APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday August 30, 2013
Number of the day:
77.
--Percentage of Israeli public that opposes Israeli intervention in the case that the US does not attack Syria,
according to Maariv poll.**
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APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday August 29, 2013
Quote of the day:
"The soldiers exposed themselves to unnecessary danger..."
--IDF disciplines a group of soldiers serving in Hebron who crashed a Palestinian wedding party and danced with the guests to PSY.**
Since the birth of the peace process, popular wisdom has held that an Israeli leader cannot be expected to expend much domestic political capital during talks, because political capital must be saved to "sell" any agreement at the end of talks. In principle, there is some logic in this argument. In practice, that logic is now hitting a brick wall. If recent events indicate the patterns of action to come, talks will be in danger of falling apart long before an agreement is in reach.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday August 28, 2013
Quote of the day:
"They are talking about everything without a framework or plan to deal with the issues. In actuality, this
means they aren't speaking about anything."
--Noam Sheizaf writes a sharply worded Op-Ed in Maariv on the report that Israel only wants an interim agreement
with the Palestinians. **
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday August 27, 2013
Quote of the day:
"Israel's behavior conveys the following message: 'If you compel me, I will engage in peace talks.' In
other words, the only interest that guides the Israeli government is to avoid a colossal crisis with the
world."
--Uzi Baram writes in Haaretz how the right-wing description of 'peace' must be ignored and the real meaning of
peace must be adopted.**
Rob Eshman / Jewish Journal (August 21, 2013)
Interview with Mark Rosenblum, an Israel-Palestine peace activist since 1978, describing why a peace agreement is
in the interest of both sides and why he won't give up on peace. Read More >
Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) has released
research findings by Lior Amihai of settlement watch, showing over 1000 units being advanced despite the
ongoing negotiation process. Some of these plans (approx. 300) had been removed from the previous Higher
Planning committee agenda due to the press coverage (including those of Shalom Achshav) of these being brand new
plans, and the pressure from the then recently announced EU guidelines.
They write, "We are obviously concerned by these units, the legalization of an outpost and the impact this will have on the negotiation process.It is hard to argue about whether this is in contradiction to Netanyahu's recent commitment to limit new tenders to 1000 units over the negotiaiton process, but suffice it to say, this exemplifies that Netanyahu is placating to the interests of the settlers."
Jewish Virtual Library (2013)
Statistical breakdown of the armed forces for each country in the Middle East. Includes troop totals as well as
military vehicles, ships, and aircraft. Read More >
