Terror attack on Ze'ev Sternhell and death threats on members of Peace Now
Continue reading VIDEO: Israeli News Reports & AUDIO: Interview with Galia Golan.
September 2008 Archives
I intend to write at some length about the Ze'ev Sternhell matter, with particular attention to its context. But for just now, I cannot refrain from calling our collective attention to the scandalous, even infuriating, rhetorical vacuity of at least two of Israel's leaders.
Continue reading Israeli Rhetorical Vacuity.
from Reuters, YNET, Ma'ariv, Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post. and Bloomberg. Others were published in JTA, The Guardian,
Financial Times, and more.
The construction of settlements has nearly doubled since 2007, despite Israel's pledge to freeze such activities, the
Israeli watchdog Peace Now said last month.
Continue reading The Age (Australia): "Israel, Palestinians peace deal urged".
Tzaly Reshef, a founder of Peace Now: `You should have come to this conclusion long ago.' And he says, `You are
right.'"
Continue reading New York Times: "Israel's Demi-Greek Tragedy".
Statistics released by Peace Now in August showed a 550 percent increase in the number of housing tenders published for
West Bank settlements in the first eight months of 2008
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "'Tough words on settlements a show'".
OpEd by Tzali Reshef, a key founder and former secretary general of Peace Now
Continue reading Yedioth Ahronoth: "Stop Them With Full Force".
APN praised the legislation's new provision stressing diplomacy, but opposed the measure because it was rushed through
the House with little debate and no opportunity for amendments.
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "Iran sanctions bill clears US House".
PEACE NOW THREATENED, BOMB INJURES ACTIVIST; OLMERT SPEAKS OUT; PEACE NOW CHALLENGES OUTPOST; AHMADINEJAD MAY NOT BE
THE ONLY DEMAGOGUE; CORNER OF BEGIN AND SADAT
Continue reading September 29, 2008 - Vol. 10, Issue 5.
I. Bills and Resolutions; II. Last Minute Maneuvering on Iran Sanctions; III. APN on the New Iran Sanctions Bill; IV.
Israel in the Consolidated Appropriations Bill/Continuing Resolution; V. What's Up with the Arrow System?: VI. Update
on APN Campaign: "Responsibility Over Rhetoric"
Continue reading APN Legislative Round-Up - September 26, 2008.
The positive side of the assassination attempt does not end here, for it turns out that Peace Now is undergoing a
renaissance.
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "A positive column for the holiday" by Yossi Sarid.
Channel 1 Report (HEBREW)
Channel 2 Report (HEBREW)
Continue reading Israeli News Coverage of Shalom Achshav's Rosh Hashana Event.
The (Peace Now) report says that more than 1,000 buildings are going up in the West Bank, including 2,600 housing
units.
Continue reading Guilfordian (NC): "Israel Expanding settlements in East Jerusalem".
"...the moderates among the settlers, law-abiding among themselves, make no serious effort to neutralize these
extremist acts."
Continue reading Ma'ariv: "The Moderate Settlers Are the Problem" by A.B. Yehoshua.
Includes - Ha'aretz Editorial: "From denunciations to deeds"; YNET: "Everyone is a target"; Jerusalem Post: "Sternhell:
Attack is a risk to democracy";
"...the authorities found fliers near (Professor Sternhell's) home offering nearly $300,000 to anyone who kills a
member of Peace Now"
Continue reading New York Times: "Radical Settlers Take On Israel".
Read details and follow links on attack against Professor Sternhell and the "Bounty" on killing members of Peace Now
Continue reading Peace Now NEWSFLASH: TERRORISTS TARGET PEACE NOW.
The next government must adhere to the balanced approach. It must explain to the public that Israel does not face a
holocaust and that it can defend itself and deter its enemies.
Continue reading Ha'aretz Editorial: "A reply to Ahmadinejad".
According to statements by two advisors last week, McCain would discourage Israel-Syria peace talks and treat the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a low priority
Continue reading ACTION ALERT: Tell McCain: Your advisors are wrong;.
Israel Radio said leaflets were left at the scene offering a one million shekel ($294,000) reward to anyone killing a
member of Israel's Peace Now movement
Continue reading Reuters: "Israeli anti-settlement academic wounded in attack".
