Palestine-Israel Journal

09/05/2023

Dear Friends,
You are cordially invited to attend the zoom launching event of the new issue of Palestine Israel Journal, devoted to:
"75 Years: Palestine Nakba / Israel Statehood"
On Wednesday, May 10th at 5 p.m. Jerusalem time. The issue was published in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert
Stiftung (FES), Jerusalem.

Event Schedule
• Welcoming remarks by representatives of FES and the PIJ.
The Opening Speakers:
Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal, former President of the International Society of
Political Psychology and author of “Sinking into the Honey Trap of the Intractable Conflict: The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Con-
flict” (2023)

Ziad AbuZayyad is the co-Founder and co-Editor of Palestine Israel
Journal. He is a lawyer, graduate of Damascus University. He is a
weekly columnist at al-Quds Arabic Daily, a former Palestinian Au-
thority minister, former legislator, and former negotiator.

Dr. Alon Liel, former Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry
and Ambassador to South Africa and Turkey.

Dr. Talal Abu Rokbeh, Managing Editor of the Al Mowataneh Jour-
nal in Gaza, a descendent of a Palestinian refugee family from
Demreh in the south who lives in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in the
Gaza Strip.

Moderator:
Mr. Nidal Foqaha the Director General of the Palestinian Peace Co-
alition. Previously, Foqaha served as an advisor to the PLO Secre-
tary General (2003-2008), media & communication director at Pales tine Media Center (2001–2003), and a team member of the Palestinian-Israel Joint Economic Committee (1999-2001)an–Israeli Joint Economic Committee (1999-2001).
• Short interventions by some authors who contributed to this issue.
• Opening the floor to the audience for questions or 2 minutes comments.
• Closing remarks by the organizers of the event.
To receive a link to the Zoom meeting, please send your registration request to: [email protected]

With much gratitude for your support and commitment, looking forward to seeing you at the event.

The Editors,
Ziad AbuZayyad & Hillel Schenker

08/06/2022

Dear Friends,

You are cordially invited to a Zoom launch event of the new Palestine-Israel Journal issue devoted to “Israel and the Apartheid Threshold: A Wake-Up Call” organized by The Palestine-Israel Journal and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Palestine, on Wednesday, June 8th, from 5 p.m. till 6:30 (10-11:30 U.S. E. Coast).

The discussion will focus on the impact and relevance of the Apartheid designation, and “If not Apartheid, what then?”

Welcoming remarks by FES and PIJ

Opening Speakers:

Prof. Frances Raday, President Concord Research Center.

Dr. Tony Klug, Former member Amnesty International staff.

Amb. Prof. Manuel Hassassian, Ambassador of Palestine to Denmark.

Dr. Alon Liel, Former Israeli Ambassador to South Africa.

Ms. Hind Khoury, Former Ambassador of Palestine to France, former PA minister.

Moderated by Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin, a public opinion expert and international policy and strategy consultant.

Participants in the meeting will be able to ask questions or make comments through the Chat window of the Zoom meeting.

Please confirm your participation in the Zoom launch by emailing [email protected] , and we will send you a link to the meeting. The number of participants is limited, and your prompt response will guarantee your participation.

To order a copy of the Journal issue or make a subscription please contact: [email protected]

PALESTINE-ISRAEL Journal
Co-Editors:

Ziad AbuZayyad and Hillel Schenker
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Palestine

Director Hannes Alpen and Program Manager Rasmus Brandt

23/11/2021

Dear Friend of Palestine-Israel Journal
of Politics, Economics and Culture,

We are in the process of preparing a special 25th Anniversary Issue of Palestine-Israel Journal, and are seeking funds to ensure that we can celebrate the occasion with a timely and important issue. It will feature as a centerpiece a

CONVERSATION ABOUT ISRAEL-PALESTINE BETWEEN PROF. NOAM CHOMSKY (US) AND DR. TONY KLUG (UK), May 2020 to April 2021
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For nearly a year, world-renowned public intellectual Professor Noam Chomsky engaged in a wide-ranging email conversation focused primarily on Israel-Palestine with veteran Middle East analyst, Dr Tony Klug, a frequent contributor to the Palestine-Israel Journal and an international board member. The correspondence, which was sparked by Klug’s PIJ article: Should Trump’s “Vision” for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Be Taken Seriously? prompted an initial response from Chomsky. Klug’s reply provoked a further Chomsky response, and the stage was set for a fascinating, free-wheeling tour d’horizon that surveys both historical and contemporary events, vacillating between areas of broad agreement and points of candid disagreement.
Both Chomsky and Klug believe that Israelis and Palestinians are facing critical junctures in their histories. What needs to be done by the different parties, including most importantly the international community, to change the current wretched reality and bring the long-running clash finally to a tolerable end is also probed.
This 92-page enlightening and stimulating exchange will be followed by a series of articles by Israeli and Palestinian members of the Palestine-Israel Journal editorial board, and by other relevant Israelis, Palestinians and international commenting on the contents and conclusions in the Chomsky-Klug exchange.
The exchange and the comments will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the dynamics of the conflict and the quest for a realistic solution, for the sake of both peoples and the broader international community.

Our friend Dr. Tony Klug was one of the first people to advocate the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel back in 1973, and Prof. Chomsky has of course been one of the leading, influential (if controversial) public intellectuals active for many years. We need to raise at least $30,000 to be able to prepare, publish and circulate this special issue. Support for this special project can be sent in one of the following ways:

♣ Checks may be mailed to: Middle East Publications, PO Box 19839, East Jerusalem, 91197, Israel
♣ Bank transfers can be made to Middle East Publications: Bank Leumi, Branch 918, Ali Ben AbuTaleb Street , East Jerusalem. Account No. (918-74465/01). Please inform us of any transfers.

♣ Credit card: by mail, by fax to + (972) (2)627 3388, or to email
address [email protected] indicating your name (authorized signature), address, credit card number & expiry date.
♣ For those of you who are based in the U.S., it is possible to make a tax-deductible contribution via the A.J. Muste Institute: to A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, 168 Canal Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013
Checks should be made out to the Muste Institute with a designation for PIJ. Donors can also give online by credit card here:
♣ For those living in the UK, donations to the project can be made via the New Israel Fund -UK,addressed to Neriya Segerman, [email protected], earmarked for "Middle East Publications" -25th Anniversary edition.

Best wishes from East Jerusalem

Hillel Schenker Ziad AbuZayyad
Co-Editor Co-Editor

4 Al Hariri St, PO Box 19839
Tel: 00 972 2 6282115/59 Fax 00 972 2 6273388
[email protected] www.pij.org

An independent publication, with an often critical voice, the Palestine-Israel Journal provides background material and in-depth analysis of various aspects of the conflict from the perspective of both sides, thus helping to shed light on the complex issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians and the...

18/04/2021

Today the first ever totally virtual J Street national conference starts, I guess not in DC, but in cyberspace. It's not clear to me how this is going to work. Palestine-Israel Journal has an Exhibitor's "Booth" at the conference, and in theory you can talk with us. Meanwhile, here's a special introductory video that my colleague Ziad AbuZayyad and I prepared, with the aid of Ava Shaevel: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y_tVQxV9kkrPwrZ4z15Pnlj5nq5q4ja1/view
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