- This is the site of Americans For A Safe Israel and by clicking on this link you will find a multitude of links to news sources as well as being able to enter the home page of AFSI. Americans For a Safe Israel was founded in 1971 by concerned Americans convinced a peaceful settlement of the Arab-Israel conflict would only occur when the Arabs realized once and for all that Israel could not be defeated militarily or in any other way. The founders were convinced that Israel must retain possession and control of Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Golan.