February 16th

To build Palestine, support the plan that will establish a state In Print by Ziad Asali - The National (Opinion) - February 16, 2011 - 1:00am For decades, little attention has been paid to what has actually been happening on the ground with regard to the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. The institution-building programme of the Palestinian Authority, which has been spearheaded by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is surrounded by a great deal of confusion and misunderstanding. This may be a function of the very nature of the programme: a political project that has its foundation in the technical aspects of building a nation. » Read more

February 15th

The Successes of Palestinian Authority Institution Building In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2011 - 1:00am For decades, the political process simply meant negotiations about the often-repeated final status issues. Hopes were raised and then dashed in extended clusters of negotiations, numerous international conferences, TV appearances and commentaries by politicians and pundits that yielded no meaningful progress toward resolution of the conflict. » Read more

More Arab democracy, Palestinian this time In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon - February 15, 2011 - 1:00am In what is probably a long-overdue move, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah has called for new local, presidential and parliamentary elections before September. » Read more

February 8th

A search for common ground, against the odds In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon (Blog) - February 8, 2011 - 1:00am Since its inception in 2003, the American Task Force on Palestine, where I am a senior research fellow, has been trying to help lay the groundwork for an American alliance for a two-state solution. Such an alliance would bring Jewish-American supporters of Israel and their allies, and Arab-American supporters of Palestine and their allies, together to pursue the mutual interests of both peoples – and of course of the United States itself – in a stable peace agreement. » Read more

February 1st

The Arab Citizen Stands Up for His Dignity In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Blog) - February 1, 2011 - 1:00am The Arab youth have lost their fear, and marched in defiance of their leadership in search of bread, freedom and dignity. They have forged new political realities that are fraught with possibilities and promise as well as dangers and peril. One thing is clear-the status quo has come to an end. Arab unity, long proclaimed dead and buried, has reemerged in a political contagion which is spreading among the Arabs whose regimes (with the exception of the Gulf) are twisting in the winds. » Read more

January 26th

Good News From the Middle East (Really) In Print by Hussein Ibish - The New York Times (Editorial) - January 25, 2011 - 1:00am IT has lately become the accepted wisdom that the Middle East peace process is dead, finished, kaput. This belief has been reinforced by Al Jazeera’s release this week of some 1,600 documents that are said to describe the inside workings of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in 2008. » Read more

January 10th

Honesty and hypocrisy in facing terrorism In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Blog) - January 3, 2011 - 1:00am The murderous bomb attacks against Christian communities in Egypt and Iraq have been roundly condemned by most political and religious leaders, commentators and public opinion in the Arab world. They have also been met with an outpouring of passionate condemnation by ordinary people who have taken to the streets to express anger and demand justice. People have sensed the danger to their whole society inherent in such atrocities. » Read more