Settlements in Focus

“Abusing Jerusalem to Assail Peace: the Case of the Shepherd’s Hotel”

(Vol. 5, Issue 4 — July 22, 2009)
A publication of Americans for Peace Now

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Q: What does this current controversy in Jerusalem mean for peace?

The current project is a direct challenge to President Barack Obama and his effort to launch negotiations that can lead to Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab peace.  If Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sees sense and finds a way to back down and cancel/freeze this project, the chances for a serious peace process, with a credible result, may very well improve.  Alternatively, Netanyahu and others may well have decided to do everything possible to use this project to deal a fatal blow not only to Obama’s efforts but to the two-state solution.  If they succeed, it will be Israelis as much as the Palestinians who suffer.
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