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Peace Now, Peace Now

Neither initiative is officially affiliated to Peace Now, though many of the same players have been involved in the various peace initiatives. The Geneva Initiative is identified with Yossi Beilin and the Yachad party; the National Census is identified with Ami Ayalon, who has deliberately kept this initiative separate from Peace Now in order not to damage support from the general public.

Peace Now was one of the main organizers of the Mate ha-Rov ("majority camp") demonstration in 2004, in support of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004 and withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. On March 19 2005, a pro-disengagement rally attracted 10,000 people. Since Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza, Peace Now has not organized any major effort to support any further withdrawals.

Overall, the report claims, Palestinians privately own nearly 40% of the land on which settlements have been built. Dror Etkes & Hagit Ofran: Breaking the law in the West Bank - One violation leads to another: Israeli Settlement Building on Private Palestinian Property Peace Now, October 2006.

Alex Safian: Peace Nows Blunder: Erred on Ma'ale Adumim Land by 15,900 Percent CAMERA March 16, 2007.

After complaints, they reduced the figure to 22%, but without explicitly admitting any error and refusing to issue an apology. Sued by The Fund for Redeeming the Land, who formally owns Revavas land for libel in Jerusalem Magistrates Court, Peace Now was convicted of libel and ordered to pay the Fund 20,000 NIS and to make a public apology which they must publish in the newspapers Haaretz and Ma'ariv.

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