APN Policies and Positions: Believe in Israel. Believe in Peace.
Settlements
Settlements – including settlement expansion and the proliferation of proto-settlements known as “illegal outposts” – are a political, security, and economic liability for Israel, and an existential threat to Israel as a Jewish, democratic state. Read More...
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APN supports a negotiated solution to competing claims in Jerusalem. We believe that whatever the arrangements, the emergence of a Palestinian capital in Arab areas of Jerusalem would not undermine Israel's claim to Jerusalem as its capital. Rather, it could clear the way – at long last – for international recognition of Jewish Jerusalem as Israel's capital. It would make Israel's capital a more Jewish city, solidify Israel’s sovereignty over it, and allow Israel to shed the burden of ruling over hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who are not and do not desire to be Israeli. Read More...
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APN believes that the longstanding past U.S. approach to Iran, consisting almost exclusively of sanctions and saber-rattling, has failed. APN strongly supports the Obama Administration’s efforts to replace this approach with a serious, results-oriented Iran policy, comprising sanctions and meaningful incentives and founded on direct, determined US and multilateral diplomacy, without preconditions. Read More...
▼ infoA New Chapter In The Middle East
Americans for Peace Now supports President Obama in carrying out his mandate in the Middle East, and will do everything possible to work with him to realize the long-cherished and long-denied goal of peace, security, and stability for Israel and all inhabitants of the region. Read More...
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Israeli Government Announces Settlement Moratorium

Why Peace Now? An Appeal by A.B. Yehoshua
The renowned Israeli author and a founder of Peace Now is one of the most moral voices in Israeli society.
"Israel is capable of doing miraculous things, heroic things. I've seen them happen throughout my life. Surely a country that can do countless heroic things can find a way to peace."
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With New Tenders, Bibi Goes Nuclear on Jerusalem (Again)
Over the weekend the news broke in the Israeli press that the government of Israel had approved the issuance of new tenders for nearly 700 units in East Jerusalem settlements (377 in Neve Yaakov, 117 in Har Homa and 198 in Pisgat Ze'ev).
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Engaging Iran, Promoting Peace
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NY Jewish Week: "Iran Sanctions, the Left Wing split and fears about nuclear containment" & IPS: "US: One Step Closer to Unilateral Sanctions Against Iran"
APN said it can't support the current sanctions measure without sweeping revisions "to focus the legislation on smart, targeted sanctions rather than on 'crippling' sanctions that inflict widespread suffering on the Iranian people."Articles on Settlements Included as "High Priority Areas"
Numerous articles covered the controversy of the Israeli Government decision to include settlements as part of
"high priority" areas of the nation...
- Jerusalem Post: "Isolated settlements kept on 'priority map' - to Labor's dismay"
- CNN: "West Bank settlements to receive more funding under plan"
- Jerusalem Post: "Ashkelon mayor, Peace Now fume at spending preferences"
- YNET: "Labor ministers: Help periphery, not settlements"
- ARMY RADIO NEWS REPORT
- Jerusalem Post: "Peace Now: Gov't marked high-income settlements as 'priority areas'"
- Ma'ariv: "At Ashkelon's Expense"
Articles re: Settlement/Outpost Construction During "Freeze"
Read the following:
- AP: "Showdown looms over West Bank construction curb"
- CS Monitor: "Israel settlement freeze shields dismantling of illegal outposts"
- Yedioth Ahronoth: "One Hand Freezes, the Other Invests"
- AP: "Settlers protest in Jerusalem against freeze"
- Jerusalem Post: "West Bank building up despite freeze"
- Time: "Protests Mount Against Israel's Settlement Freeze"
APN Urges House to Oppose IRPSA; Suggests Changes to Sanctions Bill
CONTACT: Ori Nir - (202) 408-9898 / onir@peacenow.orgWashington, D.C - Americans for Peace Now (APN) today urged the House of Representatives to oppose the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (IRPSA) in its current form. APN proposed to the House specific changes to the bill, to focus the legislation on smart, targeted sanctions rather than on "crippling" sanctions that inflict widespread suffering on the Iranian people.
APN Welcomes Settlement Moratorium Announcement, Urges Good Faith
APN Board to Israel: Launch Independent Investigation into Gaza Invasion
Washington D.C. - APN's Board of Directors met here
today and unanimously to urge Israel's government to launch its own independent investigation of alleged violations of
human rights and international law that may have taken place in the context of the Gaza war, including those documented
in the United Nations Human Rights Council report on last winter's Gaza conflict,known as the "Goldstone Report."
Ha'aretz: "No to settlements is yes to peace" by Eric Yoffie
Too many American Jewish groups have their heads in the sand when it comes to the damage the settlement project has
done to Israel. They embrace those on the American religious right who endorse settlement as a religious principle,
without realizing that the influence of these groups is declining.Today's Haaretz Editorial: Bibi and Barak's Settlements Risk Israel's Future
This excellent editorial speaks for itself...
Ha'aretz: "Hilltop Double-talk"
While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tries to battle the Goldstone report in the name of Israel's right to
self-defense, and his envoys and the U.S. administration discuss terms for renewing negotiations with the
Palestinians, his government is developing infrastructure in dozens of West Bank settlements.
Huffington Post: "Netanyahu, the Tunnels Opener" by Peace Now's Hagit Ofran
Hagit Ofran is the director the Settlement Watch project of the Israeli Peace Now movement (Shalom Achshav). Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hagit-ofran.
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Last week, an incident that could have set the entire Middle East on fire was prevented. Netanyahu's secret plan to
visit a disputed tunnel in the East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, at the site known as Ir David
(the City of David), was canceled, probably with some international intervention. Am I exaggerating the danger?
No.
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12/30 12:16p
Deterrence does not secure peace- http://bit.ly/4CuaZw
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Backing education for Gazans
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12/30 11:46a
The settlers , proudly and defiantly and in their own words (and their own videos) http://bit.ly/7Bu93S
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WaPo: Obama Admin agrees with APN - IRPSA is a bad idea
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12/31 2:34a
Israeli news sites: Rabbi Kahane's grandson suspected of West Bank mosque arson
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Deterrence does not secure peace II
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12/24 9:32p
J-m Municipality with the settlers in Silwan - http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364468096&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
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12/31 2:12a
Jewish Terrorist said he had thought about targeting Peace Now Secretary-General Yariv Oppenheimer, but did not... http://bit.ly/5p08Q1
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