Podcasts about ori nir

Ori Nir, vice-president of public affairs for the liberal Zionist peace group, Americans for Peace Now, talks about tensions within the U.S. Jewish community over Israel. An Israeli journalist for 24 years, Nir says the frenzy of legislation coming out of the new right-wing government in Israel reflects how the anti-democratic nature of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine is now seeping into Israel, with right-wing extremists seeking to permanently entrench the Occupation and make it impossible for future governments to end it. The assault on democracy and religious pluralism in Israeli is leading more U.S Jewish leaders to speak out against the government there.

This episode is an edited version of a conversation Ori had on February 21st 2022 with Andrew Hirsh and Ezzeldeen Masri of OneVoice, for their podcast, Everyday Voices. We discussed West Bank settler violence. For more on OneVoice: https://www.onevoicemovement.org/ For the Everyday Voices podcast: https://www.onevoicemovement.org/everydayvoices Ori's Haaretz article on this subject: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-for-israel-s-settlers-it-s-war-their-target-palestinian-land-and-bodies-1.10559557 Contact Ori: onir@peacenow.org Donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate

West Bank settlements remain a significant roadblock to peace in Israel and Palestine—perhaps the largest. Exacerbating the issue is settler violence against Palestinians, which has been on the rise in recent months. To help us understand this pressing and complex issue, and the historical context surrounding it, we've brought Ori Nir onto the show. Ori is the VP for Public Affairs at Americans for Peace Now; his decades of experience covering the conflict—and the West Bank, specifically—make him a crucial voice. Read the article Ori referenced on the program, When Evil Greets Me on Israel's Streets, I Now Answer Politely: https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-when-evil-greets-me-on-israel-s-streets-i-now-answer-politely-1.10624003 Check out APN's Peacecast: https://peacenow.org/podcast Learn about Breaking the Silence—and how you can engage: https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/ Written and recorded by Ezz Masri and Andrew Hirsh Edited by Andrew Hirsh Music: Kalte Ohren (septahelix remix) by septahelix (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/septahelix/59527 Ft: starfrosch Image courtesy of Dennis Jarvis/Flickr

Uri Ashi is the author of a newly published Hebrew book, The Hope, an Illustrated Guide to Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.   In this episode, he discusses his book and the impact he hopes it will have on Israeli society. Link to Uri's website (Hebrew): https://hatikvah.co.il/ Write to Ori Nir: onir@peacenow.org Donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate

More than four and a half years ago, we launched PeaceCast, Americans for Peace Now's podcast. Since then, we recorded 200 episodes. This celebratory episode features a conversation between Ori Nir and PeaceCast's new co-host, Claire Davidson Miller. We have exciting plans for PeaceCast's future, and would love your input. With any feedback or ideas, please email Ori at onir@peacecast.org To support PeaceCast, donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate

In an interview for PeaceCast with Ori Nir of Americans for Peace Now, Dahlia describes the concept and goals of the series, decisions about topics and interviewees, main takeaways, lessons and surprises that emerged in the process.

Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin. Dahlia is a public opinion expert and an international political and strategic consultant, as well as a scholar and a writer. In this episode, she talks about Israeli public opinion regarding West Bank annexation and about a new study she authored which offers a set of recommendations for a practical solution to the Palestinian refugee problem, known as the Palestinian right of return. Dahlia’s bio: https://tcf.org/experts/dahlia-scheindlin/ PeaceCast’s previous episode with Dahlia: https://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=30761#.XtVaIjpKiUk The Tel Aviv Review: https://tlv1.fm/podcasts/tel-aviv-review-show/ PeaceCast’s co-produced episode with the Tel Aviv Review: https://peacenow.libsyn.com/73-covering-the-conflict-from-dc Dahlia’s study on the right of return: https://tcf.org/content/report/neither-intractable-unique-practical-solution-palestinian-right-return/ Donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate Write to Ori Nir: onir@peacenow.org

An edited version of a May 22, 2020 briefing call with Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the PLO’s Executive Committee, and one of the Palestinian leadership’s chief diplomats. For years, Dr. Erekat was the chief Palestinian negotiator with Israel, and in the eyes of many personifies the Palestinian commitment to a two-state peace accord with Israel. To donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate To contact Ori Nir: onir@peacenow.org  

This episode is an edited version of a May 7th briefing call, the third in APN’s series of briefing calls focusing on the Israeli government’s  intention to annex parts of the West Bank. This briefing call examines how annexation could impact the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and its relations with Israel. Our guest was Dr. Marwan Muasher, the vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002–2004) and deputy prime minister (2004–2005) of Jordan, as well as several other ministerial positions in Jordan. He was the Kingdom’s ambassador to Washington and its first ambassador to Israel (1995-1996). Muasher has been thoroughly involved in Arab-Israeli peace efforts in the past and has been an agent for reform in Jordan and the Arab world. Donate to APN https://peacenow.org/donate Write to Ori Nir onir@peacenow.org

