Join us for a book reading and discussion with Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Sfard and Lara Friedman, President of Foundation for Middle East Peace.
Wednesday, January 31st
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Book signing reception will follow the discussion. The book will be available for purchase.
APN’s Ori Nir spoke on January 26th at Northern Virginia’s Temple Rodef Shalom on
the Six Day War of 1967, the opportunities it provided for Israel to reach peace with its neighbors and on the
way in which the 1967 war the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the 1982 Lebanon War shaped Israel’s peace
movement.
On January 29, Americans for Peace Now will be holding its Vision of Peace Celebration
event, and I invite you to take part, even
without being present.
We all know "8 days" is central to the holiday of Hanukah. It is also significant to this upcoming special event. David Broza, the Israeli music superstar and dedicated peace activist -- and one of the event honorees -- spearheaded a project that also lasted 8 days (and nights), the outcome of which was the music album East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem. While not a Hanukah-level miracle, it is a unique and powerful statement about Israeli-Palestinian collaboration and coexistence, all of which was captured in a documentary film. Given the recent, misguided steps taken by President Trump regarding Jerusalem, the music and film that resulted from David Broza’s vision are all the more significant.
You need not be in Los Angeles on January 29 to join in the Vision of Peace Celebration and the honoring of David Broza and Rob Eshman, former esteemed publisher and editor-in-chief of the Jewish Journal.
With a donation to APN, your personal message to congratulate the honorees and/or in support of peace will be shared that night along with the other tribute messages. As a thank you, APN will send you an East Jerusalem-West Jerusalem album CD/movie DVD set.
Thank you for joining in APN's Vision of Peace Celebration,
Luis Lainer, Former Chair
Americans for Peace Now
On Thursday January 11, 2018, APN hosted leading Palestinian political scholar and pollster
Khalil Shikaki for a briefing call on current challenges facing the Palestinians and on trends in Palestinian
public opinion.
Dr. Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in
Ramallah and a professor of political science, discussed the state of Palestinian affairs following President
Trump’s announcement on Jerusalem.
Dr. Shikaki has also been a senior fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University since 2005. His research focuses on the peace process, Palestinian state building, public opinion, transition to democracy, and the impact of domestic Palestinian politics on the peace process.
On Monday, November 13th in Washington, DC, please join Americans for Peace Now, the Foundation for Middle East Peace, the Arab American Institute for "Trump, Netanyahu, & the Declining Prospects for Peace in Jerusalem."
While the world awaits the grand unveiling of the the Trump administration's plan to broker the ultimate deal,
Netanyahu has alarmingly ramped up Israeli settlement activity and the displacement of Palestinians in East
Jerusalem. Join us for a discussion on the Netanyahu-Trump era's impact on the future of Jerusalem and its
residents, featuring Jerusalem expert Daniel Seidemann and discussants Ori Nir (Americans for Peace
Now) and Dr. James Zogby (Arab American Institute), moderated by Lara Friedman (Foundation for Middle East
Peace).
On November 2nd 2017, APN hosted a briefing call on efforts to confront anti-boycott legislation
that violated Americans’ First Amendment liberties and conflates Israel and West Bank settlements. Our briefer
was ACLU Staff Attorney Brian Hauss, who leads the American Civil Liberties Union’s litigation on this issue.
Listen Here:
Please join us for a call with Brian Hauss of the ACLU who will brief us on First Amendment issues
concerning anti-BDS/pro-settlements legislation.
Brian is the lead attorney for the ACLU in its lawsuit challenging the Kansas law that requires all state contractors to certify that they are not participating in boycotts of Israel and/or settlements in the West Bank. The ACLU is representing Esther Koontz, a Kansas math teacher and trainer who was removed from a teacher training program administered by the Kansas Department of Education when she would not sign a contract certifying that she does not boycott Israel – or companies profiting from settlements in the Occupied Territories.
