[ [link removed] ]
Americans for Peace Now: March 18, 2020
QUOTES
"Nothing brings people together in solidarity like a natural disaster, even when that disaster requires more social distancing than gathering together. Let the new plague be our shared enemy."
Seraj Assi and Zachary Foster, Middle East experts, in their Ha'aretz essay Coronavirus Lesson: How Jews and Arabs United to Fight a Plague in Palestine Once Before [ [link removed] ].
_________________________________________
"In the State of Israel, there are no half-citizens. There are deep disagreements, but no semi-citizens."
Reuven Rivlin, President of Israel, leveling criticism at the heads of Israeli political parties' divisive rhetoric against the Arab Israeli sector, including Prime Minister Netanyahu who spoke of "Zionist" voters as a way to exclude the majority of the Arab electorate.
---------------------------------------------------------------
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 16, 2020, - Israel in the Time of Corona [ [link removed] ]
Q. Israel is dealing with two simultaneous crises: battling the corona virus and trying for the third time in a year to form a new government. How do the two crises interact?
A. Caretaker Prime Minister Netanyahu is trying to leverage the corona crisis to form some sort of unity government with Blue White, under his ongoing leadership...
Q. For example? What are some of those basic issues that have emerged?
A. ...For one, the national health system suffers from years of underfunding...
Q. Speaking of Arabs and democracy, how are Israel's neighbors doing with the virus?
A. To a large extent, they are following the lead of the Israeli health system...
Q. Codependent? Then what about the much-ballyhooed initiative, emanating from the Trump administration, for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank?
A. Annexation was on centrist and right-wing candidates' agenda until Israel's third round of elections on March 2. Now, annexation is no longer mentioned...
Q. Bottom line?
A. The weeks ahead will witness escalated corona dangers, attempts to reach some sort of agreement on at least a temporary unity government to deal with them, and little or no talk or action regarding annexation.
Read More [ [link removed] ]
_________________________________________
Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: March 13, 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
Read More [ [link removed] ]
_________________________________________
COVID-19 knows no borders
When the forces of nature remind us how vulnerable we are – how equally vulnerable we are – we are humbled. And humbled before these forces, we demonstrate our shared humanity.
Read More [ [link removed] ]
_________________________________________
News Nosh, especially now
[ [link removed] ]
Given the massive work/stay at home situation for so many of us, keeping informed on the news from Israel through APN's News Nosh is even more convenient and important.
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] to read and subscribe.
_________________________________________
Settlement Watch
Peace Now's Settlement Construction Report 2019
[ [link removed] ]
The yearly construction average since the start of the Trump administration is 25% higher than during the Obama years -- 11 new settlement outposts, 1,917 new housing units began construction, 63% of construction deep in the West Bank...
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] for a summary and details on Peace Now's unparalleled reporting on settlements.
_________________________________________
[ [link removed] ] [ [link removed] ] [ [link removed] ] [ [link removed] ]
©2019. Americans For Peace Now, 1320 19th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036.
Click here to unsubscribe [ [link removed] ]
