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Travel and see first-hand many of the places and areas in Israel
and the West Bank that have an impact on the lives and futures of all Israelis
and Palestinians. All Study Tours include
In addition to the insider access and insight provided by the Israelis,
Palestinians, and others you will meet and converse with, you will have a front
row to the sights, sounds, tastes, and vitality of this special part of the
world. All of it experienced together with a small yet eclectic group of
Americans who enrich and enliven this memorable trip.
Going on the APN Study Tour "was an amazing experience from
every angle...an event of a lifetime. It gave me hope that there is
still very much a chance for peace between Israelis and Palestinians."
One of the two countries to
have signed a peace treaty with Israel, Jordan has an immense stake in
Israeli-Palestinian peace, and serves as a fascinating window into the Arab
world.
The capital of Jordan is a
unique blend of old and new...ultra-modern buildings, hotels, smart
restaurants, art galleries and boutiques, and everywhere there is evidence
of the city's much older past.
The rock-carved rose-red city
is indeed one of the most amazing ancient tourist sites in the World, a
UNESCO world heritage site, and one of the new seven wonders of the World.
Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived
- Bills, Resolutions, & Letters
- The Ilhan Omar Kerfuffle
- FY19 Consolidated Approps
- Hearings
- On the Record
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday February 14, 2019
Quote of the Day:"Netanyahu is deceiving the Israeli public by claiming that relations between the two countries can be warmed without progress in the peace process with the Palestinians."
--Saudi Prince Turki Al-Faisal, former head of the Saudi intelligence agency and ambassador to the United States and Britain, said in a conversation broadcast on Israel's Channel 13 News.*
APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday February 13, 2019
Quote of the day:
"The entire infrastructure that has been built over the years to advance the interests of Israel in the
U.S. is quaking in its boots - not because of the badly developed arguments of a rookie Congresswoman - but
because of the coming generational change in U.S. views of Israel...Americans who seek to protect and advance
(Israel's) interests should no more reflexively embrace the views of the Israeli government than they do those
of a pro-Brexit UK government or an anti-refugee Italian government. Israel's defenders would like the
relationship to be deemed so important that it must not be criticized. This echoes the position, say, of the
Saudis in the wake of the Khashoggi murder. And it is just as indefensible."
--David Rothkopf looks at the core issue behind Rep. Ilhan Omar's comment - whether the U.S. should continue to reflexively embrace the views of the Israeli government.*
--David Rothkopf looks at the core issue behind Rep. Ilhan Omar's comment - whether the U.S. should continue to reflexively embrace the views of the Israeli government.*
APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday February 12, 2019
Quotes of the day:
“If you want to be a hero, you don't kill an innocent woman."
--Imprisoned Fatah official explained why all the Palestinian militant factions have turned their backs on the rapist and murderer of the 19-year-old Israeli young woman.*
"There is no religion and no human being who can accept what happened,"
--Ziyad Sabateen, a resident of Husan village near Bethlehem. Sabateen is among a group of Palestinians who will pay a condolence visit today to the Ansbacher family.*
--Imprisoned Fatah official explained why all the Palestinian militant factions have turned their backs on the rapist and murderer of the 19-year-old Israeli young woman.*
"There is no religion and no human being who can accept what happened,"
--Ziyad Sabateen, a resident of Husan village near Bethlehem. Sabateen is among a group of Palestinians who will pay a condolence visit today to the Ansbacher family.*
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.
Americans for Peace Now (APN) strongly condemns the murder of a young Israeli woman, Ori Ansbacher (19), in Jerusalem last week by a Palestinian assailant, who has been arrested and who has reenacted the crime.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday February 11, 2019
Quote of the day:
"It doesn't really matter who is behind the wheel, as long as he is responsible like she
is."
--Passenger on Israeli Egged public bus said about the first Muslim woman from E. Jerusalem to drive an Egged bus.*
You Must Be Kidding:
75.
The number of votes that Minister Zeev Elkin won for the Likud party primaries at the polling station in a Jewish settlement enclave in Hebron, despite there being only 67 voters.**
--Passenger on Israeli Egged public bus said about the first Muslim woman from E. Jerusalem to drive an Egged bus.*
You Must Be Kidding:
75.
The number of votes that Minister Zeev Elkin won for the Likud party primaries at the polling station in a Jewish settlement enclave in Hebron, despite there being only 67 voters.**
See APN's News Nosh review of Israeli news which now includes a daily "Election 2019 News"
This show features two experts on Washington Middle East policy and legislative affairs: Debra Shushan, APN’s Policy and Government Relations Director, and Lara Friedman, who preceded her in this position, and is now the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.
Together, they drill down on the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act, better known by its acronym ATCA, a piece of legislation that tells a fascinating story of how policy on Israeli-Palestinian affairs is being made in Washington.