Stand with President Obama

Some in Congress are actively trying to undermine longstanding, bipartisan US policy opposing Israeli settlements in territory under its control beyond the Green Line.

President Obama just issued a very important signing statement accompanying new Customs legislation clarifying that it remains American policy to draw a clear distinction between America's commitment to the state of Israel and our opposition to settlements in the territory it controls.

There are still a number of other pieces of Congressional legislation under consideration containing language that tries to blur that distinction.

Stand with President Obama and tell Members of Congress to oppose or amend legislation that upends America's longstanding opposition to Israeli settlements that are undermining the democratic future of Israel and chances for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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    Tell Your Representative and Senators:

    President Obama's signing statement on the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 should make it clear that recent Congressional attempts to conflate Israel and the occupied territories subvert longstanding, bipartisan US policy on Israeli settlements.

    Language referring to, and blurring the line between, "Israel and the territory it controls" has appeared in several recent pieces of legislation related to BDS. Make no mistake -- whatever the stated purpose of the legislation, this language is not pro-Israel. It plays into the hands of rejectionists on the left and right who oppose territorial compromise and wish to see a single state between the river and the sea. 

    Supporting Israel means supporting a two-state solution. And that means continuing to oppose settlements in Israeli controlled territory which make peace far more difficult to achieve.

    Some in Congress are actively trying to undermine longstanding, bipartisan US policy opposing Israeli settlements in territory under its control beyond the Green Line.

    President Obama just issued a very important signing statement accompanying new Customs legislation clarifying that it remains American policy to draw a clear distinction between America's commitment to the state of Israel and our opposition to settlements in the territory it controls.

    There are still a number of other pieces of Congressional legislation under consideration containing language that tries to blur that distinction.

    Stand with President Obama and tell Members of Congress to oppose or amend legislation that upends America's longstanding opposition to Israeli settlements that are undermining the democratic future of Israel and chances for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.