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Peace Now in the Press: May 2009 Archives

AFP: "Israel to keep expanding settlements: Netanyahu"

By admin on May 26, 2009 6:21 PM
The Peace Now anti-settlement group, however, says that more than 50 outposts have been erected since March 2001 and that at present the West Bank has more than 100 outposts.
Continue reading AFP: "Israel to keep expanding settlements: Netanyahu".

Jerusalem Post: "Ministry may sue W. Bank council heads"

By admin on May 26, 2009 6:19 PM
Hagit Ofran of Peace Now said it was about time the council heads were held accountable for the unauthorized outposts in their regions.
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "Ministry may sue W. Bank council heads".

AP: "Israel scrambles to avoid showdown with Obama"

By admin on May 26, 2009 6:17 PM
"...the Israeli settlement monitor Peace Now says 6,000 more units are in various stages of planning."
Continue reading AP: "Israel scrambles to avoid showdown with Obama".

Jerusalem Post: "State stops illegal home construction"

By admin on May 26, 2009 12:26 AM
The move came after a petition filed by Peace Now earlier this month, calling on the state to issue stop-work orders and demolish the homes...
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "State stops illegal home construction".

Yedioth Ahronoth: "Barak: We Will Evacuate Settlement Outposts-Through Dialogue or by Force"

By admin on May 26, 2009 12:17 AM
Peace Now responded to the settlers' accusations with similar accusations: "The Settlers Council is deceiving the defense minister and the public, and trying to give false information."
Continue reading Yedioth Ahronoth: "Barak: We Will Evacuate Settlement Outposts-Through Dialogue or by Force".

Jerusalem Post: "Barak: We'll evacuate illegal outposts"

By admin on May 26, 2009 12:10 AM
There are 100 unauthorized outposts in the West Bank erected between 1995 and 2005. According to Peace Now, in the past two years 309 new caravans have been placed in these outposts.
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "Barak: We'll evacuate illegal outposts".

NPR: "West Bank Settlers Vow To Continue Building"

By admin on May 26, 2009 12:05 AM
Peace Now's Hagit Ofran: "There was never a real settlement freeze. And unfortunately in the last year, starting in the end of 2007, there's been an increase in settlement expansion,..."
Continue reading NPR: "West Bank Settlers Vow To Continue Building".

Articles on Israel Removal of West Bank Settler Outpost

By admin on May 26, 2009 12:00 AM
Yariv Oppenheimer of the Peace Now movement said the evacuation was "just a public relations stunt" and added that "if they really want to deal with the problem of illegal outposts they should deal with the significant outposts."
Continue reading Articles on Israel Removal of West Bank Settler Outpost.

JTA: "The day after Bibi and Barack: Depends whom you ask"

By admin on May 25, 2009 11:57 PM
Americans for Peace Now praised President Obama for saying he would "aggressively" pursue peace and calling for a stop to settlements...
Continue reading JTA: "The day after Bibi and Barack: Depends whom you ask".

YNET: "Peace Now: Settlers 'upgraded' 2 outposts"

By admin on May 19, 2009 11:09 AM
Peace Now alleged Tuesday that over the past few months West Bank settlers have "expanded two existing outposts, and that the government has done nothing to stop them.
Continue reading YNET: "Peace Now: Settlers 'upgraded' 2 outposts".

Ha'aretz: "Peace Now: 'Natural growth' - Israel's trick for West Bank expansion"

By admin on May 19, 2009 11:02 AM
5/17/09By Akiva EldarFigures released recently by the Central Bureau of Statistics cast doubt on government officials' claims of housing shortages for young couples living in West Bank settlements - the central argument Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to present to U.S. President Barack Obama against freezing settlement construction. Figures for 2006-07 reveal that the housing shortage in settlements stems largely from "migration" from Israel proper to communities beyond the Green ...
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "Peace Now: 'Natural growth' - Israel's trick for West Bank expansion".

CQ: "Why Now's Right for Obama To Go Bad Cop on Bibi"

By admin on May 18, 2009 8:39 PM
APN posted an analysis maintaining that the recently-elected Bibi is "susceptible to pressure."
Continue reading CQ: "Why Now's Right for Obama To Go Bad Cop on Bibi".

CNN - Anderson Cooper 360 Blog: "When Barack meets Bibi"

By admin on May 18, 2009 7:28 PM
Americans for Peace Now in an open letter to the President: "As you face the opposition, please keep in mind that our support for your Mideast agenda represents a majority view both in Israel and among Israel's friends in the United States.
Continue reading CNN - Anderson Cooper 360 Blog: "When Barack meets Bibi".

Jerusalem Post: "Netanyahu has more to lose if Obama meeting goes sour, pundits claim" & Ha'aretz: "U.S. Jews seek clues to Obama Israel policy in Net

By admin on May 18, 2009 1:43 PM
APN's Ori Nir: "...the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a US national security interest and one must always remember that Israel's top national security asset is its relationship with the United States..."
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "Netanyahu has more to lose if Obama meeting goes sour, pundits claim" & Ha'aretz: "U.S. Jews seek clues to Obama Israel policy in Net.

