May 19, 2010

Winograd Challenges AIPAC, Harman in CA Primaries

Progressive Marcy Winograd challenges Congresswoman Jane Harman in the Southern California primaries of District 36. New Policy PAC endorses Winograd for her outspoken positions on ending the blockade on Gaza, freezing Jewish settlements, establishing a just resolution whether a one state or two state solution and pushing for negotiations on Iran instead of sanctions and war. 

Marcy Winograd’s campaign comes down to more jobs for America and less war. Please support Marcy Winograd’s campaign by contributing at our website or by sending a check to New Policy PAC.

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May 7, 2010

Likud MK Endorses One-State Solution, Should Obama?

In the past week there has been a flurry of activity around the renewed possibility of a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As frustration mounts over the interminable peace process and the glaring futility of the proximity talks, two American authors, an Israeli leftist and a Likud member of the Knesset publicly endorse the one-state solution as the most likely settlement (if not the best) in the same twenty-four hour period.

The rising chorus in support of a binational state is the culmination of the decades-long failure to separate the Palestinians and Israelis into two different nations. NewPolicy.org calls on the Obama administration and Congress to act quickly to end the occupation with all its crushing injustice and horrific violence, recognizing that a one-state solution is another viable option as facts on the ground continue to render the two-state solution unworkable.

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