Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

December 31, 2019 at 12:31 PM

$50,000 is not bananas to us

Americans for Peace Now A piece of so-called art - a banana duct-taped to a wall - garnered the public’s attention when it sold for $120,000. Was it a publicity stunt? Was it satire? Whatever it was, it certainly made the headlines and probably succ…

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December 29, 2019 at 2:01 PM

$90,000 AIN'T BANANAS

Americans for Peace Now A piece of so-called art - a banana duct-taped to a wall - garnered the public’s attention when it sold for $120,000. Was it a publicity stunt? Was it satire? Whatever it was, it certainly made the headlines and probably succ…

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December 25, 2019 at 12:01 PM

$120,000 AIN'T BANANAS

Americans for Peace Now The above piece of so-called art garnered the public’s attention when it sold for $120,000. Was it a publicity stunt? Was it satire? Whatever it was, it certainly made the headlines and probably succeeded beyond anyone’s wild…

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December 23, 2019 at 9:46 PM

APN Update - It's about the light, Please support us, 100th PeaceCast, Alpher, Top Ten, and more

Americans for Peace Now: December 23, 2019 READ the top quotes of 2019, selected from those that appear here each week! Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent AP…

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December 22, 2019 at 2:31 PM

Please support APN so we can support Shalom Achshav

Americans for Peace Now Dear Friend, My name is Shaqued Morag, and I accepted the directorship of Shalom Achshav about 18 months ago. I appreciate this opportunity to communicate directly with you. Between Benjamin Netanyahu’s peace-rejectionism and…

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December 18, 2019 at 7:02 PM

APN Update - Please remember us at year-end, World Zionist Congress elections, and more

Americans for Peace Now: December 18, 2019 "...when our children will be fluent in both Hebrew and Arabic, it will be easier for them to understand that we are not doomed, but rather meant to live here together. And maybe they will know how to build bridges of trust and of Is…

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  Letty Cottin Pogrebin, APN · [email protected]

December 13, 2019 at 3:02 PM

I refuse to succumb...there's too much at stake.

Americans for Peace Now Dear Friend, Two years ago, I wrote to you about my refusal to wallow in hopelessness and doom, whether due to the destructive and demoralizing policies of Benjamin Netanyahu or those of Donald Trump. Things have gotten worse …

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

December 11, 2019 at 8:46 PM

APN Update - Elections have consequences, it's about the light, Alpher, year-end appeal, Nir op-ed, and more

Americans for Peace Now: December 11, 2019 "There is no security or political logic in Israeli civilian presence in the heart of Palestinian population." Shaqued Morag, Peace Now Director, during a Peace Now visit in Hebron to demonstrate the Israeli government's intention t…

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  Aviva Meyer, APN · [email protected]

December 8, 2019 at 2:46 PM

It's About the Light

Americans for Peace Now Dear Friend, When Jews recall the Chanukah story of the day’s worth of oil that lasted for eight, we often forget that the miracle was not the extra mileage the Maccabees got from a few ounces of fuel. The miracle was that th…

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December 3, 2019 at 6:46 PM

APN Update - Giving Tuesday, Shaqued Morag letter, Settlement Watch, Alpher, and more

Americans for Peace Now: December 3, 2019 "This is very bad news for Israel: bad morally, bad for the security, and bad in terms of the political chances for peace." Shalom Achshav (Peace Now), responding to new Defense Minister Naftali Bennet's order to start the planning …

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

December 2, 2019 at 7:01 PM

Please support APN so we can assist Shalom Achshav

Americans for Peace Now Dear Friend, My name is Shaqued Morag, and I accepted the directorship of Shalom Achshav about 18 months ago. I appreciate this opportunity to communicate directly with you. Between Benjamin Netanyahu’s peace-rejectionism and…

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November 26, 2019 at 7:31 PM

APN Update - A must-read Alpher, ditto for Nir's op-ed, a fond farewell, and more

Americans for Peace Now: November 26, 2019 "Don't listen to those who hysterically charge that it is 'anti-Israel' for American leaders to oppose the occupation or warn against annexation. Today, it is among the most pro-Israel things the US can do." Ami Ayalon, former Shin…

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  Aviva Meyer, APN · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 2:31 PM

