Category: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
A Review of Josh Ruebner’s “Shattered Hopes”
http://muftah.org/a-review-of-josh-ruebners-shattered-hopes/ Josh Ruebner, argues that Obama has failed to keep his campaign promise to work towards the two-state solution in Israel and Palestine. In a piercing critique of the Obama administration’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Josh Ruebner brings clarity to the challenges and pitfalls of this thorny issue. In his new book, Shattered Hopes: […]
RIVERSIDE: Jewish peace activist to speak at All Saints
The Press-Enterprise http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20131009-riverside-jewish-peace-activist-to-speak-at-all-saints.ece Josh Ruebner, national advocacy director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, will speak at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Riverside. All are invited to attend. Ruebner is the author of “Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace” (Verso Books, September 2013). He […]
Tikkun’s Review of Shattered Hopes
Shattered Hopes Josh Ruebner Verso, 2013 Josh Ruebner is the national advocacy director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and at one point also worked for Tikkun, coordinating our attempts to present members of Congress with a peace and reconciliation perspective on the Middle East. In assessing Obama’s failure to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace, […]
Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace
WZBC 90.3 FM Boston broadcast Josh Ruebner’s September 30, 2013 book talk at Boston College. Listen to the book talk. Listen to the Q&A session.
Penn for Palestine hosts discussion of ‘Shattered Hopes’
The Daily Pennsylvanian Penn for Palestine hosts discussion of ‘Shattered Hopes’ Josh Ruebner discussed his book and Obama’s foreign policies By BOOKYUNG JO · September 24, 2013, 7:15 pm · Updated September 24, 2013, 9:13 pm Penn for Palestine brought Josh Ruebner — author and national advocacy director of U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a nonprofit coalition […]
Twenty years since Oslo, US leadership has yielded endless ‘process’ with no ‘peace’ in sight
Josh Ruebner on September 13, 2013 Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shake hands on the White House lawn, September 13, 1993. (Photo: AP) Yasser Abed Rabbo, a key participant in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations over the past two decades, is far from sanguine about the latest iteration of talks, convened in July by the United States. Last […]
Gaza Pays ‘Brutal’ Price for Egypt’s Military Assault in Sinai
Published on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 by Common Dreams Gaza Pays ‘Brutal’ Price for Egypt’s Military Assault in Sinai Backed by Israel, offensive tightens siege, exacerbates fuel shortages, strands thousands – Sarah Lazare, staff writer Egyptian forces guard the border between Egypt and Gaza. (Photo: Ali Ali / European Pressphoto Agency / September 10, 2013)Egypt’s Israel-backed […]
Five Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian ‘Peace Process’
This September marks the twentieth anniversary of that sun-drenched day on the White House lawn, when a beaming President Bill Clinton brought together a reluctant Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, with an exuberant Palestine Liberation Organization chair, Yasser Arafat, for an historic handshake. The two leaders had just signed the Oslo Accord, ushering in what was […]
Is it for Real?
Liz Lane of KGNU 88.5 FM Boulder interviewed Josh on the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian “peace process” negotiations. Listen to the show by clicking here: Connections_2013-08-02.mp3