APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday September 10, 2013
Quote of the day:
"The question is, what is the message to commanders who are at the frontline,
doing the dirty work and not hiding behind screens..."
--Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner reacts to his 'severe' punishment for beating a peace activist: two months of community service without pa and forced early retirement from the army**
This week Alpher discusses the interim ramifications for Israel of the Obama appeal for congressional support to attack Syria, the most relevant lessons of Oslo right now, as Israel and the PLO once again seek a negotiated solution, and a summary of the outgoing Jewish year, 5773, from the standpoint of Israel's overall security.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday September 09, 2013
Quote of the day:
"In the end, they will still be sitting in Washington and because of them, the Israelis will be going down to the shelters."
--Maariv political commentator Shalom Yerushalmi on AIPAC's 'help' in getting the US Congress to support a US attack on Syria.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday September 08, 2013
Quote of the day:
'Im Tirtzu is a Fascist movement.'
-- A Facebook group name, which an Israeli judge ruled was not a libel against the far right-wing Im Tirtzu movement.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday September 04, 2013
Note: News Nosh will be off Thursday and Friday for the Rosh Hashana holiday.
Quote of the day:
"After Assad goes, we'll talk on Facebook."
--Captain Shirin Sheli tells what one of the wounded Syrians she treated said to her upon being released from the
secret IDF medical facility.**
Topics discussed are the Assad regime and its assessment of President Obama's decision to postpone a punitive
attack pending congressional approval; Israeli assessment of the decision to postpone.
Also, the issue of shortages of and long lines for gas masks in Israel, and Israel's security needs if and when a
two-state solution is reached.
Every year, on Rosh Hashanah, we wish you and other supporters of Americans for Peace Now that the coming year be a
Shnat Shalom, a year of peace. Like other forms of well-wishing, it has become somewhat of a cliché.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday September 03, 2013
Quote of the day:
"I'm critiquing the way the American Jewish community operates because I think we're hurting ourselves, and
Israel, through our isolation from Palestinians. As Jews and Zionists, I want us to do better."
--Peter Beinart in a scathing new article discussed in Haaretz.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday September 02, 2013
Quote of the day:
"Sandwiched between two Arab civil wars, expecting nothing from the peace talks, quietly legalizing
discrimination against its minorities - Israel's year of superficial calm."
--Don Futterman sums up a less than positive year in Israel ahead of Rosh Hashana.**
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday September 01, 2013
Quote of the day:
'The wieners will still be used in the IDF, but only under
field conditions.'
--Ynet writes about the introduction of healthy food in the Israeli army.**