APN is live-tweeting our annual study tour through Israel and the West Bank, as participants meet with politicians, journalists, and experts- all while witnessing first-hand the consequences of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. See below for highlights of the tour so far, and follow APN's twitter feed for up-to-the-second tweets, including those from Israel.
Opening session of the APN Israel Study Tour w/ Hagit Ofran and others: Jerusalem, motzei shabbat pic.twitter.com/XQ7BmmlLDl
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
6, 2014
Mark Rosenblum kicks off the 1st morning of the APN Israel study tour with recent background to the conflict.
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— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
7, 2014
Dan Rothem, S Daniel Abraham Ctr for Middle East Peace -don't be dispirited.. 75% of settlers live close to 67
lines pic.twitter.com/PlMXIYx9s3
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
7, 2014
Jerusalem is now de facto living the 2-state solution -Danny Seidemann, East Jerusalem tour pic.twitter.com/4VEZ2jBLWn
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7, 2014
Jerusalem ...is often the ultimate temptation to politicians to be irresponsible. -Danny Seidemann
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
7, 2014
You enter into Silwan, you enter into a regime. Democracy has been suspended there. -Danny Seidemann
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
7, 2014
Unprecedented assault on status quo of Temple Mount. Current trajectory is exactly what has in past made Jslm
detonate. -D. Seidemann
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
7, 2014
Lunch with Hagit Ofran, talking about Settlement Watch pic.twitter.com/Vvl1U4kJ1W
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7, 2014
Orly Halpern of News Nosh pic.twitter.com/6d5GD4PwIv
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
7, 2014
Monday morning on the APN Israel study tour with @GershomG pic.twitter.com/W253mjEPIB
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
8, 2014
Every settlement that has been built, has been built with extensive government help and support. @GershomG
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
8, 2014
W/ Lior Amihai in W. Bank: if I fight w/ a Palestinian I will be taken to civilian court & he will be taken
to -Israeli- military court.
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
8, 2014
In Hebron #APNIsraelStudyTour pic.twitter.com/QCmPPkLO8K
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8, 2014
Orit Struk: Israel to extend sovereignty over "Judea & Samaria" - "some Arabs in area C w/ no connection to
terrorism" will be citizens.
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
8, 2014
But what abt the other areas, A & B? Struk answered: Jews who came here 100 yrs ago didn't know what wld
happen. It's a gradual process...
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
8, 2014
2 years ago, they began bringing school buses of children to Hebron to teach the settler narrative. W/ Lior
Amihai pic.twitter.com/vBxopXU5D0
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
8, 2014
Entrance to the military compound - behind which is a small settlement. pic.twitter.com/SnWjasbSMM
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8, 2014
With Tal Schneider, political blogger, and Amir Tibon, diplomatic correspondent for Walla! at T'mol Shilshom
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— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) September
8, 2014