Rawabi, the First Palestinian Planned City, Newsletter Winter 2010
January 28, 2010 The Bayti Real Estate Company has issued a newsletter that explains the state of construction, the model for the development of the city, what it will bring to the community, its environmental impact and economic significance. |
One Year After the End of the Gaza War
January 28, 2010 Alarming reports, reminiscent of the buildup war in 2008, are emerging from the region. Beginning in March 2008, ATFP repeatedly expressed concern that conditions were on a trajectory towards war. |
ATFP Welcomes, Supports Congressional Letter to Administration on Gaza
January 27, 2010 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. |
ATFP Announces Date for Fifth Annual Gala
January 26, 2010 The American Task Force on Palestine is pleased to announce that it has set a date for its fifth annual gala. The gala will be held at the Washington DC Ritz Carlton on October 20, 2010. Spread the word! |
Palestine: Moving Forward, Priority Interventions for 2010
January 26, 2010 Palestinian Ministries of Finance and Planning and Administrative Development issue cost estimates and funding status for state and institution building program. |
Rep. Howard Berman: With the Occupation, Israel cannot be Jewish and Democratic
January 26, 2010 "Either it would eventually have to rule over a disenfranchised Palestinian majority, or if it enfranchises the Palestinians Israel would eventually cease to be Jewish." |
U.S. fully committed to Middle East peace: Mitchell
January 25, 2010 The creation of an independent and viable Palestinian state that lives side by side with Israel in peace and security and the two-state formula is the "only realistic solution to the conflict." |
Civil Society Takes On Israeli Settlements
January 22, 2010 Palestine-Israel Journal: "For a two-state solution to be realised, the Israeli settlement project needs to be challenged, stopped and eventually reversed." |
Hussein Ibish on All Directions
January 22, 2010 ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish joins a panel discussing the first year of President Obama's term in office regarding domestic policy, national security, Iraq and Middle East peace. |
Staking claim underneath east Jerusalem
January 20, 2010 It has been called the 'volcanic core' of the conflict and if there is ever to be peace between Palestinians and Israelis it will have to be made in the alleyways of this ancient city - holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims. |