Hagit Ofran, Peace Now Settlement Watch Director, in her 
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 Americans for Peace Now: December 17, 2020 |
 "We have great hope for the Biden administration. We are certain that its foreign policy team will work with us to dismantle the chokehold on peace and help begin to build a stronger and better Israel."
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. Assessing that elections are near, Gideon Saar resigned last week from the Likud and the Knesset and is forming a right-wing party with the goal of replacing Netanyahu. Is this realistic? A. ...A right-center coalition without Netanyahu would be conceivable... Q. How will Saar’s dramatic move affect the prospect of new elections? A. ...the net effect could be to persuade Netanyahu to make the concessions needed to keep Gantz in the coalition... Q. How does all this energetic activity on the political right affect the overall political scene in Israel? A. Saar’s momentous move threatens to seriously fragment the Likud... Q. Meanwhile, with American leverage, favors and arms, Israel has registered a diplomatic breakthrough with yet another Arab country, Morocco. How significant is this for the larger picture of US-Israel, Arab-Israel and Palestinian-Israeli relations? A. Something truly paradoxical is going on... Q. Is Saudi Arabia next? A. ...it appears the Saudis will hold off as long as Salman is alive... Q. Trump’s normalization transactions with Arab states, devoid as they are of any trace of morality or ideals in international relations, appear to be moving hand-in-hand with the outgoing US president’s drive to withdraw the US military from the region. Where does this leave Israel? A. Good question, one that it is too early to answer... Q. Israel as the region’s policeman? Is this indeed the future? A. With the Israeli right-religious mainstream dominating politics...
APN Legislative Round-Up: December 11, 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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Tuesday, December 22, 1:00 pm (Eastern) Dr. Anders Persson, Swedish political scientist specializing in the European Union’s relations with Israel and the Palestinians, will discuss the impact of the US presidential transition on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the European perspective, including an assessment of the EU’s future engagement with the Biden administration on this issue. This webinar is a part of our series on the impact of the US presidential transition on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
APN President and CEO Hadar Susskind was featured in the Forward's 15 American-Jewish Leaders on how to bridge the divide between Israel and the Diaspora. His quote ends with: Go HERE to read his full quote, and HERE for the entire article
For Nabil al-Kurd, being forced out of the East Jerusalem home he has lived in since the 1950s would be a fate worse than death... Many of the Palestinians facing eviction were refugees like Kurd or their descendants, who came to the area more than half a century ago, Peace Now said. Go HERE for the article which includes a video with members of the al-Kurd family and Peace Now's Hagit Ofran. 
APN Mourns the Death of Rachel (Rochale) Maayan
Rochale was the legendary office manager of Israel's Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) movement. She was a deeply committed peace activist and a wonderful person with a big heart, a big laugh, and a positive and welcoming presence whenever we from APN would visit Israel. She will always be remembered.
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