There can be no two-state solution without a compromise in Jerusalem. The latest moves to expand Israel’s presence in the eastern part of the city will make such a compromise impossible.
by Lior Amihai
After the Six-Day War, Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem and another approximately 29 Palestinian villages around it. Other countries and the Palestinians never recognized this annexation and the demand to establish the capital of the Palestinian state in East Jerusalem still stands. And so it is clear that a two-state solution cannot come about without a compromise over Jerusalem.
Americans for Peace Now (APN) strongly condemns today’s deadly terrorist attack in Jerusalem.
A young Palestinian, a former security prisoner who is reportedly a member of Hamas, intentionally rammed a private car into a crowd in East Jerusalem, near Mount Scopus. He killed a three-month-old baby and injured eight other people. The suspected terrorist was shot, injured, and arrested.
Anat Heffetz, a leader of a new peace movement that brings together residents of the Israeli
south, spoke with APN on October 22, 2014 about the Movement for the Future of the Western Negev – its inception
and its goals. To read more about the initiative of Anat Heffetz and her friends, see this Forward
article.
The Israeli Peace Now movement published the following News Flash today:
Settlers take over 2 Additional Buildings at Silwan
This week, Alpher discusses the mosaic of radically conflicting interests among countries and peoples ostensibly fighting for the same cause - fighting ISIS and the growing escalation of tensions between Jews and Muslims on and around the Temple Mount and in Jerusalem in general.
