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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday May 6, 2015
Note: News Nosh will be off tomorrow, Thursday, for the Lag B'Omer holiday.
Quote of the day:
Quote of the day:
“Read it until you can't go on. Then read it some more. Don't go back to advocating for Israel until
you've read it to the end. It's not that long. Length is not the problem. Nor is language. It's just people
talking. Honesty is the problem.”
-Haaretz's Bradley Burston implores supporters of Israel from left to right to read the harsh testimonies of IDF officers and soldiers on their actions towards Palestinian civilians in last summer's Gaza war, published by Breaking the Silence.**
-Haaretz's Bradley Burston implores supporters of Israel from left to right to read the harsh testimonies of IDF officers and soldiers on their actions towards Palestinian civilians in last summer's Gaza war, published by Breaking the Silence.**
The shell game is a tried-and-true method of persuading people to give their money to the person running the game. In political terms, it’s also a reliable method of persuading people to buy into the political stance of the man running the game.
Elliott Abrams is a master of the shell game. He provides what seems like a serious and sober analysis, with just enough cherry-picking of facts and omission of detail to convince you of his point of view. That is a big reason why this man, who is responsible for some of the greatest foreign policy fiascos in American history, continues to be considered a legitimate source for foreign policy analysis.
Perhaps it’s not surprising. Despite the enormous catastrophes brought on by the neoconservative school of thought of which Abrams is a part, the philosophy, such as it is, continues to be an influential voice in the foreign policy debate in the United States. This is, however, even more reason to look at an apparent change of course from Abrams with a skeptical eye.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday May 5, 2015
Quote of the day:
"It's enough to ride the Jerusalem light rail and see that tribal isolation in Israeli society is an
illusion. We actually live entwined together, and if we don't learn how to do that, we will have a much harder
time in this country.
--Moshe Tur-Paz, director of Jerusalem's Education Administration, who participated in creative protest on the Jerusalem light rail against racially-motivated attacks on Arab-speakers in Jerusalem.**
--Moshe Tur-Paz, director of Jerusalem's Education Administration, who participated in creative protest on the Jerusalem light rail against racially-motivated attacks on Arab-speakers in Jerusalem.**
Shalom Achshav, APN's sister organization in Israel, reported:
The Jerusalem District committee for Construction and Planning will convene on Wednesday, 6/5/15, to approve Plan
no. 11085 for the construction of 1,531 housing units in Ramat Shlomo. The plan was called "The Biden Plan" when
during the visit of Vice President Biden in Jerusalem, on March 2010, the plan was approved for depositing by the planning committee.
This week, Alpher discusses Israel's next government, due for confirmation by Wednesday of this week; recent concerted warnings by high-level US officials that the new Israeli government must adhere to the two-state principle; do the violent mass demonstrations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv by second-generation Ethiopian immigrants, protesting Israeli racism have any connection to Ferguson and Baltimore;
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday May 3, 2015
Quote of the day:
"I attended the competition in the past, and this time I decided to participate. I brought a lot of
respect to Palestine."
--Palestinian hairstylist Asma Massimi of Nablus, who defeated hundreds of competitors from Israel and around the world at a hair-styling competition in Tel-Aviv.**
--Palestinian hairstylist Asma Massimi of Nablus, who defeated hundreds of competitors from Israel and around the world at a hair-styling competition in Tel-Aviv.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday May 1, 2015
Quote of the day:
"They took my shoes and beat me with a crowbar."
--Walla Bayach, an Israeli of Ethiopian descent who was filmed being attacked by inspectors
from Israel's Population and Immigration Authority, thinks it was because they thought he was a migrant.**
This week, Americans for Peace Now's 2015 Israel Study Tour is exploring Israel and the
West Bank, focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and efforts to resolve it.
See below for pictures, video, and highlights from our Twitter feed.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday April 30, 2015
Quote of the day:
"Sadly, even when the Nepal coverage dies down, Israelis will probably still not be interested in the Gaza
crisis. How is that possible? Can people truly be selectively compassionate, and if so, are they really
compassionate, or are they just fooling themselves and everyone else?"
--Haaretz+ commentator Asher Schechter asks why Israel is more concerned by people thousands of miles away than
the 100,000 people still homeless in Gaza.**