APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday April 2, 2020
Quote of the day:
"On the one hand, the comic video clip of police cars in pursuit of a lone bicyclist in the Hayarkon
Park, on the other hand, a funeral attended by hundreds of people which received police approval in Bnei Brak.
Where are the brains, where?"
--Columnist Oded Shalom looks at how the police discriminate in their implementation of the isolation restrictions and don't use discretion in their treatment of Arabs.*
You Must Be Kidding:
"The Iranians have enough resources to deal with the global coronavirus pandemic."
--Israel Hayom's commentator Eldad Beck writes that Iranians aren't suffering enough to warrant easing US sanctions on them.**
--Columnist Oded Shalom looks at how the police discriminate in their implementation of the isolation restrictions and don't use discretion in their treatment of Arabs.*
You Must Be Kidding:
"The Iranians have enough resources to deal with the global coronavirus pandemic."
--Israel Hayom's commentator Eldad Beck writes that Iranians aren't suffering enough to warrant easing US sanctions on them.**
Breaking News:
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, keeping Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in self-quarantine, and putting the Mossad Chief, the head of the National Security Council, the Health Ministry director and the director of public health at the Health Ministry in quarantine, as well. The IDF Chief of Staff has already been in self-quarantine since Tuesday. (Haaretz+ and Israel Hayom)
Front Page:
Could Israeli-Palestinian cooperation around Coronavirus be
extended beyond the realm of public health? Could it bring about much needed rapprochement? Could it, at the
very least, put Israeli annexation plans on hold?