Editing Peace Now (section)

==Peace Now and the First Intifada (1987–1993)==
In 1988 [[Yasser Arafat]] (Chairman of the [[PLO]]) publicly accepted [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 242]] at the [[Palestinian National Council|PNC]] in Algiers. For the first time, [[Yasser Arafat]] accepted Israel's existence according to its borders set out in [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181]], and rejected and condemned the use of terrorism in all its forms. In reaction Peace Now led a demonstration of more than 100,000 people, calling for immediate Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for the purposes of attaining peace between the two parties.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1984-1988/408%20PLO%20Statement-%207%20December%201988= Palestinian Declaration of Independence – 1988] [[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] Retrieved 20 November 2011</ref><ref>[http://middleeast.about.com/od/humanrightsdemocracy/f/me090401a.htm What Is Israel's Peace Now?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114155745/http://middleeast.about.com/od/humanrightsdemocracy/f/me090401a.htm |date=14 January 2012 }} [[About.com]] Retrieved 20 November</ref> Following this, Peace Now led the [[Hands Around Jerusalem]] event, in which 25,000 Israelis and Palestinians linked hands to encircle the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in a chain of peace.  
<ref>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/peace-movement-in-united-states Peace Movement in the United States] [[Jewish Women Comprehensive Encyclopedia]] Retrieved 20 November 2011</ref>

In part due to the Israeli-Palestinian discourse engendered by Peace Now and its activists, Israeli Prime Minister [[Yitzchak Rabin]] and [[Yasser Arafat]] succeeded in signing the [[Declaration of Principles]]/[[Oslo Accords]] on the lawn of the [[White House]] on 13 September 1993. Peace Now was the first Israeli organisation to meet with the [[PLO]], at a time when such an undertaking was deemed illegal by the Israeli government.<ref>Mitchell, Thomas. "Indispensable Traitors: Liberal Parties in Secular Conflicts". Greenwood Press, 2002, p.13</ref>

Peace Now supported the [[Oslo Accords]], and since then it has called upon all Israeli administrations to date to adhere to the terms of interim agreements which were agreed upon as part of the [[Oslo Peace Process]].<ref name="wwa"/>