Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts

Published on May 16, 2013

Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorized West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed on Thursday, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks.

Israel OKs housing units for West Bank settlement

Published on February 11, 2013

Israel's Defense Ministry approved the construction of 90 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beit El.

New outposts built in West Bank

Published on October 31, 2012

Two new settler outposts have been erected in the West Bank, with the approval of municipal authorities, Peace Now says.

Migron evacuation: A look back and a look ahead

Published on September 4, 2012

The evacuation of all 50 Jewish families in Israel’s Migron outpost was completed on Sunday evening without major incident. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the successful and peaceful evacuation—but vowed that his government would continue to strengthen Jewish communities in the West Bank.

Peace Now leader Hagit Ofran’s home threatened in graffiti attack

Published on July 17, 2012

The home of Peace Now Settlement Watch director Hagit Ofran was vandalized with threatening graffiti.

Leftist Israelis, Beinart’s boycott and the limits of negative messaging

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 6, 2012

Peace Now’s Jerusalem office is vandalized

Published on February 9, 2012

The fence outside the Jerusalem offices of Peace Now was spray-painted with threatening graffiti.

Suspect arrested in Peace Now bomb threat

Published on November 9, 2011

Jerusalem police arrested a suspect in the vandalism and bomb threat at the city's offices of Peace Now.

Peace Now activist’s home vandalized again

Published on November 8, 2011

Threatening graffiti was spray painted on the home of a Peace Now activist, one day after the group's offices were evacuated due to a bomb threat.

Bomb threat made at Peace Now offices

Published on November 7, 2011

The Jerusalem offices of Peace Now were threatened.

Peace Now: Israel planning new East Jerusalem settlement

Published on October 14, 2011

Israel plans to build more than 2,600 housing units in a new urban settlement in East Jerusalem, an anti-settlement group said on Friday, angering Palestinians who want a halt to all such projects before they return to peace talks.

Israeli leftist’s home vandalized in apparent ‘price tag’ attack

Published on September 12, 2011

The home of a left-wing Israeli activist in Jerusalem was vandalized with spray-painted slogans referring to the demolition of homes in a West Bank outpost.

Not Every Day is Purim

Published on March 16, 2011

A colloquial Hebrew expression says, “not every day is Purim.” It can loosely be translated as “you can’t fool all the people all the time.” But when it comes to Israel, there are those in our US Jewish community who not only choose to live in a delusional virtual reality, but insist on dragging others into their la-la land. It is bad for Israel and bad for America. Take the case of Rep. Anthony Weiner, the Democrat from New York, who in a televised debate recently insisted that there was no Israeli occupation in the West Bank and no Israeli military presence there. This was not a satirical show or a Purim spiel. The man was serious.

Ben Gurion Airport blocking political websites

Published on January 6, 2011

Ben Gurion International Airport's wireless service reportedly is blocking travelers from selected left- and right-wing political websites. Websites blocked at the Israeli airport include Breaking the Silence, Peace Now and the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel, Haaretz reported Thursday.

Can war bring peace?

By David Suissa
Published on January 7, 2009

I've never met a right-wing Jew who doesn't want peace. The divisive question is always: How do we get there? By being forceful and hard-nosed, or flexible and understanding?

Why don’t U.S. groups condemn Jewish terrorists in Israel?

Published on October 29, 2008

The leaflet calls for the deaths of Israelis who belong to Peace Now and offers a quarter of a million dollars for the killing of each and every one. And threats against Peace Now are proliferating. Three weeks after the Sternhell bombing, police were investigating graffiti found in Tel Aviv threatening the life of Yariv Oppenheimer, Peace Now's director general.

In which our loyal readers take us to task for various and sundry

Published on March 8, 2007

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