APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday January 25, 2016
Quote of the day:
"How is the Israeli consensus manufactured? It happens when awful facts associated with 50 years of
occupation, discrimination and systematic land theft are never “exposed” in prestigious investigative programs
such as Uvda. It is achieved by the decisive voice of the “objective truth” touting a “democratic and Jewish
state” (barring a few weeds,) a moral IDF, even when it bombs civilians and massacres children, with statements
such as an “anti-Semitic world,” “the Arabs want to annihilate us,” “there is only one Holocaust and its ours”
and “we all want social justice” (except for a few corrupt ones who we exposed in our program.)"
--Michal Peleg, an activist with the left-wing Ta'ayush organization, slams the Israeli media for its collaboration with the Occupation, in a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz+.
--Michal Peleg, an activist with the left-wing Ta'ayush organization, slams the Israeli media for its collaboration with the Occupation, in a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz+.
Front Page:
Haaretz
- Attorney General steps up demolitions of illegally built homes in Arab sector
- Left-wing activist suspected of causing death of man whose cause of death is not even known
- Forecast of snow in the mountains of the center [meaning center of greater Israel – OH]
- Babies born during the Holocaust more likely to suffer of schizophrenia in their adulthood
- From culture to entertainment // Nirit Rosenblum
- Where is (Ilana Dayan’s) conscience? // Michal Peleg
- (Singer) Ahinoam Nini protests the prize to Ariel Zilber
- The first man who crossed the world in a plane without stopping to visit in Israel
- Government committee suggests: incentives for those willing to compete with Channel 2
Yedioth Ahronoth
- White night
- (Transportation Minister) Katz vs. Netanyahu: I don’t serve the foreign tycoons
- Special beauty – Three young women with Down’s Syndrome are models in new campaign of jewelry company
- The heart of the country – And again our hearts stopped for a moment when former president Shimon Peres was brought last night to hospital
Maariv This Week (Hebrew links only)
- Peres hospitalized due to arrhythmias
- Country in white – white covered northern mountains, in Jerusalem, hope the snow will come this evening
- Fruit growers organization: “Eating dried fruit on Tu B’Shvat is an awful, unhealthy and anti--educational tradition”
Israel Hayom
- White in the eyes – stormy Tu B’Shvat
- NGO law goes to first reading in Knesset
- Peres again hospitalized following pain in chest
- (Singer) Ahinoam Nini resigns from EMI: I oppose decision to award Ariel Zilber with lifetime achievement award
News Summary:
Snow begins to cover parts of Israel and the West Bank and former Israeli president Shimon Peres was rushed back to hospital making top stories in today’s Hebrew papers. Meanwhile, the dispute within the coalition over the latest Hebron house settlers tried taking over continued, the case against the left-wing activists started to crumble and an Israeli government report showing a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe appears to add support for Israeli-related activities to the definition of anti-Semitism.
Rebellion looms over the vote of controversial NGO bill, as some right-wing lawmakers protest the eviction of settlers from a Palestinian house in Hebron. Maariv reported that Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party, which is in the opposition, will vote in favor of the bill. Nevertheless, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appeared to have backtracked from his initial declaration that the settlers would be allowed to return, when he said yesterday that “no one would expect the IDF to protect someone who bought a home in the Muqata compound in Ramallah.” When Minister Yariv Levin stated that the ruling on houses in Hebron should be the same as in Tel Aviv, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the comparison was wrong because security and diplomatic considerations need to be taken in account in Hebron.
A court blasted Israeli police for holding the left-wing activists, Ezra Nawi and Guy Butavia, for suspected involvement in the death of a Palestinian landbroker, when it is not even known how the Palestinian man died. The police were ordered to release the two Israeli activists. (Also Maariv) The court earlier ordered the release of the Palestinian employee of Btselem, Nasser Nawaja, but then the police whisked him to a military jail and outside the jurisdiction of the civilian court. Now the military court has ordered for his release. The whole affair began from a video filmed by a right-wing organization seeking to harm the activists and which was broadcast by the Channel 2 investigative program, Uvda, by Ilana Dayan. The program is now facing criticism for being unbalanced and not examining the facts. Michal Peleg writes in today's Haaretz+ a powerful piece about how the Israeli media serves as an accomplice to the occupation.
