APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday November 9, 2015
Quote of the day:
"And you heard people say out loud, fight loudly in the stairwell in the State Department, saying 'We
are the United States of America - we will not be ruled whether it’s by domestic constituencies or
Israelis!'"
--Laura Blumenfeld, who served as Senior Policy Advisor on Secretary of State John Kerry's Israeli-Palestinian negotiations team from October 2013-February 2015, revealed the Obama Administration's sense of frustration and humiliation in its dealings with the Netanyahu government.
--Laura Blumenfeld, who served as Senior Policy Advisor on Secretary of State John Kerry's Israeli-Palestinian negotiations team from October 2013-February 2015, revealed the Obama Administration's sense of frustration and humiliation in its dealings with the Netanyahu government.
You Must Be Kidding:
The Higher Planning Council of the Civil Administration agreed to retroactively approve two settlement outposts, Mitzpeh Danny and Neveh Erez in the West Bank.
Breaking News:
Stabbing Attack Thwarted at Eliyahu Checkpoint (Qalqilya), Defense Ministry Says
Rasha Muhammad Oweisi,, 24, was shot dead after pulling a knife from her bag; no other injuries reported; in letter, attacker says she acted 'in defense of my homeland.'
Oweisi was carrying a note in her bag stating: "I'm doing this with a clear head. I can't bear what I see and I can't suffer anymore," according to Israeli news site Ynet. (Haaretz, Ynet, Maan)
Front Page:
Haaretz
- Obama’s advisor: Criticism of settlements won’t disappear, with time it will be harsher
- VP Biden on Baratz’s remarks: There is no tolerance for such remarks
- Germany considering retracting its open door policy for Syrian refugees
- Government hiding report on flaws at Dimona nuclear reactor, despite most of it not about state security
- Rabbinic court ruled in favor of father who neglected his children because the mother “lived with a goy”
- Blow to schools that select children: Institution that rejects children will be forced to accept them
- New bridge to be built between Israel and Jordan at cost of 55 million shekels
- Arab states focus on Yemen and leave behind the battle against ISIS
- Harm to consumers // Haaretz Editorial
- Not apologizing // Zehava Gal-On
- The battle against Israel Chemicals Corp.
Yedioth Ahronoth
- Fought till the end – Border Policeman, who was injured in attack last week, died
- Mr. Evaporation // Nahum Barnea
- Between the slump and the summit – Netanyahu and Obama to meet today in Washington for first time since Iran agreement
- No free meals // Shimon Shiffer
- IDF drafted four reserve battalions for reinforcement in the Territories
- Jump in number of home-schooled children
Maariv This Week (Hebrew links only)
- Netanyahu at the White House: The compensation and the demands
- The deterrence arm // General (res.) Oded Tira
- Hostile media // Kalman Libskind
- Organs of Border Policeman, who was murdered in attack, will save lives
- “Israel gave the information on the bomb that crashed the Russian plane in Sinai”
- “A whole nation misses you” – Yitzhak Navon 1921-2015
- Role model // Yitzhak (Buji) Herzog
Israel Hayom
- Border Policeman died from his injuries
- Yesterday: six injured in three attacks
- The goal: Strengthening Israel’s security – Says Netanyahu ahead of meeting today with President Obama
- Doctors’ guidelines: No TV till age 2
- “A combination of nobility and one of the people” – (Yitzhak Navon laid to rest)
- Report: “Israel passed the information on the bomb that crashed the Russian plane in Sinai”
- ‘Shashinsky 2’ recommendations approved: tax to be imposed on extra profitability of natural resources
News Summary:
Expectations ahead of the Obama-Netanyahu summit today, the death of a Border Policeman in a Palestinian car-ramming attack and three Palestinian attacks yesterday and the report that Israel supplied the intelligence to the US about the downing of the Russian plane over Sinai were top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers. Also making headlines, Arab MK Hanin Zouebi is blasted for a comparison of anti-Jewish rhetoric in pre-war Germany with anti-Arab rhetoric in Israel and Maariv online misleads in an article about EU labeling of settlement products. Also, a settler family was outraged that a police interrogator referred to their murdered son as a ‘settler.’
