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Americans for Peace Now: June 18, 2020
"...apartheid is the precise word for the annexation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning, and if it's hard for us to look in the mirror, maybe the problem is not the mirror."
Zehava Galon, former chairwoman of the Meretz party, in her Ha'aretz opinion piece: Annexation Will Officially Turn Israel Into an Apartheid State [ [link removed] ].
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Issue Briefs
Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher [ [link removed] ]
June 15, 2020 - Annexation: economic disaster [ [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 dealt with the dangers to Israel's security posed directly by annexation of West Bank lands. Perhaps this week you could tackle the threats to Israel's economy potentially generated by annexation.
A. Those threats are becoming more clearly articulated as PM Netanyahu's self-imposed July 1 deadline looms...
Q. So much for the "internal" Israeli and Palestinian-generated economic issues. What about economic threats and pressures from abroad?
A. Economic, diplomatic and strategic-cooperation threats are being directed at Israel from nearly every direction...
Q. Do threats from Arab countries carry the same weight?
A. More at the strategic-symbolic level than economically...
Q. You mentioned growing Trump administration ambiguity regarding annexation. What affect is the growing tide of warning about security and economic damage having on key sectors of public opinion?
A. Fresh surveys... all point to a lack of strong public support for annexation.
Q. Despite all this, are Israel's annexation preparations continuing?
A. The IDF has no choice but to continue with preparations as long as Netanyahu draws out Israel's deliberations...
Q. Bottom line?
A. All rational indicators--economic, security, diplomatic--point to the damage that annexation will do...
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APN Joins in letter to ZOA's Mort Klein condemning his racist tweets
APN with fellow member organizations of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations sent a letter to Mr. Klein about standing up for black lives and against senseless hatred and divisive bigotry.
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Action Alerts
Urge your Representative to sign anti-annexation letter
A group of members of the House of Representatives is signing a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu and his ministers of defense and foreign affairs urging them to reconsider this destructive measure.
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SIGN THE LETTER to stop annexation
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 [ [link removed] ] add your name to the growing list!
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"This Is Not A Moment, It's The Movement" - Letter from Hadar Susskind, New APN President and CEO
I am proud of the opportunity to lead Americans for Peace Now. But this is not a task for one person. This requires a movement. We are the movement.
Read Hadar's personal letter [ [link removed] ], preceded by an intro and MATCHING DONATION OFFER from Jim Klutznick, Chair of the APN Board, and Luis Lainer, Board Member and past Chair
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APN in Action
APN with Progressive Israel Network send anti-annexation letter to Gantz, Ashkenazi
APN and fellow members of the Progressive Israel Network sent a letter to Alternate Prime Minister Gantz and Foreign Minister Ashkenazi, urging action to stop Israeli annexation in the West Bank.
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] to read the letter.
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APN Audio
Recent PeaceCast podcast episodes:
Episode #131
"Amira Hass on Covering the Palestinians"
Conversation with the award-winning Haaretz journalist as an introduction to the second installment of our Virtual Dove series of stories about Israeli-Palestinian relations told by practitioners in this field.
Episode #130
"Annexation: A View from the Knesset" with MK Merav Michaeli
Michaeli is a member of the opposition in the Knesset, and a longtime advocate for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Subscribe to APN's PeaceCast at iTunes [ [link removed] ] or Google Play [ [link removed] ]
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Settlement Watch
Another Peace Now Court Victory!
In response to a Peace Now petition, the Israeli High Court for the first time issued an order requiring law enforcement authorities to open an investigation into an illegal construction project in the West Bank.
Peace Now: "...the Court sent an unequivocal message to law enforcement authorities that there should be no such thing as state-sponsored immunity for the settlement leadership... We hope the message will be heard and will finally end the lawlessness in the settlements and outposts."
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