ATFP Urge US Intervention to Stem Spiraling Gaza Violence Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - July 6, 2006 - 12:00am Washington, D.C., July 7 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today urged the Bush administration to exert all efforts to address the spiraling violence in Gaza that led yesterday to the deaths of twenty-two Palestinians, many of them civilians and children. Read more

ATFP Calls for Diplomatic Resolution of Growing Middle East Crisis Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - July 11, 2006 - 12:00am The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today called on all parties to take the steps necessary to defuse the escalating tensions in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon. ATFP warned that the region is heading towards an extremely dangerous conflagration that would not be in the interest of any of the involved states, organizations and communities. Read more

ATFP Donates $45,000 For Emergency Humanitarian Relief in Palestine Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - August 1, 2006 - 12:00am Washington, D.C., August 2, 2006 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today announced the donation of $45,000 for Palestinian humanitarian relief, with grants going to Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem, St. Luke's Hospital in Nablus, and the Washington, D.C.-based United Palestinian Appeal (UPA). ATFP launched an appeal in May 2006 to collect donations for urgent humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people. ATFP will donate all funds it raises from the Palestinian Humanitarian Appeal to medical facilities in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more

Governor Sununu, Other Leading Palestinian Americans to be Honored at ATFP Inaugural Gala Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - August 7, 2006 - 12:00am Washington, D.C., August 8, 2006 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today announced the holding of its Inaugural Gala in Washington, DC, to honor the contributions of Palestinian Americans to American society.  The Annual Gala will recognize the accomplishments of leading Palestinian Americans in the fields of government service, commerce and industry, and scholarship.  Honorees include former White House Chief of Staff and Governor of New Hampshire John Sununu.  Senator John Sununu will present the first ATFP Award for Outstanding Contribution Read more

ATFP Condemns Burning of Chrisitan Churches in Palestinian Occupied Territories Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - September 17, 2006 - 12:00am Washington, D.C., September 18 – The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) condemned today the acts of arson committed over the weekend against churches in the occupied West Bank. Unknown perpetrators firebombed at least 5 churches over the weekend in Nablus, Tulkarem and Tubas in the northern West Bank. The attacks occurred in the context of widespread protests over the weekend across the Muslim world over remarks made about Islam by Pope Benedict XVI. Read more

ATFP President Asali Meets with Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh on Palestinian Travel Restrictions Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - November 9, 2006 - 1:00am Washington, D.C., November 10 - American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) president Dr. Ziad Asali met in Jerusalem today with Israeli deputy minister of defense Dr. Ehpraim Sneh to discuss the issue of recent travel and visa restrictions against Palestinian Americans traveling to and from the occupied territories. The meeting followed an earlier meeting the same day between Dr. Sneh and Israeli interior minister Ronnie Baron at which an agreement in principle was reached on the issue. Dr. Asali has been holding meetings in Jerusalem and Ramallah for the last week with a wide Read more

Panel Discusses the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Report and the Prospects for Arab-Israeli Peace Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - December 19, 2006 - 1:00am Washington, D.C., December 20 -- Yesterday a panel discussion cosponsored by the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) discussed the prospects for implementing the Iraq Study Group's recommendations for renewed negotiations to resolve outstanding issues, such as ending the occupation, between Israel and the Palestinian people, as well as with Syria and Lebanon. The event, entitled "After the Iraq Study Group Report: Possibilities For A Comprehensive Arab-Israeli Peace On All Fronts," was cosponsored by the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). Read more

ATFP Donates $10,000 to Palestinian Hospital Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 16, 2007 - 1:00am Washington, D.C., January 17, 2007 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today announced another donation of $10,000 for Palestinian humanitarian relief to the Red Crescent Society Hospital in Jerusalem. ATFP launched an appeal in May 2006 to collect donations for humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people. ATFP continues to donate all funds raised from the Palestinian Humanitarian Fund to medical facilities in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more

ATFP Briefing Addresses Israel/Palestine Policy Press Release - Contact Information: Ghaith al-Omari - January 22, 2007 - 1:00am Washington, DC, January 23 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) held today a briefing at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., ‘U.S. Policy Towards Israel-Palestine: 2006-2008, Expectations and Recommendations.’ The briefing featured 3 speakers giving the Palestinian, Israeli and American perspectives on the issue: Ghaith Al-Omari, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation; Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, Professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies at New York University; and Dr. Read more

ATFP Announces New Summer Medical Volunteer Program for West Bank, Seeks Volunteer Surgeons for One-Week Rotations Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 22, 2007 - 1:00am Washington, D.C., January 23 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today announced a new humanitarian medical program to help alleviate the Palestinian medical situation in the West Bank. The program, 'Healing Palestinians,' will consist of one-week rotations to several West Bank hospitals beginning in Summer 2007. For the purposes of this program, ATFP is seeking Arabic-speaking volunteer surgeons in various surgical specialties only. Read more