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Press Releases: January 2011 Archives

Palestine_Papers_Graphic_Uncluttered_320x265.jpg"These documents -- if authentic -- highlight a reality that peace process cynics have long sought to deny: Israel has a far more real "partner" than it has ever been willing to admit."

APN to Obama: Don't Veto UN Resolution on Settlements

Obama_UN_Graphic_186x140.jpgWashington, DC -- Americans for Peace Now (APN) today issued the following statement regarding the pending resolution in the United Nations Security Council supporting the peace process and the two-state solution, and condemning Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem:



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Washington, DC - Americans for Peace Now (APN) today urged President Barack Obama "to take dramatic and decisive action to reinvigorate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process."  
 
In a letter to the White House, APN argued that such US action is "the appropriate response" to the Palestinians' strategy of building international recognition for an independent Palestinian state. The letter was signed by APN's Chairman of the Board Martin I. Bresler and the organization's President and CEO Debra DeLee. 

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Washington, DC - Americans for Peace Now (APN) today condemned the settlers' move to demolish the Shepherds Hotel in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.  The demolition makes way for the first settlement construction in this Palestinian neighborhood since 1967, and dovetails with intensive efforts by settlers to target this neighborhood through evictions of Palestinian residents and takeover of their homes. 

We Will Not Be Silenced!

Not_Silenced_Black_186px_version2.jpgResponding to recent developments in Israel, including comments by Knesset Member Michael Ben-Ari, who was caught on tape inciting against Peace Now and other progressive Israeli organizations; responding to news that the Israel Airports Authority was blocking Peace Now's website at Ben Gurion Airport; and responding to the decision of the Knesset to launch an investigation into funding of "left-wing" groups in Israel, APN President and CEO Debra DeLee released the following statement:


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