"This is new and different," (APN's Ori) Nir remarked in a brief interview after the debate. "There weren't any screams and shouts."
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Pro-Israel literature in hand, George Washington University student Stanley
Gonzalez-Martinez soaks up the atmosphere at the "Talk Israel" tent that was
erected last week on the quad at GWU.
by Richard Greenberg
Senior writer
Peace Now secretary-general Yariv Oppenheimer said that if the defense
establishment decides to ask the courts for an extension, it will be playing
into the hands of the people behind the price-tag attacks.
By YAAKOV KATZ
Lawmakers Falling Over One Another to Prove Pro-Israel Credentials
By Nathan Guttman
Washington -- A congressional drive to punish the Palestinian Authority for its statehood bid by cutting American aid is being greeted with enthusiasm by lawmakers of both parties.
But the White House is giving the move a cold shoulder, and even Israel itself and its strongest supporters have serious reservations.
Despite months of hype, the UN vote will in all likelihood disappoint; the American embrace of Israel is more a matter of President Obama's domestic considerations than any newfound love for Prime Minister Netanyahu.
By Barak Ravid and Natasha Mozgovaya
By MELANIE LIDMAN
27/09/2011
Project to build units in J'lem neighborhood over Green Line has been slammed by left-wing groups Ir Amim and Peace Now.
Lawmakers Falling Over One Another to Prove Pro-Israel Credentials
By Nathan Guttman
Washington -- A congressional drive to punish the Palestinian Authority for its statehood bid by cutting American aid is being greeted with enthusiasm by lawmakers of both parties.
Ha'aretz: "U.S. Jews give Obama mixed reviews for 'pro-Israel' UN speech"
JTA: "Obama's U.N. speech--another 'get real' moment"
"Regrettably, the president's words offered very little in the way of hope to Israelis and Palestinians," Americans for Peace Now said.
Tablet: "Disappointment is the Byword of the Left"
(APN) spokesperson Ori Nir told me: "There was nothing substantial that he offered the Palestinians to keep them from pursuing their U.N. action."
Lara Friedman is Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now
Israeli diplomats, AIPAC, and other groups on the American Jewish and Christian right are learning a tough lesson today: Be careful what you tell Congress to do on Israel, because it might come back to bite you.
NEW YORK (JTA) -- U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice briefed a dozen American Jewish leaders on the American efforts to avert the Palestinian bid for statehood in the U.N.
(The article indicates that APN Chairman Martin Bresler was reported present.)
Posted by Jack Silverman
Contrary to popular belief, not all Zionists oppose the creation of a Palestinian state. In fact, many ardent supporters of Israel believe that a two-state solution is the only way to secure Israel's future.
Tonight at 7 p.m., Congregation Ohabai Shalom (aka "The Temple"), hosts Martin I. Bresler, chair of Americans for Peace Now, a Zionist organization that advocates for a two-state solution. The Temple is at 5015 Harding Road. The event is free and open to the public.
"Kiryat Arba is a symbol of racism. Artists and performers have no business there," said Peace Now Secretary-General Yariv Oppenheimer.
by Akiva Novick
Ha'aretz: "Shin Bet: Israel's extreme rightists organizing into terror groups"
YNET: "Price tag: Peace Now activist's entryway vandalized"
Jerusalem Post: "Activist's home vandalized in latest 'price tag' attack"
(full article in this post)
Hagit Ofran of Peace Now slammed the municipality for "continuing to ignore the courts' orders, and enabling this illegal and provocative settlement in Silwan, which constitutes a point of daily friction and a heavy security burden upon Jerusalem police.
"This by itself is enough to justify the eviction of the settlers," she told AFP.
1 September 2011
Hagit Ofran of Peace Now attacked the CBS report as inaccurate and said her organization was compiling contrary data.
"According to a ground survey that Peace Now is currently conducting in the settlements, construction is much higher than what was reported in the CBS," Ofran said.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
09/02/2011
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JURIST Guest Columnist Shlomy Zachary of the Michael Sfard Law Offices in Israel says that the recent Israeli Supreme Court ruling ordering the demolition of the Migron outpost in the West Bank was an obvious one under Israeli and international law and was necessary to uphold the rule of law...
By Tovah Lazaroff 
Windows of mosque in Qusra smashed and graffiti sprayed in Hebrew following demolition of outpost homes in Migron
by Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
