February 27th, 2009

CHF International Announces New Partnership with the American Charities for Palestine and the Sheikh Mohammad Shami Foundation Media Mention of ATFP In - January 25, 2009 - 1:00am CHF International is pleased to announce that in partnership with the American Charities for Palestine, with funding from the Sheikh Mohammed Shami Foundation, we have commenced a Three Hundred Thousand Dollar ($300,000) development project in the West Bank village of Beit Ur Al-Tahta. ACP, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is a sister organization of ATFP dedicated to help build the education and health sectors in Palestine. » Read more

Obama Empowers Jewish Insurgency Media Mention of ATFP In The Huffington Post - February 21, 2009 - 1:00am The other day I was asked if the existence of Israel Policy Forum "really makes a difference." My interlocutor went on: "I would not expect you to have ended the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That is not something Americans can do. But I would think you and your allies would have cut into the power of the right-wingers by now. But they still seem to own Capitol Hill, almost as if you guys didn't exist." It's a good question, but it is also one that I had no problem answering. » Read more

US Congress hears urgent appeal for aid to Gaza Media Mention of ATFP In The Daily Star - February 14, 2009 - 1:00am US Congress hears urgent appeal for aid to Gaza Daily Star staff Saturday, February 14, 2009 WASHINGTON: While urgent humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is immediately required, the long-term consequences of the recent Gaza war depend on advancements in the peace process and a settlement freeze, Ziad J. Asali, president of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) told a congressional hearing on Thursday. » Read more

February 18th

Awaiting Israel's next step Media Mention of Ziad Asali In Gulf News - February 18, 2009 - 1:00am The optimists in the Middle East, and they hardly exceed the number of fingers on one's hand, are wondering whether Benjamin Netanyahu, who may be charged of forming the new Israeli government, will pull a Richard Nixon out of his bag. After all, it was this former conservative American president who paved the way for establishing diplomatic relations with Communist China when he visited there in 1972. » Read more

February 13th

Congressman Ackerman Speaks Middle East Truth Media Mention of Ziad Asali In The Huffington Post - February 13, 2009 - 1:00am Anyone who believes that anti-Semitism is a thing of the past needs to consider the case of Bishop Richard Williamson, the cleric who denies that the Holocaust occurred and insists that the murder of six million Jews is "lies, lies, lies." Williamson is a Jew-hater, pure and simple. Pope Benedict's support for him demonstrates that the current pontiff, who started out as a Hitler Youth, has a rather different attitude toward Jews than his revered predecessor, John Paul II, who started out in the Polish Resistance. » Read more

February 12th

Today on the Hill Media Mention of Ziad Asali In The Washington Post - February 12, 2009 - 1:00am Today on the Hill Today marks the 200th anniversary of former President Abraham Lincoln's birth and a celebration in Lincon's honor will commence in the Capitol Rotunda this morning. President Obama is expected to join lawmakers around 11:30 a.m. to observe the ceremony. » Read more

February 11th

The American Task Force on Palestine Blogs Media Mention of Ziad Asali In Israel Policy Forum - February 11, 2009 - 1:00am I am delighted to be among the early contributors to the first blog postings on this new part of the Israel Policy Forum (IPF) website. The close relationship that my colleagues and I at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) have built with IPF is fundamental to what we, at ATFP, are working towards. » Read more

Two-State Solution the Answer Media Mention of Ziad Asali In Washington Report On Middle East Affairs - February 11, 2009 - 1:00am IN THE OPINIONS of Dr. Ziad Asali, president of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), and Ori Nir, spokesperson for Americans for Peace Now (APN), the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine is the only attractive and viable option for a just resolution to the century-old conflict. They made it clear that, to them, the one-state solution is not even worth consideration. The two men spoke at a panel moderated by U.S. Ambassador Philip C. » Read more

February 10th

Abbas, Bush stress need for peace push Media Mention of Ghaith al-Omari In The Jerusalem Post - September 25, 2008 - 12:00am Sep. 25, 2008 AP and HILARY LEILA KRIEGER , THE JERUSALEM POST US President George W. Bush told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday that the United States has not given up hope on an agreement to create a Palestinian state. "I appreciate your determination and your desire to have a Palestinian state," Bush told Abbas in front of reporters before a White House meeting. "I share that desire with you. It's not easy." » Read more

Israel’s Political Situation Dims Hopes for Peace Deal Media Mention of Ghaith al-Omari In The New York Times - August 1, 2008 - 12:00am WASHINGTON — The official line in Washington, Jerusalem and Ramallah is that the decision by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to resign will not affect American efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians before the end of the year. » Read more