CFL ALERT: OPPOSE THE NOMINATION OF DANIEL PIPES

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For Immediate Release
April 23, 2003
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CFL ALERT: WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY: OPPOSE THE NOMINATION OF DANIEL PIPES TO THE US INSTITUTE OF PEACE.

The White House has officially nominated Daniel Pipes to the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). The nomination was sent to the Senate on April 2, 2003, and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. This Committee usually approves uncontroversial nominations without debate or a hearing. However, Daniel Pipes' nomination should be scrutinized because of his hard-line opposition to a just peace in Palestine and Israel based on human rights and international law.

TALKING POINTS:
*Daniel Pipes' hard-line opposition to a just peace in Palestine and Israel based on human rights and international law makes him unfit to serve on the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace, a federal institution created to promote peaceful resolution of conflicts.

* Pipes founded Campus Watch, an organization which threatens freedom of speech and legitimate debate regarding Israel and Palestine on college campuses across the country. Pipes' attempts to stifle debate on this crucial issue renders him a poor fit for an institution which conducts educational programs on peace.

* Pipes advocates for Israel to militarily defeat the Palestinians instead of peacefully negotiating with them. "Palestinians need almost as much to be defeated by Israel as Israel needs to defeat them." (Jerusalem Post, April 25, 2001)

* Pipes supports Israel's continued military occupation of the Palestinian people. "Israelis may well tire of keeping ultimate control over the West Bank and Gaza, but the just-deceased Oslo experiment in Palestinian autonomy (1994-2002) demonstrates that they have no choice." (Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2002) He urges "No more Israeli territorial concessions." (Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2000)

* Pipes believes President Bush's call for Palestinian statehood and an end to Israeli settlement activity "constitute very major benefits to the Palestinians; as such, they represent rewards for suicide bombings, sniper attacks, and the other forms of terrorism." (National Post, June 25, 2002)

* Pipes does not believe that the Bush Administration should try to bring about peace between Israelis and Palestinians. "The new administration has already implemented two excellent policy changes concerning the Middle East: a focus on containing Iraq and a retreat from Arab-Israeli negotiations. (Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2001)

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