Welcome to Chicago Peace Now
last update: May 27, 2007

Chicago Peace Now (CPN), the Chicago-area affiliate of Americans for Peace Now (APN), is a Zionist organization that affirms the right of Israel to exist in peace and security as a democratic Jewish state. We believe that the only durable settlement to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a two-state solution between Israel and a territorially and economically viable non-militarized Palestinian state. Shalom Achshav--Peace Now was founded in 1978 by 348 reserve officers of the Israel Defense Forces who believed that only a negotiated end to the conflict in the Middle East could bring true security to Israel and her people.


Middle East Peace Report
May 21, 2007 [Vol. 8 Issue 28]
THE HAMAS TRAP; HOT AIR?; WAGGING THE DOG; RETHINKING JERUSALEM; More ...

Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher
May 21, 2007:
Q. Did anyone “win” last week’s fighting in Gaza? Q. How will the Sarkozy era in France affect Israel? More ...

Recommended readings on Palestinian-Israeli Peace, Arab-Israeli Peace, Settlements, The War in Lebanon, and Peace with Syria



Chicago Peace Now

presents

Ori Nir

Our Man in Ramallah
Personal Reflections from Veteran Ha’aretz Journalist

     

June 7th, 2007
8 PM

Beth Emet The Free Synagogue

1224 Dempster
Evanston, Illinois 60202
(Dempster and Ridge)

     
For more information, click here.



Recommended Reading

<%-- Palestinian-Israeli Peace --%>

Palestinian-Israeli Peace

Carter's Palestine-Israel Book: It's Even Worse Than They Say -- Carter's top 10 misrepresentations reveal systematic anti-Israel bias and a Manichean view of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Gidon D. Remba, December 11, 2006, Engage

APN to Bush: Don't Sign S. 2370--Palestinian "Anti-Terrorism" Act -- Unnecessary and counterproductive to U.S. and Israeli interests, December 7, 2006

Let Cease-fire Arm Voices of Mideast Moderation, Eric Yoffie, The Forward, December 1, 2006

APN Welcomes Israeli-Palestinian Cease-fire; Calls for Renewed Talks, November 26, 2006

David Kimche, Let's Say Yes to a Ceasefire, Jerusalem Post, November 24, 2006

Israel secretly studies 'bold' peace bid: Would surrender large tracts of West Bank in 10-year truce, November 16, 2006, Mitch Potter, Toronto Star

Seeking Iraq exit strategy, U.S. pushes Israel toward peace talks, Leslie Susser, JTA, November 6, 2006

Preconditions for a Problematic Partner, Yossi Alpher, The Forward, October 20, 2006

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Settlements

Settlements: Israel’s March of Folly, By Gidon D. Remba, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, Revised December 8, 2006

Peace Now Report: 40% of Israeli Settlement Land Owned by Palestinians, November 22, 2006

Israeli Map Says West Bank Posts Sit on Arab Land, New York Times, NovNovember 21, 2006

For Author of Settlement Report, Hope is to Spark a Moral Reckoning, by Uriel Heilman, JTA, November 28, 2006

A Settlements Mafia, Dror Etkes, Ha'aretz, November 22, 2006

Blow to the Settlement Movement,Nadav Shragai, Ha'aretz, November 22, 2006

Israeli Settlers, or Squatters?,Gershom Gorenberg, Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2006

APN Criticizes Massive Settlement Expansion, Calls on Bush Administration to Work to Reverse this Decision, September 6, 2006

Response to a Critic: The Settlements and Convergence For Peace, Gidon D. Remba, July 2, 2006

Peace Now's Settlements in Focus Reports

APN Resources on Settlements & Land Ownership Dispute

Click here for more.



<%-- The War in Lebanon --%>

The War in Lebanon

Collateral Damage and Defense Minister Peretz, Gidon D. Remba, September 19, 2006

Mideast Peace—The Tough Dove Way, Gidon D. Remba, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, August 8, 2006

Moral Morass, Ina Friedman, Jerusalem Report, September 4, 2006

Are Israel's Military Actions in Lebanon Proportional? What International Law Really Says, Gidon D. Remba, July 21, 2006

Responding to Hizbullah: The truth about proportionality, Daniel Taub, Jerusalem Post, July 31, 2006

Just War Theory and the Middle East Crisis, Michael Walzer, The New Republic, July 19, 2006

