March 10th, 2010

ATFP Senior Fellow joins Boston College panel on US-Israel Relations Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - March 11, 2010 - 1:00am An audience of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff gathered in the Corcoran Commons Heights Room at Boston College on February 22, 2010 to hear a panel discussion on relations between Israel and the United States. Speaking were ATFP senior fellow Hussein Ibish; Shai Feldman, director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University; and Aaron David Miller, a former state department analyst and negotiator, now a public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Read more

March 4th

ATFP President Emphasizes Convergence Between Diplomacy, State-Building at Senate Hearing Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - March 4, 2010 - 1:00am   var s1 = new SWFObject('http://www.senate.gov/fplayers/CommPlayer/mediaplayer.swf','mediaplayer','500','380','9'); s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); s1.addParam('flashvars','file=/vCommFiles/foreign030410&streamer=rtmp://fms.senate.gov/Committee/&autostart=true&type=video&start=435&bufferlength=5'); s1.write('senView'); Read more

February 19th

ATFP Senior Fellow Addresses Conference on Iran and the Arab World at Rutgers Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - February 24, 2010 - 1:00am ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish participated in a day-long conference on Saturday, February 13 at Rutgers University on Iran and the Arab World: New Horizons. Ibish appeared on a panel entitled "Iran, the US and the Arab World," along with professors Roozbeh Shirazi of CUNY and Stephen R. Shalom of William Paterson University. Read more

ATFP Senior Fellow Gives Graduate Seminar at Georgetown Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - February 22, 2010 - 1:00am ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish lectured at a graduate seminar at Georgetown University on Islam, perceptions of Islam and Islamophobia in the United States on February 16, 2010. Ibish gave the Georgetown graduate students a brief rundown on the essential elements of the Islamic faith, but concentrated most of his talk on the evolution of Western perceptions of Islam and Muslims. Read more

February 18th

ATFP Senior Fellow delivers Fares Lecture Series Address at Tufts Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - February 18, 2010 - 1:00am ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish delivered a Fares Lecture Series address at Tufts University on February 10, 2010. Read more

February 16th

ATFP Senior Fellow speaks at Brandeis Brown Bag Lunch Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - February 16, 2010 - 1:00am ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish addressed a group of about 50 faculty, students and community members at a brown bag lunch at Brandeis University on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Ibish evaluated different scenarios for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and focused a good deal of his remarks on the positive impact and serious prospects of the PA state and institution building initiative. Read more

February 11th

ATFP Senior Fellow gives MIT seminar Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - February 12, 2010 - 1:00am ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish addressed the Wednesday seminar series held by MIT's Security Studies Program on February 10, 2010. His talk focused on evaluating different scenarios for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the occupation that began in 1967. Read more

January 27th

ATFP Welcomes, Supports Congressional Letter to Administration on Gaza Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 27, 2010 - 1:00am Jan. 27, 2010, Washington DC -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) formally supported and welcomes a letter sent by 54 members of Congress to the administration urging immediate action to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza. The dear colleague letter was circulated in Congress by Reps. Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) and supported by ATFP along with numerous other organizations. The full text of the letter follows and it can also be viewed in its original form here. Read more 1 attachment

January 26th

Major New Palestinian State and Institution Building Document Issued Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 26, 2010 - 1:00am The Ministries of Finance and Planning and Administrative Development of the Palestinian National Authority (PA) have issued a major new document pertaining to the state and institution building program of the Thirteenth Palestinian Government that was adopted in August, 2009. Read more

January 12th

ATFP offers condolences on the passing of Hasib Sabbagh Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 12, 2010 - 1:00am Jan. 12, 2010, Washington, DC – The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) offers its condolences to the family and friends of noted businessman and philanthropist Hasib Sabbagh following the announcement today of his passing away. ATFP also offered condolences to the Palestinian people generally, in light of Mr. Sabbagh’s many important civic and philanthropic efforts over the years. Read more