--Meretz Chairwoman MK Zehava Gal-On on former prime minister Ehud Olmert's six year prison sentence.**
--Meretz Chairwoman MK Zehava Gal-On on former prime minister Ehud Olmert's six year prison sentence.**
Today, we at Americans for Peace Now (APN) are launching the new APN Research Center. The Research Center is a unique tool, a
trove of online resources that covers every major aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the search for its
resolution. Here you can find hundreds of articles, reports, books, polls, documentaries, and historic documents on
the chief aspects of the conflict. The resources are made easily available for anyone who seeks solid facts and
sensible analysis on the issues.
We invested hundreds of hours building the APN Research
Center, and will continue updating and upgrading it with new, relevant material. As we worked on the Research
Center, we were guided by the recognition that people are often intimidated by the complexity of the subject matter
and lost among the immense wealth of content available. Our goal was to make it easy for people to learn about the
conflict without spending countless hours searching for good material.
We are unveiling the new APN Research Center as we officially launch the home page of APN’s campus outreach program. The APN on Campus home page also features a “Student Advocacy”
section designed specifically for student activists. It helps them plan speaking events with experts from APN,
request highly informative resource materials, and find guidance on how to run a student group at their university.
Students can also access a large collection of various online media designed to keep pro-Israel, pro-peace student
advocates up to date and armed against the extremists’ attack lines.
The APN Research Center is updated daily, and we
continue to scour databases and archives to find illuminating content from the most reputable sources. We’re
developing new, innovative ways to help pro-Israel, pro-peace student groups be successful on campus. And we’re
growing our reach nationally, providing students - of all ages - with a deeper understanding of this
heart-wrenching conflict that troubles and affects so many.
We invite you to explore the Research Center, as well as our APN on Campus home page. If you or your friends and relatives
are on campus and interested in inviting an APN guest speaker, or would like any materials or resources, please
contact Aaron Mann at ic-amann@peacenow.org
--Israel Police Spokesman says armed Israeli settlers driving ATVs inside a Palestinian village was unintentional. Locals detained the settlers and handed them over to Palestinian security forces.**
This week, Alpher discusses Martin Indyk's remarks about his impressions from the now suspended Israeli-Palestinian peace process; accusations of Israeli spying on the United States; and why the Syrian Army's recapturing rebel strongholds in the city of Homs as rebels withdrew peaceably under a broader agreement is significant.
--Dr. Ruchama Weiss shares insights from a Torah-studying session with Arab MK Ahmed Tibi.**
--Israeli author Amos Oz says Israeli 'hilltop youth' are 'Hebrew neo-Nazis' who have more support than Europe's neo-Nazis.*
Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
…. Last July, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry launched a vigorous effort to reach a final status agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. Now it is early May, we have passed the nine-month marker for these negotiations, and for the time being the talks have been suspended. Some have said this process is over. But that is not correct. As my little story testifies. As you all know well— in the Middle East, it’s never over.
The Forward (JTA story) - May 8, 2014
APN Board Member Mandy Patinkin speaks at APN event, where he is given an award
http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/197856/how-to-give-a-speech-like-mandy-patinkin/
JTA - May 6, 2014
APN Board member Mandy Patinkin speaks and sings at APN award ceremony, accepting APN
award
http://www.jta.org/2014/05/06/arts-entertainment/six-degrees-no-bacon/mandy-patinkin-lets-loose
JTA - May 6, 2014
APN Board member Mandy Patinkin speaks and sings at APN award ceremony, accepting APN award
http://www.jta.org/2014/05/06/arts-entertainment/six-degrees-no-bacon/mandy-patinkin-lets-loose
The Algemeiner - May 5, 2014
APN criticizes CoP vote to reject J Street's membership application
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/05/05/after-j-street-rejection-critics-target-diversity-of-conference-of-presidents/
The Forward - May 4, 2014
APN votes in support of J Street CoP membership
http://blogs.forward.com/jj-goldberg/197563/blackballing-j-street-who-voted-how/#ixzz30rWQdmJG
Daily Kos (blog) - May 3, 2014
APN co-sponsors David Harris Gershon book reading event in DC
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/03/1296586/-Palestinian-American-asks-about-BDS-at-my-book-event-and-nobody-gets-hurt
--Former Israel Atomic Energy Commission chief, Brig.-Gen. Uzi Eilam, disputes Prime Minister Binaymin Netanyahu's claims of an immediate Iranian threat.**