APN Board Member Professor Michael Walzer will speak about the years after WWII as
three secular, leftist national liberation movements in Israel, India and Algeria succeeded in winning
independence and establishing states.
The Knesset is now considering legislation that targets progressive NGOs for extra scrutiny of their foreign donations, but does not require similar scrutiny of right-wing or settler groups. This legislation is part of a long-term effort by some Israeli hardliners, backed by the government, to weaken Israel’s democracy by stifling dissent. While its supporters attempt to liken it to existing US law, it has drawn significant opposition from many quarters, both within Israel, from the US State Department and among the American Jewish community. And still, there is a real possibility that the bill will pass in the next few weeks.
On Thursday, January 14, APN's Lara Friedman joined Zeina Azzam, the
Executive Director of the Jerusalem Fund for a panel moderated by John Feffer, the Director for Epicenter
at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC for a panel discussing the performance Wrestling
Jerusalem. More information can be found here.