In an event sponsored by J Street U, Ori Nir (Director of Communications and Public Engagement, APN) and Ghaith al-Omari (Executive Director, American Task Force on Palestine) spoke at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD on Tuesday, December 1, 2014. See below for highlights.
The event was covered in the Diamondback (UMD campus newspaper): "Guests attend J Street UMD event to discuss Middle East peace"
HAPPENING NOW: #PeacePartners w/ @OriNir_APN & @GhAlOmari
hosted by @jstreetu @JStreetUMD at @MarylandHillel pic.twitter.com/5AtlwbOU2p
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 2,
2014
.@OriNir_APN: Jewish state law snds msg to Israeli Arabs- "we'll
proscribe an inferior status to you" #PeacePartners pic.twitter.com/5pA0XxjPzR
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 2,
2014
.@GhAlOmari: On currnt trajectory, Israel will soon come to pt
where it can't call itself a democracy #PeacePartners pic.twitter.com/WZRA7ECDKs
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 2,
2014
.@GhAlOmari: Continued security cooperation is one of the few
bright spots btwn Israel & Palestinians, but it's not enough #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 2,
2014
.@GhAlOmari: 1 big US mstake has been to spend too mch time on
substance of negotiations & not on enforcing codes of conduct #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 2,
2014
.@GhAlOmari: Were it not for Abbas' security cooperation w/ Israel,
we would be facing a full-fledged intifada right now #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@OriNir_APN: The biggest difference btwn Netanyahu & Abbas is
that Abbas actually wants a peace agreement #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@OriNir_APN: speak to the Israeli public the way president
#Rivlin has done-tone down the rhetoric pic.twitter.com/Yw0U5c1WYc
— JStreetUMD (@JStreetUMD) December 3, 2014
.@OriNir_APN: Real challenge of peace movement is cnvincng Israeli
public that still worth workng for peace despite violence #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@OriNir_APN: For Pals, settlmnts are oftn offnsve primarily
bcause they rub in the fact tht Israel has all the power pic.twitter.com/VMTgSc6X94
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@OriNir_APN: Time for American Jews to make their voice heard
loud and clear in Israel, bcause Israelis do listen #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@GhAlOmari: If we who care don't engage, the vacuum will be filled
by voices that are not at all helpful #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@GhAlOmari: Breakthroughs come when you least expect. If you're
not organized properly, the moment will pass you by #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@GhAlOmari: the breakthrough wont be gradual but rather sudden
when a new leader wakes up in shock over what's been done #PeacePartners
— JStreetUMD (@JStreetUMD) December 3, 2014
.@GhAlOmari: You have 2 societies that feel vctimized. When you
feel vctmized, you feel entitled #PeacePartners pic.twitter.com/NvqlVe6sIb
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@OriNir_APN: Now u hve 2nd gneration of Israelis/Pals tht has
grwn up w/ occupation. They've normalizd an abnorml situation #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@OriNir_APN: The occupation has a deeply corrosive effect on
Israeli society, on Israeli minds and attitudes #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@GhAlOmari: The US cannot treat the parties as children. They have
responsibilities and they must live up to them #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@OriNir_APN: As @ShibleyTelhami has shown, Israeli-Pals conflict is the prism through
which Arabs view the world #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
.@GhAlOmari we haven't lost belief in two states, just trust and
that can be built #PeacePartners @JStreetUMD
— Jacob Magid (@JacobMagid) December 3, 2014
.@GhAlOmari: Compared to the past, we have moved forward on many
issues from where things were only a few years ago #PeacePartners
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014
Thanks @jstreetu @jstreetumd for a great APN @ATFP
#PeacePartners event!
— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) December 3,
2014