APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday December 11, 2015
Quote of the day:
Quote of the day:
"When you push an entire group up against the wall, relate to them as terrorists, demonizing them and
trampling their rights without inhibition, in the end it explodes. No one should be surprised when that
happens, when more and more people are pushed against their will into acts that they must not
commit."
--Guess which group of people this quote was referring to and who said it in defense of that group for acts they allegedly committed. (Answer: See the next quote.)
--Guess which group of people this quote was referring to and who said it in defense of that group for acts they allegedly committed. (Answer: See the next quote.)
You Must Be Kidding:
"The murder in Duma, with all its severity, is not an incident of
terrorism. Period."
-- MK Bezalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) wrote in an Op-Ed Thursday, describing the murder of a Palestinian family allegedly by Jewish settlers to be a serious crime, abominable crime, or nationalist crime, but not terrorism. (Read more)
-- MK Bezalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) wrote in an Op-Ed Thursday, describing the murder of a Palestinian family allegedly by Jewish settlers to be a serious crime, abominable crime, or nationalist crime, but not terrorism. (Read more)
Breaking News:
Two reported attempted West Bank shooting and car-ramming attacks foiled
Palestinian driver was shot and killed at Halhul junction near Hebron. No Israeli injuries. Hours earlier, Israeli forces shot a Palestinian man, who was suspected of firing shots at the Gilboa military checkpoint, causing no injuries or damage. The suspect escaped, but was apprehended by Palestinian security forces. (Haaretz, Maariv and Ynet)
Palestinian killed during clashes with Israeli forces in Hebron
Uday Irsheid, 24, was shot in the chest and critically wounded during clashes with Israeli military forces at the northern entrance to Hebron. He later died from his injuries. Uday's sister, Dania, 17, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Hebron on Oct. 25th, in an incident under dispute.
Front Page News:
Haaretz
- Obama to Rivlin: We will have difficulty stopping initiatives against Israel
- After 15 years, Oudeh Tarabin was released from Egyptian jail
- Dr. Rivlin and Mr. Trump // Chemi Shalev
- My successful son // Yossi Verter on Netanyahu’s appointment for Mossad chief, Yossi Cohen being his pet
- Bennett’s friends // Or Kashti on the millions being transferred to strengthen Jewish identity among secular Jews
- Sharp jump in number of indictments for incitement on Internet – the overwhelming majority against Arabs
- Baby, whose parents refused to give her vitamin, in serious condition. Doctors: Increasing phenomenon
- Stone discovered in Shivta challenges the perception of the enlightened Muslim occupation
- Teaching surveys in university are increasing and the lecturers are going crazy
- The first shahids were Hannah and her seven sons
Yedioth Ahronoth
Maariv Weekend (Hebrew links only)
- “A generation (of Palestinians) grew up here that is unafraid of us (the IDF)” – Military correspondent Noam Amir with IDF troops in Qalqilya; Efraim Brigade Commander, Maj. Roey Shitrit: “I am looking for ebbing and I don’t see it. In our scenarios, we deal with 6,000 rioters, shooting on roads and attempts to infiltrate settlements”
- Four soldiers and a baby injured in attacks in Beit Arieh and near Beitar Illit
- The return home (of convicted Israeli spy Oudeh Tarabin from Egyptian prison)
- Operation Yossi (Cohen, the new Mossad chief)
- The real test // Ben Caspit
- The fine print // Avi Benayahu
- The challenge from outside // Alon Ben-David
- The connection theory // Yossi Melman
- Stepping on the gas – Special project on the draft gas agreement
- This is how the Egyptian snarl will aid in a solution // Yehuda Sharoni
- Donald Trump cancelled his visit to Israel: I don’t want to make Netanyahu tense
- “We are the ‘wild weeds’? You raised us” – Karni Eldad with hilltop youth, Elishuv Har Shalom
- Visitor of the state // Kalman Libskind writes that President Rivlin’s remarks during his US visit “prove he is completely busy with marketing himself”
- Arrow on the target – Successful test of ‘Hetz’ air defense system
- We came from Basra – The refugees from Iraq that got stuck at the Arlozorov St. (protest) tent camp
- Prisoner Gaydamak: What really is behind the oligarch’s entry into jail?
Israel Hayom
- Oudeh Tarabin released: “At home – thanks to Israel” – PM: “I said we’d bring you back – and that’s what happened”
- Flying high, building high (near Ben-Gurion Airport)
- Arrow straight to the target
- Terrorist ran over soldiers – and escaped
- Trump canceled his visit to Israel: “I’ll return after I’m elected President”
- Sixth Hanukkah candle
- Adv. Avia Elef speaks about the Lieberman case and about the conduct of the Attorney General
- Minister Steinitz: “Critics of the gas agreement are misleading the public”
- Change in the top brass: The challenges that await the (new) Police commissioner and Mossad chief
News Summary:
The release from an Egyptian prison of a Bedouin Israeli who was convicted of spying for Israel, the car-ramming attack on four soldiers in the West Bank and the successful launch of the "Arrow" air missile defense system were top stories in today's Hebrew newspapers. Also in the news, Habayit Hayehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich declared that the murders of the Dawabsheh family in Duma were not acts of Jewish terror."
The release from an Egyptian prison of a Bedouin Israeli who was convicted of spying for Israel, the car-ramming attack on four soldiers in the West Bank and the successful launch of the "Arrow" air missile defense system were top stories in today's Hebrew newspapers. Also in the news, Habayit Hayehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich declared that the murders of the Dawabsheh family in Duma were not acts of Jewish terror."
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.