APN Resources on the Lebanon war

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Arab-Israeli Peace

What Israel Can Do for America, Dan Fleshler, Jerusalem Report, January 22, 2007

Israel Is Not Linked to Iraq, Except That It Is, By Ethan Bronner, New York Times, December 10, 2006

APN calls on Bush to act upon Baker-Hamilton Recommendations for comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace initiative, December 6, 2006

APN ACTION ALERT: Demand President Bush Implement Baker-Hamilton Report, December 7, 2006

Prime Minister Olmert Plans to Meet Saudi Leaders, Jerusalem Post, December 3, 2006

Letter from Israeli Authors Amos Oz and David Grossman, December 2006

Wanted: A Moderate Pro-Israel Lobby, Gidon D. Remba, Ha'aretz, November 17, 2006

Soros a Zionist? That would be great, David Kimche, Jerusalem Post, Nov. 2, 2006

APN Disappointed at Public Outcome of Bush-Olmert Meeting: No New Initiatives; Volatile Situation in Gaza Not Addressed, November 13, 2006

APN: The Bush-Olmert Meeting: More than a Photo Op? November 10, 2006

Israeli author and bereaved father David Grossman's speech at the 2006 Rabin memorial, November 4, 2006

Breaking the Ice: Diplomatic Stalemate Will Lead to War; We Must Talk to Abbas, Assad, Ynet,Former Mossad Chief Maj-Gen (Res) Danny Yatom, November 14, 2006

Abunimah's "South Africa as model for Palestine" rests on faulty assumptions, Gidon D. Remba, Letter to Chicago Tribune, November 13, 2006

Israeli Justice Minister Sheetrit: Israel Must Negotiate Peace with Arab States on Basis of the Saudi Initiative, Ha'aretz, October 19, 2006

Bush and Israel: With Friends Like These,Gidon D. Remba, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, October 4, 2006

Judas and the Israel Lobby, Gidon D. Remba, Jerusalem Report, June 12, 2006

Conspiracy? Was defending Israel the motivating factor behind the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?, Dan Fleshler, Reform Judaism, Winter 2006

Radical Visions of a New Middle East, Yossi Alpher, The Forward, September 8, 2006

Illusion & Reality: The violence in the Middle East shows the negative consequences of the Bush administration's contempt for engagement. Flynt Leverett, American Prospect, September 12, 2006

One-state solution a pipedream: Despite peace process failure, two-state solution still the only viable answer, Ray Hanania, Ynet, November 19, 2006

APN Resources on US Engagement in Arab-Israeli Peacemaking

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Peace with Syria

Look Who’s Pressuring Israel, Gidon D. Remba, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, January 25, 2007

Secret understandings reached between representatives of Israel, Syria , Akiva Eldar, Ha'aretz, January 16, 2007

     Full text of document drafted during secret talks, Akiva Eldar,     Ha'aretz, January 16, 2007

     Map of territorial arrangements

     Time-line of the talks

U.S. officials: Cheney was kept in the loop on Israel-Syria talks, Akiva Eldar, Ha'aretz, January 17, 2007

Syria Serious About Peace Talks: Former Israel Foreign Ministry Director-General, Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2007

Assad offered Israel a crack down on Hamas, Hezbollah in return for talks, Ha'aretz, December 19, 2006

America rebuffs Syrian overtures, Nathan Guttman, Jerusalem Post:October 4, 2006,

APN Media Backgrounder: Why Isn’t Olmert Accepting Assad’s Invitation to Negotiate, December 21, 2006

Yedioth Ahronoth: Haven’t We Learned Anything? Amos Oz, December 19, 2006

Israel, Syria and Bush’s Veto, Forward, December 22, 2006

Assad offered Israel a crack down on Hamas, Hezbollah in return for talks,Ynet, Dec. 19, 2006

Assad waiting for Ehud: With Mideast more dangerous than ever, Israel must negotiate with Syria, Peace Now Director Yariv Oppenheimer, Ynet, December 19, 2006

Syria is the Weak Link, Former senior Mossad official Yossi Alpher, Bitterlemons

Don't Turn Syria Away, Ha'aretz Editorial, December 18, 2006

Don't spurn Syria's overtures, David Kimche, Jpost.com, December 15, 2006

APN to Syria--Stop Supporting Terror Groups for Syrian Peace Bid to Gain Credibility, APN Meeting with Syria's U.S. Ambassador, November 30, 2006

