Josh Ruebner
| Josh Ruebner | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | National Advocacy Director at US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation |
| Website | www |
Josh Ruebner is an American author, political analyst, and activist. He is the author of Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace, which was published by Verso Books in August 2013.
Ruebner currently serves as the National Advocacy Director of US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. In this capacity Ruebner works to end United States military aid to Israel and on other policy initiatives. He co-founded Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel in 2000, which has since merged with Jewish Voice for Peace. Ruebner is a former Analyst in Middle East Affairs at Congressional Research Service, a federal government agency providing Members of Congress with policy analysis.
In December 2002, Ruebner published an article in CounterPunch describing the terrorist attacks targeting the United States as results of the United States' support for Israel. Ruebner called for a change in U.S. policy asking: "How many more Twin Towers need to fall before we realize that there are indeed consequences of the action (or inaction) that our democratically elected government takes in our name?"
Ruebner’s analysis and commentary appear frequently in the media. He has written for USA Today, the Los Angeles Times,The Hill, and the Huffington Post. In a September 2010 article for USA Today, Ruebner criticized continued Israeli settlement building activity during negotiations with Palestinians by stating that: “Palestinians paradoxically will still be expected to negotiate statehood with Israel while Israel — with the full support of the United States in the form of $3 billion per year in military aid — continues to gobble up the territory designated for a Palestinian state."
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