Progressive Israel Network Opposes Netanyahu’s Annexation Pledge
Responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of his intent to extend Israeli sovereignty over large parts of the West Bank, the Progressive Israel Network released the following statement:
Americans for Peace Now calls on the Trump administration, Congress, and fellow American Jewish organizations to act to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from carrying out his declared intention to annex wide swaths of the occupied West Bank immediately after next week’s Israeli elections.
Such a step would be an existential threat to Israel’s security and wellbeing. Particularly if endorsed by the United States, it would likely destroy future efforts for a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian peace, upon which Israel’s future as a democracy and a Jewish national home relies.
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Reuters: "Israel's settlers and the Palestinians they live among" (September 9, 2019)According to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlements watchdog, Beitar Illit saw the most construction of all Israel's West Bank settlements in 2018. Read >> |
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JTA: "Who is Avi Berkowitz, the Kushner adviser stepping in to work on Israeli-Palestinian peace?" (September 6, 2019)The problem with Berkowitz, said Debra Shushan, the legislative director for Americans for Peace Now, was not his callowness but the very experiences he brought to the job. Read >> |
Barbara Green is a long-time activist and volunteer with Americans for Peace Now
I groaned when asked to write a peace parsha for Rosh Hashana
this year. It gets harder each time. The reasons for optimism fade almost daily. With a critical
election looming in Israel and an American president who calls Jewish Democrats disloyal, it's tempting to just
walk away from the Israel issue and our longstanding struggle for an end to the Occupation and the creation of a
Palestinian state. Every once in a while, I remember the feeling of euphoria after the signing of the Oslo
Accords on the White House lawn in 1993. We used to make a gesture -- thumb and forefinger a scant
millimeter apart -- and say to ourselves, "Peace is this close. It can never go back to the way it
was." Didn't really happen that way, right?
Event photos and tribute slide show come after the videos
Event Highlight Video
All still photography and videography from the event was done by j. concepts productions (highly recommended!).
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.
You Must Be Kidding #1:
Slide show presentation of tributes and more shown at the APN Award Luncheon in Los Angeles on September 8, 2019.
