News Nosh 09.25.15

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday September 25, 2015 
 
While News Nosh's Israel editor is on vacation during the holidays, we are publishing an abbreviated version produced in Washington and therefore it may be sent later in the day.
 
 

 
Quote of the Day:
"We don’t want to rule the Palestinians; it’s not good for them; it’s certainly not good for us."
-David Horowitz, editor of The Times of Israel, addressing the United Jewish Israel Appeal Dinner in London on September 21
 

Today's Headlines:
Haaretz
  • PM Can’t Deny Paternity for Israel Police Chief Debacle
  • The Darker Side of Bratslav
  • Israel Forging Closer Ties with UN Nuclear Watchdog
  • School Privatization: Spike in Numbers of Schools to Charge
Yedioth Ahronoth
  • Cabinet OKs Punishments for Throwing Stones
  • Syria? Ukraine? Putin, Obama to Meet on Separate Issues
  • Israel Lags in Green Buildings
  • Anti-Semitic Official Resigns
  • Netanyahu Promotes Casino in Eilat
Maariv
  • Ministers Authorize Using Live Fire at Minors
  • Commissioner from Outside the Police
  • Trampled to Death on Way to Mecca
Israel Hayom
  • Iranian Military Chief: We Will Destroy Israel
  • Israeli Envoy’s Appointment in Brazil at Risk Over Settlement Ties
  • Israel Eases Restrictions on Palestinians for Muslim Holiday
  • Bar Rafaeli Marries

 

 
News Summary:
 

Media in Israel focused on the security cabinet’s unanimous passing of harsh measures against stone and firebomb throwers, applying to both minors and their parents. At the end of the meeting, the PM commented on the situation on the Temple Mount, saying that Israel was maintaining the status quo.
 
Also, still in focus are the ongoing efforts to find a new police commissioner.
 
Maariv reports that the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported that King Abdullah of Jordan rejected a request for a secret meeting with PM Netanyahu.
 
Finance Minister Kahlon authorized a pay raise for police officers having to battle the current tensions in Jerusalem.
 
Yedioth Ahronoth reports that PM Netanyahu wishes to turn Eilat into an Israeli version of Las Vegas.