This story by Oren Cohen, the former Palestinian affairs correspondent of the daily newspaper Hadashot, is a part of APN’s Virtual Dove series, a collection of stories told by practitioners in the field of Israeli-Palestinian relations, stories that highlight the human and the humanity in the conflict.
Dr. Erekat is Secretary General of the PLO’s Executive Committee and served for many years as the Palestinian chief negotiator with Israel.
Hear him address the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations as a result of the Israeli government decision to annex large parts of the West Bank. Included was discussion on Tuesday's declaration by the Palestinian Authority that agreements with Israel and the US, including those that are security-related, would cease.
Yossi Alpher, an independent security expert, provided
analysis of the Netanyahu-Gantz coalition agreement and other questions relating to Israeli politics at the
APN’s briefing call on Thursday, April 30.
LISTEN:
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent-turned-coalition-partner Benny Gantz agreed this week to embark on West Bank annexation procedures as early as July 1st. Their agreement is a clause in the deal they signed to form an "emergency" unity government, following long weeks of negotiations.
Yossi Alpher, an independent security analyst, is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with Israel’s Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. He is the author of Hard Questions Tough Answers, APN’s weekly analysis of Israeli and Middle Eastern strategic affairs.
Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony
Americans for Peace Now is a co-sponsor of this event hosted by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle-Families Forum.
APN Briefing Call: "From Settlements to Annexation" Featuring
Shaqued Morag, Executive Director, and Brian Reeves, Director of External Relations of Israel’s Peace Now
(Shalom Achshav)
LISTEN:
Morag and Reeves discussed the situation (as of April 13) regarding the "unity Government" deal being negotiated
between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent-turned-potential-coalition-partner Benny Gantz.
What might this do related to recent annexation initiatives, and what would that mean for Israel? How will Israel's
peace movement respond?
Moderated by
Discussion will include the very different Israeli policies vis-a-vis movement and travel of Palestinians and West Bank settlers, Israeli government moves to advance settlement projects while the world’s focus is on the health crisis, and continued settler violence against Palestinians.
Co-Sponsored by Americans for Peace Now and Foundation for Middle East Peace
Listen to the briefing call from Tuesday, March
31st with Haaretz columnist Bradley Burston.
Haaretz columnist Bradley Burston, a native of Los Angeles, moved to Israel in 1976 after graduation from Berkeley. He took part in establishing Kibbutz Gezer and served in the IDF as a combat medic, before turning to journalism. He covered the first Palestinian uprising as Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and was the paper's military correspondent in the 1991 Gulf War. In the mid-1990s he covered Israeli-Arab peace talks for Reuters. In 2006, he received the Eliav-Sartawi Award for Mideast Journalism, presented at the United Nations.
Join us for our upcoming live webinar (accessed via computer
or phone), co-sponsored by APN and Partners for Progressive Israel:
"Deal of the Century": What Now for the Israeli Left?
Discussion with:
· Aluf Benn, Editor-in-Chief of Haaretz
· Akiva Eldar, columnist for Al-Monitor’s Israel
Pulse
Moderator: Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief of The Forward.
Thursday, March 12
12:30 - 1:30pm Eastern Time / 9:30 -10:30am Pacific
Listen to APN's briefing call from Thursday, January 30th with veteran Israeli political analyst
Akiva Eldar.
Partners for Progressive Israel webinar (co-sponsored by Americans for Peace Now and NCJW)
This online discussion can be accessed via your computer or by phone.
REGISTER HERE
Online elections for the 2020 World Zionist Congress are underway – and the results will be crucial, impacting the
distribution of $5,000,000,000 in budget money over the next five years and affecting every area of Jewish life
worldwide and every aspect of life in Israel – including the funding of West Bank settlements.
Joining us on Wednesday, 29 January, 12:30-1:30pm Eastern Time to discuss the World Zionist Congress elections and
their importance both “here” and “there” will be two superb panelists, one American and one Israeli:
Nancy Kaufman, past CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women and a member of the HATIKVAH:
Progressive Israel Slate
Hagit Ofran, Co-Director of the Settlement Watch project of the Israeli Peace Now movement (Shalom
Achshav)
The conversation will be introduced and moderated by Hadar Susskind, Campaign Director for the HATIKVAH:
Progressive Israel slate. This event is co-sponsored by Americans for Peace Now and National Council of Jewish
Women. A Q&A will be included.
Please tune in for this important webinar!