Arkady Mazin is an expert on the Russian-speaking public in Israel. He is currently working on a book that among other topics examines attitudes among Israeli Russian speaking Jews toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this episode, Mazin talks about what he depicts as an anomaly or a paradox. The two predictors for holding dovish views on this issue in Israeli society are secularism and high level of education. Israeli Jews from the former Soviet Union are much more secular than the overall population, and, on the average much better educated. Yet their views on Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians are more hawkish than those of the average Israeli. Donate to APN Write to Ori Nir  

This is the second part of our first “Virtual Dove” episode, featuring stories by former ambassadors to Israel. Our first part featured stories by former US Jerusalem consul generals Jake Walles and Ed Abington. This part features stories by former Canadian ambassador to Israel Jon Allen and former US ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer. Recordings of past “The Dove” shows: here, here, here and here.  Donate to APN Write to Ori Nir

This special episode of PaceCast is our first “Virtual Dove” episode, featuring personal, human stories, vignettes, anecdotes, and experiences that underscore positivity in and around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Maybe even hope.   The first show of Virtual Dove features stories by former ambassadors to Israel and former US Jerusalem consul generals. The show is split into two parts. The fist part, this episode, features two former US Consul generals to Jerusalem, Jacob (Jake) Walles and Edward (Ed) Abington. Their stories shed light on two of the most promising chapters in Israeli-Palestinian relations. The second part will be uploaded soon. It will feature stories by two former ambassadors to Israel. Stay tuned. -------------- Recordings of past “The Dove” shows: here, here, here and here.  Donate to APN Write to Ori Nir  

This episode is an edited version that Americans for Peace Now held with Jerusalem expert Daniel Seidemann on February 28th, 2020. Danny is the director of Terrestrial Jerusalem, an Israeli non-profit that works to identify and track the full spectrum of developments in Jerusalem relating to Israeli-Palestinian, Jewish-Arab relations, with an emphasis on developments that could impact a final-status peace resolution to the conflict in and around Jerusalem. This briefing call examines the Israeli government’s policy of creating wedge settlements around East Jerusalem to deny a contiguity to a future Palestinian state. For more on the E-1 project and on Givat Hamatos settlement, check out Peace Now’s backgrounders here  and here   Watch this video of Danny explaining the significance of E-1  To contact Ori Nir, write to: onir@peacenow.org To donate to PeaceCast click here and write “podcast” in the comments field.

Avner Gvaryahu is the executive director of Breaking the Silence, an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. APN’s Debra Shushan and Ori Nir spoke with Avner on October 30th, 2019. Breaking the Silence’s web site: https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/ Avner’s Twitter handle: @AGvaryahu

This episode features a presentation that Nizar Farsakh and Ori Nir gave at Ithaca College on September 17th. The talk was an attempt to make the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more accessible to young people by weaving personal narratives of an Israeli-American and a Palestinian-American into the collective national narratives of Israelis and Palestinians. Nizar and Ori are happy to take this show on the road. We would love to come to other university campuses, synagogues churches – any institution that would like to invite us. If you are interested (or with any questions and comments), please write to Ori at onir@peacenow.org .

In this special episode of PeaceCast, APN’s Debra Shushan and Ori Nir are the interviewees rather than the interviewers on the Bill Press Pod. A co-production.  With any comments or questions, please email onir@peacenow.org

Debra Shushan, descendant of Holocaust survivors, Ori Nir, dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, both of Americans for Peace Now, say Trump's messaging on Israel is aimed at Evangelicals, not Jews. Netanyahu is taking Israel in directions that are destructive. Synagogue shooters have been "encouraged and inspired" by Trump.

This episode features our annual The Dove event, an evening of stories that inspire hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Americans for Peace Now partners with New Story Leadership to produce the Dove. NSL is a Washington-based organization that brings to DC a small group of young Israelis and Palestinians to provide them with leadership tools needed to create social, economic and political transformation toward peace between the two peoples. Write to Ori Nir with feedback or ideas: onir@peacenow.org To support The Dove go here: https://www.classy.org/give/238969/#!/donation/checkout To support Americans for Peace Now: https://peacenow.org/donate

This special episode of PeaceCast is produced in partnership with T’ruah, the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. It features six stories told by rabbinical students at a recent story telling evening in Israel, at the end of their one-year T’ruah program there. With any feedback, comments or ideas, please email Ori Nir at onir@peacenow.org  

In this special panel discussion recorded in Washington DC, Gilad Halpern and Americans for Peace Now's PeaceCast host Ori Nir speak to Amir Tibon, the Haaretz correspondent in Washington, and to Said Arikat, his counterpart for the Palestinian newspaper Al Quds, about covering consecutive US administrations, journalism in the age of social media, and the role of diaspora groups in setting the dynamic of the Israeli-Palestinian-American love-hate triangle over the years. This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Tania Hary is the Executive Director of Gisha, an Israeli human rights organization whose goal is to protect the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially residents of the Gaza Strip. APN's Debra Shushan and Ori Nir spoke with her on March 21st. 

