NewPolicy.Org calls on President Obama to support a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem if Prime Minister Netanyahu does not agree to a settlement freeze. The Palestinian leadership has been organizing world support behind its unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood which it hopes to present to the United Nations as Palestinians grow more disillusioned with the peace process and Israel's settlement

NewPolicy.org supports President Carter's letter to the New York Times, the status quo is no longer an option. The Netanyahu government must understand that the price of stalling the peace process will be high and that increasing impediments to peace such as building settlements will not be tolerated by the United States government.

ANewPolicyPAC supports the Obama administration in its drive to end all settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated yesterday that Israeli settlements are the largest obstacle to a peaceful resolution to the conflict through a two-state solution. The Israeli government cannot negotiate in good faith with the Palestinians about a future Palestinian state while building Israeli settlements in the lands allotted to become the future state of Palestine.

NewPolicy.org strongly supports the Goldstone report and condemns the efforts to discredit it by House Resolution 867. The Goldstone report, headed by respected South African investigator Richard Goldstone, and commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council is an important call to accountability in the Middle East. The report details the crimes of both Hamas and Israel during the invasion of Gaza in 2009.