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Americans for Peace Now: April 30, 2020
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"I am telling you that the agony of peace is better than the pain of war. There is nothing like peace. Parents must not bury their children, and my grandchildren must not grow up without a father. We must do everything to achieve this peace.
Miriam Peretz, at the joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Commemoration livecast from Tel Aviv and Ramallah on Monday, April 27. Peretz, an Israeli high school principal, lost two sons in battle and has become an icon of bereavement and an agent for unity, reconciliation, and peace.
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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.
April 27, 2020, - In a coalition from hell, will annexation happen? [ [link removed] ]
NOTE: For Yossi analysis on the governing agreement made between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Blue and White Party Leader Benny Gantz, join in the APN briefing call [ [link removed] ] with Yossi *TODAY*, Thursday, April 30, 12 noon (Eastern).
Q. Last week witnessed agreement on a Likud bloc-Blue White coalition. There are still many issues to be resolved, and there are High Court challenges. Assuming everything comes together, what's your preliminary assessment of the advantages and drawbacks of this deal?
A. Let's start with the advantages; it's a shorter list, but with a lot of luck and over time, it may loom increasingly significant...
Q. And the drawbacks?
A. Netanyahu remains in office...
Q. Moving to West Bank annexation: will it happen?
A. Annexation, or "applying Israeli law" in parts of the West Bank, is under the coalition agreement slated to be discussed and enacted by the Cabinet or the Knesset in July...
Q. Start with those that depend on Israel alone...
A. Do Gantz and Blue White really support annexation?...
Q. And the issues that don't depend on Israel?
A. What constitutes "consultation" with the international community and Israel's neighbors? With few if any exceptions, every country in the world except the US under Trump will vehemently oppose any expansion...
Q. The bottom line on annexation? Or the bottom question?
A. PM Netanyahu understands that his future is uncertain: both his political future and the fear of ending up in jail...
Q. Bottom line on this coalition?
A. Gantz's great gamble is that he will become prime minister in a year and a half. Indeed, he will end the most destructive aspects of Netanyahu's reign from day one of this coalition...
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: April 24, 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
* Bill, Resolutions, and Letters
* Hearings
* On the Record
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Shop and Give - Mother's Day Approaches...
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Your purchases at Amazon - be it for Mother's Day or any other reason - provide contributions to APN without any additional cost to you.
Go to Amazon Smile [ [link removed] ] and link your account to APN.
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Briefing Call
TODAY, 12 Noon (Eastern)
Briefing Call with Yossi Alpher: "Israel's 'Emergency' Government – The Specter of Annexation and More"
For an analysis of the Netanyayhu-Gantz coalition agreement and other questions relating to Israeli politics, join APN's briefing call with independent Israeli security analyst Yossi Alpher.
Thursday, April 30, 12 noon (Eastern)
Dial-in Number: 951-797-1058
Participant Access Code: 147414
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APN's statement: APN Alarmed at Netanyahu-Gantz Annexation Agreement [ [link removed] ]
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APN Audio
"The (Virtual) Dove" Storytelling - The Ambassadors
APN's "The Dove", which in the past had been a live story-telling event, has gone straight-to-audio! Listen to personal, human stories, vignettes, anecdotes, and experiences that underscore positivity in and around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The first of these "events" is in two parts and features experienced ambassadors.
PART I features two former US Consul generals to Jerusalem, Jacob (Jake) Walles (2005-2009), and Edward Abington (1993-1997).
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PART II stories are told by Jon Allen, Canadian Ambassador to Israel (2006-2010), and Daniel Kurtzer, US Ambassador to Israel (2001-2005).
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APN strongly supports Dianne Lob's nomination as next Conference of Presidents' chair
APN's representative to the Conference of Presidents, Martin Bresler, said: "Dianne is a person of great abilities, talent and accomplishment. Her leadership at HIAS added to the long and honorable humanitarian history of this great organization." APN has been a member of the Conference of Presidents since 1993.
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New APN COVID Reports
APN has three new COVID Reports: The pandemic's economic effect on the West Bank [ [link removed] ], Israel and Palestine: A snapshot in numbers [ [link removed] ], and How much is the new unity government actually about COVID-19? [ [link removed] ].
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] to read all the reports and additional resources.
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For Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day): "On Israel's 72nd Birthday, We Must Fight For The Two State Solution"
This thought-provoking piece by APN Deputy CEO Mark Bilsky was published in the Jewish Journal, and with permission, in the Washington Jewish Week as well.
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