APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday July 29, 2016
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 strongly oppose settlement activity, which is corrosive to the cause of peace. These steps by Israeli
authorities are the latest examples of what appears to be a steady acceleration of settlement activity that is
systematically undermining the prospects for a two- state solution."
- John Kirby, State Department Spokesman
Front Page:
Haaretz
- New Jewish PAC aims to burnish Hilary's pro-Israel credentials
- Trump slams Clinton's refusal to mention 'radical Islam' in DNC speech
- US strongly condemns 'accelerated, systematic' settlement activity by Israel
Israel Hayom
- Senator slams Obama for 'nickel and diming' Israel on defense aid
- With Auschwitz visit, pope faces complex Polish-Jewish story
- MKs push to complete Judea and Samaria security fence by 2018
The Times of Israel
- "Indignation' brings Philip Roth's novel about anti-semitism to the big screen
- Accepting historic presidential nomination, Clinton touts Israel's security, Iran deal
- Silent meditation and survivors' embraces as pope visits Auschwitz
Ynet News
- Rwandan genocide victims in Yad Vashem seminar
- Turkey creates 'traitors' cemetery for dead plotters
- Light rail work to cripple Jaffa's main thoroughfare
News Summary:
Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first woman nominee of a major US political party at the close of the Democratic National Convention last night. In her acceptance speech, she affirmed her support for the Iran deal and her commitment to Israel's security, while her opponent, Donald Trump, criticized her for not using the phrase "radical Islam."
In Israel, Zionist Union MK Omer Bar Lev pushed a bill to make security fence construction in Judea and Samaria a 'high priority national project," in order to create a 'consecutive line separating Jewish and Arab communities.' This comes a day after a secret document from 1970 is released detailing conversations in Moshe Dayan's office discussing ways to violate international law and build the settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron.
Quick Hits:
- Israel’s recent string of announcements approving tenders past the Green Line brought an “exceptionally strong condemnation” from the U.S. State Department. State Department spokesman John Kirby claimed that the U.S. has identified an "acceleration" of construction in the settlements and accused Israel of "a pattern of provocative and counterproductive action ... that systematically undermines the prospects for a two-state solution." (Haaretz+)
- The proportion of the population employed rose to 61.2% in the second quarter. This is from a previously reported 60.8%. (Globes)
- Two Palestinians are suing the South Dakota Lions Eye and Tissue Bank alleging that the corneas provided for transplants have caused serious complications. The eye and tissue bank says it isn’t at fault and the Palestinians have no right to sue in the United States. (YNET.com)
- Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein visited the illegal settlement outpost of Amona on Thursday and publicly predicted that a way would be found to legalize it by circumventing a High Court of Justice ruling ordering its evacuation. Amona was partly built on privately owned Palestinian land and partially evacuated a decade ago, sparking violent confrontations between settlers and Israeli soldiers. (Haaretz+)
- After agreeing last week to hold municipal elections in the West Bank and Gaza on October 8th, Fatah and Hamas plan to hold another round of reconciliation talks in the coming weeks in a bid to mend fences after nearly a decade of hostility. (Times of Israel)
- 6 arrested over gang rape of Israeli tourist in India. Of the 6 arrested, 3 were minors. The woman was trying to go to a bus station by taxi when she accepted a ride from these individuals. Rape, acid attacks and domestic violence remain common in this part of India. (Israel Hayom)
- SodaStream is expanding its production in southern Israel. The company currently employs 1,400 with a third of these workers being Bedouin. (Globes)