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Americans for Peace Now: August 7, 2019
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"The Jewish independence that ended the exile has devolved into the same hatred and backstabbing that started the very exile we thought we had put behind us."
Scott Boxer, APN Intern, in his Tisha B'Av piece [ [link removed] ] for APN (see below).
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Tisha B'Av 2019: "Have We Not Learned" - by APN Intern Scott Boxer
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Tisha B'av, beginning sundown this Saturday, August 10, commemorates the destruction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history.
...The Jewish independence that ended the exile has devolved into the same hatred and backstabbing that started the very exile we thought we had put behind us...
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Issue Briefs
Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher [ [link removed] ]
August 5, 2019 - Bibi and Trump's Win-win Schemes [ [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. Last week you looked at a number of schemes designed to enhance PM Netanyahu's international image in the eyes of Israelis as elections near. Have there been new developments here?
A. This appears to be a constantly evolving scenario...
Q. Let's start with the obvious. What is President Trump doing to boost PM Netanyahu's election chances?
A. One dramatic report in the Israeli media, not confirmed by the US, places a number of Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, at a Camp David summit in early September devoted to Israeli-Palestinian peace...
Q. That sounds complicated. Can you deconstruct that statement and explain its strategic significance, if any?
A. When you look at Bahrain, think Saudi Arabia...
Q. Does anyone in Israel take all this seriously?
A. ...this is a good question...
Q. So some Israelis are beginning to take the Iran connection seriously. But how does Netanyahu's election effort benefit from Trump's autonomy plan for Palestine--a scheme that not only the Palestinians but the entire Arab world reject?
A. Last week, in an extraordinary move, Netanyahu's transition-government Cabinet unanimously approved the construction of 700 housing units for Palestinians...
Q. And why now, at election time, when Netanyahu needs votes from settlers and those who advocate Israeli annexation of the West Bank?
A. Here is the narrative that Netanyahu presumably sold to his ministers...
Q. Sounds too good to be true...
A. It is...
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: August 2, 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
* Hearings
* On the Record
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Settlement Watch
Peace Now: 2,304 Settlement Units Promoted, 3 Outposts Regularized
Peace Now, led by Shaqued Morag (towards the center with the Shalom Achshav sign), held a private settlement/illegal outpost tour for members of the Democratic Israel Party, including its leader Nitzan Horowitz (first to the left of the sign that Peace Now placed identifying the illegal oupost behind them).
The approval of settlement plans is part of a disastrous government policy designed to prevent the possibility of peace and a two-state solution, and to annex part or all of the West Bank.
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EU Condemns New Planned West Bank Settlement Construction
...The EU expects the Israeli authorities to fully meet their obligations as an occupying power under International Humanitarian Law, and to cease the policy of settlement construction and expansion...
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APN to Congress and Presidential Candidates: Support 2-State Solution
In the face of the Trump administration's apparent abandonment of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Americans for Peace Now (APN) urges Congress and presidential candidates to commit to supporting two states, and to reject Trump's departure from this long-held principal US policy objective.
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APN Audio
PeaceCast #89: Housing Rather than Ideology
This episode's guest is Erez Maggor, an Israeli social scientist who specializes in the history and the political economics of the West Bank settlement. He says that the impetus for the West Bank settlement policies of the Likud government in the late 1970s and 1980s is largely misunderstood.
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APN's Debra Shushan Video on Arab Gulf States and Israel/Palestinian Peace
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The Gulf International Forum recording a video of APN Director of Policy and Government Relations Debra Shushan (@ShushanAPN) [ [link removed] ] commenting on the role of Arab Gulf states in the U.S. proposed peace plan between Palestinians and Israelis.
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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.
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