NY Times: "Start with Gaza" by Roger Cohen

Roger_Cohen_ThumbnailThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a ritualistic obscenity. It offends the conscience of humankind.

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Tom Friedman's NY Times Column: "How This War Ends"

August 2, 2014

RAMALLAH, West Bank — I HAD held off coming to Israel, hoping the situation in Gaza would clarify — not in terms of what’s happening, but how it might end in a stable way.

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News Nosh 08.03.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday August 03, 2014

Quote of the day:
 “If political leaders and military experts determine that the only way to achieve its goal of sustaining quiet is through genocide is it then permissible to achieve those responsible goals?”
--Question Yochanan Gordon asked in an article in the Times of Israel that called for a consideration of Israel committing genocide to create quiet in Gaza. The article was later removed.**


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APN/Peace Now in the News: July 25 - August 1, 2014

San Diego Jewish News - July 29, 2014
APN press release reprinted in entirety
http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2014/07/29/apn-ceasefire-now-desirable-israel/

Haaretz - July 29, 2014
APN's Ori Nir quoted in Emily Hauser's article on progressive American Jews' discomfort with Israeli policies and practices
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.607841

The Forward - July 30, 2014
APN among US Jewish progressive groups not critical of Israel's Gaza incursion
http://forward.com/articles/203111/j-streets-gaza-war-support-wins-moderate-praise--/?p=all

Arutz 7 - July 30, 2014
Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer criticizes Benett over call to broaden Gaza war
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183500#.U9v1TPldWbp

Amos Oz: Gaza war is Lose-lose Situation for Israel

The following interview with Amos Oz, a co-founder of Israel's Peace Now movement and an icon of Israel's peace movement, was published in the English edition of the German Deutsche Welle

Oz: 'Lose-lose situation for Israel'

30 July, 2014

Israel's ground offensive against Gaza is excessive, Israeli writer Amos Oz tells DW. But he also criticizes Hamas' strategy, in which both Israeli and Palestinian victims boost the organization's standing in Gaza.

Amoz Oz: I would like to begin the interview in a very unusual way: by presenting one or two questions to your readers and listeners. May I do that?

Deutsche Welle: Go ahead!

Question 1: What would you do if your neighbor across the street sits down on the balcony, puts his little boy on his lap and starts shooting machine gun fire into your nursery?

Question 2: What would you do if your neighbor across the street digs a tunnel from his nursery to your nursery in order to blow up your home or in order to kidnap your family?

With these two questions I pass the interview to you.

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News Nosh 08.01.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday August 01, 2014

Quote of the day:
"When it comes to extricating wounded soldiers or units under attack, restrictions are relaxed and safety margins are minimized."
--Haaretz's Amos Harel explains one of the reasons for the high number of Palestinian casualties.**

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walzerListen to APN briefing call from Monday, August 4.  

Walzer, a longtime member of APN's Board of Directors, is America's leading expert on ethics in wartime, and one of America's foremost political philosophers. He is the author of the iconic Just and Unjust Wars, a practical analysis of the Just War doctrine, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, the co-editor of Dissent, and contributing editor to the New Republic, where he published a new analysis of the ethical dilemmas of the Israel-Hamas war

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News Nosh 07.31.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday July 31, 2014

Number of the day:
130.
--Number of Palestinians killed Wednesday, probably the highest in a single day during Operation Protective Edge.**

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APN helped me find my voice

Hannah Ehlers

Last semester, Ori Nir, APN’s Director of Communications and Public Engagement, came to American University to speak, and it was a jam-packed event. Some students came for the free pizza, but everyone stayed for Ori’s intelligent, open, and engaging conversation on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. That was when I knew I had to intern for APN.

Donate Today

Interning this summer with APN has given me invaluable tools to continue being a leader on campus and in general, and has taught me how to effectively do my part to work for peace. It is imperative that APN is able to continue their powerful campus outreach and internship programs. Please support APN’s efforts to empower the next leaders of the Jewish community and the country. I hope to raise $5,000 to help APN do this. At this time of chaos and violence, it is especially important that APN has the resources it needs to continue reaching out to young students and leaders who envision a brighter future. With APN’s help, we will work to make that future a reality.

Sincerely,
Hannah Ehlers
Summer Intern, 2014
Americans for Peace Now

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News Nosh 07.30.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday July 30, 2014

Quote of the day:
 “I was shocked to learn of the email sent to you by Professor Sheinman. It was a hurtful letter..."
--Dean of the law faculty at Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Shahar Lifshitz, apologizes to students for letter written by law professor Hanoch Sheinman, in which he expressed empathy for all of those affected by Gaza-Israel crisis.**

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