Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
National Press Club, Washington D.C.
Address to the American Task Force on Palestine
February 11, 2008
Introduction
Your Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good afternoon.
02 February 2006
American Task Force on Palestine
[Following is a policy statement that was released publicly on February 2, 2006 by the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), and printed in full in the New York Times. It was drafted by Reema Ali, Esq, Ziad Asali, MD, Amjad Atallah, Esq, Hussein Ibish, PhD and Saliba Sarsar, PhD.]
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