Thursday, May 1st - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2nd - 9:00 a.m., and 6:00 p.m.
Continue reading Israeli-Palestinian Youth Dialogue Tour Comes to D.C..
April 2008 Archives
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's relaxing vacation in the Golan is just bad timing. It serves to fuel the conflict that
exists within Israeli society which grapples between staying in the Golan Heights and the need for a peace agreement
with Syria.
DAMASCUS DIPLOMACY; HAMAS CHANGING?; ROADBLOCK MOVEMENT; ASSEMBLY LINE INTERVIEWS
Continue reading April 28, 2008 - Vol. 9, Issue 33.
Q. ...Israel and Syria should by now be deep into peace negotiations. Why aren't they? Q. What are the ramifications
for US-Israel relations of the Ben Ami Kadish affair?
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher - April 28, 2008.
Peace Now Settlement Watch Director addresses audience in Los Angeles
APN sponsored this program held at UCLA Hillel
On Thursday, April 24, the APN program was held at UCLA Hillel; Ofran was at the end of a two-week, multi-city speaking
tour
I. Bills and Resolutions; II. Congressional Spotlight on Iran and Syria; III. Israel at 60 Tributes
Continue reading APN Legislative Round-Up - April 25, 2008.
(NOTE: The conversation website had an emergency upgrade last week and was down for a significant amount of time. We apologize for the inconvenience.)
Back in the days I was editing Moment Magazine, our managing editor and I had a nearly ritual conversation every six or eight weeks. An article would arrive from one of our favorite contributors, Rabbi Harold Schulweis, arguing eloquently and persuasively that we, the Jews, were too fixated on the Sho'a, the Holocaust. An excess of remembering can bar the path to imagining. Or however he'd chosen to put it this time around.
That in itself would have been problem enough, but I from time to time compounded the problem by writing my own version of essentially the same argument. So each time the latest Schulweis or Fein would land on the desk of our managing editor, she'd come into my office waving the redundant essay and, annoyed, say, "How often are we going to print this same piece?"
To which my invariable answer was, "Until they [our readers] get it right."
Which is a long way around to lay the groundwork for another go at an issue that keeps raising its head here, in this space.
In our last go 'round, Dan Schneiderman says, "What a ridiculous idea that you can make peace with people who do not want peace with you. You are suggesting that the arabs [sic] live in peace with you when they cannot even make peace with themselves. Come on, knock it off already."
Continue reading "Bits and Peace" - The Two-State Imperative.
Along with Co-Coordinator Abed Ereqat, Noa will be travelling in the U.S. discussing the landmark dialogue program
Noa (on right) with co-coordinator Abed Ereqat
Along with Co-Coordinator Abed Ereqat, Noa will be travelling in the U.S. discussing the landmark dialogue program
Nir discusses the recent President Carter visit to the Mideast, including with Hamas leaders, and the Israeli and U.S.
reactions to it
Continue reading APN Spokesman Ori Nir on NPR's "To The Point" - 4/18/08.
Bringing Together the Intifada Generation: Forging Personal Relationships and Mutual Understanding Between Young
Israelis and Palestinians
Nir discusses the recent President Carter visit to the Mideast, including with Hamas leaders, and the Israeli and U.S.
reactions to it
Continue reading APN Spokesman Ori Nir on NPR's "To The Point" - 4/18/08.
Explaining and drawing conclusions from the Hamas attack at a Gaza crossing into Israel and high level talks with
former US President Carter?
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher - April 22, 2008.
Research by the Israeli group Peace Now found that 94% of Palestinian permit applications for Area C building were
refused between 2000 and September 2007.
Some of the country's most prominent Jewish liberals are forming a political action committee and lobbying group aimed
at dislodging what they consider the excessive hold of neoconservatives and evangelical Christians on U.S. policy
toward Israel.
Continue reading Washington Post: "Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC".
Peace Now: Government destroying chances for peace.
I. Bills and Resolutions; II. Carter, Hamas, and a House Dogpile; III. Iran on the House Agenda; IV. Israel at 60
Tributes
Continue reading APN Legislative Round-Up - April 18, 2008.
For the Sea of Reeds to miraculously part, one of the Israelites had to take the first step in...according to
tradition, Nachshon dived into the spray without assurance the sea would split.
Continue reading Passover 2008.
A comprehensive Q&A on the current Outposts situation
Continue reading Settlements in Focus: Outposts, Post-Annapolis, (Vol. 4, Issue 2).
GAZA TENSION RISING; PEACE TALKS INTENSIFYING?; OLMERT'S PALESTINIAN NARRATIVE; THREE DECADES OF FIGHTING FOR PEACE;
Continue reading April 14, 2008 - Vol. 9, Issue 32.
Israel's wave of warnings against Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas? Justice Minister Friedman & former Chief
Justice Barak's feud and peace process/Israeli security?
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher - April 14, 2008.
I. Bills, Resolutions, and Dear Colleagues; II. Rice on FY09 ForOps Request; III. Israel at 60 Tributes
Continue reading APN Legislative Round-Up - April 11, 2008.
A comprehensive Q&A on the current Outposts situation
Continue reading Settlements in Focus: Outposts, Post-Annapolis, (Vol. 4, Issue 2).
Yariv speaks about this week's event in Tel Aviv, marking 30 years to the establishment of Peace Now.
Thursday, April 24, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
UCLA Hillel574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles(see below for directions & parking instructions)
Admission: $10 Donation Requested (Free for students)
RSVP to socal@peacenow.org or (323) 934-3480
Hagit Ofran covers the West Bank by foot, car, and plane to observe and record the ever-changing topography of Israeli settlements and settlement-related construction. Peace Now views settlement expansion, much of which violates Israel law, as undermining ...