US President Barack Obama is expected to tell Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu today to make confidence-building measures with the Palestinians and not to advance settlement large construction plans and Netanyahu is expected to tell him that he cannot make such a promise in light of the members of his coalition government, Yedioth reported. Illustrating that point, Israel Hayom reported that 21 MKs petitioned Netanyahu “to give Obama the message that construction in Judea and Samaria will not be frozen.” Obama’s top advisor, Ben Rhodes, told Haaretz+ in an interview that US pressure over Israeli settlements will only grow. He also shares with reporter Barak Ravid the “inside story on White House efforts to achieve a breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Obama’s advisors already made it known that Obama had ‘realistically’ dropped the push for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, not to mention a peace deal during his term. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s office expressed its disappointment. Haaretz+’s Allison Sommer Kaplan had an interesting report from a panel in the US that revealed that Obama knows key Israeli words, such as freier, i.e. sucker, and that he felt like one in his dealings with Netanyahu.
The papers also discussed the problematic appointment of Ran Baratz as head of Public Diplomacy. Baratz called Obama an anti-Semite. But Israel Hayom quoted US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, saying that the US will not intervene in the Baratz controversy. The other papers quoted US Vice President Joe Biden saying that there was no tolerance for anyone who speaks badly of the President, “Period. Period. Period.”
The family of an Israeli Border Policeman, who died yesterday from his wounds from a Palestinian car-ramming attack near Hebron, decided to donate his organs. Six Israelis were hurt in three separate West Bank attacks yesterday. One Israeli data analyst has crafted an online map that allows users to see geographically where Palestinians attacks against Israelis take place, Haaretz+ reported. Nehemia Gershuni-Aylho and his colleagues are also following attacks by Jews against Palestinians, but he says many incidents go unreported and the data is insufficient.
Also, Israel hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday after a rocket was shot into Israel, the 6th rocket or mortar shell into Israel since this wave of violence began in October. No casualties reported on either side. [Note: The papers did not mention a Palestinian motive - that some Palestinians in Gaza respond to Israeli violence against Palestinians in the West Bank with rockets. - OH]
On the anniversary of Kristallnacht, MK Hanin Zouebi told an audience in the Netherlands that Kristallnacht "did not come out of nowhere, it was the result of a development over time. We can see a similar development happening in Israel over the last several years,” she said pointing to the burning of mosques and churches by Israelis, calls of ‘death to Arabs’ at soccer matches and an Arab family and an Arab teen that were burned to death. The papers did not appreciate the comparison, Yedioth called it “a speech of incitement” and MK Tzipi Livni was quoted saying she “Used the tragedy of the Jewish people to spread her slander and lies, when she herself is encouraging the murder of Jews.”
Yesh Atid chief, MK Yair Lapid, is in Berlin trying to stop the labeling of settlement products. Israel Hayom quoted him saying, “The labeling of settlement products is a direct continuation of the boycott movement against Israel, which is anti-Semitic and misguided." However, oddly, Maariv Online excluded the word ‘settlement’ in its whole article on the issue and reported that “Lapid attacked the European boycott of products made in Israel.” But, the EU is not boycotting any Israeli products, it will be labeling settlement products. Consumers will decide whether to buy them or not. [Note: I informed them of the mistake, but the editors did not correct it. - OH]
The family of Malachi Rozenfeld, who was murdered in the West Bank by a Palestinian earlier this year, was furious when it discovered that the police interrogator of Rosenfeld's killer referred to Rosenfeld as a ‘settler’ and not as an ‘Israeli citizen.’ “The use of the word ‘settler’ is chilling. It maybe even strengthens the opinion that the struggle is against settlers and not against the Zionist entity in general. Malachi was murdered only because he was Jewish,” insisted his father Eliezar. The Shai District Police responded: “Unlike in a criminal investigation, it is important to speak in the language of the terrorist in order not to create misunderstandings. The intention of the terrorist was to kill a settler. There is no clause in the law that says ‘killing of a Palestinian-Israeli’ or of a ‘settler.’ Murder is murder, and here there is a nationalist motive. It’s not a slip of the tongue, but rather a clause of clear guilt due to the motive.”
Expectations ahead of the Obama-Netanyahu summit today, the death of a Border Policeman in a Palestinian car-ramming attack and three Palestinian attacks yesterday and the report that Israel supplied the intelligence to the US about the downing of the Russian plane over Sinai were top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers. Also making headlines, Arab MK Hanin Zouebi is blasted for a comparison of anti-Jewish rhetoric in pre-war Germany with anti-Arab rhetoric in Israel and Maariv online misleads in an article about EU labeling of settlement products. Also, a settler family was outraged that a police interrogator referred to their murdered son as a ‘settler.’
