June 9th, 2010

ATFP Board Member Recent Achievements Update Press Release - June 9, 2010 - 12:00am ATFP Board Member Update: $1.105 billion contract for Mjalli's company, ADC Honors Munayyers, Asali in US Presidential Delegation Read more

May 18th

ATFP Senior Fellow Joins J Street and APN Board Member to Advocate Peace at New Jersey Event Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - May 18, 2010 - 12:00am Peace between Israel and the Palestinians will be difficult but is essential to achieve, Dr. Hussein Ibish, Senior Fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, and Dr. Edward Witten, world renowned theoretical physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and member of the National Advisory Boards of J Street and Americans for Peace Now, told an overflow audience of more than 120 people on Sunday, May 16. The Princeton, New Jersey event, entitled "Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine," was hosted by the Princeton Community Democratic Organization. Read more

May 17th

Leading Jewish and Palestinian American Groups Announce Joint Internship Program Press Release - May 17, 2010 - 12:00am Americans for Peace Now (APN) and the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) are today announcing a new joint summer internship program. APN will host a Palestinian student and ATFP will host an Israeli student. The two interns are part of a group of students – Israelis and Palestinians – who are participating this summer in the first-ever Middle East program of New Story Leadership, a locally-based organization that offers young adults from both sides of the conflict a transformative leadership experience in Washington. Read more

May 12th

Readout of the President’s Call with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority Press Release - May 12, 2010 - 12:00am Read more

May 7th

Advocacy Director Ghaith Al-Omari participates in "The Jerusalem Old City Initiative: Sustainable Governance Solutions" panel Press Release - Contact Information: Ghaith al-Omari - May 7, 2010 - 12:00am On May 5th, ATFP Advocacy Director Ghaith Al-Omari participated in a panel discussion entitled "The Jerusalem Old City Initiative: Sustainable Governance Solutions". Read more

ATFP Advocacy Director lectures at the Ohio State University Press Release - Contact Information: Ghaith al-Omari - May 7, 2010 - 12:00am On May 4th, ATFP Advocacy Director Ghaith Al-Omari delivered a lecture at the Ohio State University John Glenn School of Public Affairs entitled “The Peace Process: Through Our Eyes”. Read more

April 30th

Sec. Clinton's Remarks At the American Jewish Committee Annual Gala Dinner Press Release - April 30, 2010 - 12:00am Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Hotel Washington, DC April 29, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all. Well, it is wonderful to be back here at the American Jewish Committee and I thank David for that introduction. What he was really trying to say was that it was very dull in Chappaqua before we came to town. (Laughter.) David is an extraordinary leader. He inspires your confidence and your trust and your affection, and I thank him for his decades of service to this important work. Read more

April 29th

ATFP Advocacy Director Lectures on “Domestic Dysfunction in the Israel-Palestine Conflict” at U. of Maryland Press Release - Contact Information: Ghaith al-Omari - April 29, 2010 - 12:00am On April 27th, ATFP Advocacy Director Ghaith Al-Omari took part at the University of Maryland Israel-Palestine Symposium organized by University of Maryland School of Public Policy, Saul Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement and Gildenhorn Center for Israel Studies. Read more

April 27th

ATFP Senior Fellow Describes New US-Israel Arrangement, Predicts Proximity Talks Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - April 27, 2010 - 12:00am ATFP Senior Hussein Ibish addressed a group of student activists at American University on April 24, 2010, telling them that the US-Israel standoff on settlements in Jerusalem open important, but limited, new opportunities to promote peace and an end to the occupation. Read more

April 21st

ATFP Senior Fellow Addresses Israel-Palestine Peace Conference at CCSU Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - April 21, 2010 - 12:00am ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish gave a keynote address at the second annual Israel-Palestine Piece Conference at Central Connecticut State University on April 16, 2010. Ibish told the audience that the context in which the conflict and the lack of peace was viewed in Washington had shifted dramatically in recent months, and had been gradually evolving over the past two years. Read more