News Nosh 10.07.16

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday October 7, 2016  
 
You Must Be Kidding: 
"We have to mark the dream, and the dream is that Judea and Samaria will be part of the sovereign State of Israel. We have to act today, and we must give our lives. We can't keep marking the Land of Israel as a tactical target and a Palestinian state as the strategic target." 
--Israel's Education Minister and leader of Habayti Hayehudi party, Naftali Bennett.**


Front Page:
Haaretz
Yedioth Ahronoth
  • The plane tragedy: The F-16 pilot will be laid to rest today
  • Higher power – behind the scenes of the fascinating battle over four seats in the High Court
  • My grandfather – Mika Almog on the Peres you never knew
  • They went up to the Temple Mount – Yoaz Hendel and Raanan Shaked in a tense trip in E. Jerusalem

Maariv Weekend (Hebrew links only)

Israel Hayom
  • Millions of Americans escaping the hurricane
  • “We will do everything to learn how Ohad was killed”
  • The key to the mystery is in the hands of the navigator // Aharon Lapidot
  • Defense Minister: “We aren’t looking for adventures in Gaza, but every shooting will be answered with a powerful response”; Yesterday: IDF attacked in Gaza Strip after mortar shot at Negev
  • Deep in the ground: A rare peek at the operations of the IDF against Hamas tunnels
  • In the name of the son - Irit and Asher Shachar can use Omri’s sperm to make a child
  • The dance of death in Aleppo: The cold war returns in Syria // Boaz Bismuth

 
News Summary:
Today’s top stories in the Hebrew papers were the eulogies for the Air Force pilot killed in an accident two days ago after returning from bombing Gaza and the (restrained) response from Israel after another rocket was launched from Gaza onto the Negev (i.e. Defense Minster Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel wasn’t looking to escalate the tensions and Israel responded with tank fire not air fire). Meanwhile, six residents of the Lebanese-Syrian-Israeli border town, Ghajar, were arrested on suspicion of planning attacks in northern Israel. 
 
And as the discussions continued over what to do with the residents of Amona West Bank outpost, who refuse to be resettled off the privately-owned Palestinian land where they built their homes, pro-settler Education Minister Naftali Bennett said Israelis must “give their lives” for the annexation of the West Bank. Earlier this week, the US made an exceptionally sharp statement against Israel’s plans to build for Amona settlers a new ‘neighborhood’ next to Shvut Rachel settlement, saying Israel was harming peace chances. Israel denied that settlements harmed peace. Today, Maariv’s Dana Somberg wrote that a US official told her that Israel’s response was “feigned innocence.” The source said that “In Israel, they don’t believe in the two-state solution.” Peace Now’s Settlement Watch project revealed that West Bank settlement-building activity quadrupled this year.
 
And also in the news, the most popular Israeli baby names in 5776 were Tamar and Mohammed.

 
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.