US President Barack Obama is expected to tell Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu today to make confidence-building measures with the Palestinians and not to advance settlement large construction plans and Netanyahu is expected to tell him that he cannot make such a promise in light of the members of his coalition government, Yedioth reported. Illustrating that point, Israel Hayom reported that 21 MKs petitioned Netanyahu “to give Obama the message that construction in Judea and Samaria will not be frozen.” Obama’s top advisor, Ben Rhodes, told Haaretz+ in an interview that US pressure over Israeli settlements will only grow. He also shares with reporter Barak Ravid the “inside story on White House efforts to achieve a breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Obama’s advisors already made it known that Obama had ‘realistically’ dropped the push for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, not to mention a peace deal during his term. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s office expressed its disappointment. Haaretz+’s Allison Sommer Kaplan had an interesting report from a panel in the US that revealed that Obama knows key Israeli words, such as freier, i.e. sucker, and that he felt like one in his dealings with Netanyahu.
The papers also discussed the problematic appointment of Ran Baratz as head of Public Diplomacy. Baratz called Obama an anti-Semite. But Israel Hayom quoted US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, saying that the US will not intervene in the Baratz controversy. The other papers quoted US Vice President Joe Biden saying that there was no tolerance for anyone who speaks badly of the President, “Period. Period. Period.”
The family of an Israeli Border Policeman, who died yesterday from his wounds from a Palestinian car-ramming attack near Hebron, decided to donate his organs. Six Israelis were hurt in three separate West Bank attacks yesterday. One Israeli data analyst has crafted an online map that allows users to see geographically where Palestinians attacks against Israelis take place, Haaretz+ reported. Nehemia Gershuni-Aylho and his colleagues are also following attacks by Jews against Palestinians, but he says many incidents go unreported and the data is insufficient.
Also, Israel hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday after a rocket was shot into Israel, the 6th rocket or mortar shell into Israel since this wave of violence began in October. No casualties reported on either side. [Note: The papers did not mention a Palestinian motive - that some Palestinians in Gaza respond to Israeli violence against Palestinians in the West Bank with rockets. - OH]
On the anniversary of Kristallnacht, MK Hanin Zouebi told an audience in the Netherlands that Kristallnacht "did not come out of nowhere, it was the result of a development over time. We can see a similar development happening in Israel over the last several years,” she said pointing to the burning of mosques and churches by Israelis, calls of ‘death to Arabs’ at soccer matches and an Arab family and an Arab teen that were burned to death. The papers did not appreciate the comparison, Yedioth called it “a speech of incitement” and MK Tzipi Livni was quoted saying she “Used the tragedy of the Jewish people to spread her slander and lies, when she herself is encouraging the murder of Jews.”
Yesh Atid chief, MK Yair Lapid, is in Berlin trying to stop the labeling of settlement products. Israel Hayom quoted him saying, “The labeling of settlement products is a direct continuation of the boycott movement against Israel, which is anti-Semitic and misguided." However, oddly, Maariv Online excluded the word ‘settlement’ in its whole article on the issue and reported that “Lapid attacked the European boycott of products made in Israel.” But, the EU is not boycotting any Israeli products, it will be labeling settlement products. Consumers will decide whether to buy them or not. [Note: I informed them of the mistake, but the editors did not correct it. - OH]
The family of Malachi Rozenfeld, who was murdered in the West Bank by a Palestinian earlier this year, was furious when it discovered that the police interrogator of Rosenfeld's killer referred to Rosenfeld as a ‘settler’ and not as an ‘Israeli citizen.’ “The use of the word ‘settler’ is chilling. It maybe even strengthens the opinion that the struggle is against settlers and not against the Zionist entity in general. Malachi was murdered only because he was Jewish,” insisted his father Eliezar. The Shai District Police responded: “Unlike in a criminal investigation, it is important to speak in the language of the terrorist in order not to create misunderstandings. The intention of the terrorist was to kill a settler. There is no clause in the law that says ‘killing of a Palestinian-Israeli’ or of a ‘settler.’ Murder is murder, and here there is a nationalist motive. It’s not a slip of the tongue, but rather a clause of clear guilt due to the motive.”
