Oded Adomi Leshem, a doctoral student at George Mason University’s School for Conflict
Analysis and Resolution is an expert on hope. One of his areas of expertise is strategies for impacting
Israeli public opinion to be more supportive of peace. A new study that he recently published shows that messages of hope from Palestinians can go a
long way in fostering and enhancing hope among Jewish Israelis. Listen to our February 16th
2016 conversation with Leshem.
News from Peace Now's (Israel) Settlement Watch:
Over the weekend, Israel’s Peace Now movement published its annual report on West Bank
settlement planning and construction in the past year. Following is the executive summary of Peace Now’s
report, followed by a link to the full report, as well as links to several news articles about the report.
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.
This week, Alpher discusses the recent poll revealing that fully two-thirds of Israeli Jews believe it is possible to continue to occupy the West Bank yet remain truly democratic and how this finding meshes with emerging developments inside Israel; what has changed in Israel and the Middle East over the last 20 years; Is the Levant conflict and the agreement, reached last week in Munich, for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Syria the beginning of the end of ISIS; and whether there is a broader global strategic meaning to these developments.
As always, I started today with coffee and the news including APN'S News Nosh. This morning, the News Nosh shared a surreal Knesset debate about a bill that would make it possible to dismiss Arab MKs with a simple vote. MK Nissan Slomiansky of Habayit Hayehudi actually said "I wanted to hold a principled discussion" about it.
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A principled discussion about such a bill!
Much of what I read in News Nosh is infuriating, but it would be far worse to be uninformed. I - and you - need to know what is going on and we need to know about the good news and the good work being done by so many on both sides of the conflict. News Nosh enables us to do that.
APN offers a unique and necessary daily news aggregator from the Hebrew press, for free! You can surf the web for Israeli news sites, struggle with Hebrew and pop-up ads, or you can let APN do the work for you. All you need to do is sign up.
Thank you,
Geoffrey Lewis
Board member, Americans for Peace Now
