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Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher: August 5, 2013

By APN on August 5, 2013 1:50 PM

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Alpher discusses new benefits for settlers from the Netanyahu government, proposals for a referendum on withdrawal from territory and the raising of the Knesset election threshold, and whether the EU sanctions against Israeli settlements may have been timed to support Secretary of State Kerry's efforts.

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East Jerusalem Settlement Construction Hinders Two-State Solution

By APN on February 1, 2012 10:29 AM

A new presentation by Jerusalem expert Daniel Seidemann demonstrates how planned Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem could make the two-state solution impossible by 2013

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SPECIAL ANNAPOLIS EDITION Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher

By APN on November 28, 2007 9:28 AM

Alpher reviews the Annapolis Conference results and what it means for the parties and the peace process

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Tallie Lipkin-Shahak - Perspectives on the 40th Year Anniversary of the Six Day War

By APN on May 9, 2007 8:43 PM

TALLIE LIPKIN-SHAHAK is the former war correspondent for the daily Davar, where she covered the first war in Lebanon and the first Intifada. She is a radio personality and a regular contributor to Ma'ariv, writing on social issues, the arts, and politics. The summer of 1967 was packed with adventures. In May, after we extinguished the Lag Ba'Omer fires in accordance with emergency regulations, we anxiously bit our nails, filled sand bags, and wrapped ...

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Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. - Perspectives on the 40th Anniversary of the Six Day War

By APN on May 4, 2007 6:35 PM

Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. is President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, a Washington D.C.-based foundation devoted to fostering peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Wilcox retired after 31 years of service from the U.S. Foreign Service, his last overseas assignment was as Chief of Mission and U.S. Consul General, Jerusalem. In the Department of State, Wilcox had served as Director for Israeli and Arab-Israeli Affairs and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of ...

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Shlomo Gazit - Perspectives on the 40th Year Anniversary of the Six Day War

By APN on May 4, 2007 6:33 PM

"Let Us Not Miss the Opportunity that the War Created"

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Senator Lincoln Chafee - Perspectives on the 40th Year Anniversary of the Six Day War

By APN on May 4, 2007 6:18 PM

SENATOR LINCOLN CHAFEE represented Rhode Island in the U.S.Senate for seven years. He is the former Chairman of the Middle East Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. NOAH ENDURED 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS OF RAIN; THE ISRAELITES WANDERED IN the desert for 40 years; Moses was on the Mount for 40 days. Jesus fasted, prayed and was tempted by the devil for 40 days in the desert; between His crucifixion and His ascension into heaven, Jesus spent 40 days ...

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Yossi Alpher - Perspectives on the 40th Year Anniversary of the Six Day War

By APN on May 4, 2007 6:14 PM

YOSSI ALPHER is a former senior official in the Mossad and the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. He currently coedits the bitterlemons family of Internet publications and writes a weekly Q & A on security issues for APN, which can be read at www.peacenow.org. THE SIX-DAY WAR WAS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST FATEFUL EVENTS in Israel's history as a modern state. Not just because we stunned the Arab world and ...

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Dr. Ziad Asali - Perspectives on the 40th Year Anniversary of the Six Day War

By APN on May 4, 2007 6:11 PM

ZIAD J. ASALI, M.D., is the President and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC. Born and raised in Jerusalem , Dr.Asali is a sought-after voice on Middle East issues in both the media and on Capitol Hill, where he has testified before both chambers of Congress. DRUMS OF WAR WERE BEATING IN EARLY JUNE 1967 IN THE WANING DAYS OF MY internship at the Hospital of the American University ...

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Leonard Fein - Perspectives on the 40th Anniversary of the Six Day War

By APN on May 4, 2007 6:09 PM

LEONARD FEIN is a passionate and gifted writer, teacher, and veteran social activist. Mr. Fein served as director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, and is the founder of Moment magazine; Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger; and the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy. A Board Member of APN, Mr. Fein facilitates an online conversation which can be found at conversation.peacenow.org. BEFORE THE WAR, DURING THE WEEKS OF GROWING panic that ...

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