News Nosh 12.19.14

by APN 12/19/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday December 19, 2014

Quote of the day:
“I invited the President to the graduation ceremony of Moran and Inbar in a few years, but I suggested he come before that to play basketball with the school’s men’s team. He asked, ‘Are they good?’ I said they were excellent and he reacted with a big smile.”
--Rebecca Bardach, Yad B’Yad (Jewish-Arab) School employee and mother of two children at the school, who was invited to light Hannukah candles at the White House with two of the school’s 9th graders, following the arson attack on the school.**
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News Nosh 12.18.14

by APN 12/18/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday December 18, 2014

Quote of the day:
"Our biggest problem is that the Europeans have stopped talking with us, and have started talking about us."
--Israeli diplomatic source tells Ynet following string of string of diplomatic blows Israel suffered yesterday.**
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News Nosh 12.17.14

by APN 12/17/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday December 17, 2014

Word of the day:
Shahid.
--Official title given Tuesday by government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to some 150 Jewish Iranians who fell in the Iran-Iraq War.**
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The New York Times: Signs of Recognition

by APN 12/16/14
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LONDON — Parliaments across Europe — in Britain, Spain, France, Ireland and now the European Parliament — are acting to preserve the prospect of peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians. They seek recognition of Palestine on the basis of the 1967 borders as a contribution to a negotiated peace, not a substitute for it.

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Chanukah message: Where do we find the light?

by APN 12/16/14
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Chanukiah

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Dear Friend,

At the darkest time of winter, Jews celebrate Chanukah, adding one candle each night to increase the light. Many of us place our menorah in a window in fulfillment of the mitzvah to “publicize the miracle” of the small cruse of oil that contained only enough for one day but lasted for eight.

This particular winter is an especially dark time for those of us who have been working for decades to support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There’s no denying that the peace process has stalled. The parties are not talking to one another. The Occupation continues unabated. We read of growing violence. Some people have even begun to question the possibility of a two-state solution.

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News Nosh 12.16.14

by APN 12/16/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday December 16, 2014

Quote of the day:
“Even if the veto is given, an especially strong red light must turn on in Jerusalem: This is the beginning, gradually, of the end of the automatic US veto era.”
--Former diplomat Alon Pinkas writes about the indecision of the US over whether to veto proposals at the UN to end the Israeli occupation and establish a Palestinian state.**
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APN to Obama Administration: Support Constructive Action at the UN Security Council to Promote Israeli-Palestinian Peace

by APN 12/15/14
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APN today called on the Obama Administration to support action in the United Nations Security Council regarding Israel-Palestine that supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  APN president and CEO Debra DeLee commented:

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APN/Peace Now in the News: December 5 - December 12, 2014

by APN 12/15/14
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Associated Press - December 10, 2014
Peace Now: No new settlement plans since Bibi-Obama meeting in October
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-defense-chief-yaalon-says-settlement-construction-slowed-by-us-criticism/

Washington Jewish Week - December 10, 2014
APN's Ori Nir: Poll data shows how strongly Americans criticize Israel's West Bank settlement policy
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/18186/americans-say-stay-democratic-israel/

Haaretz - December 11, 2014
APN's Ori Nir op-ed: Ahead of Israeli elections, US Jews should publicly assert their vision of Israel's future
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.631209

December 15, 2014 - Israeli Elections - small signs of hope; and security and violence

by APN 12/15/14
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This week, Alpher discusses how the momentum for recognition of a Palestinian state is building up in Europe and at the United Nations and how this affects Israel, particularly at election time; emerging political dynamics as regards Israel's elections; the role of violence in Israeli and American security tactics; whether Palestinian Authority threats to sever security coordination with Israel over the Abu Ein incident are credible.

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News Nosh 12.15.14

by APN 12/15/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday December 15, 2014

Quote of the day:
“How can a bus driver work if the passengers endanger his life? He can’t get off at the bus stop or even change places. Like a sitting target he can only guess who will decide to attack him, curse him, spit on him, beat and injure him.”
--Haaretz Op-Ed writer, Tirtza Flohr, laments the violence towards Arab bus drivers, many of whom have quit or stopped working in Jerusalem following the hanging of one of their colleagues and the regular violence from passengers.**
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