Syria is the key, Avi Primor, Ha'aretz, November 22, 2006

Courting Syria, Itamar Rabinovich, Ha'aretz, November 23, 2006

Israeli Military Intelligence Wants Talks with Syria, November 13, 2006

Why Israel must talk to Syria, Larry Derfner, Jerusalem Post, November 8, 2006

The Golan in the role of Sharm, Danny Yatom and Moshe Amirav, Ha'aretz, October 5, 2006

Former IDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Moshe Ya’alon: Even if we don’t reach a peace treaty, renewal of dialogue with Syria will weaken Iran and Hezbollah, Ha'aretz, September 15, 2006

Pax Syriana Redux, Gidon D. Remba, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, September 7, 2006

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Israel TV Co-Founder Chaim Yavin Spoke in Chicago with the Screening of his Explosive Film “Land of the Settlers”

To learn more about the film and the director:

Click HERE for information on the Americans for Peace Now (APN) web site

Click HERE to read "The Message and the Messenger," Chicago Jewish News, October 14, 2005

Click HERE to listen to Chaim Yavin discuss "Land of the Settlers" on WBEZ's Worldview with Jerome McDonnell on the web

Click HERE to read Chaim Yavin’s op-ed, What Israel Must Do, The Boston Globe, Sept. 24, 2005

Click HERE to purchase the 5-part documentary series "Land of the Settlers" on DVD in its entirety or the shorter montage version.

Click HERE to view photos of Chaim Yavin’s Chicago appearance.




CPN Recommends
Middle East Crisis Updates

For breaking APN information and resources regarding the current crisis related to actions in Gaza and Lebanon
Click here.

Michael Walzer, Just War Theory and the Middle East Crisis, The New Republic, July 19, 2006
Click here.
            
Recommended Readings

Pushing Israel's Right To Exist Is The Wrong Strategy
        Yossi Alpher, Forward, July 14, 2006

Convergence Toward Peace
        Gidon D. Remba, Forward, June 2, 2006

Response to a Critic: The Settlements and Convergence For Peace
        Gidon D. Remba, July 2, 2006

Know—and Don’t Demonize—the Enemy
        Gidon D. Remba, Pittsburgh Chronicle, June 13, 2006

A Secret Letter from the US President to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
        Gidon D. Remba, Pittsburgh Chronicle, May 2006

The "Israel Lobby" and the Persian Gulf Wars
        Gidon D. Remba, Jerusalem Report, June 12, 2006




APN President Debra DeLee
"Kadima's Convergence," Washington Jewish Week, April 12, 2006

CPN March 2006 Ad:
Peace Now: Courting Law and Order in the West Bank

CPN February 2006 Ad:
Getting Real About Hamas

APN Action Alert:
Congress Rushes to Respond to Palestinian Elections: Caution and Prudence are Needed Now

Peace Now NEWSFLASH:
Criminal charges may result from Peace Now legal actions; Construction of 3000 settlement homes remain frozen

Gershom Gorenberg:
     Israel's Tragedy Foretold, The New York Times, March 10, 2006
     Teacher, Where's the Border? Jerusalem Report, November 11, 2005

Khalil Shikaki:
The Polls: What the Palestinians Really Voted For: A West Bank pollster finds more moderate trends underlying the Hamas victory, Newsweek, February 6, 2006

CPN Board Letter Condemning Chicago Presbytery Leaders’ Meeting with Hezbollah,
Chicago Jewish News, December 23, 2005

CPN President Gidon D. Remba interview:
“Munich: Is Spielberg’s New Movie Good for the Jews?”, Chicago Jewish News, December 30, 2005

CPN December 2005 Ad:
The Political Earthquake in Israel

Amos Oz:
Curing Fanaticism, The Nation, February 1, 2006


Recommended Books
The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977
by
Gershom Gorenberg
Company C: An American's Life as a Citizen-Soldier in Israel
by
Haim Watzman
Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy
by
Shlomo Ben-Ami
How to Cure a Fanatic
by
Amos Oz



