Josh Ruebner is an American author,

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, and activist. He is the author of ''Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace'', which was published by

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in August 2013.Verso Books
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Career

Ruebner currently serves as the National Advocacy Director of

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. In this capacity Ruebner works to end

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to Israel and on other policy initiatives. He co-founded Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel in 2000, which has since merged with

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. Ruebner is a former Analyst in Middle East Affairs at

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, a federal government agency providing Members of Congress with policy analysis.

Writing

Ruebner's analysis and commentary appear frequently in the media. He has written for

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, the

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, The Hill, and the

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. In a September 2010 article for

, Ruebner criticized continued

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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." His book ''Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace'' was published in August 2013. The book analyzed the

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’s failed strategy to resolve the

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and his view that they were unwilling to challenge the Israel lobby. In her review of the book, Nadia Hijab called the book an "essential contribution to the subject."

Education

Ruebner received a graduate degree in

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from

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School of Advanced International Studies in 1999 and a bachelor's degree in

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and

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from the

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in 1997.

Lectures and interviews

The Anti-Defamation League reported, that Ruebner in a speech at

Rollins College Rollins College is a Liberal arts college, private liberal arts college in Winter Park, Florida. It was founded in November 1885 and has about 30 undergraduate majors and several master's programs. Florida's fourth oldest post-secondary institut ...

in March 2013 stated that Israel studied the Nazis' tactics in the

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to "attack and kill Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."YouTube video with Ruebner's statement
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References

External links

Official website

Official Twitter page

US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
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