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Americans for Peace Now: October 3, 2019
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Please note that due to Yom Kippur, the APN offices will be closed on Wednesday, October 9.
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"The Anti-Iran Alliance is not just faltering, it's crumbling. Bolton is gone; Bibi is going; MBZ [UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed] has struck his deal with Iran; MBS [Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman] is not far behind. And our fearless leader? Having failed to deter Iran he's now desperate for a deal with them"
Martin Indyk, former U.S. special envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
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Issue Briefs
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.
Due to the Rosh Hashana holiday, there was not a new edition of Hard Questions, Tough Answers. See below to (re)read the last two editions that remain very relevant.
September 23, 2019 - The Elections and the Gulf: Ramifications [ [link removed] ]
September 18, 2019 - Israel's Elections [ [link removed] ]
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Rosh Hashanah
Introduction to Jim Klutznick's letter below from Milton Viorst, expert author on Zionism and former Middle East correspondent:
Since I began covering Israel and its Middle East neighbors in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967, it has been apparent to me that an enduring peace is possible only after Jews and Arabs reach a point of mutual respect and understanding. This objective has over the ensuing years has proven extremely elusive. Both societies have staked territorial claims that leave little room for the interests of the other. Both overlook the fact that history does not stand still, not in the Middle East or anywhere else, and that territorial claims are not sacred. If Jews and Arabs do not respond to changing conditions and embrace a vision of social justice, both surely risk destruction. Peace Now -- Shalom Achshav in Hebrew -- has recognized that truth since its founding thirty-five years ago. As a Zionist, dedicated to the idea of a homeland for the Jewish people, I applaud the struggle that Peace Now wages for the well-being of the two peoples who live in Palestine.
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"Appearances can be deceiving" - A letter for Rosh HaShana from Jim Klutznick, APN Chair
...The cafes of Tel Aviv bustle and are full. Families gather in the gardens of Haifa and float on the Dead Sea. Even in Jerusalem all appears calm, and the slight whiff of imminent apprehension is barely detectable. The conflict does not impinge upon the good life. And yet, tensions simmer...
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NEW UPDATE to "The Friedman File" - APN Watch on US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman
On September 28, Friedman all but endorsed PM Netanyahu's pre-election pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in an interview with the Jerusalem Post. "We don't see [Netanyahu's statement] as being inconsistent with a political solution," Friedman said of Netanyahu's promise to annex unilaterally the strategic valley bordering Jordan, which comprises nearly 30 percent of the West Bank. "The US could have endorsed it, as it did with [Israel's annexation of the] Golan," Friedman stated, adding "I would not read much into the fact that we didn't."
On the alleged rift in the Democratic Party toward Israel, Friedman stated, "Let me not attack Democrats, let me attack liberals and progressives," whom he faulted for "intellectual laziness." He continued, "That level of education, thought, and study [to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict] is a rarity among - I think largely - the liberal, progressive world."
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] for the latest update and the full archive.
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APN's News Nosh
From today's edition: "Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced a meeting with his opponent, MK Avigdor Lieberman, to try to solve the political entanglement, while his attorneys attended the beginning of the hearing at the Justice Ministry to convince the Attorney General and State Prosecutors not to prosecute Netanyahu for bribery."
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] for today's edition and to subscribe and receive the free daily News Nosh email.
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EVENTS
Menachem Klein: Palestinian leadership, from Oslo to the Deal of the Century
Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, October 16
APN is a co-sponsor for this Foundation for Middle East Peace program with Israel's Bar Ilan University Professor Menachem Klein, author of the new book "Arafat and Abbas - Portraits of Leadership in a State Postponed."
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] for more information and to RSVP.
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