A report presented by Education Minister Naftali Bennett said that there is a rise in anti-Semitism in eastern and west Europe. However, upon close reading, it is unclear how anti-Semitism is defined and it appears that the Ministry's report defined issues dealing with Israel and BDS and those directly connected to Jewish identity all as 'anti-Semitism,' but calling the issues dealing specifically with Jewish identity as 'classic anti-Semitism.' Maariv noted that the report said that almost half of the Europeans believe that Israel is waging a war of destruction against Palestinians or that Israel is acting like Nazis. According to Maariv, the report said that radical left-wing organizations in western Europe "continue to spread hate propaganda, promote boycotts and de-legitimization of the State of Israel and create a public climate that encourages attacks against Jews that identify with the State of Israel." According to the report, in eastern Europe, "there is a phenomenon of 'Classic anti-Semitism,'" whereby in Russia and Ukraine, Jews are presented in the media as a group whose loyalty to the state is in question. The Ministry's report also states that six US states adopted decisions that condemn the BDS movement. (Ynet)
On the latest violence:
Snow begins to cover parts of Israel and the West Bank and former Israeli president Shimon Peres was rushed back to hospital making top stories in today’s Hebrew papers. Meanwhile, the dispute within the coalition over the latest Hebron house settlers tried taking over continued, the case against the left-wing activists started to crumble and an Israeli government report showing a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe appears to add support for Israeli-related activities to the definition of anti-Semitism.
Rebellion looms over the vote of controversial NGO bill, as some right-wing lawmakers protest the eviction of settlers from a Palestinian house in Hebron. Maariv reported that Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party, which is in the opposition, will vote in favor of the bill. Nevertheless, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appeared to have backtracked from his initial declaration that the settlers would be allowed to return, when he said yesterday that “no one would expect the IDF to protect someone who bought a home in the Muqata compound in Ramallah.” When Minister Yariv Levin stated that the ruling on houses in Hebron should be the same as in Tel Aviv, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the comparison was wrong because security and diplomatic considerations need to be taken in account in Hebron.
A court blasted Israeli police for holding the left-wing activists, Ezra Nawi and Guy Butavia, for suspected involvement in the death of a Palestinian landbroker, when it is not even known how the Palestinian man died. The police were ordered to release the two Israeli activists. (Also Maariv) The court earlier ordered the release of the Palestinian employee of Btselem, Nasser Nawaja, but then the police whisked him to a military jail and outside the jurisdiction of the civilian court. Now the military court has ordered for his release. The whole affair began from a video filmed by a right-wing organization seeking to harm the activists and which was broadcast by the Channel 2 investigative program, Uvda, by Ilana Dayan. The program is now facing criticism for being unbalanced and not examining the facts. Michal Peleg writes in today's Haaretz+ a powerful piece about how the Israeli media serves as an accomplice to the occupation.
A report presented by Education Minister Naftali Bennett said that there is a rise in anti-Semitism in eastern and west Europe. However, upon close reading, it is unclear how anti-Semitism is defined and it appears that the Ministry's report defined issues dealing with Israel and BDS and those directly connected to Jewish identity all as 'anti-Semitism,' but calling the issues dealing specifically with Jewish identity as 'classic anti-Semitism.' Maariv noted that the report said that almost half of the Europeans believe that Israel is waging a war of destruction against Palestinians or that Israel is acting like Nazis. According to Maariv, the report said that radical left-wing organizations in western Europe "continue to spread hate propaganda, promote boycotts and de-legitimization of the State of Israel and create a public climate that encourages attacks against Jews that identify with the State of Israel." According to the report, in eastern Europe, "there is a phenomenon of 'Classic anti-Semitism,'" whereby in Russia and Ukraine, Jews are presented in the media as a group whose loyalty to the state is in question. The Ministry's report also states that six US states adopted decisions that condemn the BDS movement. (Ynet)
On the latest violence:
- A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip and fell onto an open area in Israel causing no damage or injuries. Israel said it responded by shooting at a Hamas weapons storehouse. Maan reported that Israel launched airstrikes on Hamas facilities across the Gaza Strip.
- Shots were fired at a car outside the West Bank settlement of Dolev. No one was injured.
