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PeaceCast is a podcast produced in Washington by Americans for Peace Now, the sister-organization of Israel’s preeminent peace movement, exploring issues and trends relating to peace and security for Israel, focusing on Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians and efforts to resolve it. If you care about Israel, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, about Israel’s future as a democracy and a Jewish state, this podcast is for you. Episodes feature experts, activists, advocates and scholars whose work or passion is Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Mar 30, 2023

Palestine 1936 The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict is the newly published book by Oren Kessler, an Israel-based author and journalist. In this conversation, Oren discusses his book, the Revolt, and their relevance today. 
The book is available here on Amazon.

 

Mar 29, 2023

This episode is a recording of a March 29th 2023 webinar with the executive director of Israel’s Peace Now movement, Lior Amihai. Before becoming Peace Now’s executive director last month, Lior served as the executive director of the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din. Prior to his five years there, Lior co-headed Peace Now’s Settlement Watch project for almost six years. He holds a master’s degree in human rights studies from London’s University College. The webinar recording started a bit late, so a couple of minutes at the very beginning of the webinar were cut off.
Peace Now’s web site: https://peacenow.org.il/en/
Donate: https://peacenow.org/donate

 

Mar 1, 2023

A recording of APN's March 1st webinar with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman on the political crisis in Israel.

 

Feb 17, 2023

Newly released in English, Shuli Dichter's book Sharing the Promised Land: In Pursuit of Equality Between Jewish and Arab Citizens in Israel combines personal stories with a blueprint for true equal relations between Israeli Jews and Arabs. In this conversation he talks about his vision for Jewish-Arab realtions in Israel and explains the concept of "civic Zionism." 

Shuli's book on Amazon. 

Contact Ori

 

Feb 14, 2023

This episode is a recording of a Februry 14th 2023 APN webinar with three of the organizers of the pro-democracy Israeli protest movement: Limor Moyal, Nery Life-Choma and Offir Gutelzon. 

 

Feb 7, 2023

Janet Aviad was among the founders of Israel's Peace Now movement. 40 years ago, she stood next to Emil Grunzweig, a leading Peace Now activist, when he was killed by a right-wing Israeli at the end of a Peace Now demonstraton. In this episode, she talks about the event and the long shadow it cast on Israeli public life. 
Donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate

Contact Ori: onir@peacenow.org

 

Jan 27, 2023

Yara Amayra is a young Palestinian civil society activist and opinion leader.

This episode features her conversation with APN's strategic communications maven Maxxe Albert-Deitch and APN intern Eliza Schloss. 

 

Jan 20, 2023

Noa Shusterman is the Israel-Palestinian Research Program Coordinator at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Israel's leading think tank. In this episode, she talks about the memorandum she co-authored with Udi Dekel, proposing a path for the government of Israel to address the transition in Palestinisn leadership. 

The report, The Day After Abbas: Strategic Implications for Israel, is available here: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-day-after-abu-mazen/

Contact Ori: onir@peacenow.org

Donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate

 

 

Jan 18, 2023

A recording of an APN January 18th 2023 webinar with Kenneth Roth.

 

Jan 10, 2023

Recording of a January 9th 2023 webinar with Noa Sattath, the executive director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). Sponsored jointly by APN and the New Israel Fund. 

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