Peace Now said some 2,500 settlement homes are currently under construction in the West Bank.
Continue reading Reuters: "Israel to build 50 new homes at West Bank settlement".
Peace Now in the Press: June 2009 Archives
APN's Ori Nir believes President Obama can persuade Prime Minister Netanyahu to back up his general acceptance of a
Palestinian state with constructive actions.
Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer: "...we are the only ones fighting on the ground so that there will be two states for two
peoples..."
Continue reading Yedioth Ahronoth: "Temporary Freeze".
There are more than 450,000 settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to Peace Now, an Israeli
organization that opposes the settlements...
Continue reading Washington Post: "Outlook Preview".
"Just like my friends and I from the left are obligated to guard settlements and outposts, it is thus incumbent upon
soldiers with a rightwing outlook to take part in eviction activities, both from legal reasons and the political
verdict..."
Continue reading Arutz 7: "Peace Now Head Responds to Rabbis' Call to Refuse Order".
Hagit Ofran, a settlement expert at Peace Now...said the proposal originated several years ago....Peace Now has also
filed an objection.
APN spokesman Ori Nir said Netanyahu "may be able to convince Americans he is peace-seeking." But Nir speculated that
the threshold is higher than before...
Continue reading JTA: "What do recent polls say about the future of peace process?".
"...there are few reasons to think Israel has reversed the trend, said Hagit Ofran, a settlement expert for Peace Now,
a settlement watchdog group."
Continue reading AP: "Migrants boost Jewish settler numbers in West Bank".
Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now said on Wednesday that the rise in settler numbers is considerably greater than
the birth-rate.
Continue reading BBC News: "US-Israel talks in Paris aborted".
A 2006 report by Peace Now found that 40 percent of Jewish settlement territory was built on privately owned
Palestinian land.
Continue reading JTA: "Israel Wrestles with Settler Conundrum".
Peace Now's Hagit Ofran, who alerted reporters to the line item in the draft budget, said pushing ahead with Har Homa
construction would be "unwise."
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "US: Settlement freeze must include J'lem".
The Peace Now group, which opposes Israeli settlements, has also filed an objection.
Continue reading AP: "Report: Israel plans to legalize, expand outpost".
The Peace Now anti-settlement watchdog said that the settlement spending in the two-year budget was likely to be higher
and "spread over several sections of the budget."
Continue reading AFP: "250mln dlrs for settlements in Israel budget: radio".
"The data is based in large part on extensive research conducted over years by the Peace Now organization"
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "Outpost Watch: Obama's future minefield - and Netanyahu's".
APN's Ori Nir says most American Jews and Israelis support the peace process as laid out in the 2003 roadmap.
Continue reading VOA: "American Muslims and Jews Consider Obama's Middle East Policy".
In the past year Israel expropriated new land at least four times - some 275 dunams - Peace Now says.
APN's Briefing call is referenced, plus quotes from Peace Now Leader Galia Golan: "The problem is all the other caveats
[Netanyahu] puts on the nature of a Palestinian state..."
Continue reading IPS: "Parsing Netanyahu's Palestinian State".
Yariv Oppenheimer of the anti-settlement watchdog group Peace Now said Israel was likely to use any U.S. flexibility to
ramp up building in the West Bank.
APN's Ori Nir: "Because [Obama] is so popular and his sincerity is so impressive, the American public and the Jewish
community as well understand..."
Continue reading American Prospect: "Netanyahu's Illusory Concession on Palestine".
At the end of a week of speculation and mounting expectations, after Netanyahu's speech at Bar Ilan University, we can
say loud and clear: the Emperor has no clothing.
Continue reading Maariv: OpEd by Yariv Oppenheimer, Peace Now Secretary General.
Fervently Orthodox settlements like these account for the majority of growth in the settlements today, said Hagit
Ofran, who coordinates Peace Now's settlement-monitoring division.
Continue reading JTA: "How a settlement's `natural growth' appears at ground level".
Around 280,000 Jewish settlers live in 121 settlements -- almost 200,000 more live in East Jerusalem, according to the
Israeli-based Peace Now group
Continue reading CNN: "Israeli settlers wary, defiant in West Bank".
From JTA, JTA Blog and Yedioth Ahronoth: "Peace Now officials criticized the speech, saying, 'It's a rerun of Netanyahu
from his first term'."
