Editing Peace Now (section)

==Peace Now and the Second Intifada (2000–2005)==
Since the outbreak of the violent [[Second Intifada]] in December 2000, Peace Now has arguably lost a certain degree of the Israeli public's support. While the [[First Intifada]] was largely a popular movement on the part of the Palestinian public, the Second Intifada consisted of far more violent confrontations between Palestinian militants and the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]], Israeli settlers within the [[West Bank]] and the [[Gaza Strip]], and Israeli civilians. According to the [[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], 132 Israeli individuals were killed by Palestinian militant bomb/suicide attacks within Israel proper between 2000 and 2004.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+since+2000/Suicide+and+Other+Bombing+Attacks+in+Israel+Since.htm Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (Sept 1993)] [[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] Retrieved 21 November 2011</ref>

Despite the arguable decline in the Israeli public's support for the [[Oslo Peace Process]],<ref name="Dor2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=38|title=Media and the Second Intifada|author=Daniel Dor|author-link=Daniel Dor|year=2003|publisher=Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol.10 No.2|access-date=4 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="Gawerc2012">{{cite book|last=Gawerc|first=Michelle I. |title=Prefiguring Peace: Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding Partnerships|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hka8FZ4UdWUC|year=2012|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739166109|pages=41–42}}</ref> Peace Now succeeded in leading a demonstration of between 60,000<ref>"Police said"</ref> to 100,000<ref>according to "Peace Now"</ref> in May 2002, after Israeli military forces began on 29 March a large-scale military [[Operation Defensive Shield]] in the West Bank and as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was mobilizing reserve forces for a possible military invasion of Gaza. The demonstration was held under the banner "Get Out of The Territories".<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/world/mideast-turmoil-the-overview-israeli-troops-standing-by-on-the-outskirts-of-gaza.html Israeli Troops Standing By on the Outskirts of Gaza] ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1982024.stm Thousands rally for peace in Tel Aviv] [[BBC News]], 12 May 2002. Retrieved 21 November 2011</ref> According to "Peace Now" itself, shortly after the outbreak of the Second Intifada, it was instrumental in creating the Israeli Peace Coalition, which later evolved into the Israeli-Palestine Peace Coalition.<ref name="wwa"/>{{clarify|date = September 2015|reason=has it connection to the 2nd Intifada?}} Its main objective is to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, and to achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace based on a two-state solution.<ref>[http://www.conflict-prevention.net/page.php?id=172&formid=173&action=show&organisationid=4611# Israeli Palestinian Peace Coalition (IPPC)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415085016/http://www.conflict-prevention.net/page.php?id=172&formid=173&action=show&organisationid=4611 |date=15 April 2012 }} [[Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict]] Retrieved 21 November 2011</ref>{{clarify|date = September 2015|reason=has it connection to the 2nd Intifada?}}

===Israel's unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip===
Peace Now was a key advocate of Israel's 2004 [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza|Disengagement Plan]]. Peace Now led the 'Mate ha-Rov' ("majority camp") demonstration on 14 May 2004 in Tel Aviv, in order to pressure the Israeli government to adopt the Disengagement Plan.<ref>[http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x69060 Thousands of Israelis Urge Gaza Pullout] Democratic Underground Retrieved 21 November 2011</ref>{{better source needed|date=May 2025}} However, support for the Disengagement Plan faced contention within the Peace Now camp over its unilateral nature. Peace Now decided it was most important for Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, regardless of how this withdrawal was to take place.