June 23rd

Create a real American coalition on Middle East peace In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Daily Star (Opinion) - June 23, 2009 - 12:00am For years now, my colleagues and I at the American Task Force on Palestine have argued that advocates of a two-state resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict need to form a real, functioning national coalition in the United States to support this goal. President Barack Obama has put a great deal of his political credibility and capital on the line in pursuit of negotiated resolution, forcefully articulating what all parties must do to build momentum toward this goal. » Read more

June 18th

How the Palestinians should respond to Netanyahu In Print by Hussein Ibish - Foreign Policy (Opinion) - June 16, 2009 - 12:00am The response from Palestinian and Arab leaders to Benjamin Netanyahu's defiant foreign policy speech last Sunday has so far consisted mainly of throwing up their hands in despair. While understandable given the prime minister's intransigence on Israel's prior commitment to a complete settlement freeze and other key issues, this approach is not likely to accomplish very much. » Read more