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Americans for Peace Now: December 23, 2019
Top 10 Quotes from 2019
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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.
December 23, 2019 - A Decade is Ending for Israel and the Middle East [ [link removed] ]
Q. We're almost in 2020. Israel is heading for its third straight elections, its citizenry seriously distracted by domestic politics. Yet a great deal has happened in the region over the past decade. In retrospect, what were the most important strategic developments?
A.The so-called Arab Spring, which began in early 2011, witnessed revolution and civil war in no fewer than six Arab states...
Q. At the broadest level, who benefited? What Middle East countries were more successful in "reading" this new Middle East reality?
A.First and foremost, not a single Middle East monarchy fell...
Q. And non-Arab countries?
A. Here is the second most dramatic Middle East development of the past decade...
Q. Where was the US regarding all these Middle East developments in the second decade of the twenty-first century?
A. It was mainly making mistakes and misreading the region...
Q. That brings us nearer to home--the Israeli-Palestinian sphere...
A. This was the decade of Netanyahu...
Q. Indeed, the year ahead. What else can you foresee for 2021?
A. Watch for the next calculated strategic moves in the region by Russia, Iran and Turkey. Watch for more mistakes by Washington...
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: December 20, 2019 [ [link removed] ]
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The Story of Chanukah: "It's About the Light"
The light of Chanukah is no ordinary light -- it inspires us to never give in to darkness and to never give up hope. Shalom Achshav embodies this message and provides inspiration.
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Letter from Israel
"Good news from Israel" - Peace Now's Shaqued Morag:
Good news from Israel? Yes. Not enough, just yet, to offset all the bad, but, for the first time in many years, enough to give us a concrete hope for change.
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PeaceCast (100th Episode!): Accentuating the Positive with Dina Kraft, Journalist and Host of The Branch Podcast
Our one hundredth episode features Dina Kraft speaking about positivity and hope in the context of Israeli-Palestinian relations and Jewish-Arab relations. Dina, a veteran journalist who has reported throughout Africa, Pakistan, Jordan, Tunisia, Russia and Ukraine, is currently based in Tel Aviv. Her podcast, The Branch, documents Israelis and Palestinians and Jewish and Arab citizens in Israel forging meaningful relationships with each other in a complex reality.
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APN's Top 10 Quotes of 2019
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