Letter to Obama Urgining Support for a UN Condemnation of Israeli Settlements

The Hon. Edward Abington, former Consul General to Jerusalem Amjad Atallah, Co-Director, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman, Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles Peter Beinart, Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science, the City University of New York; Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation Landrum Bolling, Senior Advisor, Mercy Corps Hon. Everett Ellis Briggs, former US Ambassador, Portugal, Honduras, Panama; former special advisor to President George H.W. Bush, National Security Council; former President, Americas Society and Council of the Americas Hon. Richard Burt, former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe; former US Ambassador to Germany; chief US arms control negotiator Hon. Frank Carlucci, former US Secretary of Defense Hon. Wendy Chamberlin, President, Middle East Institute; former US Ambassador, Pakistan Steven Clemons, Founder and Senior Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation; publisher, The Washington Note Hon. Walter L. Cutler, former US Ambassador, Saudi Arabia Hon. John Gunther Dean, former US Ambassador, Cambodia, Lebanon, Thailand, India Michael C. Desch, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame; Contributing Editor, The American Conservative Hon. James Dobbins, former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Hon. Joseph Duffey, former Director, US Information Agency Hon. Wes Egan, former US Ambassador, Jordan Hon. Nancy H. Ely-Raphel, former US Ambassador, Slovenia; former Counselor on International Law, Department of State Dr. John L. Esposito, Professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Board of Directors, Rabbis for Human Rights - North America Hon. Chas W. Freeman, Jr, former US Ambassador, Saudi Arabia; former President, Middle East Policy Council Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr. (USA, Ret.) and former President, National Defense University Hon. Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs, George Washington University; former US Ambassador, Jordan, Kuwait Hon. Brandon Grove, former US Ambassador to Zaire; former Consul General, Jerusalem Hon. William C. Harrop, former US Ambassador, Israel, Guinea, Kenya, Seychelles, Zaire Hon. Carla Hills, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former US Trade Representative Hon. Roderick M. Hills, former Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Hon. H. Allen Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of State, European Affairs; former Assistant Secretary, Political-Military Affairs; former US Ambassador, Portugal Hon. Arthur Hughes, former Deputy Chief of Mission, Israel; former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern Affairs Robert Jervis, Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University; former President, American Political Science Association Christian A. Johnson, Professor, Hamilton College Michael Kahn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz Hani Masri, Publisher, The Palestine Note Hon. David Mack, Vice President, Middle East Institute; former US Ambassador, UAE; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern Affairs Hon. Jack F. Matlock, Jr., former US Ambassador, Soviet Union; former Special Assistant to President Reagan John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago Hon. Richard Murphy, former Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; former US Ambassador, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Mauritania William Nitze, former Assistant Administrator for International Activities, Environmental Protection Agency; Trustee, the Aspen Institute Hon. Robert Pastor, former Senior Director, National Security Council; Professor of International Relations, American University Hon. Thomas Pickering, former Undersecretary of State, Political Affairs; former US Ambassador, Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan, United Nations Paul Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer, Near Eastern Affairs; Director of Graduate Studies, Security Studies program, Georgetown University Hon. Anthony Quainton, former US Ambassador to Kuwait and Peru; former Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security; former Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, State Department William B. Quandt, Professor, Middle East history, University of Virginia; former National Security Council Middle East Assistant, President Carter George R. Salem, former Solicitor of Labor; Chairman, Arab American Institute Jerome Segal, President, Jewish Peace Lobby Hon. Roscoe Suddarth, former US Ambassador, Jordan; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Andrew Sullivan, Senior Editor, The Atlantic; Editor and Publisher, The Daily Dish Hon. Nicholas Veliotes, former Assistant Secretary of State, Near East and South Asian affairs; former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Jordan; former Deputy Chief of Mission to Israel Hon. Frederick Vreeland, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Near East Affairs; former US Ambassador, Morocco Hon. Edward S. Walker, Jr., former US Ambassador, Israel, Egypt, UAE; former Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern Affairs Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs/International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Universty; and blogs at ForeignPolicy.com Hon. Allan Wendt, former US Ambassador, Slovenia; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, International Energy and Resources Policy Hon. Philip Wilcox, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Middle Eastern Affairs; former Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, State Department Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (USA, ret), former Chief of Staff, Department of State; Visiting Professor, College of William & Mary Jeffrey A. Winters, Professor, Political Economy, Northwestern University James Zogby, President, Arab American Institute