(16.2.2017) During Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting in Washington with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, February 15, a bloc of left-wing members of the Knesset and activists from peace and human rights organizations held a conference in the Israeli parliament to mark 50 years of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. The conference focused on the necessity of Israel to decide between a just peace with the Palestinians or a road that will lead to apartheid and war.

Joint List Chairman MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) opened the conference saying, “There are two ways forward: peace or apartheid – there is no other path. A Palestinian state next to an Israeli state, upholding UN Resolution 242. Peace is the truth and the way forward for the two nations.”