbitrariness and foolishness, or provides a decent cover to the government's false policy."

--Senior Yedioth commentator, Nahum Barnea, says the conscientious objectors from Unit 8200 are right, but their declaration won't change the policy.**

"The Unit 8200 refuseniks are trying, for the first time, to establish a clear distinction between spying on Israel's enemies – hostile states and terror organizations – and on ordinary Palestinian citizens."
--Haaretz+'s Anshel Pfeffer analyzes why the letter by members of the Military Intel Unit 8200 is so powerful compared to previous letters by soldiers refusing to serve.**

"These days, shouting 'death to Arabs' in the middle of Jaffa Street is okay; nothing should be done about it."
--Aviv Tatarsky, a volunteer with the 'City Guard,' a grassroots group that protects Arabs in the capital from attacks by Jewish racists.**

"I remember the picture on the screen. The suspect inside an orchard, an explosion, smoke and a mother running."

N. shares why she and 42 other officers and soldiers refuse to serve anymore in the IDF's elite military intel unit 8200.**

"The peace process will help us fight this mutual threat. Those who don't want to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are the ones who will eventually drive us to a bloody conflict with decapitators."
--Justic Minister Tzipi Livni speaking at special cabinet discussion on ISIS threat.**

"Why bother any more to lie about what's really going on here, what the government and the settlement movement are actually doing, and why?
--Haaretz commentator and senior editor Bradley Burston takes apart Elliot Abrams lies in Foreign Policy about settlements.**

"However, to date, this initiative has not received an official response from the governments of Israel."
--Israeli former security officials and academics write letter calling on Prime Minister to embrace the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002, which, they write, has support of most Israelis and Palestinians.**