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ATFP Donates $10,000 to Palestinian Hospital Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 16, 2007 - 1:00am Washington, D.C., January 17, 2007 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today announced another donation of $10,000 for Palestinian humanitarian relief to the Red Crescent Society Hospital in Jerusalem. ATFP launched an appeal in May 2006 to collect donations for humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people. ATFP continues to donate all funds raised from the Palestinian Humanitarian Fund to medical facilities in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more

ATFP Briefing Addresses Israel/Palestine Policy Press Release - Contact Information: Ghaith al-Omari - January 22, 2007 - 1:00am Washington, DC, January 23 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) held today a briefing at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., ‘U.S. Policy Towards Israel-Palestine: 2006-2008, Expectations and Recommendations.’ The briefing featured 3 speakers giving the Palestinian, Israeli and American perspectives on the issue: Ghaith Al-Omari, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation; Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, Professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies at New York University; and Dr. Read more

ATFP Announces New Summer Medical Volunteer Program for West Bank, Seeks Volunteer Surgeons for One-Week Rotations Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 22, 2007 - 1:00am Washington, D.C., January 23 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today announced a new humanitarian medical program to help alleviate the Palestinian medical situation in the West Bank. The program, 'Healing Palestinians,' will consist of one-week rotations to several West Bank hospitals beginning in Summer 2007. For the purposes of this program, ATFP is seeking Arabic-speaking volunteer surgeons in various surgical specialties only. Read more

ATFP Urges Strick Palestinian Adherence to Ceasefire, and Adoption of Unambiguous Principles by Any Future Government Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - February 4, 2007 - 1:00am Washington, D.C., February 5 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today urged the strict adherence of all Palestinian factions to the latest ceasefire declared on Saturday. More than 80 Palestinians have been killed in internal fighting this year. Read more

ATFP Applauds King Abdullah Speech Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - March 6, 2007 - 1:00am Washington, DC, March 7, 2007 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today applauded the speech given by His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. King Abdullah devoted the entirety of his speech to the issue of Israeli-Palestinian and Mideast peace, emphasizing both that the U.S. remains the key actor in achieving this peace and the urgency of resolving this issue in the immediate future. Read more

ATFP Urges US and Worldwide Intervention to Restore Holy Site Status Quo, Precent Israeli Construction of Expnaded Access Bridge Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - February 6, 2007 - 1:00am ATFP views with the utmost gravity construction that commenced yesterday on the Mughrabi Gate bridge leading up to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem. Israel plans to construct a new and massively-expanded access bridge to the compound to replace the wooden structure that had been built in 2005 after the exisitng earthwork ramp had collapsed. Given the extremely heightened religious sensitivities regarding the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount compound as well as the unresolved political status of Jerusalem, any construction in this area Read more

Dual Israeli/Palestinian Historical Narrative Textbooks Emphasize Educational Role in Building Peace Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - March 22, 2007 - 12:00am Washington, D.C., March 23 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) held a briefing today at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The briefing was titled "Developing a Dual Israeli-Palestinian Historical Narrative". Dr. Sami Adwan of Bethlehem University and Dr. Dan Bar-Or of Ben Gurion University presented their experiences as co-directors of the Peace Research Institute in the Middle East (PRIME) in developing and teaching the 'Dual Historical Narrative' booklets to their pupils. Read more

ATFP Announces Partnership with PCRF, Seeks Volunteer Surgeons for One-Week Rotations in West Bank Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - April 10, 2007 - 12:00am Washington, D.C., April 11 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today announced that it was forming a partnership with The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) to administer a new humanitarian medical program to help alleviate the Palestinian medical situation in the West Bank. Read more

ATFP Donates $100,000 To Palestinian Charity In Jerusalem Dar El-Tifl Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - April 23, 2007 - 12:00am The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) is happy to announce the donation of the amount of $100,000.00 to Dar El-Tifl (Home of Children) in Jerusalem. The donation comes from ATFP's Palestine Humanitarian Fund, established to fund Palestinian humanitarian projects in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Dar El-Tifl is a Palestinian charity established in Jerusalem in 1948 originally to care for Palestinian children who were made orphans. Read more

Asali: Palestinians Support Abbas' Referendum Plan By Huge Majority In Print by Ziad Asali - Council On Foreign Relations (Interview) - June 1, 2006 - 12:00am Ziad J. Asali, president and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine, a group dedicated to setting up a state of Palestine alongside that of Israel, says that the call two weeks ago by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a referendum by Palestinians on whether to proceed with negotiations for a two-state solution with Israel has energized many Palestinians who had earlier believed he was too weak. » Read more