[Peace] Breaking News: APN Welcomes UN Security Council Vote

[Robert Naiman]

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From: Ori Nir, APN <APNDC at peacenow.org>
Date: Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 2:52 PM
Subject: Breaking News: APN Welcomes UN Security Council Vote
To: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org


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Dear Robert,

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 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.

I want to share with you the statement that I sent to the media moments
after the resolution passed.

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December 23, 2016

Contact: Ori Nir | onir at peacenow.org | 202-408-9898 <(202)%20408-9898>

APN Welcomes UNSC Vote on Israeli-Palestinian Peace

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.

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.

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.

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.

APN and Israel's Peace Now movement offer numerous resources on West Bank
settlements and on US policy regarding this issue.

For a full record of every U.S. president since 1967 and Israel-related
resolutions in the UN Security Council, click here
<http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MMVwJSoafcilwPMsyhC1Vy4iqfxCm9gp>

For APN's analysis of President Obama's record on Israel and the UN, click
here
<http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Oxxw90RlQP1wWvHrfN6n5i4iqfxCm9gp>

For the text of APN's October 14 statement to the UNSC on West Bank
settlements click here
<http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ckta2RMpQ8Eihs4j75JDwS4iqfxCm9gp>

For basic information on West Bank settlements, click here
<http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lxUep3lIlLl9yW1bqZfZUi4iqfxCm9gp>
and here
<http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2pNfYDtHKzABl%2F2EaSAMWS4iqfxCm9gp>




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