January 25, 2005 - Americans for Peace Now (APN) today called on the Bush Administration to press the government of Ariel Sharon to reverse a decision that it took last summer to apply the Absentee Property Law to East Jerusalem, a move that effectively allowed Israel to seize millions of dollars worth of property belonging to Palestinian landowners without compensation.

In a letter to President George Bush, Americans for Peace Now (APN) today called on the White House not to provide U.S. funding to pay for proposed high-tech crossing points for Israel's security barrier at locations in the West Bank.

"Americans for Peace Now extends its congratulations to Mahmoud Abbas for being chosen to be president of the Palestinian Authority in yesterday's election," said Debra DeLee, President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now, a Jewish, Zionist organization dedicated to enhancing Israel's security through peace and to