Americans for Peace Now Board Member Mandy Patinkin today toured the West Bank and East Jerusalem with Israel's Peace Now movement and spoke at an annual conference of Israel's peace camp, addressing a crowd of 700 progressive activists.
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Israeli author Amos Oz talks about how American Jews who support the peace movement are loyal and devoted to Israel - "no less, and perhaps more than their militant bretheren." He says "there is more than one way to be pro-israel, there is more than one way to support Israel, there is more than one way to love Israel."
Continue reading VIDEO: Israeli Author Amos Oz talks about how to be pro-Israel.
Recently targeted by right-wing Israeli extremists because of her work as the director of Peace Now's Settlements Watch project, Ofran was the keynote speaker at the annual Tel Aviv rally commemorating the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.Watch a video of the speech (English subtitles)
Continue reading Peace Now's Hagit Ofran is Keynote Speaker at Rabin Memorial in Tel Aviv.
Watch highlights of speakers from the Thursday, September 22 rally expressing support of Israeli and international recognition of the Palestinian state, held opposite the building where the independence of Israel was proclaimed in 1948.
Among participants and speakers at the events were Yael Dayan (pictured), Alon Li'el, Amos Oz, Yoran Kanyuk, David Tartakover, Yehuda Bauer, Galia Golan and others.
Go HERE to watch the Israel Social TV video.
Over the summer, my colleagues and I at APN followed with delight the partnership between Maria Ginzburg and Mustafa Alzayyan.
The two are unlikely partners. Maria is an Israeli, a graduate of a Jewish high school in Azerbaijan, who immigrated to Israel as an adult and is now an International Relations student at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. Mustafa comes from a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. He taught himself English online to pursue his passion for computers. Back at home, in Israel and Gaza, these young people had no chance of meeting each other, let alone working jointly for peace and reconciliation.
Continue reading Unlikely Partners.
By Tovah Lazaroff Court overturns previous emergency injunction which halted demolition; 4 activists injured, 6 arrested; hundreds of Border Police on scene.
APN's new service to be launched on September 12 will feature American-born, Israeli journalist Orly Halpern, who has written extensively about Israel and the Arab world, including an upcoming book on her one-year experience in Baghdad. Subscribe to News Nosh
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Lara Friedman, APN's Director of Policy and Government Relations, appeared Friday on Viewpoint with Jim Zogby, where she discussed congressional action on the Middle East and its impact on peace efforts.
Watch the interview here.
At a rally in Jerusalem, demonstrators say boycotting is a democratic right.
Right now the Knesset is debating a law that would make it illegal to
call for a boycott of West Bank settlements, economically, culturally,
or academically. The proposed law is a severe blow to the very
foundations of Israeli democracy.
Peace Now in Israel has been organizing to defeat this measure. Peace Now held a demonstration yesterday in Jerusalem outside Israel's Justice Ministry. On Friday, the movement mailed every member of Knesset a letter urging them to oppose the bill. And if the bill becomes law, Peace Now is considering an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court to get it overturned.
Peace Now in Israel has been organizing to defeat this measure. Peace Now held a demonstration yesterday in Jerusalem outside Israel's Justice Ministry. On Friday, the movement mailed every member of Knesset a letter urging them to oppose the bill. And if the bill becomes law, Peace Now is considering an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court to get it overturned.
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twitter- 5/20 5:19p Settler leader tells European Parliament why WB settlements are crucial for Europe's survival (Heb) http://t.co/WEPOf3z0 priceless
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facebook- 5/18 8:53a This week's APN Hill Round-Up is out (lots and lots of Iran stuff, House & Senate, both good & bad...) Enjoy. http://t.co/JEO2YlsZ
- Legislative Round-Up: Week Ending May 18, 2012
- 5/18 4:10p some1 used the word "bashing." I do not think that word means what you think that it means.
- APN Urges Members to vote "No" or "Present" on H. Res. 568 (Iran resolution)
- 5/20 12:55a RT @PeaceNowIL נערכים ליום ירושלים : http://t.co/reqVxvEa
- 5/19 The Ugly Parade of Jerusalem Day
- 5/17 8:58a WATCH this great feature of Mandy Patinkin in Israel from the Israeli TV show hosted by Guy Pines (nice name) http://t.co/qb16symH
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