FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 30, 2005 CONTACT: Lewis Roth - (202) 728-1893 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's recent statement that he would withhold Israeli cooperation from Palestinian legislative elections in January if Hamas candidates take part flies in the face of his own experience with the moderating influence that holding public responsibility can have on extremist views. In explaining his 180 degree turn from being a strong advocate of Israeli ...

Americans for Peace Now (APN) today called on the Bush Administration to press Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to bring the chaotic border situation at the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip under control.

Americans for Peace Now (APN) and the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) will host a Capitol Hill briefing on Tuesday, September 20

Yossi Alpher & Ahmad Samih Khalidi to Make Presentations on Capitol Hill September 14, Noon-1:00 p.m.

Monday, September 12, 2005, 2:15-3:15 p.m. in Room HC-7 of the U.S. Capitol Building (Independence Street Entrance). Journalists are invited to attend this briefing.

Tuesday, 9/6: Americans for Peace Now (APN) and the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) will co-host a Washington luncheon forum on media coverage of the Gaza and Northern West Bank disengagement that Israel began earlier this month.