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Americans for Peace Now: March 11, 2020
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"Because of (our children's blood), we have the moral authority to raise our voice and to say no more blood. We don't want to kill each other, and we prove that we can be partners, we can be friends, we can be brothers, and in our case, we can be family."
- Bassam Aramin, international spokesperson for The Parents Circle - Families Forum
"...if we, who have every reason on earth to hate each other, if we who have every reason on earth to want to kill each other, if we can call each other 'brother', then anyone can, anyone should."
- Rami Elhanan, co-director, Parents Circle – Families Forum
Quotes from APN's recent PeaceCast podcast with these two leaders of the Parent's Circle, a joint Israeli and Palestinian group of people who have lost family members as a result of the conflict.
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LISTEN [ [link removed] ] to the March 3 Briefing Call on Israel's Election Results with Yossi Alpher
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Issue Briefs
Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher [ [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.
March 9, 2020, - The United Arab Party is the Key to a Coalition, but Beware the Corona Crisis [ [link removed] ]
Q. Contrary to the exit polls, once all the votes were counted from last Monday's elections Netanyahu ended up with a "bloc" of only 58--three mandates shy of a coalition majority. As the parties line up to talk to President Rivlin, what are Netanyahu's chances? What are Gantz's chances?
A. Interim Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has almost no chance to form a government...
Q. Could a Gantz minority coalition with Arab backing last more than a few months?
A. That is one of the key questions confronting Gantz...
Q. How did Israel's Arabs, some 20 percent of the population, move in the course of three successive elections from the margins of Israeli politics to the center?
A. ...Credit the Jews for making a series of stunning miscalculations...
Q. Meanwhile, the corona virus, covid-19, is spreading in Israel. How will this affect politics? The economy? Is there a strategy for dealing with corona in Israel?
A. Despite Netanyahu's years of impoverishing all Israeli public services, Israel's Ministry of Health has thus far dealt capably with corona...
Q. Bottom line?
A. ...Israel desperately needs a functioning government...
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APN Legislative Round-Up: March 6, 2020 [ [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
* Hearings
* On the Record
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Action Alert
VOTING ENDS TODAY - World Zionist Congress Election
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Last chance for you to help determine the future of the Jewish state and the Jewish people. Vote for the HATIKVAH: Israel Slate, which APN and 10 other organizations have formed.
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APN Events
TOMORROW - Thursday, March 12, 12:30 pm ET
Webinar: "Deal of the Century:" What Now for the Israeli Left? (access by phone or computer)
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Does the Trump plan mark the end of the road for the two-state solution? Must the Israeli left now formulate a new paradigm for the future?
Join in on this live webinar - which can be accessed via your computer or by phone - with Haaretz Editor-in-Chief Aluf Benn, and Al-Monitor Columnist Akiva Eldar, in a conversation moderated by Jodi Rudoren, The Forward Editor-in-Chief.
Co-sponsors: APN and Partners for Progressive Israel
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] for more information and to register to participate.
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APN in Action
APN's Ori Nir in Ha'aretz: "The Dangerous Irony of Letting David Friedman Carve Up the West Bank"
Letting a religious zealot like Ambassador Friedman decide the future of the West Bank is like allowing the NRA chief to distribute the U.S. army's rifles among the most fanatical gun enthusiasts.
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APN Audio
PeaceCast Episode #114: "From Bereavement to Peace" with Parents Circle's Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan
This episode is based on a live recording of the March 6th talk with Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan of the Parents Circle, both of whom lost their daughters to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and have harnessed their bereavement to the cause of peace.
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FRIEDMAN AT AIPAC - New Entry to APN's "The Friedman File"
On March 3rd 2020, Friedman delivered a highly polemical speech at the annual Policy Conference of the Israel American Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). It was an aggressive partisan message that according to the Jerusalem Post's diplomatic correspondent made AIPAC's leaders "unhappy." Indeed, it was the only one of this conference's plenary speeches that AIPAC chose not to feature on its web site.
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Hummus is no joke. Neither is peacemaking.
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You don't make hummus by calling your crazy concoction "hummus"...And you don't make peace by slapping a "peace plan" title on a cynical set of one-sided diktats, an exercise that is bound to escalate and deepen a complicated conflict. That's not how you broker Israeli-Palestinian peace. Unless you are Donald Trump.
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Americans for Peace Now Spring 2020 Internship - Apply Now!
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An APN internship in Washington, DC is an exciting opportunity to learn and gain experience.
If you or someone you know is interested, go HERE [ [link removed] ] for the details and to apply.
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