Far from the limelight, the government of Israel has recently introduced a new set of regulations
governing foreign nationals’ entry to and residence in the West Bank. This new ordinance, scheduled
for implementation on July 5th, further expands the already stringent travel and
residence regulations for foreign nationals.
Featuring Daoud Kuttab and Mohammed Daraghmeh
Featuring Dr. Dana Mills
Our partners at Shalom Achshav are leading a coalition of peace and human rights organizations on a
campaign to highlight the breach of Israeli and international law, and of the violations of Palestinian
human rights associated with the illegal settlement of Homesh in the northern West Bank.
On this May 19th webinar, at 12:00 PM EST, acting Executive Director of Shalom Achshav, Dr. Dana Mills, will provide background and analysis on the illegality and significance of Homesh. She will also discuss broader developments related to West Bank settlements, shortly before President Biden’s visit to Israel.
As a more nuanced, pro-diplomacy stance toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become the center of the Democratic Party, we have seen a counter-reaction amongst Republicans as the right-wing of the pro-Israel community embrace elected officials who support the type of nationalist rhetoric that has historically been an early indicator of danger for the Jewish community. For what was once an issue of near consensus, the fissures between the parties are now more clear than ever, with increasing numbers of Republicans openly opposing a Two-State Solution and a polarizing debate over what it means to support the American Jewish Community and even on what it looks like to combat antisemitism.
with Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Hadar Susskind
with Maya Rosen and A. Daniel Roth
Israel-Palestine and US Public Opinion
with Dr. Shibley Telhami
American public attitudes toward Israel and Palestine have dramatically shifted in the past few years,
particularly among liberals. Whether on Capitol Hill or among the general public, open criticism of Israeli
policies is no longer taboo, nor are questions relating to US aid to Israel. Public support for
Palestinians under Israeli occupation and their quest for civil and human rights is no longer a fringe
position. While the needle is moving, the Israel-Palestine question continues to be an increasingly polarizing
issue in the US public sphere.
To analyze the recent developments and the overarching trends on this matter, APN hosted Prof.
Shibley Telhami, a leading expert in public opinion on Israel-Palestine. In this webinar, Prof. Telhami
presented findings from his recent poll on this issue and compared recent surveys to past data.
The webinar will be held on Thursday, September 2nd, at 12:00 noon.
Watch the video recording here.
Listen to the audio recording here.
Read the transcript here.
SPEAKER:
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development and the Director
of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution. He has advised in one form or another every administration from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama.
His best-selling book, The Stakes: America and the Middle East, was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the
top five books on the Middle East in 2003. His most recent book, The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public
Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East, was published in 2013.
with Ben Cohen, Anuradha Mittal, Peter Beinart, Suhad Babaa, and Hadar Susskind