Peace Now Secretary-General Yariv Oppenheimer said the "radical right" posed an existential threat to Israeli
democracy.
Continue reading YNET: "Livni: Bomb attack against Professor Sternhell 'intolerable'".
Police sources told Israel Radio on Thursday that signs increasingly point to extreme right-wing elements who may have
been responsible...
A pipe bomb attack in Jerusalem targeted Professor Zeev Sternhell as a "bounty" was offered for anyone killing a member
of Peace Now
Five former Secretaries of State -- Albright, Christopher, Powell, Baker, and Kissinger -- recently endorsed a position
long articulated by APN.
Continue reading APN offers alternative to Bush's Iran policy.
Among other things, APN urges the embracing of a serious, success-oriented approach to the challenge of Iran
Continue reading Presidential Candidate Issue Brief Number 3: Support Iran Diplomacy.
The message was sent to the campaigns as the third installment in APN's "Responsibility over Rhetoric" initiative,
aimed at the Obama and McCain campaigns.
Continue reading APN to Presidential Candidates: Support Iran Diplomacy.
Play the game that reveals our hopes for the New Year
Continue reading This Rosh Hashanah APN presents "Lotto At Stake".
Text of the resolution introduced by Rep. Lee and for Reps. Payne, Woolsey, Davis, Carnahan, Miller (NC), Sires,
Jackson-Lee
Herzog speaks about 2-state solution prospects at the annual conference of the Washington Institute for Near East
Policy.
Yitzhak Herzog - Israel Minister of Welfare
COALITION NOW OR ELECTIONS SOON; THE PROBLEM WITH POLLS; SYRIA WELCOMES LIVNI; ET TU KISSINGER?; FIGHTING WORDS;
ROADBLOCK TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY; SETTLERS VS. IDF
Continue reading Vol. 10, Issue 4 - September 22, 2008.
The U.S. does not have to like Iran's president to engage in real diplomacy with his country...in order to safeguard
vital U.S. national security interests...
Q's re: Tzipi Livni's victory in the Kadima primaries and prospects; Syrian regime and the dynamics of the region and
quest for peace...
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher - September 22, 2008.
American support for Israel-Syria peace is vital, just as U.S. engagement has been vital to the achievement of other
Israeli-Arab peace agreements.
APN President & CEO Debra DeLee: "Addressing the challenge of Iran requires a smart strategy -- combining carrots
and sticks, diplomacy and sanctions -- and strong U.S. participation and leadership,"
Continue reading JTA: "Americans for Peace Now: Engage with Iran".
According to Peace Now general secretary Yariv Oppenheimer, "There is a fear among Israeli soldiers and in the army to
confront settlers. They know that settlers can bring more people and more clashes."
Continue reading Forward: "After `Pogrom,' Israel Debates Who Controls Settler Violence".
APN provides a Dvar Torah by Rabbi Amy Schwartzman of Temple Rodef Shalom in Northern Virginia
Continue reading High Holiday Reflections:ÿ Jonah's Lesson of Teshuvah.
Includes essays on "A Pro-Israel President", Book Reviews, Interview with Leonard Fein, APN News, and more
Continue reading Fall 2008.
"Pogrom. It's a loaded term for the Jewish community, referring to targeted and often government-backed anti-Jewish
riots in the 19th and early 20th centuries."
Continue reading Washington Jewish Week Editorial: "West Bank can't become Wild West".
I. Bills and Resolutions; II. Update -- Iran and the Defense Authorization Bill (S. 3001); III. Keeping an Eye on H.
Con. Res. 362/S. Res. 580; IV. APN Campaign: "Responsibility Over Rhetoric"
Continue reading APN Legislative Round-Up - September 19, 2008.
The message was sent to the campaigns as the second installment in APN's new "Responsibility over Rhetoric" initiative,
aimed at the Obama and McCain campaigns.
Continue reading APN to Presidential Candidates: Support Israel-Syria Peace Talks.
