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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent-turned-coalition-partner Benny Gantz have agreed to guidelines that allow for Israeli annexation in the West Bank beginning as soon as July 1, 2020.
The Netanyahu-Gantz government, allegedly established to join forces to fight the Coronavirus, will be the first in Israel’s history to adopt such an extremist policy principle.
President Trump's vision is not a "peace plan" but rather a
scheme, co-authored by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, to allow for an immediate
annexation of all Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the entire Jordan Valley. If any proof was needed,
immediately after the Trump "vision" was unveiled, Benjamin Netanyahu's government announced that it will submit
an annexation bill to the Knesset.
SIGN THE PETITION and let Prime Minister Netanyahu hear from us!
APN is part of the exciting new partnership with
the HATIKVAH: Progressive Israel Slate, running in the upcoming World Zionist Congress
elections. For the first time 11 groups have come together with an amazing list of Rabbis, activists and other
leaders, to form the HATIKVAH slate. APN is thrilled to have Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Aviva
Meyer from its board of directors on this incredible list of Jewish leaders.
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VOTING HAS NOW ENDED
Go to https://www.hatikvahslate.net/ and sign up and vote! The WZC
elections run from January 21 to March 11.
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Update: this action, now closed, ran in June 2020.
On June 19, Americans for Peace Now joined with nine other organizations in a Day of Action to advance resolutions in the Senate and in the House of Representatives that oppose annexation of the West Bank by Israel and support the two-state solution. The need for action remains.
Please take part with us and our fellow organizations!
Our coalition (APN, Ameinu, Hashomer Hatzair, J Street, Jewish Labor Committee, National Council of Jewish Women, New Israel Fund, Partners for Progressive Israel, Reconstructing Judaism, and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights) sent a letter to leaders in the House of Representatives urging them to bring to the House floor a H. Res. 326, a resolution that will put on record members of the House of Representatives as endorsing the two-state solution and repudiating Israeli annexation of the West Bank or parts of it. Over half of the House Democratic Caucus have already signed on as co-sponsors. It’s time that our representatives have an opportunity to debate and vote on this resolution.
KEEP YOUR PLAN TO YOURSELF!
Jared Kushner, appointed by his father-in-law President
Donald Trump to come up with what Trump called “the Ultimate Deal” for Israeli-Palestinian peace, has signaled
that his “peace plan” does not aim to achieve a two-state solution. Kushner recently
indicated that because past attempts to achieve a two-state solution failed, his plan focuses on “new and
different ways to reach peace.” Kushner’s colleague, Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, said the plan is an
effort to “think outside the box.”
SIGN THE PETITION: TELL JARED NO!
A peace initiative that falls short of a two-state solution is not thinking outside the box. Rather, it is boxing Israelis and Palestinians into a state of endless conflict. It is a plan that condemns Israel to becoming either a non-democratic apartheid-like state or a binational state that will lose its character as the homeland of the Jewish people. A plan like this is neither pro-peace nor pro-Israel. Instead of creating a political horizon for Israelis and Palestinians, it blocks realization of Palestinian aspirations for self-determination in a sovereign state.
The Trump administration, at the direction of National Security Advisor John Bolton, is ramping up its provocations against Iran and moving the United States perilously close to an unnecessary war. This crescendo comes one year after Trump’s decision to put the US in violation of the Iran nuclear deal.
Tell Congress to take a stand against an unauthorized war of choice against Iran.
A new resolution introduced in the House of Representatives makes clear that only a two-state solution can ensure Israel’s future as a liberal democracy and national home for the Jewish people, while also fulfilling Palestinian national aspirations.
Ask your representative to co-sponsor this measure affirming the need for a two-state solution.
KEEP YOUR PLAN TO YOURSELF!
Jared Kushner, appointed by his father-in-law President
Donald Trump to come up with what Trump called “the Ultimate Deal” for Israeli-Palestinian peace, has signaled
that his “peace plan” does not aim to achieve a two-state solution. Kushner recently
indicated that because past attempts to achieve a two-state solution failed, his plan focuses on “new and
different ways to reach peace.” Kushner’s colleague, Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, said the plan is an
effort to “think outside the box.”
SIGN THE PETITION: TELL JARED NO!
A peace initiative that falls short of a two-state solution is not thinking outside the box. Rather, it is boxing Israelis and Palestinians into a state of endless conflict. It is a plan that condemns Israel to becoming either a non-democratic apartheid-like state or a binational state that will lose its character as the homeland of the Jewish people. A plan like this is neither pro-peace nor pro-Israel. Instead of creating a political horizon for Israelis and Palestinians, it blocks realization of Palestinian aspirations for self-determination in a sovereign state.
Dear Friend,
Israeli elections are over. Any hopes that we may have had for
electoral change that would garner pro-peace leadership are dashed.
Temporarily.
Facing three indictments, Benjamin Netanyahu may soon leave the political scene.
Meanwhile, we have a reinvigorated Netanyahu, backed by his political twin Donald Trump, pushed hard by his extreme right-wing coalition partners to deliver his campaign promise of West Bank annexation.
Let’s not mince words, my friends: With Trump’s blessing, Netanyahu is on his way to officially, legally, establish an apartheid regime in the West Bank, and make it even harder for future Israeli leaders to make peace. Let’s be clear: Yesterday’s elections have put Netanyahu and his allies on a faster, surer track to destroy Israel’s democracy and to further crush its ethos of equality, justice, and tolerance.
For us, progressive Americans who care about Israel, today is a call to action. Today, we are redoubling our commitment to the cause of a democratic Israel that lives in peace and security with its neighbors and embodies the values we so strongly believe in.
