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Peace Now NEWSFLASH & VIDEO: Peace Now Keeps Outposts on the Agenda

With President Bush's first-ever presidential visit to Israel, Peace Now held a demonstration at the largest unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost.

To see a video report of the protest, go HERE


January 7, 2008

Today, as President Bush's first-ever presidential visit to Israel approaches, Peace Now held a demonstration at the site of the largest unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost. This outpost, known as Migron, was constructed on privately-owned Palestinian land.

Following a Peace Now legal petition to compel the Israeli government to evict the squatters, the Israeli government repeatedly told Israel's High Court of Justice that it would remove the outpost. But no action has come of that commitment.

Last week, Bush said that during his visit he would "talk about Israeli settlement expansion, about how that is, that can be, you know, an impediment to success." The president added that the "outposts, for example, need to be dismantled, like the Israelis said they would do."

More than 100 activists turned out for the rally, where former Knesset Member Mossi Raz called for all the illegal outposts to "be evacuated now, and the settlements as well. This government's promises are worth nothing, and outposts and settlements keep expanding all the time." Raz also called for the start of genuine peace negotiations with the Palestinians: "I say to the government - you have a majority, the public has been convinced. Stop with these acts of cowardice and launch true negotiations with the Palestinians."

Go HERE to read media accounts of this demonstration by Ynet, Associated Press, and the Jerusalem Post