This resource page links to background, analysis and commentary on the Israel-Gaza crisis from APN, and recommended readings from other sources- everything you need to know.
Newest APN Analysis and Action
From the Archives: This is the 7th major incursion since 2005. Click here to find APN publications and analysis from previous rounds
Newest Information/Analysis: Recommended Readings
- NEWLY ADDED Times of Israel: "Three questions for the prime minister" by Naomi Chazan (August 11, 2014)
From the Archives: This is the 7th major incursion since 2005. Click here to find more recommended readings from previous rounds
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--A post by a Jewish Israeli on the internet that was mentioned in an article by Haaretz's Asher Schechter about the 'emotional numbness that has overtaken Israel.'**
Tisha B'Av (the 9th of Av), which is observed beginning the evening of August 4th this year, is a fast day commemorating the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It is considered the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.
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.
--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.**
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
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.
--Haaretz's Amos Harel explains one of the reasons for the high number of Palestinian casualties.**