In an event sponsored by J Street U, Ori Nir (Director of Communications and Public Engagement, APN) and Ghaith al-Omari (Executive Director, American Task Force on Palestine) spoke at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD on Friday, November 7, 2014. See below for more pictures and quotes from the event.
MAKING PEACE POSSIBLE: Bringing Together an American Jewish Response
Three prominent national Jewish community leaders discuss the path to Israeli-Palestinian peace and the current
challenges to Israel’s Jewish and democratic values.
December 18, 2014, 7pm
By Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin
THE PORTION OF HAYYEI SARAH: GENESIS 23-25:18
This portion of Genesis is an end of life saga, but at the same time it is a secret testimony, a message delivered across the ages, as to what it means to perpetuate life on a promised land, how one can make it an eternal life on the land. It is momentous and dramatic, focusing both on the burial of the old generation and the continuity of the next generation, with Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah. None of these changes, however, guarantee any perpetual relationship to the land. The secret to that lies in the nature of their dealings with their neighbors.
The underlying cause of the current crisis is to be found in the inherent dysfunctionality of Israeli rule in East Jerusalem
WHAT POSSESSES hundreds, sometimes thousands of Palestinian youths to clash nightly with Israeli police? That is a
question that official Israel, and most particularly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has neither asked nor
answered. Why? Because doing so would challenge his axiomatic faith in “united Jerusalem” – a Jerusalem that
doesn’t exist.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday November 12, 2014
Quote of the day:
"Netanyahu’s threatening finger isn’t pointed at the right-wing “price tag” vandals, or at the rioters
who attacked soldiers and policemen in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, or even at Yigal Amir, the man who
assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin."
--Haaretz Middle East analyst Zvi Bar'el is outraged by the Israeli Prime Minister's threat to revoke the citizenship of Arab citizens of Israel.**
--Haaretz Middle East analyst Zvi Bar'el is outraged by the Israeli Prime Minister's threat to revoke the citizenship of Arab citizens of Israel.**
The What Would Leibel Do (WWLD)? Awards Dinner
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Named for long-time APN Board Member Leonard "Leibel" Fein, who passed away in August, the event will be
Sunday, January 11, in Boston.
Sidney Topol will receive the inaugural "Leonard Fein Justice Award," and Rabbi Toba Spitzer the "Elizabeth
Wyner Mark Peace Award."
Invitation to Come
Please join us for a briefing call with Barbara Slavin of the Atlantic Council, an expert on Iran. Ms. Slavin will share her analysis of the current negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program, and help us beter understand the state of affairs as the negotiating parties approach the November 25 deadline.
The Israeli peace movement began during the 1978 Israeli-Egyptian peace talks with the establishment of Peace Now (Shalom Achshav). The movement became prominent during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, when 400,000 Israelis (10% of Israel’s population at the time) attended a Peace Now rally. The movement has suffered a decline in the wake of the Second Intifada (2000-2005) but continues to influence the public discourse in Israel.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday November 13, 2014
Quote of the day:
“The goal of this law is to promote and strengthen print journalism in Israel and guarantee equal
conditions for real and fair competition among newspapers."
--From the bill that would outlaw the pro-Netanyahu 'Israel Hayom' freebie, which passed the first reading.**
--From the bill that would outlaw the pro-Netanyahu 'Israel Hayom' freebie, which passed the first reading.**
Washington Jewish Week - November 5, 2014
APN's Alana Suskin op-ed: Keep the Status Quo on the Temple Mount
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/17194/on-the-temple-mount/
Haaretz - November 6 ,2014
APN's Lara Friedman op-ed on the meaning of US midterm elections for Israel-Palestine
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.625037
Fathom Journal - Autumn 2014
Interview with Peace Now's Lior Amihai
http://fathomjournal.org/settlements-and-the-two-state-solution-alan-johnson-interviews-lior-amihai/
Associated Press - November 3, 2014
Peace Now's Hagit Ofran: Netanyahu building settlements instead of building peace
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-pushes-forward-east-jerusalem-building-26655336
Al Arabiya (AFP story) - November 3, 2014
Peace Now: Israel approves 500 homes in East Jerusalem settlement
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/11/03/Israel-approves-plans-for-500-settler-homes-in-Jerusalem-NGO.html
i24 News (Israeli online) - November 3, 2014
Peace Now: Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee approves 500 new housing units in East Jerusalem
settlement
http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/49683-141103-israel-approves-hundreds-of-hou
+972 (Israeli, online) - November 6, 2014
Peace Now highlights 'epidemic' of incitement in Israel
http://972mag.com/peace-now-highlights-epidemic-of-incitement-in-israel/98438/