News Nosh 11.21.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday November 21, 2014

Quote of the day:
"In times like these, it's important to remember there are also good Arabs! And they can be found here."
--Text attached to photo of a Muslim cemetery sent by an Ashkelon math teacher to his 11th and 12th grade students this week. The teacher reportedly said he sent it to his students by mistake instead of to another WhatsApp group.


Front Page News:
Haaretz
Yedioth Ahronoth
  • The conspiracy: To eliminate Lieberman with a missile
  • Death in our window // Nahum Barnea interviews father of one of Palestinian killers asking what motivated him
  • The dream team // Sima Kadmon says Netanyahu called for elections the day before the synagogue attack and then called for a unity government - which no one wants to join
  • What's awaiting us // Yuval Diskin, former Shin Bet chief writes that using more force against Palestinians won't work
  • Wall-to-wall condemnations: No to firing Arabs
  • Differentiating between good and bad // Hanoch Daum
  • The Arab janitor of the synagogue in Har Nof: "I saw my synagogue and I cried"
  • Love, but less - The annual popularity index: Drop for the IDF, the police and the High Court. Also dropped for Arabs
  • Prepare your jackets - Rains, winds and significant drop in temperatures for today and tomorrow
Maariv Weekend (Hebrew links only)
  • On the edge - Intifada, religious war or isolated attacks, however you look at it the situation in Jerusalem is on the verge of exploding // Alon Ben-David; Haim Greidinger with the shocked residents of Har Nof; Ran Adelist on the security establishment's part in the security deterioration
  • Friends of the (Druze) policeman Zeidan Seif who was killed when he charged at the terrorists claim: "We are respected only when we die"
  • The 61st option // Ben Caspit on the possibility raised by four heads of parties to oust him
  • The target: Lieberman - Released for publication: 3 Hamas activists planned to assassinate the Foreign Minister
  • No hope: Behind the scenes of the failed hearing recently held to release Pollard
  • (Former Histadrut National Labor Union chief) Ofer Eini: "Get used to it. I'm a businessman"
  • The (famous deceased singer Arik) Einstein legend: Enormous project on one year anniversary of his death
  • Closing the circle: Friends of (murdered teen) Noa Eyal part from her
Israel Hayom

News Summary:
Jerusalem is on the edge of exploding into a religious war or an intifada, government efforts to reinstate Arab workers fired due to Jewish citizens' fear of them, while other Arabs quit their jobs out of fear for their lives, and a thwarted plan to assassinate Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman were the top stories in today's Hebrew newspapers. Meanwhile, Israel plans to demolish the homes of four more Palestinian attackers, numerous attacks on Arabs by right-wingers have taken place across the country and Iran nuclear talks are expected to be extended past the deadline, possibly till March.


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