David Schenker, top State Dept official on the Middle East, when asked how much he's contributed to the Trump Administration's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. When asked if he's at least aware of details, he said, "No," other than public statements by Jared Kushner.
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 Americans for Peace Now: October 30, 2019 |
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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. October 29, 2019 - Trump’s Middle East Withdrawal: Ramifications for Israel Q. While Israel plods through a frustrating coalition-forming ritual, the US is busy dismantling its traditional security posture in the Middle East. It is abandoning the Syrian Kurds, over-accommodating a belligerent Islamist Turkey, and not responding militarily to an Iran-sponsored attack on Saudi energy infrastructure. What does all this mean for Israel? A. ...The potential ramifications for Israel are multiple: strategic, economic, political... Q. Start with the strategic... A. If Trump can abandon Middle East allies like the Syrian Kurds and the Saudis, Israel must take note... Q. Should Israel fear a Trump decision to abandon it? A. The US does not deploy combat troops in Israel. Nor does Israel need or request American protection... Q. Where do Russia, Turkey and Iran enter the picture of the US move to abandon the Kurds? A. Arguably, any US president confronting the strategic situation in northern Syria might opt for Turkey over the Kurds... But the Kurds fought and died in recent years for a cause dear to the US: eliminating ISIS... Q. Bottom line? A. To begin with, America’s global standing has been hurt, not for the first time, by President Trump...
APN Legislative Round-Up: October 25, 2019Produced 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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APN at J Street National Conference
...Annexation 101 Panel
Many visitors and friends of the organization came by and picked up the new APN materials and very popular swag from Israel, including:
Washington and New York Programs with Peace Now visitors from Israel
From l to r: APN's Debra Shushan, Peace Now's Shaqued Morag and Brian Reeves at the October 25 Capitol Hill Briefing; Shaqued speaking in a private home. Shaqued Morag, Peace Now Executive Director, and Brian Reeves, Peace Now Director of Development and External Relations, provided an on-the-ground perspective from inside the Israel peace movement in Washington, DC at both a Capitol Hill Briefing and for a private gathering of supporters and guests, as well as at a Parlor Party in New York (Brooklyn).
Listen to the discussion with Avner Gvaryahu, executive director of Breaking the Silence, an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. Subscribe to APN's PeaceCast at iTunes or Google Play |
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