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Americans for Peace Now: August 1, 2019
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"Criticizing the occupation doesn't make you anti-Israel, frankly. It doesn't mean that you are against the existence of a nation... It means that you believe in human rights."
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a radio interview this week.
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Issue Briefs
Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher [ [link removed] ]
July 30, 2019 - 50 days to elections: left and right consolidate, Bibi goes international [ [link removed] ]
Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.
Q. Registration of party lists for the September 17 elections closes on August 1. As of Monday, July 29, where do we stand?
A. Efforts on both the political left and the political right to consolidate and unite party lists have succeeded sufficiently to take potential votes away from both Likud and Blue-White...
Q. But combined lists are merging on both the left and the right...
A. Yes, and this conceivably will give them greater bargaining power...
Q. You mean Ayelet Shaked on the right?
A. First and foremost...
Q. Will the left also lose votes to the threshold?
A. Probably not...
Q. That means that Blue-White will not be able to form a coalition without elements from the right: Likud, Liberman and or Shaked. But by the same token the Likud, even with Shaked's far-right party, will need Blue-White, Liberman and/or Labor. And because these are problematic matches, are we again looking at a post-election coalition stalemate?
A. As matters stand, yes...
Q. [Prime Minister Netanyahu can exploit the advantages of his office to try to score points with voters.] How?
A. Despite Israel's huge income gaps and pockets of real poverty, there is enough prosperity that it is hard to attack Netanyahu on the economy...
Q. That idea [Netanyahu and Trump signing some sort of mutual defense agreement focusing on the Iran threat] has been bandied about for decades. Would President Trump be willing? Would this play to Israel's ultimate advantage from a security standpoint?
A. ...Trump would undoubtedly like to help Netanyahu electorally...
Q. Your bottom line?
A. the electoral line-up is emerging...
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: July 19, 2019 [ [link removed] ]
Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace [ [link removed] ] in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived
* Bills, Resolutions and Letters - General
* On the Record on H.Res.246
* On the Record
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Settlement Watch
Peace Now on Israel's Decision for Palestinian Construction Permits
The Israeli Cabinet has apparently approved the promotion of about 715 housing units for Palestinians (along with 6,000 for settlers) in "Area C" of the West Bank. Approval of Palestinian construcgtion is extremely rare, as Peace Now shows, and is in fact part of the overall plan toward extending Israeli sovereignty and thus preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] for a summary, including data and charts.
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US Ambassador to Israel continues to torch established US policy and protocol
APN adds three new entries to "The Friedman File" from July, including his defense of Israel's demolition of Palestinian housing, speech to Christians United for Israel that framed US-Israeli relations in biblical terms, and from his recent interview with Christine Amanpour when he said that his "area of responsibility extends to Israel inside the Green Line, to the West Bank, and to Gaza… That is the United States policy."
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APN's Debra Shushan on Last Episode of Israel's i24 News "The Spin Room"
Debra Shushan, APN Director of Policy and Government Relations, was asked to be a panelist on the final episode of Israel i24News' "The Spin Room," and she discussed the Trump administration policy on Israel-Palestine, US-Israel and Israel-Diaspora relations, and more.
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APN Audio
PeaceCast #88: Duplicity: Netanyahu and the Two-State Solution
This episode features American University's Dr. Guy Ziv, author of a new article that documents and analyzes what happened in the past decade to Netanyahu's stated endorsement of a two-state solution, an idea that has always been anathema to him.
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In Case You Missed It...
The Dove 2019: PeaceCast Episode #87
Hear the young Israeli and Palestinian storytellers from APN's "The Dove" event that occurred on Monday, July 21, co-sponsored with New Story Leadership.
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APN Events
APN Award Luncheon Honoring The Gunthers; Congressman Adam Schiff, Special Guest
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - Los Angeles
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At this APN event in Los Angeles, the Arthur P. Stern Leadership Award will be presented to Lois and Richard Gunther, pillars of the community with a lifetime of activism and leadership dedicated to tikkun olam and social justice. APN will also welcome and hear from its special guest: Congressman Adam Schiff, who as Chair of the House Intelligence Committee recently precided over the testimony of Robert Mueller.
More information, ticket purchasing, and donations for a tribute message to be shared at the event, whether or not you will be attending. [ [link removed] ]
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