Ha'aretz: "Court to state: Explain failure to evacuate 6 West Bank outposts"

By admin on May 18, 2009 1:40 PM
Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer, said the High Court had given the government a "yellow card," as well as an opportunity to prove it was serious in its intention to evacuate the outposts.
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "Court to state: Explain failure to evacuate 6 West Bank outposts".

Articles on Israel's Announced Building of a New Settlement

By admin on May 18, 2009 1:27 PM
Peace Now Secretary-General Yariv Oppenheimer said the move was an expression of Netanyahu's plan to thwart any efforts to establish a Palestinian state.
Continue reading Articles on Israel's Announced Building of a New Settlement.

YNET: "Court orders state to move forward with evacuating outposts" & JTA: "State ordered to explain outpost evacuation delay"

By admin on May 14, 2009 3:43 PM
Wednesday's hearing was in response to a petition filed by the Israeli organization Peace Now.
Continue reading YNET: "Court orders state to move forward with evacuating outposts" & JTA: "State ordered to explain outpost evacuation delay".

Ha'aretz: "Israel to rethink rail route that cuts through Palestinian land"

By admin on May 11, 2009 5:18 PM
Peace Now demands that the planned route of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train be altered so as not to cut into privately owned Palestinian land in the West Bank.
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "Israel to rethink rail route that cuts through Palestinian land".

Guardian: "Israel 'using tourist sites to assert control over East Jerusalem'"

By admin on May 11, 2009 5:11 PM
Peace Now, another Israeli group, released similar information about the plan, based on a government budget document, saying it feared the proposal was "possibly preventing the ability to reach a two-state solution".
Continue reading Guardian: "Israel 'using tourist sites to assert control over East Jerusalem'".

NEWSFLASH: Dangerous Jerusalem plan exposed by Peace Now, NY Times

By admin on May 10, 2009 8:17 PM
A little-known Israeli cabinet decision is one part of a dangerous plan to change the character of Jerusalem's historic core.
Continue reading NEWSFLASH: Dangerous Jerusalem plan exposed by Peace Now, NY Times.

NY Times: "Parks Fortify Israel's Claim to Jerusalem"

By admin on May 10, 2009 1:07 AM
Hagit Ofran of Peace Now...contended that the plan aimed to create "an ideological tourist park that will determine Jewish dominance in the area."
Continue reading NY Times: "Parks Fortify Israel's Claim to Jerusalem".

JTA: "Sitting between Bibi and Obama, AIPAC criticized by left and right"

By admin on May 7, 2009 2:28 PM
Americans for Peace Now encouraged activists to call lawmakers...
Continue reading JTA: "Sitting between Bibi and Obama, AIPAC criticized by left and right".

Peace Now Petitions the Supreme Court re: New Illegal Construction

By admin on May 7, 2009 2:03 PM
Read Peace Now's statement on the new illegal neighborhood in Halmish settlement, plus related articles from YNET and AFP
Continue reading Peace Now Petitions the Supreme Court re: New Illegal Construction.

JTA Blog: "Left-wing groups try to counter AIPAC"

By admin on May 5, 2009 6:10 PM
Americans for Peace Now sent out an alert Monday stating that "thousands of 'pro-Israel' activists will be on the Hill claiming to speak for all Americans...
Continue reading JTA Blog: "Left-wing groups try to counter AIPAC".

Contra Costa Times (N. California): "Healing with respect"

By admin on May 4, 2009 5:47 PM
His speech at Kehilla was sponsored by the synagogue, Americans for Peace Now and the Bay Area chapter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Continue reading Contra Costa Times (N. California): "Healing with respect".

IPS: "AIPAC Conference Comes Amid Turmoil"

By admin on May 4, 2009 2:00 PM
The Jewish group Americans for Peace Now, which is opposing the legislation, stated that it "risks weakening, rather than strengthening, the President's hand as he begins engagement with Iran".
Continue reading IPS: "AIPAC Conference Comes Amid Turmoil".

J Weekly (San Francisco Bay Area): "Horrors of war hit home for Gaza doctor"

By admin on May 4, 2009 12:40 PM
Abuelaish...was brought to Piedmont by Brit Tzedek v'Shalom and Americans for Peace Now,...and Kehilla.
Continue reading J Weekly (San Francisco Bay Area): "Horrors of war hit home for Gaza doctor".

L.A. Jewish Journal: "Palestinian Doctor Calls for Coexistence, Despite Loss"

By admin on May 4, 2009 12:07 PM
David Pine, West Coast regional director of Americans for Peace Now, said that Abuelaish felt energized by the discussion.
Continue reading L.A. Jewish Journal: "Palestinian Doctor Calls for Coexistence, Despite Loss".

AP: "Israel built, planned 9,000 homes on war-won land"

By admin on May 4, 2009 12:03 PM
The Israeli watchdog groups Peace Now and Ir Amim urged President Barack Obama to step in quickly and pressure Israel's new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to halt further settlement expansion...
Continue reading AP: "Israel built, planned 9,000 homes on war-won land".

Jerusalem Post: "Israel worried over US move on PA gov't"

By admin on May 4, 2009 12:01 PM
Ori Nir of Americans for Peace Now said that "this kind of rational approach toward Palestinian governance and Hamas partaking in it is long overdue."
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "Israel worried over US move on PA gov't".
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