Americans for Peace Now: Government Relations Archives

APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending August 6, 2010

By Lara Friedman on August 6, 2010 11:15 AM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. Pressure on Lebanon

3. APN on Israel-Lebanon and Gaza Tensions

4. New House Working Group on Iran Sanctions

5. APN on Direct Talks (Obama, Abbas, and Calling the 'Direct Talks" Bluff)

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending July 30, 2010

By Lara Friedman on July 30, 2010 11:11 AM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. Ros-Lehtinen Pushes for PLO to be expelled from Washington

3. New APN publication: Top 6 Bogus Arguments for Opposing Extension of the Settlement Moratorium (or Adding Loopholes)

4. Specter's Middle East Trip Report

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Settlements in Focus: Top 6 Bogus Arguments for Opposing Extension of the Settlement Moratorium (or for Adding Loopholes)

By Lara Friedman on July 29, 2010 12:54 PM | 1 Comment

Volume 6, Issue 5

As made clear in our previous analyses of the settlement moratorium, settlement construction since November 2009 has by no means been frozen. Indeed, so much construction has been permitted under "exceptions" that the moratorium would have to be extended, with no new loopholes, for at least a year before construction on the ground would actually stop.

Extending the current 10-month settlement moratorium, with no new loopholes or exceptions, is vital to Israel and to peace. Failing to do so will have a devastating impact on efforts to launch successful peace talks and will play into the hands of those who seek to delegitimize Israel. New settlement construction will be seen as a sign that Israel would rather rule over Palestinians than forge peace.

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending July 23, 2010

By Lara Friedman on July 26, 2010 1:06 PM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. Attacking the Palestinian Authority on the Hill, Part II

3. Grandstanding on Iran

4. Berman Lays Out Obama Support for Israel

5. Spotlight on Turkey

6. CUFI on the Hill

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending July 16, 2010

By Lara Friedman on July 16, 2010 11:51 AM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. Attacking the Palestinian Authority on Capitol Hill

3. Gohmert's Wacky World

4. APN and J Street: Turning No into Yes on a Two-State Solution

5. APN on Tax-Exempt Funding for Settlements

6. 16,000 Sign APN Petition to Obama: Extend Settlement Freeze

7. Blogpost on the Netanyahu visit: Enough already with the "Obama-caved-to-Bibi" Spin

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Pisgat Zeev in the headlines - what's really going on

By Lara Friedman on July 12, 2010 4:50 PM | No Comments

Peace Now Settlement Watch director Hagit Ofran got out in front of the breaking news today with her report explaining the story behind the news about new construction at the East Jerusalem settlement of Pisgat Zeev.

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Turning No into Yes on a Two-State Solution

By Lara Friedman on July 9, 2010 11:51 AM | 3 Comments

Coauthored by Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now, and Isaac Luria, Vice President for Communications and New Media at J Street.

We hear far too many "Nos!" in the American Jewish and pro-Israel communities about why we can't ever achieve any reasonable compromise to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

We're turning these "Nos!" into "Yeses!" with the following short, rational responses.

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending July 2, 2010

By Lara Friedman on July 6, 2010 10:44 AM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. President Signs Iran Sanctions into law

3. Some Highly Recommended Reading (shameless plug for stuff we've written)

4. (NOT A JOKE) Gohmert (R-TX) demands world stop illegal Palestinian settlements (and compares Israel policy to Arizona-Mexico border problem)

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APN letter to Obama: Engage NOW to get Jerusalem under control

By Lara Friedman on June 28, 2010 4:08 PM | 3 Comments

Israeli Forces at Silwan Protest 6-10 186x140.jpg

Today APN sent the following letter to President Obama, urging him to engage, urgently, on Jerusalem.

(picture shows Israeli forces responding to June 27 protest in Silwan, East Jerusalem)

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