Our new campaign re-focuses energy and attention on the challenges to Israel's future as a democracy and a Jewish state. We cover each core issue in this conflict: settlements, Jerusalem, borders and security, hatred and incitement, the conflicting narratives of Israelis and Palestinians, and how to support a two-state solution.
Following the decision by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to divest from three U.S. companies whose products, they argue, are used to support Israeli occupation, Americans for Peace Now today issued the following statement:
“Last Friday’s decision of the Presbyterian Church of the United States to divest from three major U.S. companies should serve as a resounding warning for the Israeli government. Increasingly large segments of American society - including ones that care deeply about Israel’s future and invest in it – are losing patience with the nearly five decades-long occupation and with the Israeli government’s refusal to act seriously to bring it to an end. Pressure for decisions like the one taken by PC (USA) is growing, supported by Americans who are neither anti-Israel nor anti-Semitic. It is gaining traction as a direct consequence of Israeli policies that are deepening the occupation to the point of potential irreversibility in the near term, in tandem with the apparent inability or unwillingness of governments around the world to in any meaningful way challenge these policies.
This week, Alpher discusses the West Bank hostage drama, the Israeli response, and how it's affecting Netanyahu, Abbas, and other key figures. Also discussed is the recent flare up in the Golan and how the Sunni-Shiite conflict in Iraq impacts Israel's immediate interests.
The Jerusalem Post - June 15, 2014
Stephen Donshik comments on Ori Nir's op-ed re the discomfort of progressive US Jews with Israeli
government policies
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-strange-reality-of-Israel-Diaspora-relations-359424
San Diego Jewish News - June 16, 2014
APN reacts to Israeli teens' kidnapping
http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2014/06/16/u-s-jewish-groups-react-teens-kidnapping/
The Forward - June 19, 2014
APN among Jewish groups calling and praying for the relaease of kidnapped Israelli teens
http://forward.com/articles/200364/kidnapping-unites-jewish-community-as-israel-split/
Haaretz - June 19, 2014
Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer's op-ed: Don't silence Arab MK's dissenting voice
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.599653
Global Post (AFP Story) - June 19, 2014
Story on the kidnapping and settlers quotes article by Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140619/kidnapping-shatters-jewish-settlers-illusion-peace