APN's daily news review from Israel

Friday, May 18, 2012

Quote of the day:

"STOP."
--The word shouted in the warroom seconds before another missile was shot at a building with members of the Samouni family, wrote Maariv, revealing for the first time the orders that lead to the killing of 21 members of the same family in Operation Cast Lead.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Thursday, May 17, 2012

NOTE to News Nosh readers: Note: Haaretz has a new website and with it limitation to free reading. Get the details here. News Nosh will give the links to articles, but if you are not a Haaretz subscriber and you have passed your limit, you may not get access. --OH
 

Quote of the day:

"Our feeling is that little by little we are returning to the period of military rule, and from the most unexpected place - academia."

--Hadash student organization on the last-minute banning of the Naqba Day ceremony at Haifa University.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Wednesday, May 15, 2012

Quote of the day:

"I'm as Israeli as they get."
--"A.", a 27-year-old Muslim Iranian woman living in Tel-Aviv since age 12.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Note to News Nosh Readers: Haaretz's new (and very appealing!) website requires that you register and log in to read some of the articles. Registration is free.
 

Quote of the day:

"Who cares who who lost and who won? We played for fun."
--A Palestinian man from Luban village after losing in a soccer match this week to settlers at neighboring Beit Aryeh settlement.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday, May 14, 2012

Quote of the day:

"In this way he will come out clean publicly and internationally, the settlers will get what they want, the buildings in Givat Ulpana will remain and everyone will be happy – except the High Court."
--Maariv reveals behind the scenes plan to keep Jewish settler houses on privately owned Palestinian land.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Friday, May 11, 2012

Quote of the day:

"Mohammed Nabulsi's paper trail has been catching up with him, which is making it difficult for Jewish settlers and their state patrons to take over East Jerusalem homes."
--In a great piece of reportage, Haaretz's Jerusalem affairs correspondent Nir Hasson reveals how one Palestinian man ruined the lives of so many.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Quote of the day:

"The opposition is small, but it bites."
--Maariv reporter Arik Bender writing about the stormy Knesset session yesterday.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Quote of the day:

"This is an alliance of cowards and the most ridiculous zigzag in Israel's political history."
--Labor Party Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich on the unity "deal" between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader and Kadima Chairman Shaul Mofaz.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Quote of the day:

"I would give the 18th Knesset a failed grade. Every day of its activity was a danger to democracy."
--Arab MK Ahmed Tibi at the dispersal of the 18th Knesset.**

APN's daily news review from Israel

Monday, May 7, 2012

Quote of the day:

"You're basically seeking to change your policy post-verdict. This is unheard of."
--Justice Uzi Vogelman said during High Court hearing on the State's petition to postpone the court order for the eviction and demolishing of Givat Ulpana outpost by three months.**