APN/Peace Now in the News: November 14, 2014 - November 21, 2014

JTA – November 20, 2014
Pro-Palestinian US organization that runs joint program with APN is downsizing
http://www.jta.org/2014/11/20/news-opinion/united-states/atfp-citing-stalled-peace-process-downsizes

Jerusalem Post (JTA story) – November 21, 2014
Pro-Palestinian US organization that runs joint program with APN is downsizing
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/American-Task-Force-on-Palestine-downsizes-amid-stalled-peace-process-382469

TLV1 (online - Israel) – November 18, 2014
Peace Now's Lior Amihai: Jerusalem violence filling vacuum created by absence of peace process
http://tlv1.fm/full-show/2014/11/18/har-nof-reeling-after-deadly-synagogue-attack-so-much-to-say/

News Nosh 11.21.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday November 21, 2014

Quote of the day:
"In times like these, it's important to remember there are also good Arabs! And they can be found here."
--Text attached to photo of a Muslim cemetery sent by an Ashkelon math teacher to his 11th and 12th grade students this week. The teacher reportedly said he sent it to his students by mistake instead of to another WhatsApp group.

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A Conversation with Rafa Anabtwai and Norbert Goldfield - Friday, November 21, Washington D.C.

Americans for Peace Now, Middle East Institute and Foundation for Middle East Peace

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A Conversation With Rafa Anabtwai and Norbert Goldfield

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Please join us for a conversation with Rafa Anabtawi, Director of Kayan, and Norbert Goldfield, founder and president of Healing Across the Divides.

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News Nosh 11.20.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday November 20, 2014

Quote of the day:
"Israel is not under an existential threat, we have been through much more serious threats. Israel is the neighborhood bully."
--Former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi says Israel's leaders unnecessarily frighten its citizens.**

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They Say, We Say - Read it straight through!

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Read They Say, We Say from beginning to end.

 

News Nosh 11.19.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday November 19, 2014

Quote of the day:
Unity cannot be a reason to "lend a hand to a government which only adds fuel to the fire, blocking every way to put an end to the hostility and violence." 
--Meretz Chairwoman MK Zehava Gal-On explains why she refused Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's offer to join a national unity government.**

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JERUSALEM BURNING

Jerusalem Burning: Latest Information

Contemporary Jerusalem is an "undivided" city only in slogans. On the ground, it is a visibly divided city. It is a city where one-third of the population is Palestinian, in addition to large Palestinian urban areas lying just beyond the municipal border. It is a city where the patterns of life reflect two distinct populations - Israelis and Palestinians - living separate and rarely overlapping existences. It is a city that has deep political, historical, economic, and cultural significance to Palestinians, and deep religious meaning not only for Jews, but also for Christians and Muslims everywhere. (Excerpt from APN’s “They Say, We Say” entry on this topic.)


Jerusalem Burning: Briefing call with Lara Friedman & Danny Seidemann
Reclaiming Israel's Future: Jerusalem
The Jerusalem chapter from APN’s publication, “They Say, We Say”.

APN Articles

Lara Friedman & Daniel Seidemann in the Jerusalem Post: A divided city (November 11, 2014)
R. Alana Suskin in the Washington Jewish Week: On the Temple Mount…(November 6, 2014)
"Jerusalem: Learn More!" A round-up of APN articles from 2005 through June 2014.
Lara Friedman on the APN Blog:  Sacrificing Israel’s Friendships – and Future— at the Altar of Elad (October 15, 2014)

 

Recommended Readings

APN Board member Jo-Ann Mort in Haaretz - Shattering a Jewish American myth: Jerusalem is no Disneyland (November 13, 2014)
An Interview with Daniel Seidemann: Coming To Terms With ‘Reality’ Of Jerusalem.  Stewart Ain in The New York Jewish Week (November 12, 2014)
Asher Schechter in Haaretz The Temple Mount is a powder keg, and arsonists have the upper hand.  (November 12, 2014)
Middle East Monitor: Rabbi David Yosef writes to Netanyahu on closing the area of the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors (November 11, 2014)
International Crisis Group:  Mounting Tensions: Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade (November 10, 2014)
Jerusalem Post: Ya'alon: Israeli politicians' visits to Temple Mount provoked Jerusalem terror attacks (November 8, 2014)
Times of Israel: Jews must stop Temple Mount visits, Sephardi chief rabbi says (November 7, 2014)
Haaretz+: 'Netanyahu was repeatedly warned of dangers on Temple Mount' (November 7, 2014)
Haaretz+: Israel's ties with Jordan put to test in face of Jerusalem crisis (Zvi Bar'el) (November 6, 2014)
+972: The 'Jerusalem Intifada,' the president and the cliff (November 6, 2014)
Haaretz: FM Lieberman: Politicians visiting Temple Mount - headline-chasing idiocy (November 6, 2014)
Jerusalem Post: Liberman slams MKs for Temple Mount visits as PM says Jerusalem status quo won't change  (November 6, 2014)
Jerusalem Post: Haredi daily: Close Temple Mount to Jews (November 6, 2014)
NPR: Why Jerusalem's Real Estate Market Is Part Of The Mideast Conflict (November 6, 2014)
Btselem: Draconian measures against deprived population not a solution (November 5, 2014)
The Nation:Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege (November 4, 2014)
Haaretz+: Israel's right-wing fanatics don't speak for the people (November 4, 2014)
+972: How Likud became the Almighty's contractor at the Temple Mount (November 4, 2014)
Akiva Eldar in Al-Monitor: Netanyahu government threatens Temple Mount (November 3, 2014)
Danny Seidemann at Terrestrial Jerusalem: Attempted Assassination Raises the Stakes at the Temple Mount (November 3, 2014)
Danny Seidemann at Terrestrial Jerusalem: Reasons Behind Escalating Temple Mount Crisis (November 3, 2014)
Haaretz+: O Jerusalem, Israelis have already forgotten thee (November 2, 2014)
+972: The only way to stop stone throwing is to end the occupation (November 3, 2014)
+972: The fraud that is the Temple Mount movement (October 31, 2014)
New York Times: Friction Grows Between Israel and Jordan Over Revered Location (October 31, 2014)
Times of Israel:  With no local leadership, East Jerusalem violence roils (October 29, 2014)
Washington Post: Jerusalem train line destined to connect Jews and Arabs has widened bitter divide (October 26, 2014)

Americans for Peace Now (APN) is horrified and outraged by today's savage terrorist attack on Jewish worshippers at a Jerusalem synagogue, which left four innocent civilians dead and others injured. APN strongly condemns this attack. We stand with the people of Israel. Our hearts are with the families that have been broken by today's attack. We wish full and rapid recovery to those who were injured.

Jerusalem is bleeding. At this time, Israeli and Palestinian leaders bear a heavy responsibility. They must put an end to inflammatory actions and rhetoric that would further intensify the bloodshed. They must fight terrorism and incitement. At the same time, they must also seek ways to engage diplomatically to reach a political settlement for the conflict – the only way to avoid perpetual bloodletting between Israelis and Palestinians.

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News Nosh 11.18.14

APN's daily news review from Israel
Tuesday November 18, 2014

Quote of the day:
"The death of a bus driver threatens to ignite Jerusalem."
--Subtitle in Yedioth on article about Palestinian driver of Israeli Egged bus, found hanging dead inside his vehicle.**

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