Sun Sentinel - July 21, 2014
Rabbi Bruce Warshal praises APN and other peace groups for not losing hope
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/florida-jewish-journal/opinion/fl-jjps-warshal-0723-20140721,0,5120809.story
Global Research (online) - July 22, 2014
Peace Now mentioned in article about attacks on Israel's peace movement
http://www.globalresearch.ca/israeli-peace-movement-members-shouted-down-and-physically-attacked/5392698
The NY Jewish Week - July 23, 2014
APN's statement on Gaza War quoted
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/fault-lines-open-civilian-deaths-mount
LA Jewish Journal - July 23, 2014
APN's David Pine quoted on Gaza War
http://www.jewishjournal.com/cover_story/article/los_angeles_reaction_to_gazan_fighting_ranges_from_anxiety_to_empathy
by APN's summer intern Hannah Ehlers
Early in my Jewish education, I was taught that, as Jews and as human beings living in an imperfect world, we are obligated to stand up and speak out in the face of injustice. However small or large the perceived wrong, and despite our shaking legs and cracking voices or a powerful and vocal opposition trying to silence us, it is our duty as Jews to confront injustice. As a Reform Jew, I was taught to question and to think critically about the world, my faith, and my personal views and perceptions. And yet, when it came to Israel, there existed in the Jewish community a sort of unwritten rule, an unspoken promise not to question Israel or its policies. I would later discover that this attitude reflected the larger American and international Jewish community and many communal institutions. Although my Hebrew school classmates and I were encouraged to struggle and wrestle with God and Jewish theology, and to have a complicated relationship with American society, we subconsciously subscribed to the attitude, based on fear, that any criticism of Israel was a threat to the Jewish people.
Americans for Peace Now (APN) is horrified by the spiraling death-toll of the war between Israel and Hamas. Having urged a ceasefire for the past two weeks, APN welcomes the Obama administration’s efforts to achieve an immediate ceasefire, and urges it to resume diplomatic efforts toward a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
APN strongly supports Israel’s right for self-defense and its government’s obligation to provide security for its
citizens. As a Zionist, Jewish organization and as the sister-organization of the Israeli grassroots movement
Shalom Achshav (Peace Now), we fully share the security concerns of the people of Israel and the yearning of
Israelis for peace.
We mourn the death of Israeli civilians and of Israeli soldiers in the current hostilities. We also mourn the
alarmingly spiraling deaths of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip – over 500 so far.
