Americans for Peace Now (APN) opposes today’s decision by the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel) to register properties in the West Bank and the city of Jerusalem, a process that is likely to lead to the eviction of thousands of Palestinians from their homes. APN calls on fellow American Jewish organizations, particularly those who serve on the board of the JNF-KKL, to exercise their influence to ensure that this procedural endeavor does not lead to the eviction of Palestinian families, a process that is certain to have dire humanitarian, political and security repercussions.
Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.
Press reports are touting the success of today’s meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Joe Biden. President Biden has demonstrated his “pro-Israel bona fides”. Bennett has shown that he can sit at the grownups table. That’s all well and good, but did they address the one issue that will determine Israel’s future?
While a good meeting between the leaders of Israel and the United States is welcome and constructive, if the two leaders did not seriously address the issue of the occupation and Israel’s relations with the Palestinians, then they are not living up to their leadership responsibilities.
Israel-Palestine and US Public Opinion
with Dr. Shibley Telhami
American public attitudes toward Israel and Palestine have dramatically shifted in the past few years,
particularly among liberals. Whether on Capitol Hill or among the general public, open criticism of Israeli
policies is no longer taboo, nor are questions relating to US aid to Israel. Public support for
Palestinians under Israeli occupation and their quest for civil and human rights is no longer a fringe
position. While the needle is moving, the Israel-Palestine question continues to be an increasingly polarizing
issue in the US public sphere.
To analyze the recent developments and the overarching trends on this matter, APN hosted Prof.
Shibley Telhami, a leading expert in public opinion on Israel-Palestine. In this webinar, Prof. Telhami
presented findings from his recent poll on this issue and compared recent surveys to past data.
The webinar will be held on Thursday, September 2nd, at 12:00 noon.
Watch the video recording here.
Listen to the audio recording here.
Read the transcript here.
SPEAKER:
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development and the Director
of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution. He has advised in one form or another every administration from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama.
His best-selling book, The Stakes: America and the Middle East, was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the
top five books on the Middle East in 2003. His most recent book, The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public
Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East, was published in 2013.
Americans for Peace Now (APN) welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s upcoming visit to the White House – his first since taking office – and urges President Biden to use this visit to bolster the administration’s role in advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.
Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.
with Ben Cohen, Anuradha Mittal, Peter Beinart, Suhad Babaa, and Hadar Susskind