The immediate reaction is a sigh of relief: Shaul Mofaz lost his bid for leadership of the Kadima party, and lost big; Tzipi Livni defeated him convincingly. "No" to bellicose Mofaz, "yes" to sometimes pacific Livni.
But it's not Livni's pre-election hawkishness that prompts a sigh that's on the shallow side. The reason for that is that the gathering momentum in the Palestinian community is for a binational state - that is, for a "one state" solution.
That handwriting has been on the wall for some time, but it is no longer in faded gray. It is in bold type. Soon enough, it will be surrounded by flashing neon lights.
Jeremy Ben-Ami and Galia Golan offer their perspectives on policies that should be embraced
Continue reading Two Essays re: Mideast Policies for the next American President.
Photo courtesy of National Jewish Film Center - Brandeis University
Discussion on the Israeli "Barrier" and his film "Fence, Wall, Border", which has its Los Angeles premiere at APN's
CINE-PEACE event.
APN's "Responsibilitiy over Rhetoric" initiative for the '08 Presidential Campaign
Madeleine K. Albright; James A. Baker, III; Warren Christopher; Henry A. Kissinger; and Colin L. Powell issued their
support for talks during a roundtable discussion entitled "The Next President: A World of Challenges,"
"The settlers are not missing any opportunity to hurt Palestinians and threaten human life," Peace Now General
Secretary Yariv Oppenheimer said.
Q...Israeli view of American presidential campaign? Q. Palestinian debate regarding the date of their presidential
elections?
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher - September 15, 2008.
Danny Rubinstein at Podium - APN Spokesman Ori Nir sitting far right
New York - Tuesday, September 9th
Boston - November 13, 2008 - Leonard Fein to receive the Mark Award, James Carroll the Press for Peace & Justice
Award
Continue reading Elizabeth Wyner Mark Peace Award Dinner.
A SETTLER POGROM?; TOO CLOSE TO CALL; AFTER OLMERT; RETURN OF THE PALESTINIAN `PARTNER?'; EASY-PASS CHECKPOINT
Continue reading September 15, 2008 - Vol. 10, Issue 3.
I. Bills and Resolutions; II. Update on H. Con. Res. 362/S. Res. 580; III. Iran and the Defense Authorization Bill (S.
3001)
Continue reading APN Legislative Round-Up - September 12, 2008.
Write to ask that they not play politics with the issue of Israeli-Arab peace.
Continue reading ACTION ALERT: Tell Obama, McCain: Rise Above Partisan Rhetoric.
The U.S., Israel, and the Quest for Peace
Continue reading APN Presidential Campaign Issue Brief Number 1:.
"Sari Nusseibeh and Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala) are serious people, and recently they have been bringing up the idea of a
binational state: No more two states for two peoples, but rather one state for both."
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "Divide and save" by Yossi Sarid.
"Fence, Wall, Border...The First Phase" by Eli Cohen, award-winning Israeli director
Continue reading Acclaimed Director's Film to Play at CINE-PEACE.
"...as a Jerusalemite, I do have a stake in the 2008 Presidential race, like it or not."
Yariv Oppenheimer, director-general of Peace Now, which advocates a halt to settlements: "We're not expecting anything
dramatic to happen in the peace process for the next few months.''
Though it was sponsored for years by the dovish Peace Now and Knesset members in the Labor Party, the compensation plan
now has advocates like Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Continue reading NY Jewish Week: "How Much For That West Bank Home?".
APN launched an initiative aimed at the Obama and McCain campaigns to keep Israel and the peace process out of any
partisan rhetoric in the race for President.
Continue reading APN Tells Presidential Candidates: Don't Politicize Israel, Peace.
Q. PM Ehud Olmert facing an indictment; Still trying to remain in power until new elections...? Q. Egyptian FM Ahmad
Abul Gheit has proposed deploying an Arab force in Gaza...?
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher - September 8, 2008.
OPENING THE DOOR TO PEACE?; IDF SEES OPPORTUNITY IN ASSAD; LIVNI KEEPS HER LEAD; ISRAELI SECURITY OFFICIALS PRAISE PA;
ISRAELI CABINET PUNTS ON SETTLER RELOCATION; JERUSALEM TALK NO LONGER DIVISIVE; PALESTINIAN CONFLICT DISRUPTS IDF
PREPAREDNESS
Continue reading September 8, 2008 - Vol. 10, Issue 2.