- Hundreds attended the funeral of a Palestinian teen, who died when the firebomb he was holding exploded in his hand Saturday night in Abu Dis. Israeli forces prevented ambulances from accessing Muhammad Nabil Halabiya, 17, of Abu Dis, holding it for four hours, Maan reported.
- And in Yatta, south of Hebron, dozens attended the funeral of the 13-year-old Palestinian girl, Ruqqaya Abu Eid, who was shot dead as she ran with a knife past the Anatot settlement gate. The mourners chanted slogans urging for international action against Israeli violations targeting Palestinian children. Numerous people, including a Meretz MK and a Yedioth reader (see Features) have denounced Ruqayya's killing, saying the guard could have subdued her without killing her.
- The Shin Bet told the Israeli media that the 15-year-old Palestinian teen who murdered
Dafna Meir was “incited” to do so “because Palestinian TV portrayed Israel as a country that “kills Palestinian youth.”
Quick Hits:
- Zionist Union MK Yacimovich blasts Herzog for 'playing into Netanyahu's hands' - Yachimovich criticizes Herzog's comments to France's Hollande that 'now is not the time for a Palestinian state,' says 'opposition must present a clear and unapologetic alternative.' (Haaretz+)
- Herzog attacks Yachimovitz: "Do you think you can say to the Palestinians, 'Hey, that’s mine, and they’ll jump (to give it to you)?" - The dispute within the Zionist Camp party continues. Party leader Isaac Herzog wrote on Facebook: "We are not extreme right and we are not the Meretz party." (Maariv)
- Israeli Arabs clash with police during demolition of home - Israeli Arab MK calls move ‘mark of Cain,’ after state razes house built illegally on land zoned for agriculture. (Haaretz+)
- Amnesty International demands release of hunger-striker - Organization demanded Israel either release or charge Palestinian hunger-striker, Muhammad al-Qiq, who the group said has been mistreated and tortured in ways that violate international law. (Maan)
- Israeli court rejects appeal for Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahla - Thaer Halahla’s father said that an Israeli court extended the detention without charges of Halahla, 36, for the fifth time since 2013, claiming that he has “activities” in prison, without providing further details. (Maan)
- Israeli court extends detention of young Palestinian boy - Ahmad Omar al-Atrash, 13, was detained after he was shot by Israeli undercover forces north of Bethlehem during clashes on Friday.A group of young Palestinians started a campaign asking for the release of Ahmad and all other Palestinian children prisoners. (Maan)
- Palestinian family forced to demolish own home in Jerusalem - The court said the Dabash family would be charged for the demolition of their home in E. Jerusalem, if it were not demolished before Sunday. (Maan)
- Israel to Step Up Demolitions of Illegal Structures in Arab Sector - New regulations stipulate that only 'political or other sensitivity' could prevent the demolishing of illegal structures, with emphasis on Arab and Druze communities. (Haaretz+)
- NYT Editorial: Israel's criticism of U.S. Ambassador Shapiro 'unusually personal and unfair' - Gray Lady says Shapiro correctly identified a serious problem when he said Israel has a legal double standard in the West Bank. (Haaretz)
- US ambassador 'regrets' [sic- TIMING OF] double-standard statement - Dan Shapiro acknowledges that 'timing was not ideal' when he said Israel has different legal standards for Israel and Palestinians on the same day of terror victim Dafna Meir's funeral. (Ynet)
- Netanyahu: US-Israel relationship is strong and solid - The prime minister defends the relationship between Israel and the US at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, saying that 'special relationship is reflected in many spheres.' (Ynet)
- Prosecutor's statement filed against 3 suspected of aiding TLV terrorist - A prosecutor's statement was filed Sunday against three residents of Arara who are suspected of providing food and hiding place to terrorist Nashat Melhem after he killed three in Tel Aviv on January 1. Lawyer of one of them said he was forced to aid Melhem after Melhem threatened to murder him “like he murdered the (Arab) taxi driver.” (Ynet and Maariv)
- PA intelligence officer arrested with others for attack on IDF soldier - Shin Bet: The cell, based in the Tulkarem area, fired on and injured an IDF soldier last week. (JPost and Maariv)
- Israeli forces to close Palestinian road near Israeli settlement - Israeli forces on Friday issued a notice for the closure of a main road connecting two Hebron-area villages, Beit Amra and Karma, located near the Israeli settlement of Otniel.(Maan)
