An Israeli planning committee has pushed forward plans for 600 new homes in mainly Arab occupied East Jerusalem.
Continue reading BBC News: "Israel backs East Jerusalem homes".
Peace Now in the Press: February 2010 Archives
Dozens of followers will gather Saturday to mark 16 years to Cave of the Patriarchs massacre that left 29 Muslim worshippers dead. 'We come here every year to show the Left that suppressing the Right will be met with opposition,' says editor of book about Goldstein
By Shmulik Grossman
By Shmulik Grossman
Continue reading Ynet: "Goldstein legacy continues".
The Diaspora Affairs and Information Ministry recently launched a web site that the public is asked to visit in order to learn how to explain Israel overseas. The site's launching is being accompanied by an expensive, large-scale ad campaign, but a closer look at the site and its contents raises the worrying conclusion that the information minister has chosen to use the resources of his ministry to promote extreme right wing political positions under the guise of global PR.
Continue reading Yedioth Ahronoth: "Everything But PR" by Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer.
By Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Iran watchers keep two clocks: One counts down to a nuclear Iran, the other counts down to a democratic Iran.
Neither clock is guaranteed to keep ticking all the way down.
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Iran watchers keep two clocks: One counts down to a nuclear Iran, the other counts down to a democratic Iran.
Neither clock is guaranteed to keep ticking all the way down.
Continue reading JTA: "Can Iran's democracy clock outpace its nuclear clock?".
Martin Bresler is the newly elected Chair of the Americans for Peace Now Board of Directors
The Israel Defense Forces, the country's binding institution, recently set up a unit to combat, not Palestinian terror or a regional threat, but violence by the country's own citizens - specifically Jewish settlers in the West Bank against both Palestinians and fellow Israeli Jews.
The Israel Defense Forces, the country's binding institution, recently set up a unit to combat, not Palestinian terror or a regional threat, but violence by the country's own citizens - specifically Jewish settlers in the West Bank against both Palestinians and fellow Israeli Jews.
We don't need to push people who are supportive of Israel away by calling them 'anti-Israel' every time they express concern for Palestinians.When you've spent years working to bring peace to Israel and to build support for that idea, watching someone else kick it around like a political football is just too much to swallow without speaking up.
We agree with Ministry of Information that we don't all ride camels, but political issues are more controversial. Settlements not obstacle to peace? Golan Heights crucial for security? Whose opinions are reflected by the website?
(go HERE to read an Op-Ed on this issue by Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer)
(go HERE to read an Op-Ed on this issue by Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer)
Continue reading Ynet Editorial: "PR website: Justifying state or government?".
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Tel Aviv Cinematheque Saturday
evening in protest of the fact that construction in the West Bank
settlements has not been completely halted despite the government's
decision on a 10-month construction moratorium.
Ofran is the Peace Now Settlement Watch Director
Once again, even Americans can not stand up to a small group of settlers, who show - more often than not - that they have the last word on what takes place in the West Bank. This time, a small group of settlers insisted, and succeeded, to squash a plan for building a hospital for Palestinian children at "Oush Grab" ("the Crow's Nest") east of Bethlehem.
Once again, even Americans can not stand up to a small group of settlers, who show - more often than not - that they have the last word on what takes place in the West Bank. This time, a small group of settlers insisted, and succeeded, to squash a plan for building a hospital for Palestinian children at "Oush Grab" ("the Crow's Nest") east of Bethlehem.
Even if you think this effort is a smart move, Ori Nir, spokesman for
Americans For Peace Now, says the strategy is being carried out
atrociously.
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Continue reading JTA: "Israel wants tourists to do PR".
The Israeli High Court responded favorably to a Peace Now petition about following through on the mandated removal of two West Bank outposts.
Ha'aretz: "High Court orders Israel to speed up outpost demolitions"
Ynet: "State on illegal outpost: Delay in relocating settlers"
Continue reading Articles on High Court Order to Speed Outpost Demolition.
AFP: "Quarter of Israeli settlements violate building ban: group"
Ha'aretz: "U.S. denies dropping demand for Israel settlement freeze"
Reuters: "Abbas seeks U.S. answers before talking to Israel"
Continue reading More Articles on Settlement Freeze Violations.
According to Defense Ministry figures, construction continues in dozens of settlements in violation of building moratorium. Peace Now: 'Begin was right - freeze means nothing'
Jerusalem Post: "29 settlements defy freeze order"
Ynet: "Defense Ministry: Building in 29 settlements despite freeze"
BBC News: "Israeli settlers 'still building'"
JTA: "Many settlements violating building freeze, Israel says"
Ha'aretz: "Defense Ministry reveals West Bank settlement freeze abuses"
Continue reading Articles on Violations of Settlement Freeze.
Mayor to implement sealing orders on illegal structures built by both Jews and Arabs in east Jerusalem...The Peace Now movement said that "the Jerusalem mayor has turned into a
collaborator with Israel's most extreme right-wing organizations."
by Ronen Medzini Published
by Ronen Medzini Published
Continue reading Ynet: "Barkat says will seal Beit Yehonatan, 200 Arab homes".
By Nathan Guttman
Published February 03, 2010, issue of February 12, 2010.
Washington -- A congressional letter calling on the United States to press for the lifting of the blockades imposed by Israel and Egypt on Gaza has sparked controversy within the Jewish community.
Picture: Reps. Jim McDermott (left) and Keith Ellison sponsored effort to ease blockade on movement of civilian goods.
Continue reading Forward: "Congressional Letter To End Gaza Blockade Splits Activists".
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