News Nosh 10.22.14

by APN 10/22/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday October 22, 2014

Quote of the day:
“It's time to make it clear to the prime minister and his ministers: This is not a reality show, this is a reality. In reality, you have to show results."
-- Labor leader and Opposition Chairman Isaac Herzog slammed the new alliance between Ministers Yair Lapid and Tzipi Livni to advance the peace process with the Palestinians.**
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Settlement Watch News Flash: Settlers take over 2 Additional Buildings at Silwan

by APN 10/21/14
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The Israeli Peace Now movement published the following News Flash today:

Settlers take over 2 Additional Buildings at Silwan
 

Yesterday, 20/10/2014, settlers entered early in the morning to 2 buildings at the Palestinian Silwan neighborhood at East Jerusalem, in the area called Battan Al Hawa. The buildings consist together of an estimated 9 housing units and families have been seen at the sites.

The two new settlements extend the settlers area of control at Silwan. They allow the settlers to have a new stronghold in an area that does not have other settlements in their immediate surroundings. The locations of the buildings are at Battan Al Hawa, in an area that is referred to as the Yemenite neighborhood (Harat Al-Yaman) or Al-Hara Al-Wusta. Unlike Wadi Hilweh  where settlers took over 7 buildings three weeks ago, Battan Al Hawa is an area in Silwan which is very crowdedly populated by Palestinians. The only settlement there, until yesterday, was of about 8 families, in "Beit Yonatan" and "Beit Hadvash", where the settlers can't safely walk in the street and can only reach their homes by an armored car and with armed guards.
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News Nosh 10.21.14

by APN 10/21/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday October 21, 2014

Quote of the day:
 “Listen, Abu Mazen, you (Palestinians) aren’t a people and therefore there’s no genocide...To annihilate you as a rabble is a mitzvah, and it will ultimately be carried out..."
-- Facebook post by Prof. Hillel Weiss, a professor emeritus as Bar-Ilan University and also a teacher at Orot Israel College of Education. The university responded: “A call to kill people is un-Jewish and immoral.” **
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October 20, 2014 - Fighting IS and an escalation of tensions in Jerusalem

by APN 10/20/14
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This week, Alpher discusses the mosaic of radically conflicting interests among countries and peoples ostensibly fighting for the same cause - fighting ISIS and the growing escalation of tensions between Jews and Muslims on and around the Temple Mount and in Jerusalem in general.

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News Nosh 10.20.14

by APN 10/20/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday October 20, 2014

Quote of the day:
“For a young Israeli man looking to express his manhood and maturity the path is open for combat service (in the IDF). There he can prove his courage and abilities and gain social recognition. For the young Muslim man, whether he is in Israel, Belgium or Yemen, this possibility does not exist.”
--Maariv military affairs analyst Alon Ben-David explains why a highly talented Muslim Israeli doctor, who was liked and appreciated by his colleagues, joined ISIS.**

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News Nosh 10.19.14

by APN 10/19/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday October 19, 2014

Quote of the day:
“From that day onward I have dedicated my life to this one and this only. To go from person to person and shout in the ears of everyone who will listen, and also those whose ears remain shut, that this situation is not an unchangeable decree of fate. Nowhere is it written that we have to go on dying and sacrificing our children eternally in this holy and hard land.”
--Rami Elhanan recalls the results of his first encounter with the Parents Circle Families Forum – Palestinian and Israeli Bereaved Families for Peace. **
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News Nosh 10.17.14

by APN 10/17/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday October 17, 2014

Quote of the day:
"...if we went in there, we would get stuck there."
--Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon explains why Israel chose not to topple Hamas.**
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New York Times editorial: A British Message to Israel

by APN 10/15/14
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Israel and the United States have dismissed Monday’s vote in the House of Commons in Britain that endorsed diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state as a symbolic gesture that won’t change British policy.

In a strict sense, they are right.

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News Nosh 10.15.14

by APN 10/15/14
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday October 15, 2014

Note: News Nosh is off Thursday.

Quote of the day:
"Burning holy places of worship is terror and it needs to be taken care of like terror, regardless of whether it was perpetrated for nationalistic, racial or religious motives. In order to deal with this problem – we must first acknowledge the seriousness of the problem."
--President Ruvi Rivlin reacts to the torching of a West Bank mosque by Jewish vandals.**
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Peace Parsha: What’s in a Name?

by APN 10/14/14
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peace_parsha_logo186x140By Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson

As we begin the Torah anew, we are reminded once again of the power of names. God calls the light “Day” and the darkness “Night” (Gen. 1:5); God then hands over this divine prerogative to Adam, having him name all the animals and, ultimately, Eve (2:19-23). Two parshiyot later, an angel instructs Hagar what to name her son, she responds by naming God (16:11,13), and God changes Abram and Sarai’s names (17:5,15). Names, clearly, have power.

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