Shaqued Morag, Peace Now Executive Director, to US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman during his meeting with Israeli Peace Camp leaders.
The US must support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Left-wing NGO Peace Now argued during an unusual meeting with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman this week.
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 Americans for Peace Now: August 29, 2019 |
 "...most Israeli citizens favor a solution guaranteeing peace and security over the ideological, Greater Israel one-state vision, which would spell an end to Israel's democracy."
August 26, 2019 - What are the Elections about, anyways? 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. Until now Israel's second round of elections has focused on issues of religion and state. Is the agenda now changing? Are they now about the Palestinian issue? The coming war with Iran and its proxies? A. The religion and state issue has been driven by Avigdor Liberman, head of the Yisrael Beteinu party... Q. Turning to a different alternative election agenda, does Aiman Odeh's proposal that the Joint List of four Arab parties join or support a center-left coalition now energize the Palestinian issue? Does the Netanyahu government's offer to incentivize Gazan Arabs to leave the Strip have this effect? A. Both of these fascinating proposals were floated last week... Q. Specifically? A. In terms of Jewish-Arab relations within Israel, Odeh's proposal is historic... Q. Let's start with Odeh's agenda. How are his fellow Palestinian citizens of Israel reacting? How are Israeli Jewish politicians reacting? A. Odeh, it emerges, acted on his own without consulting his fellow candidates... Q. And Gaza emigration. Why tragedy? Why farce? Why second time? A. Gaza's reality of over-population, mainly with refugees from what is today southern and central Israel, has been the focus of demographic initiatives since Israel's 1948 War of Independence...
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I met, together with several other representatives of the Israeli Peace Camp with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. I thought you would be interested in the content of this meeting...
Jerusalem Post: "Peace Now argues for two-state support at meeting with envoy Friedman"
The article also highlighted APN's The Friedman File, an ongoing chronicle of harmful actions by the sitting US Ambassador to Israel.
Amer Zahr is a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian, who for the fourth year in a row is producing One Thousand and One Laughs, a stand-up comedy festival in the West Bank. Amer joined PeaceCast from Ramallah and talked about humor and his use of humor as a tool to help fellow Palestinians resist the occupation and generate change. Subscribe to APN's PeaceCast at iTunes or Google Play
APN Award Luncheon Honoring The Gunthers; Congressman Adam Schiff, Special Guest Sunday, September 8, 2019 - Los Angeles
There's still an opportunity to make reservations and/or support APN and their honoring of the Gunthers with a tribute contribution. At the event, the Gunther will receive the Arthur P. Stern Leadership Award and Congressman Adam Schiff, Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, will discuss relevant issues in conversation with former Congressman Mel Levine. |
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