July 27th

Palestinian UN Vote No Longer A Certainty Media Mention of Ziad Asali In ATFP - July 27, 2011 - 12:00am As the Palestinians prepare to unveil Thursday a draft of their resolution requesting United Nations’ recognition next month of an independent Palestinian state, many analysts believe such UN action is not inevitable. » Read more

Israel's Foreign Ministry Borrows From the Settlers for Its Propaganda Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The Jewish Daily Forward - July 27, 2011 - 12:00am Israel’s deputy foreign minister and Twitter warrior, Danny Ayalon, recently released a video over YouTube that is doing quite well — posted on July 11, it now has nearly 180,000 hits. In it, Ayalon tries to explain why he thinks the West Bank should not be referred to as “occupied” and that settlements are not in effect settlements. » Read more

July 22nd

What Obama needs to do Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The Jordan Times - July 22, 2011 - 12:00am These are not the best of times for Americans, especially their leaders in government, President Barack Obama and Congress, in view of the bad state of the economy (i.e., the federal debt) and foreign policy, particularly towards the Arab world. Many here and there are pointing a finger at the president, or as one headline pointed out, “the too-quiet president”. An unidentified Republican, who expects Obama to win a second term in office next year, asked much-respected Washington Post columnist David Ignatius: “Why does he so often seem to react rather than lead?” » Read more

Demography as Destiny: Israel's Growing Right Shapes Law, Military Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The Jewish Daily Forward - July 21, 2011 - 12:00am The increasingly progressive Atlantic Monthly correspondent and former Forward staffer Jeffrey Goldberg (for the last time, no, we’re not the same person) posted a link on his blog Tuesday to an online essay — which he called “hard to disagree with” — by senior research fellow Hussein Ibish of the American Task Force on Palestine. Here’s the excerpt Goldberg posted on his blog: » Read more

July 11th

Israel 1967 Borders Are Central in Mideast Talks Restart Effort Media Mention of ATFP In Bloomberg - July 11, 2011 - 12:00am President Barack Obama’s proposal to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by starting with the 1967 borders will likely be adopted by the international group trying to find a peace agreement. The meeting today in Washington by the “Quartet” -- the U.S., European Union, United Nations and Russia -- has taken on added urgency as Palestinians plan to ask the UN to recognize their state in a September vote. Israel and the U.S. oppose the move, which would raise political and legal questions. » Read more