Israel's Peace Now movement convened on Friday the third annual conference of Israel's peace camp. More than 700 people braved the weather - the worst winter storm in decades - to participate, and more than 100 spoke.
There was pushing and shoving, physical confrontations, and cruel epithets directed at people like Yael Dayan, then a member of the Israeli Knesset and daughter of iconic Israeli leader Moshe Dayan. Also verbally abused were author Irving Howe, feminist leader Betty Friedan, and actor-activist Richard Dreyfus. The Los Angeles Times called it "a near riot."
This week at J Street, APN hosted the panel: Settlements--Not Too Late, moderated by APN's President and CEO, Debra DeLee. Panelists included APN's Lara Friedman, the Director of Policy and Government Relations, and Peace Now's Secretary General, Yariv Oppenheimer, as well as Dan Rothem, Senior Research Consultant of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace and Daniel Seidemann, Founder and Director of Terrestrial Jerusalem.
invite you to attend
Conversations on Conflicts: The Israeli-Palestinian Dispute on Campus
Presented by
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
Featuring:
Ori Nir (Spokesperson, APN)
Ghaith al-Omari (Executive Director, ATFP)
The Washington Center, with Americans for Peace Now (APN) and the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) will host a roundtable discussion on the question: "Can we create safe space on campus for discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?" Along with expert speakers from APN and ATFP, the unique roundtable format will include current and former student leaders. Active participation by attendees will be encouraged throughout. The goal is for students to learn strategies and tactics for creating room at their universities for an honest, balanced dialogue about the conflict.
Thursday, July 18
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Washington Center
1005 3rd Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Dinner will be provided.
RSVPs to: ic-amann@peacenow.org
On Friday, May 17, Americans for Peace Now co-sponsored an event on Capitol Hill to discuss the Arab League's Peace Initiative (API) and its potential as a tool to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
Alpher discusses Chinese Presiden Xi Jinping four-point peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the US and Russia's plan to convene an international peace conference to find a political solution to the civil war in Syria, and Kerry's investigation of ways to use the Arab Peace Initiative as a regional framework for a renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace process
On April 11th, Americans for Peace Now brought together J Street U and the American Task Force on Palestine for "Dance for Peace," a night of music, food, and dialogue. College students of various backgrounds, nationalities and faiths from around the Washington, DC area came to meet others who care deeply about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Between bites of hummus and falafel, and to a soundtrack of popular Israeli and Arabic music, students were given the chance to hear a variety of perspectives on the conflict in a fun, relaxed setting.
On February 11th, APN sponsored, together with the Foundation for Middle East Peace, J Street, the Middle East Institute and Churches for Middle East Peace, a Washington event with Israeli Mideast expert Menachem Klein of Bar-Ilan University. Professor Klein structured his address as public advice to President Obama on how the President should re-energize America's brokership of Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
To listen to the full audio recording of Professor Klein's address, click here:
On February 6, Americans for Peace Now sponsored, Together with the Foundation for Middle East Peace, Just Vision, and the Telos Group, a special event on the threat that Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem are posing to the two-state solution.
