APN Weekly Update - Could, Should, Would, Take Action, Alpher book reviews, Nir op-ed and more

Americans for Peace Now
Americans for Peace Now: September 21, 2016


"Israelis and Palestinians will be better off if Palestinians reject incitement and recognize the legitimacy of Israel, (and if) Israel recognizes that it cannot permanently occupy and settle Palestinian land."

President Barack Obama, speaking Tuesday before the General Assembly of the United Nations.


Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher

 

Yossi Alpher is an independent Israeli security analyst. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.

September 19, 2016 - SPECIAL EDITION: Books of note

Q. The past five years of Middle East turmoil must have produced some interesting expert writing. What's the best book you’ve read lately on the Arab revolutionary wave?

A. Probably Jean-Pierre Filiu's From Deep State to Islamic State: the Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihad Legacy...

Q. Books which analyze additional causes for the current chaos in the Arab world...

A. Emma Sky's The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq, a riveting and entertaining hands-on description of the failure of the 2003 US/UK invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation...US military role historical depth is offered by Andrew Bacevich in America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History...

Q. And books on the Arab revolutions that add a more human dimension?

A. Another panoramic view, this time of the entire geography of the Arab Middle East, is provided by Robert F. Worth, a distinguished NY Times correspondent, in A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir square to ISIS...

Q. Anything else to recommend on the US role in the Middle East before the Arab revolutions?

A. Bruce Riedel's What We Won: America's Secret War in Afghanistan 1979-89...

Q. To round off the list, something on Israel and the Palestinians?

A. Something quite unique: Zionism in Arab Discourses, by Uriya Shavit and Ophir Winter, both of Tel Aviv University...

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Recommended Reading

Peace Parsha

The Jewish People's Dual Narrative: Parshat Ki Tavo

Rabbi Susan P. Fendrick, editor, writer, teacher, and spiritual director, writes ...We carry the memory of victimization, which should keep us vigilant, and of eons of wandering, which should stoke our empathy.

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Words Matter, Actions Matter More

Aviva Meyer, APN Vice Chair, has written the publication "Words Matter, Actions Matter More" which reflects the realities and opportunities that would, could, and should make a difference.

See a reproduction of the publication HERE

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Action Alert

Thank you to the thousands of you who took action so far!

APN's Stephanie Breitsman delivers a stack of your letters to a State Department official urging a stronger response to settlement activities in Hebron and Amona.

The emails and letters you sent, and continue to send, have had a demonstrative impact. As an example, the Anti-Defamation League has now publicly renounced Prime Minister Netanyahu "ethnic cleansing" comments, and re-tweeted APN's support of them.

Urge America's Jewish organizations to repudiate Netanyahu's "ethnic cleansing" comments.


Sign our Petition: Tell Israel - Stop the land grabs, stop the settlement expansion. 


Save the West Bank Palestinian village of Sussya.


APN in Action

APN's Ori Nir in J Weekly: "American Jewish progressives must act to defend their values in Israel"

...it's hard to argue that real tolerance and open-mindedness are not an Israeli national security interest.

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Settlement Watch

40% Increase in Construction Starts in the Settlements in the First Half of 2016

Data from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics shows that 1,195 housing units started to be constructed in the settlements in the first six months of 2016. Peace Now: Investments in the settlements do not only come on the expense of the Negev, the Galilee and the rest of Israel but also lead towards a one state reality.

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