Tzippi Livni, former Israeli foreign minister, in her Washington Post opinion piece 
Zeev Sternhell, scholar and longtime Peace Now member and activist, who passed away this week at the age of 85, from a 2016 opinion piece 
Only 6 of 700 "approved" Palestinian housing units allowed by Israeli Cabinet
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 Americans for Peace Now: June 24, 2020 |
 "We should not put up obstacles that will prevent us from implementing our vision of Israel as a nation state of the Jewish people with equal rights for all its citizens."
"The Jewish majority is not entitled to crudely violate the human rights of Palestinians and deny them the right of self determination."
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June 22, 2020 - Annexation: the crucial Jordan dimension 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. Why is Jordan making such a fuss about Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation plans? Israel is not annexing Jordanian land. A. ...Jordan’s King Abdullah II engaged in a Zoom marathon with seven groups of US senators and representatives... Q. Yet the extent and timing of annexation have not yet even been agreed in Jerusalem. It seems that disagreement within the Netanyahu-Gantz coalition and between Jerusalem and Washington is delaying any decision. A. King Abdullah can take some credit for the delay... Q. Let’s leave both Jordanian and Palestinian sentiments aside for a moment and play devil’s advocate. From Israel’s standpoint, what is wrong with a Palestinian “alternative homeland” in Jordan rather than a state in the West Bank? A. ...the problem here lies in the difference between the way Hashemite Jordan sees itself and the way a Palestinian state implanted in its stead would see itself... Q. Then why shouldn’t Jordan want an Israeli land buffer between it and a West Bank Palestinian entity? A. Jordan indeed wants an Israeli security presence in the Jordan Valley. But not a sovereign presence... Q. Jordan gets $1.5 billion in military and economic aid annually from the United States. Abdullah’s lobbying regarding Israeli annexation has run into an American demand that Amman extradite a terrorist, Ahlam Aref Ahmad al-Tamimi. Why is this a stumbling block? A. Tamimi is a Jordanian national... Q. Bottom line? A. In terms of Israel’s broadest strategic interests, the potential damage to Jordan inflicted by Israeli annexation measures is as crucial as the damage to legitimate Palestinian interests. Instability in Jordan is at least as bad for Israel as instability in the West Bank.
APN Legislative Round-Up: June 19, 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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After severe international criticism, the Israeli Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (known as the “Cabinet”) approved 700 housing units for Palestinians. The Times of Israel reported that in the year since, only one Palestinian building permit has been approved for the Palestinians in Area C.
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