When the very first atom bomb was detonated, in Alamagordo, New Mexico, J. Robert Oppenheimer's famously cited from the Bhagavad Gita: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Last week, Stephan Vanpeteghem was killed. Vanpeteghem, age 35 and the married father of two, was part of the Belgian contingent serving as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) clearing unexploded ordinance in South Lebanon. The destroyer of worlds that led to his death was part of the residue of cluster bombs Israel employed principally in the last three days of its war in Lebanon two years ago.
Continue reading A Modest Proposal: Pay the Bill to Clear Cluster Bombs.
"There is a reasonable possibility of removing Syria from the cycle of combat with Israel, but this possibility bears
an expiration date."
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "The last moment" by Ari Shavit.
...the minister without portfolio Ami Ayalon and Israel's Peace Now movement, lent their support to the compensation
plan.
Continue reading AFP: "Israeli govt to debate compensation plan for West Bank settlers".
...Dror Etkes, who at the time headed a Peace Now unit that followed settlement activity...began to suspect that the
matter involved illegal construction
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "State admits outpost built on private Arab land".
(Israeli Foreign Minister) Livni said that "the peace process is not and should not be affected by any kind of
settlement activities."
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "They tried to make us go to rehab" by APN Spokesman Ori Nir.
"On Tuesday morning, over coffee, Israel's English-language newspapers informed (Sec. Rice) of Peace Now's latest
report, which documented the sharp increase in Israeli West Bank settlement activity."
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "They tried to make us go to rehab" by APN Spokesman Ori Nir.
The event will include the screening of film shorts and presentation of the CINE-PEACE Award to filmmaker Ari Sandel
Continue reading CINE-PEACE Film Event.
Learn more about the films shown at APN's Cine-Peace event on Monday, September 22nd
Continue reading CINE-PEACE '08 Films.
"Israel and the West Bank: Keeping the Two-State Solution Alive featuring"
About 2,600 homes are under construction in the settlements, according to the Israeli group Peace Now.
Continue reading The National: "Growth in the land of contradictions".
Editorial based on Peace Now Report: "Our view: Israeli settlement expansion undermines Palestinian state, peace
efforts"
Continue reading Baltimoresun.com: "Parallel construction".
Q. ...What is the current status of the "Security" fence? Q. re: Jordan's King Abdullah II recent trips to Baghdad and
Moscow and restoring relations with Hamas?
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher - September 2, 2008.
SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION ON THE RISE; BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO; AS LIVNI RISES, BIBI FUMBLES AND BARAK SINKS; BUSH'S
FAILED IDEOLOGY
Continue reading September 2, 2008 - Vol. 10, Issue 1.
WATCH VIDEO Thursday 28 August 2008 By Guillaume Auda and Annette Young The city of David attracts thousands of visitors every day. Situated in Silwan, an Arab neighborhood located just below the Old City in East Jerusalem, the birthplace of biblical Jerusalem is the theatre of key archaeological excavations. We were not given permission to film the tour, so we entered as tourists with an amateur camera. The bible becomes a compass for this tour, very much appreciated by religious Jews. And ...
Continue reading France 24 (in English): "Political tourism in Jerusalem".
"(Rabbi) Rozen wrote that, according to halacha (Jewish law) the punishment of such tale-bearing was death."
Continue reading YNET: "Rabbi accuses Peace Now of grave sin".
LINK TO VIDEO (in English) which includes coverage of Peace Now's tour of Silwan in East Jerusalem
Continue reading PEACE TUBE: France24 - "Political tourism in Jerusalem".
It is difficult to get over the feeling that arises when we see the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to
their homes in a unilateral move by Israel, while Gilad Schalit is still being held in the heart of Gaza, isolated from
the world and from his family.
The talks coincided with the release of a report by Peace Now claiming that settlement construction in the West Bank
had nearly doubled in the first half of this year, compared with the same period a year ago.
Continue reading NY Jewish Week: "Peace Process: Running In Place".