Oppenheimer at Peace Now's 30-year Event
...the main event marking 30 years since the founding of Peace Now was held yesterday at Rabin Square, under the name
"Peace Now-Leading to Peace for 30 Years."
Continue reading Israel Hayom: "Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on May 15".
Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit (Kadima) told hundreds of Peace Now members gathered in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night to
mark the group's 30th anniversary.
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "Sheetrit: Negotiate with Arab League".
Back in 1978, when Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) was founded, we - dovish type here in America - were overjoyed. At last there was a movement in Israel that embraced and reflected our views.
I was in those days the editor of Moment magazine, and as nearly as I recall, we were the first publication in America to take note of the new movement. And a small group of like-minded people met in New York and decided to send a telegram of commendation to Shalom Achshav's first major rally in Tel Aviv. We played by the rules of the game: Our telegram was in Hebrew and was sent directly to the movement's leaders rather than to the press. (Confession: We knew, or at least supposed, that the Shalom Achshavniks in Israel would have the smarts to release our wire to the press - and, indeed, if memory serves, it was duly noted the next day in the Times.)
Continue reading "Venerable & Relevant" - Shalom Achshav at 30.
Israel's largest peace group marked what it called a bittersweet milestone Tuesday, 30 years since its foundation.
Read the articles from Yedioth Achronoth, YNET, AFP, Ha'aretz, and Asia News...
Sources involved in settlement affairs said Monday that even though Peace Now has argued that Ofra is built mostly on
private land, Ramon's official statement has both political and legal implications.
Hagit Ofran, Peace Now Settlement Watch Director, is featured in this radio report
See the schedule of the universities who will be priveleged to hear from the foremost expert on Settlement activity...
Continue reading Peace Now Settlement Watch Director Hagit Ofran Tours the U.S..
The April 7th edition features essays from Yossi Alpher, Ghasan Khattib, Issa Samander, and Peace Now's Yariv
Oppenheimer
Continue reading Bitterlemons: "Settlement spread and security gestures".
While the negotiating teams are discussing the ways and principles for partitioning the Land of Israel, the reality on
the ground makes it increasingly difficult to establish a sovereign Palestinian state.
"Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in recognizing Al Stern, who has been a leader in Cleveland, a
peace-maker, and an inspiration for engaged, global citizenship."
Continue reading Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich Remarks in Recognition of APN Honoree Al Stern.
Mashal said publicly for the first time that his movement would recognize the 1967 borders for a Palestinian state and
that the arrangement would have to include the issues of Jerusalem and the refugees.
The report published by Ir Amim bolsters earlier data issued by the Peace Now organization last week.
Continue reading YNET: "Report: Accelerated construction in Jerusalem since Annapolis".
Q. ...current tension and high-level alert between Israel and Syria? Q. Significance of Hamas leader Khaled Mishaal
saying they accept '67 borders?
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher - April 7, 2008.
NEUTRALIZING THE SPOILER; BOLSTERING FAYYAD; SETTLEMENT POLICY UNDER FIRE; WINDS OF WAR; PEACE NOW STOPS OUTPOST
CONSTRUCTION; SETTLERS OUTMANEUVER ISRAEL;
Continue reading April 7, 2008 - Vol. 9, Issue 31.
I. Bills, Resolutions, and Dear Colleagues; II. Dear Colleagues; III. ALLMEP; IV. Members on the Record on H. Res. 185
Continue reading APN Legislative Round-Up - April 4, 2008.
Hagit speaks about the newly released Settlement Watch report re: continued building. Ofran will soon be on a speaking
touring in the U.S.
Continue reading AUDIO - Interview with Hagit Ofran, Peace Now Settlement Watch Director.
The Israeli Peace Now movement monitors settlement activity more diligently than the US government does, as it does
Israeli and Palestinian compliance with the 2003 "road map" requirements.
Continue reading Daily Star: "Rice misses the obvious in peace-making".
Debra DeLee, president of Americans for Peace Now declared that "These large scale construction projects underscore the
disturbing findings of Peace Now's new report that the so-called 'settlement freeze' is a farce."
Continue reading Gulf News: "Arab world deceived by empty promises".
The state's response came as part of a hearing on a petition to the High Court filed by Peace Now...
The League of Arab States has re-adopted its six-year-old peace initiative, offering comprehensive peace and normal
relations with Israel by all its members in return for an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders, and a resolution of
all outstanding issues between Israel and the Palestinians.
According to a report published Monday by the Israeli Peace Now organization, Israel wants to build another 3,600
apartments in East Jerusalem.
"The ongoing construction is both an obstacle to Israel's quest for a viable peace agreement with the Palestinians and
a challenge to America's Mideast peacemaking efforts."
Continue reading APN to Bush and Rice: Demand Real Settlement Freeze.
"Had Peace Now not published reports from time to time, it is doubtful anyone would have been aware of the continuing
construction in the settlements..."
Continue reading Peace Now presses Olmert, Barak on settlement freeze.
Excerpts from an editorial that appeared on March 28, 2008 in the Saudi daily newspaper (translation comes from Middle
East Media Research Institute)
"...Peace Now issued a report which claimed that the number of new construction tenders in east Jerusalem had risen
sharply since the Annapolis conference in November which formerly relaunched the peace process."
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "J'lem okays 600 homes over Green Line".
"...Peace Now issued a report which claimed that the number of new construction tenders in east Jerusalem had risen
sharply since the Annapolis conference in November which formerly relaunched the peace process."
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "J'lem okays 600 homes over Green Line".
"Had Peace Now not published reports from time to time, it is doubtful anyone would have been aware of the continuing
construction in the settlements."
Continue reading Ha'aretz Editorial: "Fooling ourselves".