Please read Ori's op-ed and give in his honor

Americans for Peace Now Dear Friend, I'll be brief-- on Monday of this week, Sec. of State Mike Pompeo made an outrageous announcement shifting U.S. policy on Israeli Settlements stating that settlements in the West Bank aren't illegal. This pathetic s…

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

November 20, 2019 at 7:32 PM

APN Update - APN Statement, Reeves op-ed in the Independent, a podcast with Shikaki, Orly on News Nosh, Alpher and more

Americans for Peace Now: November 20, 2019 "...this decision undermines the safety of both Israelis and Palestinians and undercuts any prospect for a two-state solution. This flagrant disregard for the U.S. role as an honest broker in this conflict further undercuts both U.S.…

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  Orly Halpern, News Nosh Editor · [email protected]

November 17, 2019 at 3:03 PM

Eight years ago, APN approached me while I was on maternity leave and asked me to...

Americans for Peace Now Dear Friend, My name is Orly Halpern and I edit and write News Nosh, the daily review in English of the Hebrew media. As a journalist who has reported on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for many years, I know how helpful being …

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

November 14, 2019 at 3:02 PM

APN Update - Matching Donations, New D.C.Address!!!, Study Tour, Briefing Book, PeaceCast, and more

Americans for Peace Now: November 14, 2019 "Most of the dead so far are terrorists. I do not rejoice at their deaths, nor do mourn them. But 3 of the dead are kids. My thoughts go out to their families. My kids & I are living in rocket range. We are on edge. But we must no…

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  Jim Klutznick, APN · [email protected]

November 10, 2019 at 3:02 PM

I HAVE PLEDGED TO MATCH ANY GIFT UP TO $25,000 FOR THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT

Americans for Peace Now Dear Friend of APN, Here at the home office of Americans for Peace Now in Washington, DC, we do big and significant things, with one of the latest being APN’s Briefing on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for Presidential Candida…

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

November 5, 2019 at 3:32 PM

APN Update - SUBJECT NEEDED

Americans for Peace Now: November 5, 2019 "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, leade…

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October 31, 2019 at 6:33 PM

APN Update - APN at J Street Conf., Peace Now visitors, New podcasts, and more

Americans for Peace Now: October 30, 2019 "Um, none" 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," ot…

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October 24, 2019 at 6:48 PM

APN Update - DC Hill event tomorrow, Brooklyn event next week, APN @ J St., Alpher book reviews, new podcast and more

Americans for Peace Now: October 24, 2019 A government that will "strive for peace." Benny Gantz, head of the Blue White party, about his intentions in forming the next Israeli government after given the mandate to do so from Israeli President Rivlin, subsequent to Benjamin …

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  Ori Nir, APN · [email protected]

October 7, 2019 at 6:53 PM

Please Help Keep Yossi Alpher's Q and A Free

Americans for Peace Now Four years ago, when the executives at Britain’s The Guardian realized they needed new funding sources to sustain their newspaper, they considered instituting a paywall to charge for the online edition (as other dailies had done…

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

October 3, 2019 at 7:47 PM

APN Update - Choose Peace, Milton Viorst intros our appeal, more Friedman Files, DC Event on the 16th, and more

Americans for Peace Now: October 3, 2019 Please note that due to Yom Kippur, the APN offices will be closed on Wednesday, October 9. "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 d…

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

September 25, 2019 at 6:17 PM

APN Update - Jim Klutznick's New Year's letter, Barbara Green's D'var, Alpher's Q and A, Ori Nir's Podcast and more

Americans for Peace Now: September 25, 2019 "Every time I take my youngest daughter, Sham, to her school, I see a passage written on the wall from the Book of Psalms: 'The stone that the builders rejected became a cornerstone.'" Ayman Odeh, head of the Israeli Joint List Par…

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  Jim Klutznick, APN · [email protected]

September 22, 2019 at 1:47 PM

Appearances can be deceiving

Americans for Peace Now Appearances can be deceiving. 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 ba…

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

September 18, 2019 at 8:17 PM

APN Update - Alpher on the election, Read today's News Nosh and subscribe, and much more

