
100 episodes

PeaceCast Americans for Peace Now
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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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#248: Israel's Upcoming Elections with Chemi Shalev
This episoed is a rcording of an August 4th APN webinar with Israeli political analyst Chemi Shalev.
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#247: The Dove - APN's Storytelling Event, in Partnership with NSL
The Dove is an annual storytelling event that features young Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in Washington DC for the summer program of New Story Leadership.
This July, The APN-NSL Dove is back after a 2-year COVID hiatus, with inspiring storytellers.
The event took place on July 26th, 2022.
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#246: PIN Update on Masafer Yatta
This episode is a recording of a July 14th 2022 webinar, sponsored by organizations that comprise the Progressive Israel Network (PIN), focusing on the ongoing crisis at the South Hebron Hills Palestinian villages of Masafer Yatta. Disussants are Israeli human rights activists.
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#245: A New Online Palestinian Encyclopedia with Prof. Alex Winder
Alexander (Alex) Winder, is a professor at Brown University focusing on Palestinian history, and the co-editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly, published by the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS). Prof. Winder is one of the editors of the new Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question. In this episode, he introduces the project and explains its significance.
The encyclopedia is here: https://www.palquest.org/ and the Institute of Palestine Studies is here: https://www.palestine-studies.org/
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#244: Israeli Politics and the Occupation with Dana Mills
This is an audio recording of a July 6th 2022 webinar with Dana Mills, the acting executive director of Israel's Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) movement.
A transcript of this webinar: https://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=39760#.YsbzpHbML84
Peace Now's report about the record of the first year of the Bennett-Lapid government in relation to settlement construction can be found here: https://peacenow.org.il/en/the-first-year-of-the-bennett-lapid-government
To donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate
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#243: Young Progressive Jewish Americans on Israel, Palestine, and the Conflict
This is a recording of a June 23rd 2022 webinar with the young members of APN's team to explore the ways in which young progressive American Jews are thinking, talking, and acting about Israel and its conflict with the Palestinians. Participating are APN's new Communications and Development Associate Maxxe Albert-Deitch, her predecessor Claire Davidson Miller, and our intern Eliana Blumberg, in conversation with APN’s Director of Government Relations, Madeleine Cereghino.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
Customer Reviews
Claire is so obnoxious
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Pro-peace Zionist talk
I’m new to the Zionism discussion. I’m also new to the Israel-Palestine issue. This podcast is starting to help me form my own identity as a liberal Zionist in the US whilst learning about the devastation and conflict occurring between the two parties.