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News and Updates: June 2008 Archives

AUDIO NOW: APN Interview with Marwan Muasher

The former foreign minister of Jordan, and ambassador to the U.S. and Israel talks about the Arab League's peace plan, a focus of his newly published book: The Arab Center."

The Gaza Ceasefire - Issue Brief from Yossi Alpher

The Israeli security expert reacts to this significant development

APN in Israel - Daily Dispatch: June 19, 2008

Reports on a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and other Palestinian politicians and experts.

APN in Israel - Daily Dispatch: June 18

Includes "off-the-record" meetings with Israeli and American officials and Knesset members that pointed to intense negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians

APN in Israel: Daily Dispatch - June 17, 2008

Includes a visit to Sderot and environs near the Gaza border, plus meetings in Jerusalem...

APN in Israel: Daily Dispatch - June 16, 2008

By Ori Nir, APN Spokesman APN's annual fact finding mission to Israel is taking Board members and supporters this week to the Knesset and to Sderot, to Ramalah and to the settlements around Jerusalem, to meetings with strategists, politicians diplomats and journalists in Tel Aviv, West Jerusalem and East Jerusalem. I am writing this dispatch, the first in our week-long visit, in a bus on the way to Sderot and the kibbutzim bordering the Gaza strip. The area has been relatively quiet in the ...

June 20, 2008

The last day of Americans for Peace Now's annual mission to Israel was the first day of the ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Naturally, the ceasefire dominated Thursday's discussions.
Bashi talks about the case of Palestinian students from Gaza, recipients of Fulbright fellowships, who were not able to travel to the U.S. to take advantage of the scholarships.
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