April 5, 2011 - 4:28pm ATFP Co-sponsors an Event on Minority Rights in Israel
April 5, 2011

A panel of civil society leaders from Israel coordinated by the Mossawa Center spoke about the challenges they face in their struggles for equality as well as strategies for solution.

March 25, 2011 - 12:23pm An interview with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
March 25, 2011

A stable, peaceful Palestine is in everybody's interest. It will be a state founded on universal values like respect of others, non-discrimination and religious, gender and ethnic equality.

March 23, 2011 - 3:18pm U.S. praises PA security progress
March 23, 2011

"The program has witnessed increased coordination of activities amongst international donors, and is achieving notable progress on security, justice, corrections, and other new fronts," the U.S. State Department said in a statement issued Sunday.

March 23, 2011 - 4:02pm Gaza border violence in March
March 23, 2011

A summary of reports on projectile fire, gunfights, air strikes and artillery fire in the Gaza border area since the beginning of March.

March 23, 2011 - 3:02pm ATFP Deplores Violence, Warns Against Escalation of Conflict
March 23, 2011

ATFP urges all sides to restrain their actions and rhetoric to avoid a descent into war and all-out confrontation that cannot serve the interests of any responsible parties and would further damage the prospects for peace.

March 22, 2011 - 6:00pm Settler opens fire on funeral procession
March 22, 2011

Two Palestinians were shot Monday afternoon when a settler disembarked from his car on the Jerusalem-Hebron road and opened fire on a funeral procession heading to the Beit Ummar cemetery.

March 18, 2011 - 5:44pm Regional upheaval may facilitate peace now for Palestine
March 18, 2011

The U.S. has a chance to get on the right side of history and help shape the Middle East’s direction by supporting real reform and advancing a deadlocked peace process...This crisis, like so many others, would be a terrible thing to waste.

March 17, 2011 - 3:46pm Rival Leaders Agree to Hold Gaza Meeting
March 17, 2011

President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, who leads the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, said Wednesday that he was ready to go to Gaza and meet with Ismail Haniya, the leader of the Hamas government, who on Tuesday had invited Mr. Abbas and Fatah to resume unity talks.

March 16, 2011 - 2:43pm Palestinians rally for unity in Gaza, West Bank
March 16, 2011

Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on Tuesday to demand an end to the rift between the Hamas and Fatah factions that has left the two Palestinian territories in the control of rival governments.

March 14, 2011 - 3:51pm Ghaith al-Omari speaks at "A Two State Peace: Defining the Border"
March 14, 2011

"At least this fight, the territorial fight, is one that can be one resolved because we can define it and identify it in terms of interests, concerns and traditional cost benefit analysis."


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