APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday August 21, 2015
Note: News Nosh will be off starting Sunday, August 23 through August 31, 2015.
Quote of the day:
Quote of the day:
“He knew that if he did not go on (hunger) strike, he would spend his life in prison."
--Nasser a-Din Allaan, father of Palestinian hunger-striker Mohammed Allaan, 33, who after 64 days without food
now has brain damage, speaks about his dilemma as a father and a Palestinian.
Front Page:
Haaretz
- Four rockets shot at Galilee and Golan, IDF attacked targets in Syrian land
- Mohammed Allaan stopped his hunger-strike after just over two months following High Court decision to freeze his administrative detention
- We didn’t promise to give them a budget – Netanyahu promised he himself would lead the advancement of the Ethiopians. Haaretz probe shows the details of the plan and how much money: 0 shekels
- Religions Minister returns to the rabbinical court the controversial rabbinical judges who boycotted women
- Likely: Gal Beck case to close against without an indictment
- Frisbee: Private school plans revealed
- Ancient hand written document suggests a different end to the story of Amnon and Tamar
- Hagit Hugi does stand up about Mizrachi Jews and feminists
Yedioth Ahronoth
- For first time since ’73: barrage of rockets from Syria on Galilee and Golan – IDF attacked in Syria
- Rocker alert from Gaza – Iron Dome in Ashdod - due to fear that administrative detainee will die
- The (hunger-striking) detainee catch-22 // Nahum Barnea says Israel’s security depends on whether hunger-striking Palestinian Mohammed Allaan has brain damage ahead of his release
- Iranian meddling // Yossi Yehoshua says rockets were Iranian message that the Golan border is a (battle) front
- The Tuscana illusion // Yifat Ehrlich on living in the beautiful West Bank where stone-throwing is becoming more common
- Bibi, King – Larry King in interview on Iranian nukes, Obama and Netanyahu
Maariv Weekend (Hebrew links)
- Senior commander in IDF: “The shooting from Syria – Iranian message to Israel”
- 6:00 – Maariv Bridge, end
- Another Shabbat of soccer? Labor court prohibits playing on Shabbat
- Working more, living less – Study reveals: whoever works more than 55 hours a week raises his risk of a stroke by 33%
- Human tsunami: Special report from the Greek island that was flooded with migrants
- Deep throat: Victor Ostrovsky, the Mossad agent who leaked, speaks
Israel Hayom
- IDF attacked in Syria; Iron Dome in south; high alert in Judea and Samaria
- Respond – without being drawn in // Yoav Limor
- Iran’s fingerprint // Dan Margalit
- Goodbye, (Maariv) bridge
- Soccer storm: “Games on Shabbat – criminal violation”
- Exclusive: After she was mortally wounded from a firebomb, Ayala Shapira goes back to school
- Barak’s version – former defense minister talks about Harpaz affair
- This is how “lone-wolf attacks” turned into a wave of stabbings, firebombs and explosives // Nadav Shragai and Dror Eydar
News Summary:
The IDF struck again this morning in Syria and blamed Iran for the rockets that landed in Golan and Galilee, while analysts argued whether the rockets were a response for the killing of Hezbollah activists or a message of from Iran that it has opened a battle front against Israel (Yedioth's Yossi Yehoshua). The IDF also deployed an Iron Dome anti-missile battery in the south due to information that Gazan rockets would rain if retaliation for hunger-striker Mohammed Allaan’s death, which was feared after a drastic deterioration to his health and damage to his brain, but Allan's health improved somewhat after he ended his hunger strike when he was informed of the High Court decision to freeze his administrative detention (jail without trial or charges). Haaretz+ interviewed his father, who wasn’t allowed to visit him, and the UN criticized Israel's legislative crackdown on hunger strikers and stone throwers. Speaking of stone-throwers, the papers reported on another incident against the Jerusalem light-rail. Meanwhile, Israel demanded the details of secret nuclear agreements with Iran be revealed following an AP report, that was later revised. And, 26 former Jewish leaders called on Congress to approve the Iran deal and Britain will reopen its embassy in Tehran this weekend. Also, Israel denied the Israeli sisters of former Palestinian prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, from entering Gaza to attend their nephew’s wedding (also in Maariv) - all these making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers. And, Haaretz+ reported that Palestinian eyewitnesses had different accounts about recent stabbings of Israeli soldiers than the IDF version.
The IDF struck again this morning in Syria and blamed Iran for the rockets that landed in Golan and Galilee, while analysts argued whether the rockets were a response for the killing of Hezbollah activists or a message of from Iran that it has opened a battle front against Israel (Yedioth's Yossi Yehoshua). The IDF also deployed an Iron Dome anti-missile battery in the south due to information that Gazan rockets would rain if retaliation for hunger-striker Mohammed Allaan’s death, which was feared after a drastic deterioration to his health and damage to his brain, but Allan's health improved somewhat after he ended his hunger strike when he was informed of the High Court decision to freeze his administrative detention (jail without trial or charges). Haaretz+ interviewed his father, who wasn’t allowed to visit him, and the UN criticized Israel's legislative crackdown on hunger strikers and stone throwers. Speaking of stone-throwers, the papers reported on another incident against the Jerusalem light-rail. Meanwhile, Israel demanded the details of secret nuclear agreements with Iran be revealed following an AP report, that was later revised. And, 26 former Jewish leaders called on Congress to approve the Iran deal and Britain will reopen its embassy in Tehran this weekend. Also, Israel denied the Israeli sisters of former Palestinian prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, from entering Gaza to attend their nephew’s wedding (also in Maariv) - all these making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers. And, Haaretz+ reported that Palestinian eyewitnesses had different accounts about recent stabbings of Israeli soldiers than the IDF version.
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.