Articles of Interest

CPN August 2005 Ad: A Time to Build Up, A Time to Break Down

APN Resources on Disengagement

CPN July 2005 Ad:
Stopping Hamas: Patience, Pressure and Reform

Chicago Peace Now Applauds Israel’s Impending Pullout from Gaza and the Northern West Bank; Rejects Irresponsible Condemnations of Israel by Radical Arab and Far Left Jewish Groups on 38th Anniversary of Israel’s Occupation of West Bank & Gaza, June 5, 2005



Progressive Jewish Perspectives on Divestment from Israel:
Updated April 17, 2005

by Chicago Peace Now President Gidon D. Remba

Remarks to the Chicago Presbytery Assembly on
Divestment and Palestinian-Israeli Peace

Gidon D. Remba, April 12, 2005

CPN June 2005 Ad:
Prime Minister Sharon--Where Are the Outpost Proposals?

CPN May 2005 Ad:
Israel Independence Day--57 Years Later, the Dream Remains Strong

CPN March Ad 2005:
Deportation? Murder? Holocaust? No. A Call to Return to Israel.

Sharon and Abbas declare end to four years of hostilities,
February 8, 2005

APN Applauds White House for Taking Up East Jerusalem Land Confiscation Issue,
January 31, 2005

Israelis Act to Encircle East Jerusalem Enclaves in Arab Areas,
Illegal Building Projects Seen Intended to Consolidate Control
,
The Washington Post, February 7, 2005

New Peace Now Settlements Watch Report: 2004 in Review, February 2, 2005

Majority of Israelis Supports Disengagement, Negotiations with Palestinians:
Tel Aviv University Peace Index, Feb. 7, 2005

Presbyterians Against Israel
Chicago Jewish News, January 28, 2005

PROGRESSIVE JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON DIVESTMENT


The Jerusalem Separation Barrier & The Abuse of Security
Danny Seidemann

Breaking the Silence: IDF Soldiers Speak Out About Their Service in Hebron




CPN January 2005 Ad:
Is Democracy a Pre-Condition for Peace?

Democracy Din
Mark Rosenblum, Dec. 16, 2004

Must Peace Wait for Democracy?
Leon Wieseltier, NY Times, Jan. 9, 2005




Poll: Most Palestinians Ready for Two-State Deal;
46% Now Support Geneva Initiative Refugee Solution

Ha'aretz, Jan. 18, 2005

70% of Israelis Optimistic About Peace After Arafat/75% Support Negotiations with Palestinians,
Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Prof. Tamar Hermann
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
December 19, 2004

The Mideast's Second Chance: Action now can revive the peace effort
Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2004

CPN November 2004 Ad:
A Turning Point in Middle East History: What the US, Israel and the Palestinians Should Do






APN Open Letter to President Bush:
The US Role and the Opportunity for Promoting Palestinian-Israeli Peace After Arafat

Nov. 12, 2004

Momentous Triple Challenge
Ephraim Sneh
Jerusalem Post, Nov. 8, 2004



Follow ‘West Wing’ Script on Mideast Peace
Mark Rosenblum and Gidon D. Remba
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

Two Sides of Peace
Chicago Jewish News
Sept. 24, 2004.


Myths and Facts About the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict:
A Guide to the Perplexed
by Mark Rosenblum and Gidon D. Remba

 
Issue 1: Settlements and Disengagement from the West Bank and Gaza
 
 
Issue 2: The Failure of the Road Map and Empowering Palestinian Moderates
 
 
Issue 3: Palestinian Attitudes Towards Peace with Israel and the Question of Yasser Arafat
 
Issue 4: Why the Oslo Peace Process Failed: A Way Out of Israel's Current Impasse
 
Issue 5: Objections to Peace Now: The Fence and Disengagement
 
Issue 6: How Israel’s Settlements Dilemma Arose: A Capsule Summary
 



 
Recommended Books


The Truth About Camp David: The Untold Story about Arafat, Barak, Clinton, and the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process
by Clayton E. Swisher
Righteous Victims

Shattered Dreams: The Failure of the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1995-2002
by Charles Enderlin

The Path To Geneva: The Quest for a Permanent Agreement, 1996-2004
by Yossi Beilin


The Jerusalem Problem: The Struggle for Permanent Status
by Menachem Klein


Peace Now Perspectives on Sharon's Disengagement Plan
[CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLES]


Rabbi Andrea London, Reclaiming “Pro-Israel,” “Religious” and “Spiritual”

Daniel Seidemann, Letting Israel Self-Destruct, August 26, 2004, Washington Post

Palestinian Peace Now, August 9, 2004, Jerusalem Report

CPN September Ad:
A New Year, A New Administration, A New Approach to Peace in the Middle East

CPN August Ad:
Facts On the Ground? Or Dangerous Fantasies?

