It seems as though in recent weeks, Israel’s Labor Party has returned its attention to the peace process. This is a good thing, because Shelly Yachimovich has an opportunity to push the issue and throw Labor’s weight behind real progress. Yachimovich has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to respond positively to the revised Arab Peace Initiative and, even more interesting, has met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss how to move forward. What’s more, she did so without …
Shaul Arieli is a man on a dual mission: educating Israelis about the conflict and diplomatic process with the Palestinians, and making the point that the two-state solution is both possible and necessary. His latest publication in Hebrew, A Border between Us and You (Yeditoth Ahronoth Books 2013), is a 500-page handbook to the history of the conflict, with an emphasis on the diplomatic and political process. It is written in very simple (and sometimes simplistic) language, with lots of maps, …
Ameinu, along with WZO and BINA, is initiating a new program to engage adults between the ages of 20 and 32 in a challenging conversation about Social Justice, Israel and the different faces of being Jewish. For more information and to apply, contact Hiam Simon at hiam@ameinu.net.
(Update: Applications are still being accepted.)
by Zoe Jick, special to Israel Campus Beat For the past two years, I have been lucky to work with a variety of college Hillels, student groups and individuals whose voices comprise the vibrant discussion about Israel that is happening on campuses throughout North America. My job propelled me onto the front lines of campus debate about Israel. My responsibilities at the World Zionist Organization include researching and creating Zionist educational content for college campuses and facilitating …
The struggle over the right of women to pray at the Western Wall has reached the U.S. as American Jews on Monday kicked a nationwide series of protests over the emotive issue. More than 100 protesters gathered Monday evening outside the Israeli embassy in Washington to show solidarity with the Women of the Wall, which holds monthly civil disobedience protests at the kotel over restrictions on women’s prayer. It is not every day that Jewish activists openly protest the Israeli embassy and …
Ameinu, the leading progressive Zionist membership organization in North America, wishes to thank President Obama for his eloquent and powerful speech to young Israelis that he made in Jerusalem yesterday. “President Obama has proven once again that the United States’ commitment to Israel is unshakable,” said Ameinu President Kenneth Bob. “Given the public voice of support that was sounded, Ameinu calls upon the government of Israel to heed the President’s call to …
In a rambling essay on Al Jazeera, Columbia University professor Joseph Massad seeks to establish what he calls the “anti-Semitic” roots of Zionism. It’s not the first time this year that an alleged relationship between Zionism and Nazism has been tossed into the wind. Back in January, Mahmoud Abbas made similar claims, prompting historian David N. Myers to respond in Open Zion. But Massad’s argument goes beyond historical aspersion and into the realm of the philosophical. It can be …
Media Advisory: For Immediate Release New York, NY, April 25, 2013 CONTACT: Hiam Simon 212 366-1194 hiam@ameinu.net www.ameinu.net Ameinu, the leading progressive Zionist membership organization in North America, welcomes the decision rendered by the Jerusalem District Court ruling that there is no basis for the detention of women for praying at the Western Wall. Members of Women of the Wall, an organization devoted to achieving the right for women to pray, wear prayer shawls and read from the …
When President Barack Obama appointed former Senator George Mitchell as his special envoy to the Middle East on his second day in office in 2009, it naturally raised the expectations of supporters of active American involvement in helping bring a two state solution to fruition. In fact, at the time Ameinu joined with other Jewish and Arab American organizations pledging support for such steps. As we know now, little was accomplished in this area during the Senator’s two years in the …
To judge by the Israeli public’s reaction t0 President Obama’s visit to that country, there may be a new opening to unfreeze Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The President articulated as clearly as one could how, from a pro-Israel point of view, a Palestinian state is a necessity. The arguments are anything but new: there is no example in today’s world of a democracy ruling over a population who are not citizens; the historic necessity of a majority Jewish state is in danger; and …
Ameinu, the leading progressive Zionist membership organization in North America, wishes to thank President Obama for his eloquent and powerful speech to young Israelis that he made in Jerusalem yesterday. “President Obama has proven once again that the United States’ commitment to Israel is unshakable,” said Ameinu President Kenneth Bob. “Given the public voice of support that was sounded, Ameinu calls upon the government of Israel to heed the President’s call to …
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