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Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher (September 9, 2019) - Israel's Elections: Troublesome Last-Minute Questions

by APN 09/09/19

Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.

News Nosh 9.9.19

by APN 09/09/19

APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday September 9, 2019

You Must Be Kidding #1:

“I really asked my staff, and they all said that you looked pleasant and gentle and that you are surely a good dentist but everyone thought that this way, with the head covering, it wouldn’t work for us in the clinic … even if we would make you appointments and fill the schedule … people wouldn’t want … there would be a lot of problems with this … We’d have a lot of problems, which wouldn’t be justified, but we’d have problems with this. So you know, I’m left with the sympathy and the good intentions but I can’t fulfill them … I can’t fulfill it under these conditions.”
—Director of dental clinic tells Arab dentist who wears a Muslim headscarf why she didn’t get the job. He was fined.*

You Must Be Kidding #2:
"When it comes to the suspects who are in custody, who don't see their family, who are under psychological pressure that is suitable for use by the Shin Bet investigations - we are in trouble. This is how evidence is obtained? Is that the way?"
--Yedioth senior commentator Ben-Dror Yemini argues that the psychological methods used by the Shin Bet interrogators for obtaining testimony (ostensibly from Palestinians) are unsuitable for use not by the Shin Bet - in other words, that Jewish Israelis should not be interrogated the way that Palestinians are by the Shin Bet But he expresses no problem with those methods being used on Palestinians.**

Breaking News:
Iranian militias in Syria launch failed missile strike against Israel after 18 people were killed in an aerial attack by an unidentified aircraft on Iranian targets in Syria near the Iraq border. (Israel Hayom and Ynet)

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News Nosh 9.8.19

by APN 09/08/19

APN's daily news review from Israel

Sunday September 8, 2019

You Must Be Kidding #1:

"Rabin murdered Holocaust survivors."
--Yair Netanyahu, son of the prime minister, wrote in a Tweet.

You Must Be Kidding #2:
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has repeatedly warned in recent days of the danger that the election will be “stolen" due to alleged voter fraud by Arab citizens of Israel. The Likud party alleged voter fraud at more than a hundred polling stations from the April elections.
The police investigated and found one case in favor of Likud.**

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News Nosh 9.5.19

by APN 09/05/19

APN's daily news review from Israel

Thursday September 5, 2019

Quotes of the day:

"We won't let them steal the election."
--Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says speaking of his party's attempt to pass a bill to place cameras at polling stations to prevent alleged fake votes in Arab sector.*

"Advancing the bill, even though it has no chance, is meant to keep the narrative of 'Arabs stealing the vote' in the minds of Likud voters. This will get them to go out and vote."
--A source within Likud told Maariv.*

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News Nosh 9.4.19

by APN 09/04/19

APN's daily news review from Israel

Wednesday September 4, 2019

You Must Be Kidding:
"The education minister not only goes beyond his purview, he simply acts as if he's the minister of religionization. He doesn't care about Israeli students, but only how to turn them into settlers living in the West Bank."
--Democratic Camp party member, Stav Shafir, and Meretz party leader, Nitzan Horowitz, said after far right-wing Education Minister Rafi Peretz promoted plans to have school children make school trips in the West Bank.**

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PeaceCast: APN’s Debra Shushan and Ori Nir, Hosted by Bill Press

by APN 09/04/19

In this special episode of PeaceCast, APN’s Debra Shushan and Ori Nir are the interviewees rather than the interviewers on the Bill Press Pod. A co-production.

News Nosh 9.3.19

by APN 09/03/19

APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday September 3, 2019

Quote of the day:

“I suppose the message today from the Likud campaign will be something like, ‘Ayoub Kara is a leftist who collaborates with the enemies of Israel, the New Israel Fund, the cable and satellite council and George Soros, with the aim of ousting an incumbent prime minister, establishing a Hamas state whose capital is at Channel 13 in Givatayim and appointing Azmi Bishara as Minister of Defense.’”
--Maariv’s senior political commentator Ben Caspit guesses the Likud reaction to the recordings released that reveal Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu shouting at then-Communications Minister, Ayoub Kara, telling him what he expected him to do on Netanyahu's behalf.*

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Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher (September 4, 2019) - Netanyahu Tries to Change the Election Agenda while the US/Iran/Levant Factor Escalates

by APN 09/03/19

News Nosh 9.2.19

by APN 09/02/19

APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday September 2, 2019

Quote of the day:

“As the elections approach, when passions are flaring and the discourse coarsens, I implore you not to believe the incitement and the personal attacks. Do not listen to the voices that are eager to radicalize the discourse, to the right or to the left."
--Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused the media of persecuting him and called to boycott Channel 12 after regularly released information about his corruption cases.*

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News Nosh 9.1.19

by APN 09/01/19

APN's daily news review from Israel

Sunday September 1, 2019

Quote of the day:

"There is no escape from seeing things as they are: the Israeli free press is under a dangerous attack."
--Senior political commentator of Yedioth Ahronoth, Nahum Barnea, writes in a front-page Op-Ed about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's accusations against journalists and institutions of the Israeli media and about Netanyahu's call to boycott Channel 12 News.*

Breaking News:
Missiles Fired From Lebanon at Israeli Base; Hezbollah Says Destroyed Military Vehicle
Lebanese army says Israeli drone violated its airspace and that Israel shelled southern Lebanon territory. Incident comes after Nasrallah threatened to attack. (Haaretz and Ynet)

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Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher (September 9, 2019) - Israel's Elections: Troublesome Last-Minute Questions

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