In the face of the Trump administration's apparent abandonment of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Americans for Peace Now (APN) urges Congress and presidential candidates to commit to supporting two states, and to reject Trump's departure from this long-held principal US policy objective.
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.
Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived
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Al-Monitor: "What's behind Israel's approval of construction permits for Palestinians?" by Shlomi Eldar (August 1, 2019)According to a July 22 Peace Now report, 32 new outposts have been established since 2012, the majority after Trump was elected, and 15 existing outposts were legalized. A process of retroactive legalization has begun for 35 more. According to a 2018 report by the organization, which monitors settlement construction, in 2017 there was a 17% increase in building starts in the settlements compared with the average of the previous eight years. Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/07/israel-west-bank-palestinians-bezalel-smotrich-settlements.html#ixzz5vSTslPJS Read >> |
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NY Jewish Week: "BDS ‘Has Become A Pawn’" (August 1, 2019)"The move by President Trump and his right-wing allies to drag Israel and American Jews into unrelated issues is cynical and dangerous,” said Debra Shushan, director of policy and government relations at Americans for Peace Now... "this much is clear: the vast majority of American Jews see through and reject this new tactic. It’s dishonest, contemptible and bad for the Jews." Read >> |
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NY Times: "Israel Is Expected to Approve Surge in Jewish Construction in West Bank" (July 31, 2019)Only a few dozen permits for Palestinian buildings in that area have been approved in the last decade, the last in 2016, according to Peace Now, an Israeli left-wing advocacy group that tracks settlement construction. Read >> |
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APN's Debra Shushan on Last Episode of Israel's i24 News "The Spin Room" (July 30, 2019)Debra spoke about the Trump administration's role in guiding Israel into a one-state, apartheid-like reality, and more. Watch >> |
Watch Debra Shushan, APN Director of Policy and Government Relations, on the final episode of "The Spin Room."
Go HERE for an i24 News clip of Debra speaking about the Trump administration's role in guiding Israel into a one-state, apartheid-like reality.
Video of the full program is below. If you prefer, go directly to Debra's commentary, at:
3:18 (Trump administration policy on Israel-Palestine)
7:53 (Land-for-peace, US-Israel relationship)
13:38 (Netanyahu's strategy of further Palestinian divisions)
18:04 (Israel-Diaspora relations)
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.
Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived
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Washington Jewish Week: "Israelis, Palestinians share their stories at ‘The Dove’" (July 26, 2019)Feature article on the APN sponsored "The Dove" storytelling event held July 22 in Washington... Ori Nir, director for communications and public engagement at APN, said one of the main goals of the program is to humanize people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict... Read >> |
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American Prospect: "Disentangling from Israel" by Jo-Ann Mort, APN Board Member (July 23, 2019)A conversation with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh... Read >> |
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AP: "Israeli group says West Bank outposts boom under Trump" (July 22)This AP story all about Peace Now's illegal outpost report released on Tuesday was picked up by numerous media outlets, including the NY Times, Washington Post, ABC News, VOA, Ynet, and Israel Hayom. Read >> |
Go HERE to read a summary of Peace Now's report: Return of the Outpost Method.
Go HERE to watch a short video of Peace Now's protest in the West Bank that coincided with the release of the report, including confrontations with the Israeli police.
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Ha'aretz: At Least 16 Israeli Unauthorized West Bank Outposts Established Since 2017 (July 22, 2019)Shabtay Bendet, who heads the settlement monitoring team of Peace Now, said: 'The two-faced conduct of the government of Israel with regard to illegal settlements continues at full pace...The law enforcement authorities ignore the theft of land and legalize that which is illegal, without government approval as required and without public discussion of the matter." Read >> |
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SF Gate (San Francisco Chronicle): "Palestinians assail home demolition by Israeli forces" (July 22, 2019)This article about E Jerusalem home demolitions included reference to Peace Now's illegal outpost report. Read >> |
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday July 25, 2019
Quote of the day:
"The stay in the village was a lot of fun. According to the plan, the team changed every three months, but
the guys did not want to go home. Everyone wanted to stay there. What could be bad? Beach, diving, amazing
women."
--Former senior Mossad agent, Aharon (Araleh) Sharf, said about the diving resort in Sudan that
the Mossad ran in the '80's as a cover for a base to secretly aid the exodus of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.*
