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Peace Now in the Press: September 2008 Archives

from Reuters, YNET, Ma'ariv, Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post. and Bloomberg. Others were published in JTA, The Guardian, Financial Times, and more.

The Age (Australia): "Israel, Palestinians peace deal urged"

The construction of settlements has nearly doubled since 2007, despite Israel's pledge to freeze such activities, the Israeli watchdog Peace Now said last month.

New York Times: "Israel's Demi-Greek Tragedy"

Tzaly Reshef, a founder of Peace Now: `You should have come to this conclusion long ago.' And he says, `You are right.'"

Jerusalem Post: "'Tough words on settlements a show'"

Statistics released by Peace Now in August showed a 550 percent increase in the number of housing tenders published for West Bank settlements in the first eight months of 2008

Yedioth Ahronoth: "Stop Them With Full Force"

OpEd by Tzali Reshef, a key founder and former secretary general of Peace Now

Jerusalem Post: "Iran sanctions bill clears US House"

APN praised the legislation's new provision stressing diplomacy, but opposed the measure because it was rushed through the House with little debate and no opportunity for amendments.

Ha'aretz: "A positive column for the holiday" by Yossi Sarid

The positive side of the assassination attempt does not end here, for it turns out that Peace Now is undergoing a renaissance.
The (Peace Now) report says that more than 1,000 buildings are going up in the West Bank, including 2,600 housing units.
Includes - Ha'aretz Editorial: "From denunciations to deeds"; YNET: "Everyone is a target"; Jerusalem Post: "Sternhell: Attack is a risk to democracy";

New York Times: "Radical Settlers Take On Israel"

"...the authorities found fliers near (Professor Sternhell's) home offering nearly $300,000 to anyone who kills a member of Peace Now"

Peace Now NEWSFLASH: TERRORISTS TARGET PEACE NOW

Read details and follow links on attack against Professor Sternhell and the "Bounty" on killing members of Peace Now

Reuters: "Israeli anti-settlement academic wounded in attack"

Israel Radio said leaflets were left at the scene offering a one million shekel ($294,000) reward to anyone killing a member of Israel's Peace Now movement
Peace Now Secretary-General Yariv Oppenheimer said the "radical right" posed an existential threat to Israeli democracy.
Police sources told Israel Radio on Thursday that signs increasingly point to extreme right-wing elements who may have been responsible...

APN offers alternative to Bush's Iran policy

Five former Secretaries of State -- Albright, Christopher, Powell, Baker, and Kissinger -- recently endorsed a position long articulated by APN.
The U.S. does not have to like Iran's president to engage in real diplomacy with his country...in order to safeguard vital U.S. national security interests...

JTA: "Americans for Peace Now: Engage with Iran"

APN President & CEO Debra DeLee: "Addressing the challenge of Iran requires a smart strategy -- combining carrots and sticks, diplomacy and sanctions -- and strong U.S. participation and leadership,"
According to Peace Now general secretary Yariv Oppenheimer, "There is a fear among Israeli soldiers and in the army to confront settlers. They know that settlers can bring more people and more clashes."
"The settlers are not missing any opportunity to hurt Palestinians and threaten human life," Peace Now General Secretary Yariv Oppenheimer said.
Yariv Oppenheimer, director-general of Peace Now, which advocates a halt to settlements: "We're not expecting anything dramatic to happen in the peace process for the next few months.''

NY Jewish Week: "How Much For That West Bank Home?"

Though it was sponsored for years by the dovish Peace Now and Knesset members in the Labor Party, the compensation plan now has advocates like Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
...the minister without portfolio Ami Ayalon and Israel's Peace Now movement, lent their support to the compensation plan.

Ha'aretz: "State admits outpost built on private Arab land"

...Dror Etkes, who at the time headed a Peace Now unit that followed settlement activity...began to suspect that the matter involved illegal construction
"On Tuesday morning, over coffee, Israel's English-language newspapers informed (Sec. Rice) of Peace Now's latest report, which documented the sharp increase in Israeli West Bank settlement activity."

The National: "Growth in the land of contradictions"

About 2,600 homes are under construction in the settlements, according to the Israeli group Peace Now.

Baltimoresun.com: "Parallel construction"

Editorial based on Peace Now Report: "Our view: Israeli settlement expansion undermines Palestinian state, peace efforts"

YNET: "Rabbi accuses Peace Now of grave sin"

"(Rabbi) Rozen wrote that, according to halacha (Jewish law) the punishment of such tale-bearing was death."

PEACE TUBE: France24 - "Political tourism in Jerusalem"

LINK TO VIDEO (in English) which includes coverage of Peace Now's tour of Silwan in East Jerusalem
It is difficult to get over the feeling that arises when we see the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to their homes in a unilateral move by Israel, while Gilad Schalit is still being held in the heart of Gaza, isolated from the world and from his family.

NY Jewish Week: "Peace Process: Running In Place"

The talks coincided with the release of a report by Peace Now claiming that settlement construction in the West Bank had nearly doubled in the first half of this year, compared with the same period a year ago.
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