Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Observes Separation Wall Fayyad says Palestinian Authority intends to establish its own state within two years
August 25, 2009

Salam Fayyad: “We have decided to be proactive, to expedite the end of the occupation by working very hard to build positive facts on the ground, consistent with having our state emerge as a fact that cannot be ignored. This is our agenda, and we want to pursue it doggedly.”

August 24, 2009 - 12:29pm Dr. Erakat on plans to construct a new Israeli settlement in occupied East Jerusalem
August 24, 2009

“Occupied East Jerusalem is crucial to the economic and political viability of a future Palestinian state. Israel’s continued settlement expansion in East Jerusalem is an out and out land grab that threatens the very possibility of a negotiated two-state solution.”

ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish Hussein Ibish on All Directions
August 21, 2009

ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish discusses the Fatah Conference, the possibility of direct negotiations between Israel and Syria and other regional issues on All Directions.

The State of Israel and the Right of Return Work on the core issues in Palestine
August 21, 2009

It is too costly to keep pussyfooting around the core issues of simultaneously acknowledging Israeli and Palestinian national rights in adjacent states, and resolving the refugee status of the Palestinians and of any Arab Jews who have similar claim

Palestinian Authority Only Visa ATFP Welcomes State Department Intervention on New Restrictive Israeli Visas
August 21, 2009

The US State Department describes new restrictive Israeli visas as "unacceptable" and "expects that all American citizens be treated equally, regardless of their national origin or other citizenship"

August 20, 2009 - 11:42am U.S. blasts Israeli restrictions on American travelers in West Bank
August 20, 2009

US State Department.: "We have let the government of Israel know that these restrictions unfairly impact Palestinian and Arab-American travelers, and are not acceptable."

August 19, 2009 - 10:34am Despite rhetoric, Netanyahu has suspended Jewish settlement building
August 19, 2009

Hagit Ofran of Peace Now: "The government insists that Israel must build here and there. In fact, there's a limited freeze. It's not enough, but it's a good sign."

August 18, 2009 - 10:56am Palestinians prefer Abbas and Fatah to Hamas: poll
August 18, 2009

Support for Fatah climbed to 44 percent from 41 percent, while support for Hamas dropped from 33 percent to 28 percent, the poll indicated.

August 17, 2009 - 11:32am Abbas: Talks, not terror, is way to Palestinian state
August 17, 2009

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: "We are peace seekers. The main and the only path is the path of peace and negotiations. We don't have any other path and we do not wish to use any other path."

August 14, 2009 - 1:07pm Oman, Qatar: We'll renew Israel ties if it freezes settlements
August 14, 2009

An Israeli diplomat told Haaretz that Oman and Qatar's reported readiness to renew relations is currently the biggest success the Americans have had in proving to Israel that a moratorium would improve ties with Arab nations.


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