What to Expect from the New Round of Israeli Elections, with Tal
Schneider
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Schneider is one of Israel’s leading political correspondents and analysts. Currently with The Times of Israel and
formerly with Israel’s economic daily Globes, Schneider was the Washington bureau chief of Maariv.
In 2011, she established an independent political blog. Her “Plog” quickly became a leading source for news and
analysis and a standard-setter for ethical, balanced political coverage, and catapulted her to the front line of
Israeli TV and radio pundits. Schneider’s Plog won the 2012 Excellence in Digital Journalism Award by Google Inc.
and by Tel-Aviv’s Journalists Association.
Veteran Israeli journalist and social activist Eliezer (Gezer) Yaari
talks about his efforts to Make East Jerusalem's Palestinian population accessible to Israeli Jews, and
speculates that Israeli-Palestinian peacemakers may want to leverage Jerusalem's coexistence mechanisms as a
launching point for future peace. 
This past week saw the shortest and darkest day of the year. But now, going into the
new year, we see the light beginning to return to us. A new administration offers a brighter future for
the United States and for its global allies. A vaccine has begun paving the way for an end to the pandemic
that has robbed us of over 300,000 American lives, and nearly 2 million globally. And as we live through the
havoc climate change is wreaking on our world, the U.S. is about to reenter the Paris Agreement. And of
course we are on the verge of new elections in Israel, where the possibility of change seems stronger every
day.
» In my first days at APN, we were confronted with the prospect of de-jure West Bank
annexation. We immediately called it out as anti-democratic and a threat to peace. We joined with
like-minded partners, Israeli and American, to send thousands of emails to the White House and to Prime
Minister Netanyahu denouncing the move, and supported our partner in peace, Shalom Achshav, as they
organized protests in the streets of Tel Aviv.
We also publicly called for then-nominee Joe Biden to speak out clearly in opposition to
annexation. And of course we helped get 191 Members of Congress to raise their voices in opposition to
annexation.
Our goal is clear. We’re not here to argue among ourselves. We’re here to build the movement for
peace and justice
» When the Conference of Presidents called on its members to endorse the IHRA definition of
anti-Semitism, we were the only ones to stand up and say no. We won’t stick our heads in sand and
pretend that all is well while this definition is used across the globe to squash legitimate criticism of
Israeli policy and to attack those who speak out.