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Americans for Peace Now: July 30, 2020
"Israel's rule of another people, in perpetuity, harms not only the Palestinians but poses an existential threat to Israel's own future, no less. Therefore, helping rebuild the Palestinians' shattered world means rebuilding Israeli democracy, security, and moral character."
Michael Walzer, political theorist and APN board member, in his Tisha B'Av posting [ [link removed] ] for APN.
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Issue Briefs
Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher [ [link removed] ]
July 27, 2020 - 20 years to Camp David, 15 years to Gaza withdrawal [ [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. Both the July 2000 Camp David summit and the July 2005 Gaza withdrawal sought to deal conclusively with the Palestinian issue. Are the outcomes of those two ventures still relevant today?
A. More than ever, albeit primarily in a sense of negative lessons learned...
Q. Neither initiative has been repeated. Why? What went wrong? Start with Camp David 2000.
A. In retrospect, and in fact to many who were directly involved in real time, everything was wrong...
Q. Clinton did go on to deliver the Clinton Parameters of late 2000, which were negotiated abortively at Taba in January 2001 and which are cited to this day as a reasonable formula for a final status deal.
A. The Clinton Parameters may be the only solid contribution that emerged from Camp David...
Q. In 2000, Israel required support for its Camp David positions from the American Jewish community. Was it forthcoming? You played a role. . .
A. I was Barak's "special adviser" in July 2000, delegated to explain his final status offer to American Jewish leaders and the American media...
Q. Lessons for today? Relevance for today?
A. ...a coalition in turmoil and a prime minister incapable of managing his own bureau have no business trying to make peace...
Q. In retrospect, why did Sharon withdraw from Gaza?
A. ...he opted for a unilateral move that did not require a negotiating partner...
Q. If the Gaza withdrawal has not been repeated in any serious way in the West Bank and if the Strip's Hamas rulers are periodically in conflict with Israel, why is there no demand by the Israeli public to go back and reoccupy Gaza?
A. ...occupying a large neighboring Arab population in land not coveted by Jews is pure folly...
Q. Bottom line?
A. The lessons of Camp David 2000 and Gaza 2005 are not "alive and well". They are definitely alive. They are not well.
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: July 17, 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
* FY21 SFOPS - House
* FY21 NDAA - House
* FY21 NDAA - Senate
* FY21 Defense Approps - House
* Hearings and Markups
* On the Record
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APN Events
Monday, August 10, 11:00 am Eastern
Leading Israeli human rights attorney Michael Sfard will speak about his recent legal opinion, commissioned by the Israeli NGO Yesh Din. In it, he concluded that Israel's occupation of the West Bank is a form of apartheid, which constitutes a crime according to international law.
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APN's Hadar Susskind - Panelist for virtual event "What's at stake in the West Bank Annexation?"
Thursday, August 6, 7:30 pm Eastern
Case-Western Reserve University in Cleveland will hold this virtual discussion with panelists: David Bernstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs; Oren Gross, Irving Younger Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota; Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T'ruah; and Hadar Susskind, president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now.
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Michael Walzer on Tisha B'Av - Mourning is not the only message
Noted political theorist and APN board member, in his Tisha B'Av message from APN: "While Jews have rebuilt after many destructions and traumas, some of this rebuilding has been at the expense of the national aspirations of the Palestinians."
"Israel's rule of another people, in perpetuity, harms not only the Palestinians but poses an existential threat to Israel's own future, no less. Therefore, helping rebuild the Palestinians' shattered world means rebuilding Israeli democracy, security, and moral character."
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Jerusalem Post: "Rivlin warns: Murder of Netanyahu or protestor no longer imaginary"
...PEACE NOW, an NGO promoting a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, shared a post on Twitter, claiming that the attackers were part of the far-right group La Familia, which has been known to be violent in past conflicts due to political differences.
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Jerusalem Post: "Peace Now warns of de facto annexation as E1 planning"
The article covers the joint Peace Now/Ir Amim West Bank Settlement Tour to the contentious E-1 area, east of Jerusalem. Peace Now's Shaqued Morag: "The government has continued to advance de facto annexation."
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APN Audio
PeaceCast Episode #141: Hagit Ofran on Absentee Property and Annexation
This episode is an edited version of the July 23 webinar with Peace Now's Hagit Ofran, a leading authority on West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements. Her recent report, Annex and Dispossess, documents the Israeli use of the Absentee Property Law to transfer Palestinian real estate in East Jerusalem to settlers, which could be used in the West Bank, if annexed.
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