Americans for Peace Now

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Americans for Peace Now (APN) is a left-wing[2][3][4] nonprofit organization based in the United States whose stated aim is to help achieve a comprehensive political resolution of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

[5] In December 2024, the organisation merged with Ameinu, the US offshoot of the Israeli Labor Party, to form the New Jewish Narrative.

[6] In 1978, 348 senior Israeli army officers wrote a letter to Prime Minister Menachem Begin calling for peace between Israel and Egypt.

APN was founded in 1981 to support the activities of Shalom Achshav; originally known as American Friends of Peace Now, it changed its name to its present form in 1989.

[8] The organization played only a marginal role in American Jewish life in the 1980s, but grew in significance in the 1990s; around 1992 it reported a membership of 10,000 members, in 21 chapters throughout the United States, and was accepted for membership in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.