Mar 26 2014 - 4:03pm Statement of ATFP Pres. Ziad Asali at the UN Conference on the Question of Palestine in Ecuador
March 26, 2014

Over recent decades, particularly in the context of UNSC Resolution 242 and all subsequent resolutions following the 1967 war, an overwhelming international consensus has emerged in favor of peace in the Middle East based on two states -- Israel and Palestine -- living side by side.

Mar 26 2014 - 10:38am U.S.: Israel’s discrimination keeps it out of visa waiver deal
March 26, 2014

Discrimination against visiting Arab-Americans is primary reason Israel ineligible for a program allowing Israeli tourists into the U.S. without visas.

Mar 26 2014 - 10:35am The Case For Equality For Israel’s Arab Citizens
March 26, 2014

Being a Palestinian Arab citizen in the nation-state of the Jewish people is challenging. Both a sense of justice and of self-interest should lead Israel not to make it any harder for the people who represent some 20 percent of the country’s population

Mar 26 2014 - 10:32am Arab League rejects Israel as Jewish homeland
March 26, 2014

Arab leaders said Wednesday they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state, blaming it for a lack of progress in the Mideast peace process.

Mar 25 2014 - 12:15pm Israelis, Palestinians endorse Arab peace plan
March 25, 2014

A newly formed group of Israeli and Palestinian politicians on Monday urged the Arab League to renew a comprehensive peace offer to Israel, saying such a gesture would give a much-needed boost to troubled U.S.-backed peace talks.

Mar 25 2014 - 12:09pm Two-staters, unite behind Kerry
March 25, 2014

You don’t have to love everything that the U.S. Secretary of State will present in his 'framework’ paper - but there is too much at stake not to support a chance for peace.

Mar 25 2014 - 12:04pm Palestinians favor extending talks if prisoners freed
March 25, 2014

A majority of Palestinians would support extending peace talks with Israel beyond an April deadline, but only in exchange for the release of additional prisoners, according to a poll published Monday.

Mar 24 2014 - 12:11pm Israeli police: Arab area of Jerusalem vandalized
March 24, 2014

Israeli police say vandals have slashed car tires and sprayed a bus with hate graffiti in a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem.​

Mar 24 2014 - 12:06pm GCC impasse is about the role Egypt plays in region
March 24, 2014

The unprecedented withdrawal of their ambassadors to Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – as well as Egypt – probably constitutes the most serious rift in the Gulf Cooperation Council since its foundation.

Mar 24 2014 - 11:48am Standoff Over Prisoner Release Threatens Mideast Talks
March 24, 2014

The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks revived by Washington last summer are scheduled to continue until April 29, but a showdown — and possible breakdown — is likely this week over the anticipated release of a fourth batch of Palestinian prisoners.


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