CPN July Ad:
This is Not a Check. It's a Grave Threat to Israel's Security.

CPN June 2004 Ad:
The Majority Decides: Get Out of Gaza, Start to Talk!
  [PDF]

Barak’s Chief Negotiator Gilad Sher Explodes The Myth of Camp David: The Palestinians Made A Counter-Offer,  [PDF] Analysis and Translation from the Hebrew by Gidon D. Remba

Menachem Klein, A Path to Peace: Sharon’s Disengagement Plan or the Geneva Accord?  [PDF] Remarks at Carnegie Endowment for Peace, Washington, DC and Beth Emet Synagogue, Evanston, IL, May 7, 2004

APN Paper: Disengagement, Negotiations, and the Quest for Peace & Security, May 14, 2004

Target Hamas: Chicago Jews React to Rantisi Killing, Chicago Jewish News, April 23, 2004

Jackson Diehl, Why Not Palestinian Elections? Washington Post, May 24, 2004

The Gaza Quagmire, New York Times, May 20, 2004

Gidon D. Remba & Brian Klug, Israel and the New Anti-Semitism: An Exchange
The Nation, April 12, 2004

APN on the Israeli-U.S. Disengagement Plan: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, April 16, 2004

Shalom Lappin, "Israel/Palestine: Is There A Case for Bi-nationalism?", Dissent, Winter 2004

Polls: Israelis, Palestinians Misperceive Each Other: But Support Two-State Solution, Unilateral Israeli Disengagement, Daily Star, 3/30/04

CPN President Gidon D. Remba: Three Commentaries on Israel's Fence/Separation Barrier:

  1. Critique of Ron Grossman's "Israel's Security Barrier: Good walls build good neighbors," Chicago Tribune, Feb. 8, 2004, Mideast Web, 2/9/04

  2. Palestinians Fenced into Limbo: Critique of David Makovsky's "How to Build a Fence" Foreign Affairs, March-April 2004, Midewast Web, 2/8/04

  3. Negotiating Israel's Security Fence: IDF Major-General Ya'akov Amidror's Neglected View, Mideast Web, 1/18/04

Peace Now Perspectives on The Yassin Killing, Hamas and Counter-Terrorism [CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLES]

Chicago Palestinian and Jewish Leaders Unite to Support Geneva Initiative

Geneva's Tough Puffs by Gidon D. Remba, Chicago Jewish News, Dec. 26, 2003

CPN December 2003 Ad -- Israeli Military Leaders Call for Political Steps Towards Palestinians

Listen to CPN President Gidon D. Remba and Palestinian American Talat Othman on WBEZ Worldview, "Can the Geneva Accord Lead to Middle East Peace?" Dec. 4, 2003

CPN President Gidon D. Remba, Speech at Palestinian-Jewish Geneva Accord Press Conference

CPN in the News: Chicago Jewish News: Geneva in Chicago, Dec. 12, 2003

Summary and Key Points of the Geneva Initiative, by Gidon D. Remba and Marc Swetlitz

31 US Jewish, Muslim and Christian Religious Leaders Call for US to Take Concrete Steps to Promote Palestinian-Israeli Peace, Dec. 6, 2003

CPN November Ad -- The Geneva Accords: Someone to Talk With ... Something to Talk About  [PDF]

Where We Stand:

The Geneva Initiative: Summary, Commentary and Take Action

Why Have the Road Map, the Abbas Government and the Cease-Fire Collapsed?  [PDF], Mark Rosenblum, Gidon D. Remba, 11/16/03

What Steps Should the US Now Take to Help Israelis and Palestinians Put an End to the Bloodshed and Revive Palestinian-Israeli Peace Efforts?  [PDF], Mark Rosenblum, 11/16/03

The West Bank Fence/Separation Barrier, From Peace Now Settlement Watch Director Dror Etkes US Senate Testimony  [PDF], 10/15/03

APN's Position on the Security Barrier between Israel and the West Bank. 7/29/03   View the latest map here.

