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Peace Now (in Hebrew, שלום עכשיו - "Shalom Achshav") is an extra-parliamental political movement in Israel, with the agenda of "swaying popular opinion and convincing the Israeli government of the need and possibility for achieving a just peace and an historic conciliation with the Palestinian people and neighboring Arab countries; this in exchange for a territorial settlement based on the formula of 'land for peace'" (translated from the Peace Now website).
Following Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel in 1978, 348 Israeli military reserves officers petitioned Israel's prime minister, Menachem Begin, urging him to continue with the drive for peace. This petition lead to the creation of Peace Now, a grassroots movement dedicated to raising public support for the peace process.
At a rally held in Tel-Aviv's Kikar Malkhei Israel (later renamed Kikar Rabin after Yitzhak Rabin), demonstrators called on prime minister Begin to make peace with Egypt, in exchange for the return of the Sinai peninsula.
In the years 1982-1984 the movement acted in protest of the Lebanon war, and called for the retreat of Israeli forces from Lebanon. The height of this activity was a massive rally following the massacre in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila.
On February 10, 1983, at a Peace Now demonstration in Jerusalem, a right-wing activist by the name of Jonah Avroushemi tossed a hand-grenade at demonstrators, killing Peace Now activist Emil Grunzweig and injuring several others.
Throughout the years of its activity Peace Now has opposed Israeli settlement in the West Bank, which it perceives as being calculated to undermine the possibility of peace with the Palestinians.
During the 1980s and early 1990s Peace Now called for recognition of the PLO as the National representative of the Palestinian people. The first Intifada (1987-1993) was perceived by Peace Now as a political act, therefore the movement called for negotiations to be held with the Palestinians, aimed at putting an end to what the movement perceives as forced occupation of the West Bank (also known as Judea and Sumeria) and Gaza.
The signing of the Oslo accords marked a milestone in the activity of Peace Now, which has since strived to support governments that acted according to the "land for peace" formula, and demonstrate against governments that held down the peace process.
With the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000 to present), support for the movement has waned, in light of what seems from a present perspective as the collapse of the peace process set into motion at Oslo.
In 2003, new initiatives aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were set into motion, such as the National Census and the Geneva InitiativeThis article is about the proposal for peace between Israel and Palestine. There was also a Geneva Accord that concerned Vietnam, other Geneva Conventions and other Geneva Conferences. The Draft Permanent Status Agreement better known as the Geneva Accord, both of which are also based on the "land for peace" formula. Neither initiative is officially affiliated to Peace Now, though many of same players have been involved in the various peace initiatives. The Geneva Accord is identified with Yossi BeilinYossi Beilin (born June 12, 1948) is a dovish Israeli statesman, a former Knesset member, deputy foreign minister and justice minister within the Israeli Labour Party. He is currently chairman of Yachad. He is most famous for his involvement with the Oslo and the YachadThis is an article about the Israeli political party. For the Jewish homosexuals association in Germany see: YACHAD (Germany). Yachad is an Israeli dovish social democratic left wing party. The name Yachad " which literally means Together is also an abbre party; the National Census is identified with Ami AyalonAmi Ayalon is an Israeli former admiral and today, a peace activists. Ayalon served as an commander of the Israeli Navy and reached the rank of admiral. He later served as the head of the Shin Bet Israel's internal security service. On June 25, 2003, Ayal, who has deliberatly kept this initiative separate from Peace Now in order not to damage support from the general public.
Peace Now's main activities for 2004 are monitoring Israeli settlementIsraeli settlements are Jewish communities in areas under Israeli control as a result of the 1967 Six Day War. The term does not distinguish between communities established before 1948, subsequently destroyed by the Arabs, and communities newly establishe expansions and the establishment of illegal outposts by the Hilltop YouthHilltop Youth is the term commonly used for several right-wing dissident youth groups in Israel. The groups seek to protect and encourage Jewish settlements. They are influenced by Kahanist ideals. The groups are not centrally organized. Though there is d. Peace Now was one of the main organisers of the Mate ha-Rov ("majority camp") demonstration in 2004, in support of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004Israel's unilateral disengagement plan (also known as the disengagement plan ) is a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to remove all 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and 4 settlements in Samaria area of the West Bank while holding ont and withdrawal from the Gaza StripThe World Factbook. The Gaza Strip is a narrow strip of land just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. At the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War it was occupied by the Egyptians, under which it remained until it was claimed by Israel during the Six-Day War of.
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