Peace Now today released the 'Migron File' - a comprehensive dossier containing all the facts and figures, aerial photos and copies of legal documents related to the illegal outpost of Migron (which the Netanyahu government is working frantically to find a way to legalize).
The "Migron File" can be viewed online or downloaded here.
New America Foundation / Arab-American Institute (2012)
Panel featuring Lara Friedman of Americans for Peace Now and Yousef Munayyer of the Palestine Center, moderated by
Peter Beinart, and presented by James Zogby. The event marked the public release of a comprehensive Zogby poll of
Israeli Jews and Arabs, Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
and Jordan, and the American Jewish community. (1:36:54) Watch >
Americans for Peace Now (2012)
Comprehensive list of US legislation, from 1998 to 2012, pertaining to Palestinian and Jewish Mizrahi refugees,
including relevant quotes from individual bills. PDF >
The Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies (2012)
Diverse and concise booklet on Palestinian refugees' lives, projected futures, and the contemporary methodologies
applied to refugee study. Includes chapters on intergenerational differences in refugees' experiences, identity,
and psychological and spatial dimensions of refugee life (PDF).
B'Tselem (2012)
Background and analysis on settler "price tag" attacks that generally follow actions by Israeli authorities
perceived as harming the settlement enterprise, or follow Palestinian violence against settlers. Aimed at
Palestinians and Israeli security forces, the attacks include incursions into Palestinian villages and land,
torching fields, uprooting trees, and other property damage. Read More >
According to information published by the Construction and Housing Ministry on Sunday, 500 of the units will be located in Har Homa, a Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Left-wing activists see Har Homa as one of the most controversial Jewish neighborhoods in the capital, because it was started after the Oslo Accords were signed and because it creates a barrier of Jewish homes between east Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods and Bethlehem.
Shibley Telhami / The Brookings Institution (November 2011)
Survey of 3,000 people in Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates in October 2011, assessing
attitudes toward the United States and the Obama administration, prospects for Arab-Israeli peace, the impact of
the Arab awakening, the outlook for the Egyptian elections, and opinions on where the region is headed politically.
Read More >
James Baker III Institute for Public Policy (November 2011)
Summary of results of a conference commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Madrid Peace Conference which included
Arab, Israeli, American and European diplomats, policymakers, business people, academics and civil society
activists. The goal was to reflect on the key achievements of the Madrid conference and to draw lessons learned
from that period- and from the intervening years- that might be instructive in the current context. PDF >
Gallup (November 2011)
Reveals that a large majority of Muslim Americans are
most likely (89%) to reject violent attacks by individuals or small groups on civilians versus any other U.S.
religious group. Also finds that 81% of Muslim Americans and 78% of Jewish Americans support a future in which an
independent Palestinian state would coexist alongside of Israel. Read More
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Dan Rothem / The Atlantic (November 1, 2011)
Rotehm, a mapping expert, provides a description of the most controversial settlements in the West Bank. Includes
information on Ariel, Giv'at Ze'ev, Ma'ale Adumim, Har Homa, and Efrat.
Read More >