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Americans for Peace Now: November 5, 2019
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"Rabin was murdered because of factionalism, because of incitement, because of hatred. Twenty-four years later and Rabin is not with us, but to our misfortune and our disgrace, incitement is rearing its ugly head,"
Benny Gantz, leader of the Israeli Blue-White Party, in his keynote address at last Saturdays' rally commemorating the 24th anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination.
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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.
November 4, 2019 - Israel, Jordan and the Rabin Legacy [ [link removed] ]
Q. We have just marked 25 years since the Israel-Jordan peace treaty and 24 years since the assassination of the Israeli leader who negotiated it, Yitzhak Rabin. Given that the treaty is Rabin's most consensual and enduring legacy, what is the current state of Israel-Jordan relations and why is this significant?
A. ...the state of relations is today very poor...
Q. What specifically is Jordan's concern with the lack of progress between Israelis and Palestinians? Even in an extreme case where Israel absorbs West Bank Palestinians into an apartheid entity and dooms itself as a Jewish and democratic state, why does this worry Jordan in particular?
A. Jordan made peace with Israel only after the Oslo accords were achieved precisely because it wants a West Bank Palestinian state to function as the demographic-political center of Palestinian life...
Q. This concern for strategic security is after all fully shared by Israel. But beyond that?
A. Beyond that, Jordan's King Abdullah is signaling his dilemma with Israel in a variety of ways...
Q. Perhaps a quick summit between Abdullah and Netanyahu would smooth things over...
A. Abdullah refuses to meet with Netanyahu, citing a huge credibility gap...
Q. Was the 25-year anniversary of Rabin's achievement with Jordan observed in Israel?
A. Only informally, at a seminar at Tel Aviv University...
Q. Does the current effort to form a coalition by the diverse and conflicted anti-Netanyahu majority in the Knesset offer any promise of a better future for Israeli-Jordanian relations, in the spirit of Yitzhak Rabin?
A. Anyone who watched the keynote address by Blue-White leader Benny Gantz at the twenty-fourth commemoration of Rabin's assassination last Saturday night saw, and heard, a retired general-turned-politician who clearly reminded us of Rabin...
Q. Bottom line?
A. One of the many things we have to hope a new, non-Netanyahu government will do for Israel is rescue relations with Jordan...
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: November 1, 2019 [ [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
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Peace Now out in full force at the 24th year commemoration of Rabin's assassination
Saturday, November 2, in Tel Aviv saw tens of thousands gathering to commemorate the 24th year since the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Peace Now had the largest booth from which it distributed signs and merchandise, and displayed a banner "We demand a government of peace. Now!" directed to a large degree towards Keynote speaker Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue-White Party.
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APN Events
American Jews Break Their Silence - American-born IDF soldiers on encountering the Occupation
Washington, D.C. - Thursday, November 21, 2019
Hear from the growing number of American lone soldiers who are breaking their silence - for the first time - about the moral costs of the occupation. Join us for an evening of conversation with brave young American veterans of the IDF returning with urgent questions about Israel's occupation and its future.
APN is one of the co-sponsors for this event sponsored by New Israel Fund, Breaking the Silence, and Temple Sinai in Washington, DC.
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] for more information and to RSVP.
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APN Audio
Breaking the Silence collects testimonies from IDF veterans about their service in order to inform the Israeli public of the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. To learn more, you can listen to APN's PeaceCast podcast from last week with Avner Gvaryahu, its executive director. [ [link removed] ]
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Settlement Watch
2342 Settlement Housing Units Advanced in October
Peace Now: "This is yet another dangerous step for both Israel and the Palestinians, led by a transitional prime minister whom the public did not trust in his policies. The next government must put a freeze on the development of settlements and to strive for immediate resumption of negotiations with the Palestinians..."
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Peace Now commemorates 25 years of peace with Jordan
Peace Now undertook a widespread public campaign to commemorate the 25 year anniversary of the Israel-Jordan peace agreement.
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