Gilead (Gili) Sher is an Israeli lawyer, scholar, expert on, and practitioner of, Israeli negotiations with the Palestinians. He was Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s chief negotiator between 1999 and 2001. Now he directs the Center for Applied Negotiations at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv. APN’s acting CEO Aviva Meyer joined Ori Nir for a conversation with Sher on February 15th, 2019 at Georgetown University's government Department, where Sher is now the Goldman Visiting Professor. We addressed the impact of the diplomatic impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, and what can be done to pave the road to a two-state solution in the absence of formal negotiations over a comprehensive peace accord. With comments or feedback email Ori at onir@peacenow.org Links: Sher’s bio: https://www.inss.org.il/person/shergilead/ The INSS plan: http://www.inss.org.il/inss-plan-political-security-framework-israeli-palestinian-arena/ The Blue and White Future’s plan: http://www.bluewhitefuture.org/?page_id=560 A West Bank map showing possible land swaps: http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/09/12/opinion/mapping-mideast-peace.html?_r=1#nytg-optionsBox      

Abdallah Hamarsheh is the acting director and co-founder of Zimam , a Palestinian civil society organization working to enable and empower youth to take a leadership role in creating a pluralistic and democratic Palestinian State. Zimam is the outgrowth of the Palestinian chapter of One Voice and is still supported by OneVoice . Together with Mara Lee, the Global Executive Director of OneVoice, Abdallah Hamarsheh spoke with Ori Nir and Debra Shushan at APN’s office in Washington. Please include APN in your end-of-year giving. To donate click here and write PeaceCast in the comments field. Thank you!  

Orly Halpern is an American-born, Jerusalem-based freelance journalist who edits News Nosh, Americans for Peace Now’s roundup of the daily news from Israel. She prepares the English language review of Israel’s Hebrew media early in the morning, Israel time, taking advantage of the seven-hour time difference between Jerusalem and America's East Coast so that News Nosh subscribers can scan the Israeli news of the day with their morning coffee and bagel. News Nosh is a free service. Subscribe to it here: https://peacenow.org/issue.php?cat=news-nosh#.W7O5nWgzaM8 This episode goes much beyond News Nosh. Orly talks about her career in journalism, about Israeli journalism and about Israeli society. With any feedback or ideas that you may have for PeaceCast, please email Ori Nir at onir@peacenow.org

August 30th, 2018 was Debra DeLee’s last day as Americans for Peace Now’s President and CEO. As she was packing up her office, Debra sat down with PeaceCast’s host Ori Nir and with APN’s Director of Policy and Government Relations, Debra Shushan. We talked about Debra’s frustration with America’s Jewish establishment’s inability to confront the moral challenges related to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. We talked about the leadership role of women in Jewish organizations. We talked the wonderful people that comprise the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement in the United States.  And we talked about hope. Debra led APN for the past 21 years, through thick and thin, and has been one of the most influential figures in the movement. In addition to her professionalism and her leadership skills, Debra is a mensch. Her humanity and charm clearly shine in this conversation. Read Debra’s farewell letter here: http://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=28808#.W4ihA-hKiUk Read Debra’s tribute to her mother, Ruth Epstein, here: https://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=16950#.W4ihaOhKiUk  

More than 40 years ago, Dr. James Zogby wrote a short book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and published it a couple of years later. The book was unique in that it laid out the Palestinian narrative of the conflict and its history at a time when this narrative was all but absent from the conversation on Israel-Palestine in the US. Forty years later, Zogby talks about what has changed and what has not, and explains his somewhat surprising decision to take an old short book, dust it off, write a new introduction, and republish it as is. APN's Policy and Government Relations Director, together with PeaceCast's host Ori Nir, spoke with Zogby on July 6th, 2018 about a host of issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Please don't hesitate to continue sending us feedback and ideas. Best is to email Ori at onir@peacenow.org   

In this episode, the second in a series about the collective emotional state of the Gaza Strip’s population, APN’s Debra Shushan and Ori Nir speak with Dr. Brian Barber, a psychologist, who in the past quarter of a century has been studying the psyche of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Barber is a professor of child and family studies and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Conflict at the University of Tennessee, from which he recently retired. He is now a scholar at the New America Foundation and the Institute for Palestine Studies in Washington, DC. He is working on a book documenting the lives of three Palestinian men, all Gazans, who spent their entire lives under Israeli occupation. The book is an extension of Barber’s large study of young Palestinians, documented in the important article “Whither the ‘Children of the Stone’? An Entire Life under Occupation” published in 2016 in the Journal of Palestine Studies. Here are links to some of his other publications: This Is Why Gazans Won't Back Down; The Politics of Development; After the War;   (Photo: New America) 

Omar Shaban is the founder and director of PalThink for Strategic Studies, a Gaza City-based think tank, or as Shaban likes to call it, a “think and do tank.” Debra Shushan, Stephanie Breitsman and Ori Nir sat with Shaban at APN’s office in Washington on Friday June 8th, for a long, fascinating conversation on the economy, society, and politics of the Gaza Strip. This is an unusually long episode. PalThink’s web site is www.palthink.org His most recent Foreign Policy article is here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/29/gazans-are-protesting-their-economy-not-israels-existence/ Thank you for your feedback and ideas. Please contact Ori at onir@peacenow.org