Frequently Asked Questions
Why should I sign up to support the JPA? How does that help?
Every person who signs up to support the JPA and then invites their friends
to do the same brings the JPA greater prominence and publicity. By
the time we hit one million signatures, all the main parties who need to
adopt the agreement will be considering and discussing it and some of them
may start to adopt it.
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I don't understand the JPA. Can I still support it?
Read around on this website until you are convinced the JPA will be much better
than the present situation — occupation leading to resistance/terrorism
leading to reprisals and more oppression. If you think implementing the agreement
would be better than the endless cycle of violence and denial, then you can honestly
say you support the JPA and you can sign up.
non-violence
I think there might be a better solution, so why support yours?
There might well be a better solution; the JPA does not claim to be perfect.
But is there a better solution — better for all the parties equally — that is
published and gathering support online and could actually be implemented in practice? No.
I won't support anything that doesn't condemn the _________.
The Just Peace Agreement is a package deal that will deliver a complete end to violence,
oppression, terrorism, killing and injustice. To do that, it has to include a total
amnesty covering all wrong actions by any of the parties in the past. So the JPA never
condemns or justifies any action by any of the parties and it includes no punishment, revenge
or retribution. Let's support the future peace. Don't condemn the past — remove it.
the amnesty
I'd sign up if I thought it had a chance. But I don't.
It has more than a chance. And by signing up to support the
JPA you make it more likely that it will be adopted and implemented
for real.
I'm scared of putting my name/email to anything like this.
Your name, email and ip-address are only used to ensure that each sign-up
is unique and there is no duplication or multiple signing going on.
They are all encoded before storing, so they cannot ever be used for
emailing you. And the database will never be passed to any third party,
or decoded. If you want to communicate with us, you have to send us a
separate email asking us to reply.
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No way am I going to sign before I know who "Peacemaker" are.
Our names will do you no good. We are ordinary people just like
you — people you have never heard of. We are not a front
for Mossad or Hamas or the CIA or for anyone else. We are not
funded or supported by any other organization, political or otherwise —
not even wonderful organizations like the ICRC or the UN or Amnesty
International. Sorry. We are just "Peacemaker", and we
have no ulterior motive but promoting and implementing the JPA and bringing
peace and justice to the Israel/Palestine region and peoples. So
judge the JPA on its own merits, not on our reputation or track-record;
we don't have either.
the agreement
What if I sign up to support the JPA and then you change it?
We will never change the principles. If you believe in a final settlement of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is based squarely on non-violence, democracy
and parity between the peoples, then support the JPA. You can be sure that
however many details get filled in and firmed up, that will only be done to make sure
the principles are applied in a practical, unambiguous way when the agreement is
implemented on the ground.
principles
I will sign up to support the agreement right now
I want to know more before supporting the agreement