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Peace Now in the Press: March 2008 Archives

AP: "Rice: Mideast peace talks moving 'in right direction'"

By admin on March 31, 2008 12:55 PM
Peace Now said Israel was undermining negotiations by repeating one of its "worst mistakes" -- building on disputed land while holding peace talks.
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YNET (with link to VIDEO): "Peace Now: Settlement construction increased since Annapolis"

By admin on March 31, 2008 12:22 PM
On Peace Now's report...
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Globe and Mail (Canada): "U.S. to press Israel to fulfill promises to Palestinians"

By admin on March 31, 2008 11:26 AM
Peace Now spokesman Yariv Oppenheimer called the U.S. pressure on Israel "very positive."
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Articles on Peace Now Settlement Report released March 31, 2008

By admin on March 31, 2008 10:53 AM
Peace Now: "The Settlement Freeze is dead" - Coverage in Jerusalem Post, Israel Channel 10, Ha'aretz, JTA
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National Journal: "Riding Herd On The Wild West Bank"

By admin on March 28, 2008 1:29 PM
Acting as Peace Now's one-person "Settlement Watch," Hagit Ofran chronicles the growth of the Israeli settlements and illegal outposts that dot the occupied territories, and their effect on the Palestinians living there.
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Cleveland Jewish News: "Honoring Al Stern, consistent in `fighting the good fight'"

By admin on March 25, 2008 10:14 AM
APN to honor Al Stern at March 27th event...
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Christian Science Monitor: "Israel's 'religious right' gains clout, complicating peace with Palestinians"

By admin on March 19, 2008 1:18 PM
...ultra-Orthodox, who constitute the fastest-growing portion of the West Bank settler population, according to figures from Peace Now and Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics.
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JPost Blogspot: "A rightist government in disguise" by Yariv Oppenheimer, Peace Now Secretary General

By admin on March 18, 2008 12:11 PM
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's speech at Harvard University on the policy of settlement expansion points more than anything to the increasing gap between the government's public stance on the matter and the reality on the ground.
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Jerusalem Post: "Shas: more housing projects in several large settlements" & "'Build homes in memory of students'"

By admin on March 13, 2008 12:16 PM
Top Labor officials have been quiet on the issue until now, with the only criticism from within the party coming from Peace Now general-secretary Yariv Openheimer, who ran for a Knesset seat with the party in the last election.
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Jerusalem Post: "Peace Now: Plans to link J'lem with Adam"

By admin on March 11, 2008 12:00 PM
Initial plans exist to link the West Bank settlement of Adam with an expansion project of 400 units in east Jerusalem's Neveh Ya'akov neighborhood, according to Peace Now.
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Eureka Street (Australia): "Jewish West Bank Settlements a bad but reversible mistake"

By admin on March 10, 2008 1:19 PM
Exposition on settlements using Peace Now Settlement Watch Report data
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AFP: "Israel okays expansion of West Bank settlement"

By admin on March 10, 2008 1:10 PM
The head of Israel's main anti-settlement group Peace Now, Yariv Oppenheimer, said "This is a scandalous decision that will affect the negotiations with the Palestinians," he told AFP. "This government, which has pledged to dismantle settlements, has done nothing but reinforce them."
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Forward: "Palestinians Question Own Advocacy Group"

By admin on March 10, 2008 1:02 PM
Ori Nir, a spokesman for Americans for Peace Now, said that ATFP's "moderate, pragmatic views" have opened "exciting opportunities" for partnership.
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Press Coverage of "Breaking The Silence" Exhibit

By admin on March 10, 2008 12:56 PM
Articles covering APN co-sponsored exhibit from local and national media outlets, including the Forward, Nation, Harvard Crimson, and the Boston and Philly Jewish newspapers
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People's Weekly: "Calls grow for Israel-Hamas truce"

By admin on March 7, 2008 1:01 PM
Ori Nir, a spokesperson for Americans for Peace Now, said such steps are essential to a longer-term solution. "If the chief objective is to go on with the peace process, then an approach of escalation, isolation, belligerence, does not serve that goal,"
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Middle East Times: "The Gaza Escalation"

By admin on March 7, 2008 12:59 PM
The APN statement was published as an op-ed
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JTA: "For Rice, it always comes back to Gaza"

By admin on March 5, 2008 5:11 PM
Article references APN's statement urging the Bush administration and Israel to engage with Hamas toward the cease-fire that a majority of Israelis favor...
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JTA: "Abdullah presses for U.S. engagement"

By admin on March 5, 2008 5:06 PM
APN was represented at a meeting with King Abdullah and Jewish leaders
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The Nation: "Israeli Army Vets Speak Out"

By admin on March 3, 2008 2:01 PM
On the "Breaking The Silence" exhibition in the U.S., co-sponsored by APN
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