Quick Hits:
- Lebanese report: Three spies for Israel arrested - Syrian national, his Lebanese wife and another Lebanese national allegedly admit to collecting intel on Lebanese security officials for future Israeli attacks. (Ynet)
- Dozens of rabbis demand death sentence for terrorists - Rabbis Dov Lior and Yitzchak Ginsburgh lead a petition calling on the government to 'take a firm hand against Israel's cruel enemies.' (Ynet)
- Rabbi Elyakim Levanon: “Destroy Nablus/Shchem” – In conversation with his pupils after the car-ramming attack in northern West Bank that injured two of them, the rabbi of Yeshiva at Alon Moreh settlement said there is a need to destroy the nearby city of Nablus, “but what can we do since that decision is not in our hands.” He slammed the government “for not deciding anything” regarding Palestinian attacks. (Maariv, p. 5)
- Suspect Arrested in Attack on Rabbis For Human Rights Chief - Assailant was caught on video threatening Rabbi Arik Ascherman with a knife near settlement of Itamar; 17-year-old suspect from Itamar settlement (northern West Bank) confesses to assault and reenacts it. (Haaretz+)
- Palestinians are turning themselves in to PA - Two Palestinians wanted by Israel for acts of terror have turned themselves in to Palestinian authorities and are thus likely to escape Israeli prison. (Ynet)
- Jerusalem: 40 months prison to minor who threw stones and firebombs - From age 15.5 to 16.5 the boy threw them on the settlement enclave 'Beit Orot' on the Mt. of Olives. (Israel Hayom, p. 7)
- 27 months prison sentence to 18-year-old Gazan who crossed border and slit wrists - Saeb Faraj was convicted of illegal entry into Israel and carrying a knife. This is the harshest sentence for such offenses until now. When soldiers found him and called on him to stop, he slit his wrists. Faraj said he was escaping Hamas, which thought he was a collaborator. The judge rejected his defense. (Israel Hayom, p. 7)
- Israel Moves to Green Light 2,200 New Settlement Units, Recognizes Outposts - Regional master plan approved last week will see two outposts retroactively approved, and existing settlements get thousands of more homes. (Haaretz+)
- Pilot limiting night arrests of Palestinian kids falls short - The Israeli army implemented a pilot program last year to serve Palestinian children with summonses instead of snatching them from their beds in the middle of the night. Some of those summonses, however, were delivered by soldiers in the middle of the night. (972mag)
- 3 Gazans given prison sentences for 'collaborating' with Israel - Information passed to Israel's security services by Palestinian collaborators is often used to make arrests and assassinate high-profile political and militant figures. (Maan)
- The cool neighbor - The ‘Karov Lalev’ organization is launching a campaign ahead of Hannukah to encourage religious neighbors to invite secular neighbors to light Hannukah candles. Their video clip with religious comedians has a surprise actor: Yariv Oppenheimer, a clear left-winger from Peace Now organization. The video clip starts with Oppenheimer’s religious neighbors suggesting he light the candles and ends with them tied to chairs and him dancing to trans music and feeding them non-kosher food. The organization gives out candles and menoras to meet your neighbors. (Yedioth, p. 16)
- WATCH: Afraid to speak Arabic in public - Public expressions of racism toward Palestinians are nothing new in Israel, but along with a rise in violence and the accompanying societal tensions, Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel have more and more to fear — of Israeli civilians and police alike. Social TV asked young Palestinians in Jaffa what scares them most these days. (SocialTV, 972mag)
- Clashes erupt in al-Duheisheh refugee camp after Israeli raid - Locals said dozens of young Palestinians from the camp threw rocks and empty bottles at Israeli soldiers, who fired live and rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas at protesters. No injuries or detentions were reported. (Maan)
- Palestinian journalists say Israeli forces are targeting them - Palestinian photojournalists, and some Israelis too, say they are being deliberately attacked by soldiers, police and even regular people on the street. The rubber-coated bullets, pepper spray and being denied access on grounds of ethnicity are nothing new, yet veteran Palestinian photographers say something is different this time. (972mag)
- Government Advances Plan for New Bridge Linking Israel and Jordan - Project will include bridge over Jordan River and a bilateral industrial zone. (Haaretz and Calcalist/Ynet)
