<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_-624097493980002761HOEnZb"><div class="m_-624097493980002761h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_-624097493980002761m_6311439472607661664HOEnZb"><div class="m_-624097493980002761m_6311439472607661664h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_-624097493980002761m_6311439472607661664m_-999397552421161480HOEnZb"><div class="m_-624097493980002761m_6311439472607661664m_-999397552421161480h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ori Nir, APN</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:APNDC@peacenow.org" target="_blank">APNDC@peacenow.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 2:52 PM<br>Subject: Breaking News: APN Welcomes UN Security Council Vote<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br>
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<p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#000000;line-height:20px">Dear Robert,</p>
<p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#000000;line-height:20px">The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution in support of a two-state solution asserting longstanding US positions on the illegitimacy of West Bank <span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px">settlements and rejecting settlement-related policies of successive Israeli governments. The United States abstained, which allowed the resolution to pass with the support of all other 14 Security Council members. </span></p>
<p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#000000;line-height:20px">I want to share with you the statement that I sent to the media moments after the resolution passed.</p>
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<p>December 23, 2016</p>
<p>Contact: Ori Nir | <a href="mailto:onir@peacenow.org" target="_blank">onir@peacenow.org</a> | <a href="tel:(202)%20408-9898" value="+12024089898" target="_blank">202-408-9898</a></p>
<p>APN Welcomes UNSC Vote on Israeli-Palestinian Peace</p>
<p>Washington, DC – Americans for Peace Now (APN) welcomes today's action in the United Nations Security Council in support of Israeli-Palestinian peace and the two-state solution.</p>
<p>The resolution adopted this afternoon is pro-Israel in the deepest sense of the term, supporting Israel's existence and security, and standing against those who would sacrifice both at the altar of settlements, for an ideological, expansionist agenda.</p>
<p>This resolution reiterates international consensus, grounded in previous Security Council resolutions and international law, dating back nearly five decades, regarding the illegitimacy of settlements and rejecting settlement-related policies of successive Israeli governments.</p>
<p>APN commends the Obama Administration's decision to stand with all past U.S. president since 1967 in maintaining U.S. opposition to settlements, and to reaffirm longstanding U.S. positioning and language in the Security Council on this issue.</p>
<p>APN and Israel's Peace Now movement offer numerous resources on West Bank settlements and on US policy regarding this issue.</p>
<p>For a full record of every U.S. president since 1967 and Israel-related resolutions in the UN Security Council, click <a href="http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MMVwJSoafcilwPMsyhC1Vy4iqfxCm9gp" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p>For APN's analysis of President Obama's record on Israel and the UN, click <a href="http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Oxxw90RlQP1wWvHrfN6n5i4iqfxCm9gp" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p>For the text of APN's October 14 statement to the UNSC on West Bank settlements click <a href="http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ckta2RMpQ8Eihs4j75JDwS4iqfxCm9gp" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p>For basic information on West Bank settlements, click <a href="http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lxUep3lIlLl9yW1bqZfZUi4iqfxCm9gp" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2pNfYDtHKzABl%2F2EaSAMWS4iqfxCm9gp" target="_blank">here</a></p>
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