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Americans for Peace Now: October 28, 2020
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"...instead of harvesting olives I'm looking at this site and weeping."
Musa Abu Alia, Palestinian owner of an olive tree orchard in the West Bank, upon discovering more than one hundred of his trees were chopped down in a "Price Tag" attack by Israeli settlers.
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Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher [ [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.
In a bad neighborhood: arms, morals and naked interests (October 26, 2020) [ [link removed] ]
Q. Israel is accused of selling to Azerbaijan the attack drones that appear to have provided a critical advantage in Baku's war with Armenia. The Armenians, who like the Jews were victims of genocide a few generations ago, feel betrayed. How do you explain Israel's position?
A. This is where cold and even cynical strategic considerations supersede even the legacy of genocide...
Q. So this is ugly and perhaps immoral, but a fact of life.
A. This is certainly not a matter of Israeli party politics and strategic values...
Q. Last week, you discussed a different dimension of Israel's arms relationships, the submarine scandal. It seemingly involved crony capitalism and corruption at the highest level in Jerusalem (Netanyahu) and Tel Aviv (the Defense Ministry). Now we have a scandal over F-35 sales to the UAE which apparently also involves Netanyahu.
A. Once again, Netanyahu has concealed a problematic arms deal from the security establishment...
Q. Now, we are informed, there is an emerging normalization deal with Sudan. Similar solo decision-making?
A. Apparently not...
Q. Your bottom line?
A. At the military level, the critical advantage delivered in the Caucasus war by Azerbaijani attack and suicide drones--regardless of who sold them to Baku--is a significant strategic military development...
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: October 23, 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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Trump Administration Erasing the Green Line
The US has "removed geographic restrictions" - in other words included the Israeli-occupied West Bank - in several bilateral cooperation agreements with Israel. APN President and CEO Hadar Susskind tweeted this was a "very good example of why APN supports use restriction [to within Israel proper] on US Aid right now. There is no need to wait for some big announcement to make annexation official."
Pictured: US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Prime Minister Netanyahu signing new US-Israel cooperation agreements.
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] to read the press release from the US Embassy in Israel.
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APN in Action
APN with Progressive Israel Network Partners Condemn Trump's Administration's Smear of Human Rights Orgs
APN, along with eight partner organizations from the Progressive Israel Network, released a statement condemning the Trump administration's reported intentions to declare Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, and potentially other human rights organizations as antisemitic.
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Recommended Reading
Forward: "How to honor Rabin's legacy"
The speech delivered at APN's Yitzhak Rabin 25-Year Memorial Event by Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, has been published by The Forward newspaper.
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JTA Interview with APN Board Member Mandy Patinkin
In the interview, which references his hosting of APN's Rabin Memorial, Patinkin cites the laudatory example of Prime Minister Rabin as someone who evolved from a soldier to a statesman.
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APN Audio
PeaceCast Episode #152: Ami Kaufman's Otherwise Occupied
Veteran Israeli journalist Ami Kaufman has a new podcast Otherwise Occupied to share diverse stories of all the people "between the river and the sea" -- Israelis and Palestinians of diverse religions, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and more -- to understand what makes these people tick, how they formed their views, and what they see for the future.
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In Case You Missed It...
Video (for a limited time) of APN's Yitzhak Rabin 25-Year Memorial Event
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APN is able to provide a video recording of the entire event to you, our supporters, for a very limited time.
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Check out the event photo gallery > [ [link removed] ]
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Progressives Block Right Wing Attempt to Dominate the WZO
APN participated in the World Zionist Congress as a member of the progressive Hatikvah list, and we were (virtually) represented at the Congress by Vice Chair Aviva Meyer. Read her report on the success of blocking the right-wing, Ultra-Orthodox coalition from stripping progressive center-left organizations of any positions of influence, and ensuring checks and balances and inclusion of all streams of the Zionist movement.
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