Peace Now Perspectives on Israel's Fence/Separation Barrier [CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLES]

Why Settlements Create an Obstacle to Peace, Undermining Israel’s Security and its Character as a Democratic Jewish State, From Dror Etkes US Senate Testimony  [PDF], 10/15/03



Settlements

APN Action Alert, Sharon Seeks U.S. Support for Settlement Evacuation Plan, March 2, 2004

Eight Simple Rules for Evacuating Settlements, Debra DeLee, President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now, Washington Jewish Week, February 12, 2004

Peace Now Releases Report on State of the Settlement Outposts for 2003 February 18, 2004 Press Release

Peace Now Settlement Watch: View the latest outpost map from Shalom Achshav

Equivalent of Over Half of US Economic Aid to Israel Spent on Settlement Movement, According to Peace Now Study, APN Press Release, 1/23/03

APN's Policy Proposal on Settlements and Supplemental Aid to Israel

American Intelligence Chiefs Want More US Pressure on Settlements  [PDF], Ha'aretz, 11/3/03

Settlement Outposts Becoming Permanent  [PDF], AP, 11/14/03

Israel's Chief of Staff Ya'alon Denounces Sharon's Hardline Policies Against Palestinians, Warns Against Repeating Mistakes Which Helped Bring Down Abbas Government  [PDF], NY Times/Ha'aretz/Yediot, Oct. 29-30, 2003

Wolfowitz Supports Nusseibeh-Ayalon Peace Plan  [PDF], Ha’aretz,10/31/03

The People's Voice: The Nusseibeh-Ayalon Peace Plan

APN 11/3 Action Alert: Wolfowitz and Ya'alon Speak Frankly: Ask Bush to Act Boldly

Two-thirds of Palestinians Support Ceasefire with Israel Proposed by New Palestinian PM Ahmed Qurei, AFP, 11/13/03

4 Israeli Ex-Security Chiefs Denounce Sharon's Hard Line, NY Times, 11/15/03

Four former heads of Israel’s Shin Bet security service: if Israel does not embark on a peace deal soon, it will endanger its very existence, Yedioth Ahronoth

Arab American Institute/Americans for Peace Now Survey: Jewish Americans and Arab Americans Back Joint Peace Proposal, Support U.S. Engagement in Peace Process January 29, 2004 Press Release

A Silent Majority for Peace, Debra DeLee, The Forward, Feb. 6, 2004

Israel Government Memo Admits Israel is Flouting Road Map, Reuters, 11/12/03


The Geneva Initiative

Gidon D. Remba and Marc Swetlitz
Summary and Key Points of the Geneva Initiative

APN Action Alert: Support Pro-Geneva House and Senate Bills
December 2, 2003
Bill Clinton
Citizens Show Peace is Possible  [PDF],
USA TODAY
December 4, 2003
Map of the territorial exchange under the Geneva Accord
(in Hebrew)
Map of the proposed borders under the Geneva Accord
(in Hebrew)
Map of the Old City of Jerusalem under the Geneva Accord
(in Hebrew)

Gidon D. Remba
Benefits of the Geneva Accords for Israel  [DOC], 11/16/03

CPN November Ad -- The Geneva Accords: Someone to Talk With ... Something to Talk About  [PDF]

Short Takes on the Geneva Accord: From Israeli & Palestinian Participants and Ha'aretz Commentators  [DOC], 11/16/03

Americans for Peace Now Issue Brief: The Geneva Accord, Key Positions & Issues, 10/17/03

Geneva Accords: View the complete draft version of the Geneva Accords and supporting documents here

APN 10/20 Action Alert: Geneva Accord Gives Hope - Ask Congress to Support Such Initiatives

Amos Oz
We have done the gruntwork of peace  [PDF], The Guardian, 10/17/03

Amram Mitzna
A Bold Plan for Peace, Boston Globe, 11/1/03, They Are Afraid of Peace, Ha’aretz, 10/16/2003  [DOC]

US Secretary of State Powell Sends Letter of Support to Initiators of Geneva Accord  [DOC], AP, 11/8/03

Knesset Member
Yuli Tamir
We Should Talk, Not Keep Silent  [DOC], Ma’ariv, 10/13/03

Jimmy Carter
Quiet negotiations develop possible Mideast peace plan  [DOC], USA Today, 11/3/03

