Washington, DC – Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) in strongly condemning the Israeli government’s decision to take over West Bank Palestinian absentee land east of the Palestinian city of Ramallah, apparently in order to relocate Israeli settlers who have been evacuated from the illegal outpost of Amona.
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"All Israeli citizens are paying for the expropriation of land for a small number of settlers, who move into Palestinian areas which none of the world recognizes as Israeli territory.”
News from Peace Now's (Israel) Settlement Watch:
Earlier this month, this relocation idea was raised by the regularization committee, a committee established by the government to find a solution for the illegal outposts issue. On August 7, 2016, the Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, stated that he will consider the option of moving Amona to a nearby absentees' property despite "weighty legal issues."
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The seventh in APN's series of security validators is from Secretary of State John Kerry.
Secretary Kerry is an American diplomat and Democratic Party politician who is the 68th and current United States
Secretary of State. He previously served in the United States Senate, where he chaired the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations.
A 1966 graduate of Yale University, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve that year, and during 1968–1969 served an
abbreviated four-month tour of duty in South Vietnam as officer-in-charge (OIC) of a Swift Boat. For that service,
he was awarded combat medals that include the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Heart
Medals.
After receiving his J.D. from Boston College Law School, Kerry worked in Massachusetts as an Assistant District
Attorney. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1983 to 1985 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in
1984.
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News from Peace Now's (Israel) Settlement Watch:
The Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, stated yesterday (August 7, 2016) that he will consider the option
of moving Amona to a nearby absentees' property despite "weighty legal issues." The option was proposed to him
by a committee established by the government to find a solution of the illegal outposts issue. Approving the
committee's legal opinion will consist of a sharp change of Israeli policy thus far, and contradict decisions of
the Supreme Court, according to which private land cannot be used for the purpose of settlements. Such an approval
will expose Israel to lawsuits and create a precedent that could lead to the doubling of the land taken up by
settlements.
Peace Now: "The Attorney General is signaling that he is willing to approve the stealing of private lands of
absentees for settlers who themselves stole private lands against the law. The extrapolation of the AG approving
this option is that from now on, absentees' property could be leased to the settlers, despite of the fact that
these are private properties. The government's willingness to politically compensate the settlers of Amona, who
settled on private Palestinian land, is leading to devastating consequences on the ground and to the distortion of
Israel's moral and legal systems."
Americans for Peace Now (APN) mourns the passing of Elaine Hoffman, a longtime senior member of its Board of Directors, a staunch advocate for peace for Israel, a devoted leader of Los Angeles' Jewish community, and a longtime political activist. (Picture: Elaine with Senator George Mitchell at the APN Yitzhak Rabin Peace Award Event).
APN's President and CEO Debra DeLee said: "The APN family lost an important member. We all admired Elaine and were inspired by her commitment to public life, to our community and to a peaceful, progressive Israel.
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on the eviction of Amona illegal outpost