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Americans for Peace Now: September 9, 2020
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"The settlers could not have succeeded without the Israeli authorities' close support and assistance."
Peace Now, in a statement responding to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ruling that will evict 4 Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem.
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Issue Briefs
Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher [ [link removed] ]
September 8, 2020 - Between the UAE and Iran: Trump's strategic legacy for Israel [ [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. Granted, Israel is preoccupied with its rising corona rate and PM Netanyahu's spectacular failure to manage the crisis. But on the strategic front, is anyone paying attention to weapons-related developments involving Iran and the UAE?
A. Prime Minister Netanyahu is clearly looking forward to a signing ceremony with the UAE...
Q. Military-strategic? You mean the F-35?
A. Last week we learned that there is more to the American arms payoff to the UAE...
Q. And regional diplomatic-strategic interaction with the UAE? What's the problem?
A. Here the picture gets even murkier...
Q. What are the weapons-related developments involving Iran that Netanyahu should be paying attention to?
A. Not just Netanyahu, but Trump and his possible successor as well...
Q. Are we nearing a time when Israel invokes the Begin doctrine and attacks yet another neighbor's military nuclear infrastructure?
A. Israel did this successfully with Iraq in 1981 and against Syria in 2007...
Q. Bottom line?
A. Netanyahu has become too dysfunctional politically and too preoccupied with his corruption trial...
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: September 3, 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
* Hearings and Markups
* On the Record
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APN in Action
Forward: "Peace with the UAE is fabulous. But Israel's existential problem is at home"
by APN's Ori Nir
"...normalization with the Gulf while the anomaly of the occupation continues is not normalcy. It's a status quo, yes, but not a normal one. Netanyahu wants Emirati "normalization" to normalize the anomaly that the occupation is."
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APN Events
Mandy Patinkin Invites you to APN's Yitzhak Rabin 25-Year Memorial Live-streamed Event
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"Yitzhak Rabin 25-Year Memorial Event"
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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APN's live-streamed and free event will honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and highlight the relevance and importance of his leadership for us today.
Actor, activist, and APN board member Mandy Patinkin will host, joined by special guests and music performances from the US and Israel.
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APN High Holiday Letter from President & CEO Hadar Susskind
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"The 2020 High Holidays will be an experience unlike any the Jewish community has seen in at least a hundred years. With a pandemic raging, we will be unable to gather as we usually do - to pray, to mourn, to celebrate, to atone, to be together as we set out a path for the new year."
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