Robert Malley &
Hussein Agha
A Durable Middle Peace: Oslo didn't achieve it, nor has the Bush "road map." So what would satisfy both sides?  [DOC], The American Prospect, November 2003

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP
Global Leaders Support New Israeli-Palestinian Peace Initiatives Organized   [DOC]
December 1, 2003
YOSSI BEILIN and YASIR ABED RABBO
An Accord to Remember,   [DOC],
New York Times
December 1, 2003
Samuel G. Freedman
Geneva Accord better than violence  [PDF]
Chicago Tribune
December 5, 2003
Labor Zionist Alliance Praises Peace Initiatives
Nov. 5, 2003

JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY & THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP
Poll: Most Israelis and Palestinians support Geneva Accord
Nov. 24, 2003

The Truths of Geneva   [PDF]
Forward editorial
December 5, 2003
Menachem Klein,
The Logic of the Geneva Accord,
Logos, Winter 2004
Avraham Burg,
Hope And Glory - Geneva,
Al-Hayat, 02/29/04
Qatar calls on Arab states to support Geneva Accord,   [PDF] Ha'aretz, 1/11/04
Interview with former IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak,
The Middle East - Peace Is Possible, Even If Not Easy
James Kitfield, National Journal,
February 21, 2004
Menachem Klein,
A Response to the Critics of the Geneva Accord, Strategic Assessment,
August 2004


Chicago Palestinian and Jewish Leaders Unite to Support Geneva Initiative
Geneva Accord Press Conference  12/3/2003 Pictured are from left to right: Talat Othman, Saffiya Shilo, Aliza Becker, Shani Beth-Halachmi, Aaron Freeman, Rabbi Andrea London, Hatem Abunimeh, Ali AlArabi, Ray Hanania, Gidon D. Remba, Jim Klutznick, Newton Minow, Rev. Ted E. Miller


Rabbi Andrea London delivering remarks, with Talat Othman and Aliza Becker

Talat Othman delivering remarks, with Gidon D. Remba
Media Advisory: Palestinian-Jewish Geneva Accord Press Conference Chicago Declaration of Support for the Geneva Accord
List of Signatories to the Chicago Declaration CPN President Gidon D. Remba, Speech at Palestinian-Jewish Geneva Accord Press Conference
Listen to CPN President Gidon D. Remba and Palestinian American Talat Othman on WBEZ Worldview, "Can the Geneva Accord Lead to Middle East Peace?" Dec. 4, 2003 CPN in the News: Chicago Jewish News: Geneva in Chicago, Dec. 12, 2003
Rabbi Andrea London, "Where Were the Palestinians?"
Chicago Jewish News, Dec. 26, 2003





Roadmap Resources

July 29, 2003
APN's Position on the
Security Barrier between Israel and the West Bank.
View the latest map here.

Read the Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict here Re-Committing to the Serious Pursuit of Peace: Americans for Peace Now Issue Brief, September 3, 2003
Read the March 31, 2003 APN Road Map Action Alert here May 30 Action Alert:
Tell Bush Not to Stop
Read Yossi Alpher: The Roadmap: Flawed, But a Slim Hope for Peace here
Press Release: APN Decries Sharon, Other Opposition to Bush's Road Map APN's Guide to the Road Map Robert Strauss's Mideast Peace: Follow The Map,
Washington Post,
April 15, 2003
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Roadmap,
Gidon D. Remba,
May 7, 2003
Most Palestinians and Israelis Support the Roadmap:
Joint Palestinian-Israeli Public Opinion Poll,
April 15, 2003
Ask for Directions,
Mark Rosenblum
April 21, 2003
Roadmap Recommendations, Council on Foreign Relations, February 2003 An International Protectorate for the West Bank and Gaza Strip?
Tony Klug, May 2003
A Trusteeship for Palestine?
Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2003


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Action Alert!

Support Aid for Israel, Not for Settlements: Support Conditions on Loan Guarantees

Read the January 7, 2003 Action Alert here.


Please ask President Bush, your Senators, and your Representative in Congress to support the aid package and to condition the loan guarantees on meaningful changes in Israeli settlement policy.

Take action here.




