Americans for Peace Now today issues the following statement in the wake of the Israeli Knesset's passage of legislation legalizing illegal settler construction on private Palestinian land:
Please join APN for a briefing call with strategic affairs expert Yossi Alpher on
US-Israel relations, days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first meeting in Washington with Donald
Trump as President.
Yossi Alpher, an independent security analyst, is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with Israel’s Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. He is the author of Hard Questions Tough Answers, APN’s weekly analysis of Israeli and Middle Eastern strategic affairs.
The details of the call are as follows:
Date: Thursday, February 9th
Time: 12:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Dial-in Number: 951-797-1058
Participant Access Code: 147414
The call will be recorded. The audio recording will be posted on APN’s website.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Monday February 6, 2017
You Must Be
Kidding:
The Knesset is likely to give final approval to a bill that would forbid granting entry visas or residency rights to foreign nationals who call for economic, cultural or academic boycotts of either Israel or the settlements.
The Knesset is likely to give final approval to a bill that would forbid granting entry visas or residency rights to foreign nationals who call for economic, cultural or academic boycotts of either Israel or the settlements.
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 completion of the Amona evacuation, which occurred with relatively little violence, and its significance; the upcoming meeting between President Trump and PM Netanyahu and possible agenda items; and the bottom line regarding US-Israel relations in the Middle East context in the Trump era.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday February 5, 2017
Quote of the day:
"We are citizens of Israel and we want to be treated with respect. I want to be like everyone else. I
want the same respect they gave to residents of Amona. We demand to know the truth behind the
incident.”
--Amal Abu Saad, the wife of Yaqoub al-Qiyan, the Bedouin math teacher whom police shot while he drove his car, after which he hit a group of police officers, killing one. Police say he intended to kill the policeman. Al-Qiyan's family and evidence show otherwise.*
You Must Be Kidding:
“This is not an accidental development but an intentional policy, meant to create a simplistic and one-sided worldview for the students. In this view there is only one player – the Jewish people – while the Palestinians remain behind the curtain and emerge only when they interfere with the efforts for Jewish settlement."
--Prof. Avner Ben-Amos of Tel Aviv University, whose research shows that the graduating examinations in civics from 2000 to 2015 didn’t include a single question touching on the political-ideological divide in which teachers are supposed to relate to the occupation.*
--Amal Abu Saad, the wife of Yaqoub al-Qiyan, the Bedouin math teacher whom police shot while he drove his car, after which he hit a group of police officers, killing one. Police say he intended to kill the policeman. Al-Qiyan's family and evidence show otherwise.*
You Must Be Kidding:
“This is not an accidental development but an intentional policy, meant to create a simplistic and one-sided worldview for the students. In this view there is only one player – the Jewish people – while the Palestinians remain behind the curtain and emerge only when they interfere with the efforts for Jewish settlement."
--Prof. Avner Ben-Amos of Tel Aviv University, whose research shows that the graduating examinations in civics from 2000 to 2015 didn’t include a single question touching on the political-ideological divide in which teachers are supposed to relate to the occupation.*
APN/ Peace Now in the News: January 30 - February 3, 2017
Fox News: February 3, 2017
"Trump to Israel: Settlements 'May Not Help' Achieve Peace in the Middle East," in the wake
of Netanyahu's promise to build new West Bank settlements after the evacuation of Amona, Peace Now reports that
Israel has not built new settlements since 1992, but has only expanded upon existing ones.
Deutsche Welle: February 2, 2017
"'Israeli Settlements are Not an Obstacle for Peace,'" Peace Now reports that more than 130
Israeli settlements and 909 outposts have been built without government approval in the West Bank since 1967,
threatening the viability of two states living side by side in peace and security.
Washington Jewish Week: February 1, 2017
"Israeli peace camp must respond to people's fears, says Peace Now head," David Hozel
features Avi Buskila, Peace Now's new director general, in a piece for the Washington Jewish Week.
Haaretz: February 1, 2017
"Amona Live Updates: After Years of Delay, Israel Evacuates Illegal West Bank Outpost," Peace
Now condemns Netanyahu's decision to build new settlements in the West Bank for settlers recently evacuated from
Amona.
CNN: February 1, 2017
"Israel to Build Entirely New Settlement in West Bank," according to Peace Now, Netanyahu's
announcement of 2,500 new housing units marks one of the largest settlement expansions since 2013.
Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata: February 1, 2017
"Peace Now 'Alarmed' by 3,000 More Settler Homes in West Bank," Peace Now speaks out against
Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent settlement expansion in areas not likely to be under Israeli jurisdiction in
future agreements.
Americans for Peace Now (APN) today issued the following response to the White House's statement on Israeli settlements in the West Bank:
While some may view it as positive that President Trump is paying attention to the Israeli government's aggressive settlement construction push, the statement issued yesterday by the White House should be understood for what it is: a dangerous and unprecedented retreat from and reframing of longstanding bipartisan U.S. policy on settlements, including under presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
1. Bills & Resolutions – Israel/Palestine
2. Bills, Resolutions & Letters – Iran
3. Bills & Resolutions – the UN
4. Bills & Resolutions – Other Matters
5. Hearings
6. On the Record
NOTE: On 2/1, the House Homeland Security Committee GOP members released a new report entitled, “Securing Israel: Lessons Learned From A Nation Under Constant Threat Of Attack.” Press release is here. It notes that, “There is much the United States can learn from Israel as Secretary Kelly and the Trump Administration take important steps forward in securing our homeland.”
APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday February 3, 2017
You Must Be Kidding:
One drawing in the Amona synagogue, where settler youth barricaded themselves, parodied the Israel Police logo, but featured a swastika and changed the name to “Ishmael Police,” a reference to the biblical character, the son of the patriarch Abraham, traditionally believed to be the ancestor of Arabs.
One drawing in the Amona synagogue, where settler youth barricaded themselves, parodied the Israel Police logo, but featured a swastika and changed the name to “Ishmael Police,” a reference to the biblical character, the son of the patriarch Abraham, traditionally believed to be the ancestor of Arabs.
APN's daily news review from Israel
Thursday February 2, 2017
You Must Be Kidding:
"We will use every way to restrain the dictatorship of the High Court, the High Court of injustice, and to restore democracy to the State of Israel."
--Habayit Hayehudi MK Moti Yogev said after the High Court ruled that the State could not relocate Amona settlers from one privately-owned Palestinian property to another.**
You Must Be Kidding:
"We will use every way to restrain the dictatorship of the High Court, the High Court of injustice, and to restore democracy to the State of Israel."
--Habayit Hayehudi MK Moti Yogev said after the High Court ruled that the State could not relocate Amona settlers from one privately-owned Palestinian property to another.**