Following Silwan Scandal, APN Tells Congress: Investigate Amb. Friedman's Conduct

Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) in strongly condemning yesterday's participation by senior Trump administration officials in the opening of a tunnel dug in East Jerusalem by the extremist settler organization Elad. The tunnel is under the Palestinian village of Silwan, located on the slope of the Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif, one of the most religiously volatile places in the world.

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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.

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News Nosh 6.30.19

APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday June 30, 2019
 
Phrase of the day:
Ping-pong match.
--How the military correspondent of 'Israel Hayom,' Yoav Limor, described the exchanges of troubles (environmental, economic, physcial hardship, etc.) Israel and the Gaza Strip gave each other over the last few days.*

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Legislative Round-up: June 28, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters - General
  2. FY20 NDAA - Senate
  3. FY20 NDAA - House
  4. Hearings
  5. On the Record
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VIDEO - APN's Debra Shushan on TRT's "The Newsmakers" re: Kushner's "Peace Plan"

Debra Shushan, APN Director of Policy and Government Relations, appeared on a panel for TRT's "The Newsmakers".  See a clip of Debra speaking on the Trump Administration's "Peace Plan" and its statements and actions contrary to a two-state solution.

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News Nosh 6.27.19

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday June 27, 2019


You Must Be Kidding: 
"I'll keep doing it the way that we want to do it."
--The response of Trump advisor Jared Kushner when asked by reporters at the Bahrain economic conference what would happen if the Palestinian Authority rejected the US peace plan's political component.**

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News Nosh 6.26.19

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday June 26, 2019

 
Quote of the day:
"I think it is possible to be satisfied that they did not execute Mahmoud Katusa. It could have been inconvenient to explain to the widow why her husband was executed by stoning in the city square without being very accurate regarding evidence."
--Legal affairs commentator Guy Peleg expressed relief about the dropping of charges and release from jail of a Palestinian man, Mahmoud Katusa, following the lack of evidence to connect him to the rape of a 7-year-old Jewish Israeli girl.*

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PeaceCast: DC's New Palestinian Museum

This special episode features a visit to the newly launched Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, DC.

Host Ori Nir was joined by his daughter Noa Nir, who participated in interviewing Nizar Farsakh, the Chair of the Board of the museum.

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News Nosh 6.25.19

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday June 25, 2019

You Must Be Kidding: 
“The occupation of the municipal park must end. It is not a political issue. It is not an election issue. It is simply a fundamental matter of principle. A park that was built for the residents of Afula needs to remain theirs … We must proudly wave Israeli flags through the entire park and play music in Hebrew."
--In a thinly-veiled ban of Arabs, mayor of Israeli city of Afula explained his ban of 'non-residents' from city's public pool.*

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Donald Trump’s White House over the weekend unveiled the economic part of its vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Tomorrow, it will convene an "economic workshop" in Manama, Bahrain, to rally support for its “peace plan".

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