September 8th, 2010

Legitimize Hamas and kiss the PLO goodbye In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon (Opinion) - September 6, 2010 - 12:00am With the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, numerous voices in the United States have been urging the inclusion of Hamas in international diplomacy, a focus on Palestinian unity, or some formal American outreach to the Palestinian Islamist group. » Read more

September 2nd

The Future Palestinian State Takes Root In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Wall Street Journal (Opinion) - September 1, 2010 - 12:00am Many contentious issues could bedevil the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that began Wednesday, but on one subject both sides can largely agree: The state-building program launched last year by Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has made measurable progress. While the terrorist group Hamas rules in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in the West Bank are trying to build the framework of a future state. » Read more

Contested Settlement In Print by Hussein Ibish - Foreign Policy (Analysis) - September 2, 2010 - 12:00am » Read more

June 17th

The Significance of the Second Palestine Investment Conference In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Blog) - June 17, 2010 - 12:00am Almost everything about the second Palestine Investment Conference held in Bethlehem in early June, which I had the honor of attending as a member of President Barack Obama's official delegation, was encouraging. » Read more

Palestine is open for business! In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Blog) - June 17, 2010 - 12:00am Almost everything about the second Palestine Investment Conference held in Bethlehem in early June, which I had the honor of attending as a member of President Barack Obama's official delegation, was encouraging. » Read more

April 30th

The sensible Palestinian statehood plan In Print by Ziad Asali - The Daily Star - April 30, 2010 - 12:00am Palestinians have recently been developing a peaceful multilevel strategy to achieve their national goals of a negotiated peace agreement with Israel, an end to the occupation, and the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. » Read more

April 19th

A peaceful strategy for Palestinian independence In Print by Ziad Asali - The Guardian - April 19, 2010 - 12:00am Palestinians have recently been developing a peaceful multilevel strategy to achieve their national goals of a negotiated peace agreement with Israel, an end to the occupation, and the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. » Read more

February 23rd

Palestinian Prime Minister to Israeli Leaders: We are Building a State While Under Occupation to End the Occupation In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Opinion) - February 23, 2010 - 1:00am Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad forthrightly brought his case for building a Palestinian state to Israeli political and military leaders, and they applauded. The new Palestinian attitude towards how to end the occupation that began in 1967 was on full display during Fayyad's speech at the Herzliya conference in Israel earlier this month, and it has had a considerable impact on its Israeli audience. With reports that "proximity talks" between Israelis and Palestinians will begin soon, attention must be paid to Fayyad's remarks and their reception. » Read more

February 4th

Build a Partnership for Peace, Right Here in America In Print by Ziad Asali - The Jewish Daily Forward (Opinion) - February 3, 2010 - 1:00am With the turbulence surrounding diplomacy and the Middle East peace process, it is more urgent than ever for civil society to unite around the obvious reality that a conflict-ending solution can only be attained through the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace and security. » Read more

February 2nd

A real plan to build Palestine In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Guardian (Opinion) - February 2, 2010 - 1:00am Two weeks ago the Palestinian Authority issued a detailed budget for the state and institution-building programme it adopted last August. The programme calls for Palestinians to unilaterally build the administrative, economic and institutional framework of an independent state in spite of the Israeli occupation and as a peaceful, constructive means of countering it. » Read more