- Dimona reactor seeks new burial sites for waste - Research report says Negev Nuclear Research Center looking at possible dump site in northeastern Negev, requiring careful environmental considerations. (Haaretz+)
- Elderly Russians Not Allowed to Join Their Offspring in Israel - Despite cabinet decision, hundreds, if not thousands of families living in Israel are still unable to unite with their aging non-Jewish parents. (Haaretz+)
- Google maps out entire Israel National Trail - This is the longest trail to be covered in this manner and the only project covering the length of an entire country. (Haaretz+)
- Israeli government approves proposal to limit detention of asylum seekers to one year - Interior Minister Dery says proposal based on agreement with former minister Shalom, Justice Minister Shaked. (Haaretz+)
- Cabinet minister blasts Netanyahu for being 'in the service of foreign tycoons' - Row erupts in cabinet meeting between prime minister and Transportation Minister Katz – the reason? Uber. (Haaretz+)
- Nasrallah's son tweets smiley emoji after being accused of terror - "How do you activate a sleeper cell?" Jouad Nasrallah, the son of the Hezbollah leader, tweets after Israel's Shin Bet security agency says he recruited and operated a terrorist cell in Samaria. (Israel Hayom)
- WATCH: McLaughlin Group debates EU labeling of West Bank products - 'It’s not a boycott. It’s truth in advertising. These products are made in the West Bank.' (Haaretz)
- Obama calls Shimon Peres to wish him well after recent heart attack - During their conversation, Obama thanked Peres for their long friendship and Peres praised Obama for his work over the past seven years. (Haaretz)
- Israeli kabbalah movement invites Israel-bashing Swedish FM to Tel Aviv event - Margot Wallstrom recently angered officials in Jerusalem when she suggested that Israel was guilty of “extrajudicial killings” of armed Palestinian terrorists. (Maariv and JPost)
- U.S. to Participate in Moroccan Conference on Protecting Minorities in Muslim Lands - U.S. State Departmnt rep will meet with Moroccan Jewish community leaders while participating in Marrakesh conference. (JTA, Haaretz)
- ISIS Video Claims to Show Last Testaments of Nine Paris Attackers - Islamic State group releases a new bloody clip including a veiled threat against Britain. (Agencies, Haaretz)
- At Least 63, Including Nine Children, Killed by Russian Airstrikes in East Syria, Monitor Says - Raids, believed to be carried out by Russian warplanes, take place as pro-Assad forces clash with ISIS in Deir al-Zor area. (Agencies, Haaretz)
- Egyptian Museum Workers on Trial for Botching Repair of King Tut's Burial Mask - The 3,300-year old mask's beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued on with epoxy in 2014, causing damaged. (Agencies, Haaretz)
- Iran Wishes to Purchase Hundreds of Airplanes From Europe, U.S. - As the Islamic Republic emerges from sanctions and international isolation, it seeks to revamp its aging fleet. (Agencies, Haaretz)
Features:
Letter to the Editor: Unnecessary Death
I am the mother of a 13-year-old: She’s not a young girl or a young woman – a child. Adolescence. Storm and winds. I think what does my daughter do when she fights with us, her parents. Sometimes she closes herself in her room for house, sometimes ‘escapes’ to her grandparents, who live in our neighborhood, sometimes she goes to her friends after school and doesn’t answer our calls to her phone and worries us. Adolescent, rebelling – and still a child. What is clear to me is that my daughter would not take a knife and try to make an attack (like Raqiya Abu Eid, 23 January 2016). And nevertheless, the question arises what caused that same Palestinian girl to leave her house with a knife knowing that she is likely to die? What troubles caused her to reach a situation so extreme? And another question: Couldn’t the security guard at Anatot (settlement) have shot her in her legs, thereby neutralizing her instead of shooting her dead? The answers to these questions can prevent the next attack by a child of her age and even maybe prevent death. (Name and address withheld, Yedioth)
"(Military) Housing Unit"
While they were still in uniform, the representative of Emmanuel settlement municipality came to meet with the soldiers of the ultra-Orthodox battalion, ‘Netzah Yehuda.’ In the program: How and why the soldierse should buy an apartment with unprecedented great conditions in the ultra-Orthodox city beyond the Green Line. IDF responded: “A probe will be made, the guidelines will be sharpened.” Zionist Camp MK Stav Shafir: “If, in fact, the IDF is allowing civilians to encourage soldiers to move into the Territories and daring to do a political manipulation on them, this contradicts fairness and the rules of good governance.” (Yehuda Shochat, Yedioth’s ’24 Hours’ supplement, p. 6)
