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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.
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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 ... |
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Recommended readings on Palestinian-Israeli Peace, Arab-Israeli Peace, Settlements, The War in Lebanon, and Peace with Syria |
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Israel TV Co-Founder Chaim Yavin Spoke in Chicago with the Screening of his Explosive Film “Land of the Settlers” |
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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
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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 |
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Over 150,000 Israelis Attend Rally Calling for Gaza Withdrawal [PDF], Ha'aretz, May 16, 2004 | |||
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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
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 CPN President Gidon D. Remba Letter on Arafat & the Peace Process
Chicago Tribune, Nov. 22, 2004 A Figure Praised, Despised: Palestinians, Jews in Chicago Wonder What Future Holds Chicago Tribune, Nov. 11, 2004 NOW WHAT? From pariah to partner and back: Jews reflect on the legacy of Yasser Arafat Chicago Jewish News, Cover Story, Nov. 20, 2004 CHICAGO PEACE NOW STATEMENT ON PALESTINIAN LEADER YASSER ARAFAT'S DEATH
November 11, 2004 APN Open Letter to President Bush:
The US Role and the Opportunity for Promoting Palestinian-Israeli Peace After Arafat Nov. 12, 2004
Follow ‘West Wing’ Script on Mideast Peace
Mark Rosenblum and Gidon D. Remba Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
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: CPN August Ad: CPN July Ad: CPN June 2004 Ad: 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 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 CPN President Gidon D. Remba: Three Commentaries on Israel's Fence/Separation Barrier:
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 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]
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 |
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Gidon D. Remba and Marc Swetlitz |
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 | ||
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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) |
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Gidon D. Remba |
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 |
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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 |
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Amos Oz |
Amram Mitzna |
US Secretary of State Powell Sends Letter of Support to Initiators of Geneva Accord [DOC], AP, 11/8/03 |
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Jimmy Carter |
Robert Malley & |
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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 |
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Labor Zionist Alliance Praises Peace Initiatives Nov. 5, 2003 |
JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY & THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP |
The Truths of Geneva [PDF] Forward editorial December 5, 2003 |
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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 | ||
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Chicago Palestinian and Jewish Leaders Unite to Support Geneva Initiative
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| Media Advisory: Palestinian-Jewish Geneva Accord Press Conference | Chicago Declaration of Support for the Geneva Accord |
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| 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 |
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Rabbi Andrea London, "Where Were the Palestinians?" Chicago Jewish News, Dec. 26, 2003 | |
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July 29, 2003 |
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 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Yes! to New Military Aid to Israel Yes! to New Loan Guarantees for Israel Yes! to Conditioning Loan Guarantees on Israel Freezing Settlement Growth |
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An Arab-Jewish Dialogue: Ballots, Bombs and Middle East Peace
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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) |
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Waging Peace Amidst a Raging War
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Dr. Sari Nusseibeh & Dr. Menahem Brinker spoke in Chicago on October 1, 2002 |
Read a partial transcript of their talk at Temple Sholom. |
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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 |
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An Appeal
to Stop Palestinian Attacks Against Israeli Civilians
By Sari Nusseibeh |
A Response to the Campaign Against Palestinian Peace Advocate Dr. Sari Nusseibeh |
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Clenched Fists and Closed Minds
by Luis Lainer October 26, 2002 |
Speak Out Against Silencing Voices
by Luis Lainer November 7, 2002 |
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How Many Battalions Does Sari Nusseibeh Have?
November 8, 2002 |
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Readings of Interest
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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October 25, 2002 What is Zionism? A Peace Now Vision by Gidon D. Remba |
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An Appeal to
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Enough is Enough!
Join those of us who support Israel and abhor terrorism, but reject the path
of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Americans for Peace Now 1815 H Street, NW, Suite 920 Washington DC 20006 (202) 728-1893 [Complete Text] |
The Nusseibeh-Ayalon Agreement
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