APN's daily news review from Israel
Sunday January 18, 2015
Quote of the day:
"During Operation Protective Edge over 2,000 people were killed in Gaza who we could not
identify."
--IDF Judge Advocate General, Major General Dani Efroni, warns of problems Israel could face in a probe by The
Hague of war crimes.**
APN in Southern California is a co-sponsor of the following breakfast program to be held on Wednesday, February 4:
Breakfast Program with Joel Braunold, U.S. Director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP)
Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 8:00 a.m.
Lenny's Deli (back room)
2379 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles (at Pico)
Bagel Breakfast: $15 (pay at door)
RSVP to apnwest@peacenow.org or 323-934-3480
Sponsors: Americans for Peace Now, American Friends of Neve Shalom Wahat al Salaam, J Street, Partners for Progressive Israel
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The Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP) is a network of
organizations that seek to build a secure just and sustainable peace, and conduct civil society work in conflict
transformation, development, coexistence and cooperative activities on the ground in the Middle East among
Israelis, Palestinians, Arabs, and Jews.
There are more than 80 member organizations in ALLMEP, including the Arab-Jewish Village Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam and the bilingual and multicultural Hand in Hand schools, the Jerusalem one recently attacked in a hate crime.
Joel Braunold is the U.S. Director of ALLMEP, after having previously served in leadership roles in London and New York at the ALLMEP member organization PeaceWorks Foundation/OneVoice Movement. He has received the Avi Schaefer Peace Innovation Prize, and his insightful analysis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been published by national and international media outlets, including Ha'aretz.com, the New York Daily News, the Guardian, the Huffington Post and the Daily Beast.
Boston Globe - January 12, 2015
APN's Ori Nir op-ed: Israelis need optimism
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/01/12/israelis-need-optimism/WTc5q4ECTw7hTBd1rp9FyN/story.html
The Forward - January 9, 2015
APN participates in progressive list running in elections for WZO
http://forward.com/articles/212347/the-zionist-election-you-can-participate-in-if-y/
The Wrap - January 15, 2015
Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer to take part in premiere of new Travel Channel series
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/travel-channel-breaking-borders-sets-premiere-date-location-170024879.html
1. Bills & Resolutions
2. Momentum Picking Up for New Iran Sanctions
3. APN on Kirk-Menendez: Support Iran Diplomacy, Oppose New Iran
Sanctions
4. Palestinian Aid in the Crosshairs
5. Hearings
6. Members on the Record
[NOTE: SEE SECTION 2 FOR ANALYSIS OF NEWER VERSION OF DRAFT KIRK-MENENDEZ BILL, CIRCULATING AS OF THIS AFTERNOON]
The fight to keep Iran-focused diplomacy alive isn’t over. Last year, with your help, efforts by some Senators – backed by groups like AIPAC – to pass new, diplomacy-killing Iran sanctions in the Senate (S. 1881) were stopped in their tracks. Now, the same group is at it again, with new Iran sanctions legislation expected to be introduced in the Senate next week.
National Security Advisor Susan Rice has predicted that new Iran sanctions would “blow up” negotiations. President Obama has promised to veto the legislation if it makes it to his desk. But this isn’t stopping Senate Iran hawks and their supporters. They appear more determined than ever to move ahead with new sanctions and are working to muster a veto-proof majority.
The Forward - December 23, 2014
APN's Lara Friedman opinion piece: Stop Babying Israel at the U.N. Security Council
http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/211488/stop-babying-israel-at-the-un-security-council/
People's World - December 19, 2014
APN sponsors Jerusalem lecture with Daniel Seidemann
http://peoplesworld.org/the-present-and-future-of-jerusalem-a-peace-activist-s-view/
San Diego Jewish World - December 24, 2014
APN press release re: UNSC vote reprinted in entirety
http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2014/12/24/apn-u-s-support-french-u-n-resolution/
Intermountain Jewish News - December 31, 2014
APN's Debra DeLee participates in Denver panel on Israeli-Palestinian peace
http://www.ijn.com/ijn-news/local/5145-j-street-speaks-in-denver
Al-Monitor – January 4, 2015
Peace Now estimates: cost of settlements to national budget is 2 billion Shekels annually
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/01/israel-palestinians-settlement-policy-elections-2015-labor.html#
Jerusalem Post – January 6, 2015
High Court sides with Peace Now petition and orders remaining Migron settler structures
demolished
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/High-court-orders-raising-of-last-7-homes-in-West-Bank-Migron-outpost-386907
Cleveland Jewish News – January 7, 2015
APN's Ori Nir to kick off series of events on discussing controversial subjects in a spirit of
understanding
http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local/article_df91445c-95d1-11e4-a875-0b3957ccec64.html
The Forward – January 9, 2015
APN participates in progressive list running in elections for WZO
http://forward.com/articles/212347/the-zionist-election-you-can-participate-in-if-y/