Those evacuated from Amuna (settlement outpost) return to the trauma: "There is wall to wall consensus that it should not have happened"
A decade after the violent eviction from the outpost in the West Bank, which sparked a public uproar and deepened the rift between settlers and security forces and the government, evacuees go back to the event that is seared into their memories. (Karni Eldad, Sunday's Maariv Magazine supplement, cover)
Israelis are everywhere – including at the Oscars
In spite of all the effort and great hope, Israel will still not be walking down the red carpet at the next Oscars. So what will we have there? A Hebrew-language movie about the territories, an animated documentary about a former Israeli and, of course, a movie about the Holocaust. (Amir Bogan, Ynet)
Commentary/Analysis:
I am the mother of a 13-year-old: She’s not a young girl or a young woman – a child. Adolescence. Storm and winds. I think what does my daughter do when she fights with us, her parents. Sometimes she closes herself in her room for house, sometimes ‘escapes’ to her grandparents, who live in our neighborhood, sometimes she goes to her friends after school and doesn’t answer our calls to her phone and worries us. Adolescent, rebelling – and still a child. What is clear to me is that my daughter would not take a knife and try to make an attack (like Raqiya Abu Eid, 23 January 2016). And nevertheless, the question arises what caused that same Palestinian girl to leave her house with a knife knowing that she is likely to die? What troubles caused her to reach a situation so extreme? And another question: Couldn’t the security guard at Anatot (settlement) have shot her in her legs, thereby neutralizing her instead of shooting her dead? The answers to these questions can prevent the next attack by a child of her age and even maybe prevent death. (Name and address withheld, Yedioth)
"(Military) Housing Unit"
While they were still in uniform, the representative of Emmanuel settlement municipality came to meet with the soldiers of the ultra-Orthodox battalion, ‘Netzah Yehuda.’ In the program: How and why the soldierse should buy an apartment with unprecedented great conditions in the ultra-Orthodox city beyond the Green Line. IDF responded: “A probe will be made, the guidelines will be sharpened.” Zionist Camp MK Stav Shafir: “If, in fact, the IDF is allowing civilians to encourage soldiers to move into the Territories and daring to do a political manipulation on them, this contradicts fairness and the rules of good governance.” (Yehuda Shochat, Yedioth’s ’24 Hours’ supplement, p. 6)
Those evacuated from Amuna (settlement outpost) return to the trauma: "There is wall to wall consensus that it should not have happened"
A decade after the violent eviction from the outpost in the West Bank, which sparked a public uproar and deepened the rift between settlers and security forces and the government, evacuees go back to the event that is seared into their memories. (Karni Eldad, Sunday's Maariv Magazine supplement, cover)
Israelis are everywhere – including at the Oscars
In spite of all the effort and great hope, Israel will still not be walking down the red carpet at the next Oscars. So what will we have there? A Hebrew-language movie about the territories, an animated documentary about a former Israeli and, of course, a movie about the Holocaust. (Amir Bogan, Ynet)
Commentary/Analysis:
The Israeli Media Is an Accomplice in the Occupation (Michal Peleg, Haaretz+) People are now sitting in interrogation basements because Channel 2's
investigative program fell into a trap and didn't check its facts.
The Discriminatory Face of Israel's Second Legal System (Haaretz Editorial) Police conduct in the case of Nasser Nawajah proves that Israel's Arabs are forced to live by a different set of rules.
Our right to the land (Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom) The State of Israel's existence is based on more than just military force and diplomatic realism. Most of all, it is rooted in the right of the Jewish people to live in this land with which we are so bonded.
Israel Moving Beyond 'Left' and 'Right' (Carolina Landsmann, Haaretz+) It is possible that the pressure on Israeli society has led it to the point of meltdown, putting it on the verge of a fundamental transformation.