- Terrorism survivor: I'll be the first female IDF chief - Sergeant Orel Azuri, who was critically wounded in a vehicular attack in Gan Shmuel, is recovering after lying unconscious for 13 days; 'I'll go back to being a combatant,' she tells Ynet. (Ynet)
- Israeli Aerospace Industries unveil new radar system - The new 'Terra' system is supposed to identify all enemy aircraft, missiles or satellites within a radius of thousands of kilometers; it is not currently in use in Israel. (Ynet)
- Lord Robert Winston, IVF Pioneer, Slams British BDS Movement - Winston, who is in Israel to receive an honorary doctorate from Weizmann Institute, dismissed worries over growing anti-Semitism in Britain. (Haaretz+)
- Palestinians to Play World Cup Football Qualifiers at Neutral Grounds - Decision comes after the Saudi Arabian team refused to travel to the West Bank for a return match. The Saudis won the first round 3-2 in June. (Haaretz)
- U.S. Treasury Sanctions Three Companies for Supplying Hezbollah With Military Equipment - According to the Treasury statement, all three entities, one based in Lebanon and two in China, have supplied unmanned aerial vehicles and material for improvised explosive devices to Hezbollah. (JTA, Haaretz)
Features:
Revealed: How the last Jews of Aleppo escaped
In a complex and dangerous operation, via Turkey, a Jewish family arrived in Israel from burning Syria. But not all members of the family got permission to enter the country. (Sandy Rashty, Jewish Chronicle and summarized in Yedioth, p. 10)
'Rabin, the Last Day': An important film
In his complex and seemingly disorganized way, director Amos Gitai has crafted a memorial of the Israeli PM's murder and the incitement that preceded it, as well as a stinging indictment of today's politicians. From this perspective, 'Rabin, the Last Day' touches the raw nerves in Israeli society without resorting to clichés. (Shmulik Duvdevani, Ynet)
Film review: 'We are Palestine, we're here and we are queer'
Unlike previous films made about gay Palestinians in Israel, ‘Oriented’ is not about Jewish saviors trying to protect Palestinians from political or social repercussions. (Lisa Goldman, 972mag)
Commentary/Analysis:
In a complex and dangerous operation, via Turkey, a Jewish family arrived in Israel from burning Syria. But not all members of the family got permission to enter the country. (Sandy Rashty, Jewish Chronicle and summarized in Yedioth, p. 10)
'Rabin, the Last Day': An important film
In his complex and seemingly disorganized way, director Amos Gitai has crafted a memorial of the Israeli PM's murder and the incitement that preceded it, as well as a stinging indictment of today's politicians. From this perspective, 'Rabin, the Last Day' touches the raw nerves in Israeli society without resorting to clichés. (Shmulik Duvdevani, Ynet)
Film review: 'We are Palestine, we're here and we are queer'
Unlike previous films made about gay Palestinians in Israel, ‘Oriented’ is not about Jewish saviors trying to protect Palestinians from political or social repercussions. (Lisa Goldman, 972mag)
Commentary/Analysis:
The Forecast: Good Obama Meeting, Unless Netanyahu Goes Off Script (Chemi Shalev, Haaretz+) The timing of the appointment of a new hasbara chief who calls the president an
anti-Semite reminded some Americans of the scorpion and the frog.
Obama and Netanyahu will talk, but won't say anything (Nahum Barnea, Yedioth/Ynet) The prime minister has embarked on a trip to Washington in order to meet with the American president, however the meeting will amount to nothing due to their non-existent relationship.
American Military Aid to Israel Can't Be a Blank Check (Barbara Opall-Rome, Haaretz+) Netanyahu may be convinced Israel will forever live by the sword, but that doesn’t mean that Washington must pay for it.
Where is the responsible adult? The appointment of Ran Baratz is another link in the dysfunctional Prime Minister’s Office (Ben Caspit, Maariv) How could the Prime Minister's Office, where people’s fates are determined, unable to conduct a simple test check into the writings and the deeds of a man before appointing him to a senior position?
The Question Isn't Why Violence Is Erupting in Hebron but Why Now? (Amira Hass, Haaretz+) Friction is inevitable when hundreds of settlers live among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
Jewish and Muslim leaders in Israel and Palestine: End rhetoric that exacerbates hatred and violence (US Rep. Keith Ellison, Haaretz) The widespread political vitriol dehumanizes the Israeli and Palestinian experience. But it's a symptom of the underlying problem: the persistent lack of a two state solution.