Chicago Peace Now January 2003 Ad:

       Yes! to New Military Aid to Israel

       Yes! to New Loan Guarantees for Israel

       Yes! to Conditioning Loan Guarantees on
       Israel Freezing Settlement Growth





An Arab-Jewish Dialogue: Ballots, Bombs and Middle East Peace

Shibley Telhami &
Mark Rosenblum

spoke in Evanston on January 22, 2003
Listen to them speak on WBEZ's
Worldview Program with Jerome McDonnell.
(Select January 22, 2003)



Waging Peace Amidst a Raging War

Dr. Sari Nusseibeh &
Dr. Menahem Brinker
spoke in Chicago on October 1, 2002
Read a partial transcript of their talk at Temple Sholom.
Listen to them speak on WBEZ's
Worldview Program with Jerome McDonnell.
(Select October 1, 2002)
APN Condemns Far Right-Wing Efforts To Defame Dr. Sari Nusseibeh
An Appeal to Stop Palestinian Attacks Against Israeli Civilians
By Sari Nusseibeh
A Response to the Campaign Against Palestinian Peace Advocate Dr. Sari Nusseibeh
Clenched Fists and Closed Minds
by Luis Lainer
October 26, 2002
Speak Out Against Silencing Voices
by Luis Lainer
November 7, 2002
How Many Battalions Does Sari Nusseibeh Have?
November 8, 2002

Readings of Interest
December 24, 2002

Yes to US Intervention, No to Imposed Solutions: Reflections on the Second Anniversary of the Collapse of Oslo and the Outbreak of the Intifada
by Gidon D. Remba
November 25, 2002

The Arab Initiative and the Role of Arab Diplomacy
by Marwan Muasher, Foreign Minister of Jordan
December 22, 2002

Remarks by Noam Hofshtetter at Peace Now Demonstration in Hebron
November 21, 2002

APN-AAI Poll: US Jews & Arabs Favor 2-State Deal; Arab Americans and Jewish Americans Aren’t As Far Apart As You Think
by James Zogby and Debra DeLee
November 30, 2002

A New Opportunity for Peace in Mideast by Nizar Abdel-Kader, Asharq Al-Awsat
November 28, 2002

Poll: Majority of Palestinians Support PA Crackdown on Attacks on Israeli Civilians; Palestinians & Israelis Favor Roadmap to Peace
Winter 2002/2003

A Time to Speak Out: Rethinking Jewish Identity and Solidarity with Israel
by Brian Klug
November 25, 2002

Can Arab Diplomacy Make Peace?
by Yossi Alpher
November 29, 2002

Nusseibeh: Halting Terror Will Help Israeli Peace Camp
October 18, 2002

APN Calls on Bush to Make Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process a Higher Priority
Press Release
October 9, 2002

New Palestine Democratic Party Supports Non-Violent Protest and Peace Talks with Israel, 2-State Solution
October 9, 2002

New Poll: Palestinians Support
2-State Solution 44% vs. 29%


by Gidon D. Remba
October 16, 2002

What Would Israel be Like if Rabin Were Alive Today?
September 9, 2002

Ex-PA Minister: Open Letter to Arafat: We missed chance for statehood at Camp David
October 1, 2002

Abu Mazen, Potential Palestinian Prime Minister: Armed Intifada Against Israel A Mistake
November 4, 1995

Yitzhak Rabin's Last Speech at Tel Aviv Peace Rally
August 2, 2002

Building A Tunnel to Peace
by Mark Rosenblum
October 28, 2002

APN Middle East Peace Report:
Israelis Favor Negotiations, Settlement Evacuation
November 8, 2002

IDF Chief of Military Intelligence: Saudi Peace Initiative--Positive Thrust Towards Change in Arab World

  
July 24, 2002

Peace Now Study: Most Settlers Willing to Evacuate
September 25, 2002

What Should Be Done Now?
by Gershon Baskin
October 25, 2002

What is Zionism? A Peace Now Vision
by Gidon D. Remba

An Appeal to
President Bush

Let President Bush know how you feel. See our letter that you can sign and send to the president.
[Letter to the President]

Enough is Enough!
Join those of us who support Israel and abhor terrorism, but reject the path of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

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Washington DC 20006
(202) 728-1893
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Myths and Facts about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict

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The Nusseibeh-Ayalon Agreement

The Nusseibeh-Ayalon agreement is a historic statement of basic principles for resolving the conflict. The agreement is made between the Palestinian people and the Jewish people, and each recognizes the other's historic rights to the same land, while accepting the need for a historic compromise, resulting in two states for two peoples.

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