Continue reading Articles following PM Netanyahu's 6/14/09 Speech.
APN's Ori Nir provides the speech he would like the Prime Minister to give on Sunday (first in JTA and then on its own
on Washington Post/Newsweek online)
Continue reading JTA / Washington Post & Newsweek: "What should Bibi say?".
(Peace Now's) Hagit Ofran...said that the first phase of the road map required Israel to freeze settlements, and the
original deadline in May 2003 for Israel to do that was one week.
Continue reading Washington Times: "Netanyahu yields on Palestinian sovereignty".
Israel has applied the law to 16 percent of West Bank land since it began using the tactic in 1980, says Hagit Ofran,
the head of the settlement watch project at the Peace Now watchdog.
Continue reading AFP: "Palestinian civilians bear brunt of settler violence".
the Foreign Ministry dispatched the head of Peace Now, Yariv Oppenheimer, to meet with journalists in Cairo
"For years we have heard about demolition ordered issued by authorities, but the answers received are always general
and vague," Beinisch said in response to a Peace Now petition
Americans for Peace Now spokesman Ori Nir also said it was a "legitimate concern," but pointed to some complications
because certain things are "in the eye of the beholder."
Peace Now's lawyer, Michael Sfard, blasted the state, saying that after waiting for three years, he had expected it to
propose a program, including a timetable, for demolishing all the illegal Jewish building in the territories.
Continue reading Jerusalem Post: "Beinisch lashes out at state on outposts".
APN's Ori Nir: "Our opinion is supportive of Obama's interpretation of the road map, and that is, a freeze is a
freeze,"
"Israel has flagrantly violated the American administration's restrictions on construction in the territories in the
past year," says Peace Now Secretary General Yariv Oppenheimer.
Continue reading Yedioth Ahronoth: "Judea and Samaria: The Situation Today".
In a private meeting in Washington (attended by APN's Ori Nir), the Palestinian president spoke of his willingness to
resume talks without pre-conditions...
Continue reading Forward: "Waiting Game: What Did Abbas Mean?".
"What Netanyahu and other Israeli officials call 'natural growth' is actually a systematic and well-planned scheme
aimed at killing the prospect of a viable Palestinian state," said a (Peace Now) spokesman
Continue reading Ahram: "Flying in the face of America".
"Now he is showing great determination and courage, knowing what is needed to lead such a momentous effort," (APN
Spokesman) Nir said.
Continue reading L.A. Times: "Do Obama's words reveal his Middle East sympathies?".
In a poll commissioned by Peace Now last year, 73% of respondents said they had not visited the West Bank in recent
years
Continue reading Forward: "Pollsters Find Israeli Public Less Supportive Of Settlements".
APN's Ori Nir says that the president's speech represents a "rare moment in history" and anyone who rejects it will
"owe a piercing explanation" to people in the region and Americans.
Hagit Ofran of Peace Now: "Every brick is undermining the moderate Palestinians who are still trying to persuade their
people that the way out is talking to Israel."
Continue reading NY Jewish Week: "Housing Crunch Time On The West Bank".
Americans for Peace Now spokesman Ori Nir said the shift is "sweeping, if in fact the administration will stand behind
its words and enforce these positions."
Continue reading JTA: "Groups silent in face of Obama calls for settlement freeze".
Nir's piece was also picked up by the New York Times' "Opinionator" blog
Israel's Peace Now said that 40 per cent of land on which authorised and unauthorised settlements have been built is
privately owned Palestinian land and only up to 2.5 per cent belongs to Jews.
Continue reading Irish Times: "Israel to allow expansion in settlements".
According to data published by Peace Now, much of this construction has taken place outside the settlement blocs and
with no connection to the issue of "natural growth."
Continue reading Ha'aretz: "Barak eyes end to tension on U.S. trip".
Attorney Michael Sfard, who is representing Peace Now, says that the construction was carried out without building
permits and that the project is in contradiction with the existing plans for the area.
Continue reading YNET: "High Court orders freeze of construction at settlement".
"...7,000 out of 16,000 dunams - on which 100 unauthorized West Bank outposts sit, is under private Palestinian
ownership."
Peace Now...found that more than a third of new units built in established settlements in recent years are used to
absorb newcomers rather than to accommodate internal growth.
Continue reading Forward: "Key Lawmakers are Opposing Israeli Settlements".
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