With Eye on Downing St., London's Mayor Visits Israel on Trade Trip (Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz+) Despite the deadlock in peace process, Israel is currently in vogue among Britain's Conservatives. And much like the Republican party in the U.S., it has become a compulsory stop on the campaign trail.
Fight, but not through boycott (Dan Margalit, Israel Hayom) Instead of promoting boycotts, Amos Oz could use events at Israeli consulates to advocate dialogue.
Another Link in America Opening Its Wallet to Israel (Amir Oren, Haaretz+) When Netanyahu meets Obama at the White House, he might help Israel double its number of F-35s. Too bad they don’t help against knifing attacks.
EU boycotts the Jews (Judith Bergman, Israel Hayom) More than 80 years after the Nazis first told Germans not to buy from Jews, the urge to boycott Jews is still very strong on the European continent.
Dan and Judea: Time to Explore the 'Two States for One People' Solution (Eran Yashiv, Haaretz+) This division isn’t arbitrary, and could solve many of our problems. Splitting Israel into Dan and Judea doesn’t even set a precedent.
Can we call it one state and be done with it? (Amjad Iraqi, 972mag) The debate over whether we are living in a single state is irrelevant – the answer is a resounding yes. The real problem is that freedom and equality are only extended to some of its subjects.
Our Desire for Peace Mustn’t Blind Us to the Arab Turmoil (Moshe Arens, Haaretz+) The carnage in Syria, the appearance of Al-Qaida and the Islamic State, and Iran’s pledge for Israel’s destruction have effectively killed the prospects for widening the circle of peace.
Obama and Netanyahu will talk, but won't say anything (Nahum Barnea, Yedioth/Ynet) The prime minister has embarked on a trip to Washington in order to meet with the American president, however the meeting will amount to nothing due to their non-existent relationship.
American Military Aid to Israel Can't Be a Blank Check (Barbara Opall-Rome, Haaretz+) Netanyahu may be convinced Israel will forever live by the sword, but that doesn’t mean that Washington must pay for it.
Where is the responsible adult? The appointment of Ran Baratz is another link in the dysfunctional Prime Minister’s Office (Ben Caspit, Maariv) How could the Prime Minister's Office, where people’s fates are determined, unable to conduct a simple test check into the writings and the deeds of a man before appointing him to a senior position?
The Question Isn't Why Violence Is Erupting in Hebron but Why Now? (Amira Hass, Haaretz+) Friction is inevitable when hundreds of settlers live among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
Jewish and Muslim leaders in Israel and Palestine: End rhetoric that exacerbates hatred and violence (US Rep. Keith Ellison, Haaretz) The widespread political vitriol dehumanizes the Israeli and Palestinian experience. But it's a symptom of the underlying problem: the persistent lack of a two state solution.
With Eye on Downing St., London's Mayor Visits Israel on Trade Trip (Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz+) Despite the deadlock in peace process, Israel is currently in vogue among Britain's Conservatives. And much like the Republican party in the U.S., it has become a compulsory stop on the campaign trail.
Fight, but not through boycott (Dan Margalit, Israel Hayom) Instead of promoting boycotts, Amos Oz could use events at Israeli consulates to advocate dialogue.
Another Link in America Opening Its Wallet to Israel (Amir Oren, Haaretz+) When Netanyahu meets Obama at the White House, he might help Israel double its number of F-35s. Too bad they don’t help against knifing attacks.
EU boycotts the Jews (Judith Bergman, Israel Hayom) More than 80 years after the Nazis first told Germans not to buy from Jews, the urge to boycott Jews is still very strong on the European continent.
Dan and Judea: Time to Explore the 'Two States for One People' Solution (Eran Yashiv, Haaretz+) This division isn’t arbitrary, and could solve many of our problems. Splitting Israel into Dan and Judea doesn’t even set a precedent.
Can we call it one state and be done with it? (Amjad Iraqi, 972mag) The debate over whether we are living in a single state is irrelevant – the answer is a resounding yes. The real problem is that freedom and equality are only extended to some of its subjects.
Our Desire for Peace Mustn’t Blind Us to the Arab Turmoil (Moshe Arens, Haaretz+) The carnage in Syria, the appearance of Al-Qaida and the Islamic State, and Iran’s pledge for Israel’s destruction have effectively killed the prospects for widening the circle of peace.
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.