Report on APN Israel study tour 2014

Americans for Peace Now Israel Study Tour

September 6 – September 11, 2014

erekatSeveral themes dominated our meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials, journalists, and activists. This report explores themes that came up in our meetings, and provides highlights from meetings that were not off the record. It also provides some information about things that the tour participants saw.

INSS-Benedetta-Berti-and-Pnina-Baruch-Thurs_zpsf91a755fWe came to Israel right after a very difficult summer. The summer began with the tragic kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenage yeshiva students and then the murder of a Palestinian teen, immediately followed by the war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas. We arrived shortly after the declaration of a ceasefire.

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