“However, bringing a resident of Gaza to trial in Israel for complaining about the conditions that he and other residents of the Gaza Strip are in, seems to me to be a blatantly inappropriate step, both judicially and morally.”
—Israeli District Court Judge Eliahu Bitan rejected Israel’s claims against two young Gazan fisherman and ordered their release.*

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Quote of the Day #2:
“It’s a greater threat than nuclear bombs or terrorism greater than the enemies who seek our destruction. The threat of internal division will always be the greatest threat of all.”
--President Reuven Rivlin warned at the opening of the Knesset's winter session yesterday.**

“We do not want revenge, only to catch and punish those who murdered her."
--Yakoub al-Rawbi, the widower of Aisha, the Palestinian woman who was killed Friday by a rock thrown at the windshield of her vehicle, as the couple drove home in the West Bank.*

"How did a movement that represents the marginal fringe of the fringe turn into an existential threat? The answer is not found in the field of strategy, but rather in the field of psychology."
--Yedioth commentator, Aviad Kleinberg, writes that Israel is hysterical when it comes to BDS.*

"This is no longer a slippery slope ... This is what is called a very steep slope. The Israeli security agency is becoming a problem of democracy."
--Former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon spoke out on the growing phenomenon of foreigners and left-wing Israelis being questioned at Israel's borders.*

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You Must Be Kidding: 
When an Arab-Israeli man complained to police that his vehicle was set on fire early Friday morning outside his family home in Netanya, the police sent the man to do a lie detector test and did not investigate his claim. The family believes the arson was a racist attack against them.

"I'm not saying I won't fight anymore. I'm saying I don't want any more wars. What I want is an end to the siege."
--Hamas Politburo Chief, Yahya Sinwar, gave a rare interview to an Israeli newspaper.*

“He states positions that are exceptionally dovish. Essentially, he has bypassed Abu Mazen (Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) from the left."
--Yedioth military analyst Yossi Yehoshua wrote about Sinwar's interview.*

NOTE: News Nosh will be on holiday during Sukkot from Sunday September 23 through Monday October 1st.

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Quote of the day:
"My work as a scientist is based on freedom of thought and freedom of expression, while Netanyahu's government represents a threat to fundamental freedoms.”
—Best-selling Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari said in an interview for the cover story of France's respected weekly Le Point entitled "The world's most important thinker.’

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