APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday April 08, 2016
Quote of the day:
"You find yourself, especially in the age of social media networks, flooded by all kinds of lies you
can not deal with. They spread this or that. Myths. They say things about you and they attack from here and
they attack from there. It's just irresponsible, a loss of values, a loss of moral compass and unfortunately,
these people have also infiltrated our movement."
--Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told Likud members about the incitement he is battling against - even from within his party.
--Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told Likud members about the incitement he is battling against - even from within his party.
Front Page:
Haaretz
- Palestinian Authority advancing move in UN against settlements
- A journey in the Iraqi chaos – A checkpoint every kilometer, feelings of longing for Sadam and one street where it’s allowed to talk about atheism. Special report for Haaretz from Baghdad
- Panama Papers: Abbas’ son held stocks worth $1 million in a company connected to the Palestinian Authority
- The secret negotiations for a unity government: Netanyahu and Herzog exchanged drafts of a coalition government
- In the wake of the coalition crisis, 1,300 Falashmura will immigrate to Israel (from Ethiopia)
- Thousands in France began a social justice protest. Prime Minister’s response: Busy with the Islamic threat
- In the sado-masochistic community, they are silencing rape incidents for fear of exposure and accusations of the victim
- What is the connection between the Mishmar Hashloshah and Givat Hashlosha and is it right to memorialize them in numbers
- Genetic study solved the mystery of the ethnicity of the Bnei Israel from India
- Is Israel ready for a Muslim Arab female singer from Caesarea?
- Lesbian and fascist: She’s leading the protest against the asylum seekers (from Africa)
- ¼ page ad: Join a tour of the center of the West Bank – Machsom Watch
Yedioth Ahronoth
- Inbal Or’s record amount of money squandering – The moment before her business collapsed
- Special - (Former Mossad chief) Meir Dagan: The concealed discussions
- Shadow over Israel – “We have signs of fascism and its advancing at a worrying speed,” said a senior legal persona. Justice Minister Shaked, who is determined to restrict the High Court, faces Chief Justice Miriam Naor, who is fighting to protect her institution. And in the meantime, the racism is lifting its head here, without even apologizing, (MK) Betsalel Smotrich is only one example. Musaf Shabbat supplement
- Higher force // Nahum Barnea writes that at a time like this, the great powers of the High Court are needed more than ever
- We are already there // Sima Kadmon writes that this week was so shaking, “that even the biggest deniers among us can no longer close their eyes” to what is happening
- Diary of longing // Tami Arad (wife of missing pilot Ron Arad) in a rare interview about 30 years of uncertainty
Maariv This Week (Hebrew links only)
- (Defense Minister) Yaalon: People without values have infiltrated the Likud party
- Mr. Security // Ben Caspit writes that the Defense Minster is in a battle for survival, but that he has a spine and won’t bow easily, and that Yaalon hopes that in the end, people will know how to appreciate responsible leadership that has a steady hand on the steering wheel
- MK Zuheir Bahloul: A Palestinian who attacks a soldier – is not a terrorist. Bahloul received condemnations from the whole political spectrum
- Smotrich’s message // Udi Segal
- The storm over the separation of (Arab and Jewish women) in the maternity ward: Hospital directors summoned for clarification
- Leave the women in the maternity ward alone // (far-right-wing) Arieh Eldad
- Israel to demand the extradition of (fugitive) Rabbi Berland (suspected of sex crimes against women)
- Conviction in cold blood: The people who found themselves on the wrong side of the wheels of justice
- The agreement: Seven ministries for the Zionist Camp party – the negotiations for a unity government that were stopped by a probe into Zionist Camp leader, Herzog
- The earth-shattering investigation: How exactly was the legend of the massacre at Deir Yassin formed // Dr. Uri Milstein
- Justice we will pursue: Parents of Yosef Salamasa are not letting the police ignore them
Israel Hayom
News Summary:
- Netanyahu condemns: “Words of MK Bahloul are shameful” – Bahloul: “Whoever attacks an IDF soldier – is not a terrorist”
- That’s how an MK of Ben-Gurion’s party expresses himself // Dan Margalit
- If (Meir) Dagan was responsible also for the ‘operation’ in Romania – that’s cause for concern // Haim Shine
- End to the coalition crisis: 1,300 Falashmura to be brought to Israel
- Rabbi Berland, suspected of sex crimes and escaped, arrested in South Africa
News Summary:
The ‘Shooting Soldier’ arrived at the military court for the first time
without handcuffs and his ‘open detention’ was extended for another week, at the end of which charges are expected
to be made against him. Numerous Israelis have slammed the Israeli Defense Minister and the IDF Chief of Staff
for detaining him at all in the murder of an injured Palestinian assailant, who was laying on the ground
already shot. Maariv today reported how Yaalon is battling against the ‘wild
incitement’ against him by activists from his own party, Likud. Yaalon said that people without
values and ethics have infiltrated the party.
But the bigger story in today’s Hebrew newspapers was the statement by an Arab MK of the Zionist Camp party, who said that Palestinians who attacked IDF soldiers were not ‘terrorists.’ MK Zuheir Bahloul’s declaration caused a furor, even in his own party. The far right-wing Haybayit Hayehudi party took advantage of the opportunity to slam Bahloul and his party, for which Zionist Leader Chairman, MK Isaac Herzog, said Habayit Hayehudi is the last party that has a right to slam anyone in light of the racist remarks by their MK Betsalel Smotrich supporting separation of Jewish and Arab women in the hospital maternity wards. (The Health Ministry director has summoned the hospital directors for a clarification on the policy the hospitals secretly implemented.)
Meanwhile, there was more talk over the draft agreements between Herzog and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to create a unity government. Maariv reported that Likud activists were none too happy to discover the plan to bring Zionist Camp into the coalition, fearing the party would make settlement construction more difficult. But since a police probe was opened into Herzog, the whole thing was frozen.
Also in the news, the Palestinian Authority has pushed forward a draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank. (Haaretz+ and Ynet) And Turkey said that an accord will be reached with Israel very soon.
But the bigger story in today’s Hebrew newspapers was the statement by an Arab MK of the Zionist Camp party, who said that Palestinians who attacked IDF soldiers were not ‘terrorists.’ MK Zuheir Bahloul’s declaration caused a furor, even in his own party. The far right-wing Haybayit Hayehudi party took advantage of the opportunity to slam Bahloul and his party, for which Zionist Leader Chairman, MK Isaac Herzog, said Habayit Hayehudi is the last party that has a right to slam anyone in light of the racist remarks by their MK Betsalel Smotrich supporting separation of Jewish and Arab women in the hospital maternity wards. (The Health Ministry director has summoned the hospital directors for a clarification on the policy the hospitals secretly implemented.)
Meanwhile, there was more talk over the draft agreements between Herzog and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to create a unity government. Maariv reported that Likud activists were none too happy to discover the plan to bring Zionist Camp into the coalition, fearing the party would make settlement construction more difficult. But since a police probe was opened into Herzog, the whole thing was frozen.
Also in the news, the Palestinian Authority has pushed forward a draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank. (Haaretz+ and Ynet) And Turkey said that an accord will be reached with Israel very soon.
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.