Editing Peace Now (section)

==Early activism==
In an official document from 1982 Peace Now advocated for an undivided Jerusalem as Israel's capital.<ref name=attali>{{cite news|last=Attali|first=Amihai|script-title=he:אם תרצו נגד שלום עכשיו: הקרב על י-ם|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/369/407.html?hp=1&cat=404|access-date=20 May 2012|newspaper=[[Nrg (Maariv)]]|date=18 May 2012|language=he|trans-title=Im Tirtzu v. Peace Now: the battle for Jerusalem|quote='לא תמיד הייתה שלום עכשיו תנועה כל כך קיצונית', נטען בסרטון, שמציג מסמך עקרונות של שלום עכשיו משנת 1982 בו נקבע כי ירושלים לא תחולק." "'הנה לדוגמא רק בשנת 2009 קיבלה שלום עכשיו 844 אלף שקל משגרירות נורבגיה, 731 אלף מבריטניה, ו-555 אלף מממשלת בלגיה.'}}</ref> It has since shifted its position to ''two capitals for two states'' – a solution based on demographic breakdowns with a special agreement for the Old City.

Peace Now again came to prominence following Israel's [[1982 Invasion of Lebanon]], and in particular the massacre of [[Palestinian refugees]] by [[Christian Lebanese]] [[Phalangists]] at the [[Israel]]i controlled [[Shatila refugee camp|Sabra and the Shatila refugee camp]]. On 25 September 1982 Peace Now held a mass protest in Tel Aviv in order to pressure the government to establish a national inquiry commission to investigate the massacres, as well as calling for the resignation of the [[defence minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]].<ref name="knes">{{cite web|url=http://www.knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/peace_now_eng.htm|title=Peace Now – Knesset's Definition|publisher=Knesset|access-date=16 November 2011}}</ref> Peace Now's 1982 demonstration was attended by 400,000 people, approximately 10% of Israel's population at the time.<ref>[http://www.peacenowcanada.org/achievements= Achievements]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Canadian Friends of Peace Now Retrieved 20 November 2011</ref>

===Emil Grunzweig===
In the wake of the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre]], Peace Now led a march from Zion Square and moved towards the Prime Ministers' Office in Jerusalem on 10 February 1983. During the march Peace Now demonstrators encountered a group of right-wing activists. In the ensuing confrontation, [[Yona Avrushmi]] tossed a hand-grenade into the crowd, killing [[Emil Grunzweig]], a prominent Peace Now activist, and injuring several others.<ref>{{cite news
 | title = Thousands attend Israeli's funeral
 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A1FF63F5F0C718DDDAB0894DB484D81
 | work = The New York Times
 | date = 12 February 1983
 | access-date =25 August 2007
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | first = David K.
 | last = Shipler
 | title = A crude shrine rises at spot where bomb halted protest
 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50711FD3E5F0C758DDDAB0894DB484D81
 | work = The New York Times
 | date = 16 February 1983
 | access-date =25 August 2007
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | first = David K.
 | last = Shipler
 | title = Israel begins to note Jewish terrorism
 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40715F63D5F0C7A8EDDA80894DC484D81
 | work =The New York Times
 | date = 29 January 1984
 | access-date =25 August 2007
}}</ref>

Yona Avrushmi was duly arrested, convicted of murder and given a mandatory life sentence, which was commuted to 27 years by President [[Ezer Weizman]] in 1995. Avrushmi was released on 26 January 2011.<ref>{{cite news
 | title = The troubled personality of Yona Avrushmi
 | url = http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=205403
 | work = The Jerusalem Post
 | date = 12 January 2011
 | access-date =20 November 2011
}}</ref>

As a result of mounting public pressure on [[Menachem Begin]] to adopt the [[Kahan Commission]]'s recommendations [[Ariel Sharon]] agreed to step down as Defence Minister.  However, he remained in the government as a minister without portfolio.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/sharon.html Ariel Sharon] [[Jewish Virtual Library]] Retrieved 20 November 2011</ref>