Americans for Peace Now: September 18, 2019 "Israel's election results offer a glimmer of hope that its slide away from liberal democracy can be stopped" Gershom Gorenberg, Israeli author and journalist, in his Washington Post piece following Israel's elections. S…

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September 11, 2019 at 2:01 PM

THIS IS WHO WE ARE

Americans for Peace Now Major tragedies and crises test both individuals and groups. The horror that befell the United States on September 11th presented a major challenge to every American, but especially to those who care deeply about peace in the Mi…

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September 10, 2019 at 2:01 PM

APN Update - Rep. Schiff in LA, Impending Israel elections, Hope for Rosh Hashana, and more

Americans for Peace Now: September 10, 2019 "I don't know. No one knows." Yossi Alpher, Israeli security expert, in Hard Questions, Tough Answers, in response to the question who will win Israel's election on September 17. September 9, 2019 - Israel's Elections: T…

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September 4, 2019 at 6:01 PM

APN Update - APN on Bill Press Podcast, Peter Edelman, The Gunthers, Adam Schiff and more

Americans for Peace Now: September 4, 2019 "You can't tell young Israelis that it's just and correct to live here when your daily business is oppressing Palestinians in Azzoun or Salfeet or anywhere else in Judea and Samaria. It doesn't work. We don't grasp it, but it corrupts…

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  Peter Edelman, APN · [email protected]

September 1, 2019 at 2:01 PM

Join me in honoring the Gunthers and the work that APN does

Americans for Peace Now Dear Friend, You may have heard that my good friends Dick and Lois Gunther will be honored by Americans for Peace Now next week in Los Angeles for their lifetime effort to advance peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Dick a…

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 3:16 PM

APN Update - What I told Amb. Friedman, Honor the Gunthers, New Podcast, and Informative Q and A

Americans for Peace Now: August 29, 2019 "...most Israeli citizens favor a solution guaranteeing peace and security over the ideological, Greater Israel one-state vision, which would spell an end to Israel's democracy." Shaqued Morag, Peace Now Executive Director, to US Amba…

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  APN SoCal · [email protected]

August 25, 2019 at 4:59 PM

Sept. 8 - APN event in LA featuring Congressman Adam Schiff

Hear from Congressman Adam Schiff and help honor Lois and Richard Gunther on September 8 - two weeks from today - at this special APN event in Los Angeles. Tickets & Tributes Watch Congressman Schiff respond to President Trump's accusation of Jewish …

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 7:17 PM

APN Update - Trump's disloyalty, Heat for Friedman, Alpher on Bibi panic and more

Americans for Peace Now: August 21, 2019 "The link between us is between peoples, based on historical ties, deep, strong friendships and shared values, not dependent on the links with either party." Reuven Rivlin, President of Israel, after a phone call with Speaker of the H…

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August 15, 2019 at 7:04 PM

APN Update - Let Tlaib and Omar in, LA Event, Study Tour and more

Americans for Peace Now: August 15, 2019 "In barring Omar and Tlaib, Netanyahu in a single act creates more publicity and political oxygen than any visit might have; makes an Israeli PM appear to be a tool of a US President; blackens Israel’s image; and erodes bipartisanship c…

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  Dick Gunther, APN · [email protected]

August 11, 2019 at 2:01 PM

A beacon of hope

Americans for Peace Now Lois and I have agreed to be honored by Americans for Peace Now (APN) because it gives us the opportunity to pay tribute to its critically important work and to Shalom Achshav (Peace Now), its Israeli sister organization. Go H…

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  Americans for Peace Now · [email protected]

August 7, 2019 at 7:32 PM

APN Update - Settlement Watch, Tisha B'Av, Gulf Forum, PodCast, Alpher and more

Americans for Peace Now: August 7, 2019 "The Jewish independence that ended the exile has devolved into the same hatred and backstabbing that started the very exile we thought we had put behind us." Scott Boxer, APN Intern, in his Tisha B'Av piece for APN (see below). T…

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August 1, 2019 at 7:51 PM

APN Update - Taking a Spin, Peace Now's take, LA Event, Friedman again, podcasts and more

Americans for Peace Now: August 1, 2019 "Criticizing the occupation doesn't make you anti-Israel, frankly. It doesn't mean that you are against the existence of a nation... It means that you believe in human rights." Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a radio inte…

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