Blessed are the moles: Ayelet Shaked’s NGO bill purports to deal with transparency (Yehoshua Hoffman, Maariv) Those who wrote the bill, which requires that Israeli NGOs declare their funds from foreign states, know that all the foreign funding is reported and published. That is contrary to what happens in organizations affiliated with the right-wing, which receive private foreign funding.
The Ministers Who Wish to Boycott Israeli Culture (Shany Littman, Haaretz+) Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Culture Minister Miri Regev are not targeting artists, but art. Critical art is denounced as beyond the pale.
One set of rules for everyone (Dan Margalit, Israel Hayom) The defense minister did the right thing by evicting settlers who invaded buildings in Hebron.
What Can Be Learned From a Lone Wolf in Chains? (Amira Hass, Haaretz+) Israeli military interviews with Palestinian attackers were conducted within an unequal power relationship that is unethical and of dubious value.
Living fence: The debate over putting up a fence in the West Bank is ridiculous (Kalman Libeskind, Maariv) There are many reasons not to install a fence around communities (settlements) that don’t want it. The most important reason is called normality. The debate that opened following the attack in Otniel settlement is worth a serious discussion.
Abbas' vertical flanking (Dr. Reuven Berko, Israel Hayom) Facing internal instability and external indifference, Abbas is desperate.
Israel's 'Occupation' Keeps Palestinian Society Afloat (Moshe Arens, Haaretz+) Palestinian leaders have failed generations of Palestinians. Israel can help improve their conditions, but as long as ISIS is their idyllic example, no change seems to be in the offing.
25 years since First Gulf War: Tel Aviv's missile strike trauma still hasn't abated (Michal Yudelman O'Dwyer, Haaretz+) For Tel Avivians who lived through Saddam's threats and missile strikes, the fear of chemical attack was more distinct, more intense than any subsequent wars and intifadas that have struck the city.
The Discriminatory Face of Israel's Second Legal System (Haaretz Editorial) Police conduct in the case of Nasser Nawajah proves that Israel's Arabs are forced to live by a different set of rules.
Our right to the land (Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom) The State of Israel's existence is based on more than just military force and diplomatic realism. Most of all, it is rooted in the right of the Jewish people to live in this land with which we are so bonded.
Israel Moving Beyond 'Left' and 'Right' (Carolina Landsmann, Haaretz+) It is possible that the pressure on Israeli society has led it to the point of meltdown, putting it on the verge of a fundamental transformation.
Blessed are the moles: Ayelet Shaked’s NGO bill purports to deal with transparency (Yehoshua Hoffman, Maariv) Those who wrote the bill, which requires that Israeli NGOs declare their funds from foreign states, know that all the foreign funding is reported and published. That is contrary to what happens in organizations affiliated with the right-wing, which receive private foreign funding.
The Ministers Who Wish to Boycott Israeli Culture (Shany Littman, Haaretz+) Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Culture Minister Miri Regev are not targeting artists, but art. Critical art is denounced as beyond the pale.
One set of rules for everyone (Dan Margalit, Israel Hayom) The defense minister did the right thing by evicting settlers who invaded buildings in Hebron.
What Can Be Learned From a Lone Wolf in Chains? (Amira Hass, Haaretz+) Israeli military interviews with Palestinian attackers were conducted within an unequal power relationship that is unethical and of dubious value.
Living fence: The debate over putting up a fence in the West Bank is ridiculous (Kalman Libeskind, Maariv) There are many reasons not to install a fence around communities (settlements) that don’t want it. The most important reason is called normality. The debate that opened following the attack in Otniel settlement is worth a serious discussion.
Abbas' vertical flanking (Dr. Reuven Berko, Israel Hayom) Facing internal instability and external indifference, Abbas is desperate.
Israel's 'Occupation' Keeps Palestinian Society Afloat (Moshe Arens, Haaretz+) Palestinian leaders have failed generations of Palestinians. Israel can help improve their conditions, but as long as ISIS is their idyllic example, no change seems to be in the offing.
25 years since First Gulf War: Tel Aviv's missile strike trauma still hasn't abated (Michal Yudelman O'Dwyer, Haaretz+) For Tel Avivians who lived through Saddam's threats and missile strikes, the fear of chemical attack was more distinct, more intense than any subsequent wars and intifadas that have struck the city.
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.