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Americans for Peace Now: January 23, 2020
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"The pathetic attempt to scramble a few votes from the right is not worth the destruction of the future of us all."
Ayman Odeh, leader of Israel's Joint List Party, Ayman Odeh, in response to Kahol-Lavan leader, Benny Gantz's, declaration that Israel must annext the Jordan Valley in the West Bank..
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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.
January 21, 2020, - Thoughts and Insights on the Emerging Israeli Election Alignment [ [link removed] ]
Q. The party electoral lists for the March 2 Knesset elections are now final. The elections are a month and a half away. What have we learned from this experience about Israeli politics, society and values?
A. Let's start with the polls...
Q.The indictment could finally be delivered within weeks, if and when the current transition Knesset votes not to award Netanyahu immunity from prosecution as long as he is prime minister. What is at stake here?
A. Netanyahu cannot command a majority in this Knesset as long as Avigdor Liberman and his Yisrael Beteinu right-secular party refuse to support a Likud-led coalition...
Q. The Zionist left (Labor-Gesher-Meretz) and nearly all the far religious-right (Jewish Home, National Union and New Right) have united into single lists. What picture emerges overall? What are the strategic trends in Israeli politics?
A. The most dangerous trend is the ongoing legitimization of Kahanist-fascist political actors on the far right...
Q. What will remain of the left after this or the next round?
A. At the present rate, the only hope for a viable Israeli left wing advocating a two-state solution could well become some sort of Jewish-Arab alliance...
Q. Netanyahu as prime minister is able to generate all kinds of smoke-and-mirror events and effects that should ostensibly boost his popularity, like this week's seventy-fifth Holocaust commemoration in Jerusalem. Does this boost him electorally?
A. ...They simply don't budge the poll results...
Q. Accordingly, you refer almost offhandedly to the prospects of a fourth round and of more Netanyahu manipulation of the system to stay in power. But what does this gridlock say about the long-term viability of Israel and its democratic system? This looks increasingly dysfunctional...
A. ...They simply don't budge the poll results...
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Yossi Alpher responds to critique of "Israel and U.S. Jews must break their shared silence"
"It's a complex, nuanced situation that you simplify in ultra-nationalist terms at your own risk, and mine..." So writes expert Yossi Alpher in the Washington Jeweish Week, responding to a letter to the editor.
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Government Relations [ [link removed] ]
APN Legislative Round-Up: January 17, 2020 [ [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
* Bills, Resolutions, & Letters
* Hearings
* On the Record
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Action Alert
VOTE NOW for the World Zionist Congress
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The voting has begun. Help determine the future of the Jewish state and the Jewish people and vote for the new HATIKVAH: Progressive Israel Slate, which APN and 10 other organizations have formed.
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Voting for HATIKVAH means voting for:
* A two-state solution and ending the occupation
* Social justice and protection of democratic rights for all Israeli citizens
* Religious and cultural pluralism
* Gender equity
* Full legal and social equality for the LGBTQ community
* Dignity for refugees, asylum seekers and foreign workers
* Environmental sustainability and regional cooperation
Go HERE [ [link removed] ] for more information on HATIKVAH and to vote.
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APN Audio
PeaceCast Episode #104: Hadar Susskind, Campaign Director for Hatikvah: Progressive Israel Slate
This episode of PeaceCast is devoted to the World Zionist Organization elections, and features a conversation with Hadar Susskind, a longtime activist and Jewish nonprofit professional who is campaign director for the Hatikvah Slate for the World Zionist Organization.
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Shalom Achshav has the right Question
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A recent question on the game show Jeopardy created a brouhaha as to the location of the city of Bethlehem . Is it in Israel? Palestine? APN provides a detailed answer about this Palestinian city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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APN Events
Washington, DC - Friday, January 24, 9 am
Tagheer (Change) - Nonviolent Resistance and Palestinian Self-Development: A Conversation with Ali Abu Awwad
At this APN co-sponsored event, Pro-peace Palestinian activist Ali Abu Awwad will discuss his work in the occupied Palestinian territory to mobilize a movement of nonviolent resistance to the occupation.
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Washington, DC - Monday, January 27, 10 am
Demolishing Democracy: How Annexationism Is Bulldozing Israeli Institutions
Israel's democratic institutions are under ever-growing threat, including attacks and delegitimization from Israeli political leaders, with a final push to formal annexation looming.
Come hear Yehuda Shaul, Co-Founder of Breaking the Silence, in conversation with Debra Shushan, Director of Government Relations, J Street. APN is a co-sponsor of this Foundation for Middle East program.
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