In advance of the Senate Appropriations Committee's upcoming mark-up of President George Bush's supplemental appropriations package, Americans for Peace Now (APN) today called on committee members to approve the Administration's request for $200 million in aid for the Palestinians

Americans for Peace Now (APN) today praised U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for telling the Los Angeles Times that Israel's plans to expand the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim with 3,500 new housing units is "at odds with American policy" and could threaten progress toward peace with the Palestinians.

Americans for Peace Now (APN) today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing President George W. Bush's $200 million request for supplemental aid to improve economic conditions in the Palestinian Authority and to support Israel's construction of new high-tech border terminals on the Green Line.