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 Americans for Peace Now: June 11, 2020 |
 "We, Israeli and American citizens who care deeply about peace between Israelis and Palestinians, stand together in urging the government of Israel to abandon its plan of unilateral West Bank annexation, and to instead pursue negotiations with the Palestinian leadership to reach a conflict-ending peace accord."
APN and Shalom Achshav, in a joint letter now being signed on to by Israelis and Americans. Go HERE to add your name.
June 8, 2020 - Annexation: the security aspect 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. How can we look at the security dimension of Netanyahu’s annexation plans when we do not yet know what he proposes to annex? A. Creating a kind of “fog of war” around his annexation intentions appears to be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tactic... Q. So, the positions and actions of all these actors that oppose annexation are hard to analyze and predict... A. Correct... Q. But on security... A. On security ramifications of annexation we can be relatively substantive and dispel the fog Netanyahu is creating... Q. Yet beyond the PA and Jordan, the rest of the Arab world is barely threatening a response to annexation... A. Most of the Arab world appears to have given up on a two-state solution... Q. You mentioned gradations of annexation that fall short of the Jordan Valley... A. This is where Benny Gantz becomes a key figure, and potentially a tragic one... Q. So is Washington the real arena where the fate of annexation will be decided? A. If Netanyahu persists in ignoring threats from Jordan and the PA and warnings from Gantz, the IDF and Europe, perhaps the threats and warnings from all these actors will have more effect in Washington... Q. Bottom line? A. There is simply no alternative to Jordan as Israel’s strategic depth east of the Jordan River. And there is no alternative to the Abbas-led PLO and PA as Israel’s security partners west of the river...
APN Legislative Round-Up: June 5, 2020Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived
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Michaeli is a member of the opposition in the Knesset, and a longtime advocate for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Join us today: Thursday, June 11, 11 pm (Eastern)
Americans for Peace Now and our Israeli sister organization Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) are raising our voices in solidarity and asking Americans and Israelis who care about peace to sign on to this letter. Go HERE add your name to the growing list!
Peace Now's Shaqued Morag Speaks at Mass Tel Aviv Rally Against Annexation
On Saturday evening, June 6, a mass rally to prevent Israeli annexation in the West Bank was held in Tel Aviv. Peace Now was out in force, and Executive Director Shaqued Morag gave a moving and powerful speech which began with having the crowd kneel in memory of George Floyd and Iyad Halak, a Palestinian with autism who was killed by Israeli police. WATCH (in Hebrew) See APN's Resource Page on Annexation, including a new compilation of newspaper editorials.
Hadar Susskind, APN President and CEO: "It’s unconscionable that an organization that strives to be a voice for the community would include in it without any public distancing somebody that tweets out these things that are unquestionably racist."
Peace Now Part of Significant Israeli High Court Victory On June 9, the Expropriation Law designed to pave the way for legalizing dozens of illegal settlement outposts, was struck down by the Israeli High Court. Peace Now, along with partner NGO's and local Palestinian authorities, brought the petition to the court in 2017.
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