ATFP In the News Feed

Does a Two-State Solution Still Exist?

thaikal — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:32:22 +0000

Date Posted:

September 25, 2017

Mentioned:

Ziad Asali

Media Outlet:

The National Interest

Source Link(s):

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/does-two-state-solution-still-exist-22444?pa...

Does a Two-State Solution Still Exist?

What to do while no peace is in sight

thaikal — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:37:30 +0000

Date Posted:

June 22, 2017

Mentioned:

Ziad Asali

Media Outlet:

The Times of Israel

Source Link(s):

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-do-while-peace-is-out-of-reach/

Since the end of WWII, and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the US has played a dominant role in decision-making and management of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Oslo Accords were signed in Washington. Madrid Peace conference was organized and dominated by the US.

Living with a sloping status quo for 50 years

thaikal — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:50:54 +0000

Date Posted:

June 8, 2017

Mentioned:

Ziad Asali

Media Outlet:

Arab News

Source Link(s):

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1111716

It seemed like the original Arab-Jewish conflict came with two bookends. The first fell into place in 1948. The crushing defeat of the Arabs in 1967 should have been the second, but it was not.

Six-Day War: 50th Anniversary with Ziad Asali

thaikal — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:07:52 +0000

Date Posted:

June 7, 2017

Mentioned:

Ziad Asali

Source Link(s):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDhbkPDhu1c

Dr. Ziad Asali, president and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine, provides a Palestinian perspective on the monumental Six-Day War, and discusses the struggles of establishing a Palestinian state.

Fifty Years Since 1967: What Have We Learned about Arab-Israeli Peacemaking?

thaikal — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:10:09 +0000

Date Posted:

June 7, 2017

Mentioned:

Ziad Asali

Source Link(s):

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/fifty-years-1967-what-have-we-learned-about-a...

Since 1967 the Arab-Israeli confrontation has been shaped by both war-making and peacemaking. What have we learned about the balance of power, the internal politics of the main actors, and the role of outside powers? What lessons from negotiations—both successful and not—can be applied to today’s situation? Join us as four seasoned observers of the Arab-Israeli conflict share their views on these and other matters.

ATFP bids farewell to its Executive Director Ghaith Al-Omari

thaikal — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:53:15 +0000

Date:

December 17, 2014

ATFP bids farewell to its Executive Director Ghaith Al-Omari. Mr. Al-Omari will be joining the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as a Senior Fellow.

“My eight years at ATFP were a tremendous personal and professional experience” said, Mr. Al-Omari. “I was extremely fortunate to have been part of a team that effectively, consistently and passionately advocated for moderation, coexistence and a two-state solution as a US national security interest.

Women in Iraq, Syria need our help

thaikal — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:54:00 +0000

Date Posted:

October 14, 2014

Mentioned:

Tala Haikal

Media Outlet:

The Hill

Source Link(s):

http://thehill.com/opinion/letters/220717-capito-caters-to-coal#.VD52lenpk1Y.twi...

Women in Iraq, Syria need our help

The Oct. 3 opinion piece by Tala Haikal on The Hill’s Congress Blog (“ISIS and Sexual Slavery”) exposes the terrors perpetrated on women and girls in Iraq and Syria.

ISIS and Sexual Slavery

thaikal — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:57:56 +0000

Date Posted:

October 3, 2014

Mentioned:

Tala Haikal

Media Outlet:

The Hill

Source Link(s):

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/civil-rights/219595-isis-and-sexual-slave...

Confronting ISIL: The Day and Decade "After"

thaikal — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:02:56 +0000

Date Posted:

September 26, 2014

Mentioned:

Ziad Asali

Media Outlet:

The Huffington Post

Source Link(s):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ziad-j-asali-md/confronting-isil-the-day_b_5888346...

Confronting ISIL: The Day and Decade "After"

Iraq’s Kurds reach a fork in the road

thaikal — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:59:02 +0000

Date Posted:

September 5, 2014

Mentioned:

Tala Haikal

Media Outlet:

The Daily Star

Source Link(s):

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2014/Sep-05/269575-iraqs-kurds-re...

Iraq’s Kurds reach a fork in the road

ATFP Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Announcement

thaikal — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:20:51 +0000

Date:

August 26, 2014

ATFP Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Announcement

Al-Omari calls for leveraging Gaza war toward ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict

thaikal — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:21:02 +0000

Date Posted:

July 31, 2014

Mentioned:

Ghaith al-Omari

Source Link(s):

http://xray.fm/broadcasts/view/2708

ATFP Executive Director Ghaith Al-Omari spoke today with Carl Wolfson host of Carl in the Morning at Xray.fm in Oregon about the need to leverage the ongoing war in Gaza toward reaching a long-lasting end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

http://xray.fm/broadcasts/view/2708

The Solution to Middle East Chaos

thaikal — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:33:31 +0000

Date Posted:

July 28, 2014

Mentioned:

Tala Haikal

Media Outlet:

The Huffington Post

Source Link(s):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tala-haikal/the-solution-to-middle-ea_b_5614685.ht...

The Solution to Middle East Chaos

Israel’s rhetoric exposes some disturbing moral grey areas

thaikal — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:27:17 +0000

Date Posted:

July 27, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Media Outlet:

The National

Source Link(s):

http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/israels-rhetoric-exposes-some-disturbing-moral...

Israel’s rhetoric exposes some disturbing moral grey areas

The Conflict in Gaza: Recalculating the Political-Military Equation

thaikal — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:49:18 +0000

Date Posted:

July 23, 2014

Mentioned:

Ghaith al-Omari

Media Outlet:

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Source Link(s):

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-conflict-in-gaza-rec...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8aI6tsRVgA

Israel's latest self-inflicted wound

thaikal — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:05:08 +0000

Date Posted:

July 22, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Media Outlet:

NOW Lebanon

Source Link(s):

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/556955-israels-latest-self-inflic...

Israel's latest
self-inflicted wound

Gaza crisis reveals regional splits over the Brotherhood

thaikal — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:04:25 +0000

Date Posted:

July 19, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Media Outlet:

The National

Source Link(s):

http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/gaza-crisis-reveals-regional-splits-ov...

Gaza crisis reveals regional splits over the Brotherhood

MSNBC's Last Word interview with ATFP President Ziad Asali

aawadh — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 22:26:04 +0000

Date Posted:

July 18, 2014

Mentioned:

Ziad Asali

Media Outlet:

MSNBC

Source Link(s):

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/who-supports-hamas-308278339883

Who supports Hamas?

Nearly 300 Palestinians have died in the conflict between Hamas and Israel as both sides trade rockets and the blame. But who supports Hamas? Ziad Asali discusses.

Operation Protective Edge: The spreading conflagration in the Middle East

thaikal — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:50:47 +0000

Date Posted:

July 16, 2014

Mentioned:

Ghaith al-Omari

Source Link(s):

http://www.aei.org/events/2014/07/16/operation-protective-edge-the-spreading-con...

Event Summary

On Tuesday, as Palestinian militants launched rockets and Israel resumed airstrikes, Egypt's proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed. On Wednesday morning, AEI's Danielle Pletka hosted Elliott Abrams of the Council on Foreign Relations and Ghaith al Omari of the American Task Force on Palestine for a conversation on the recent escalation of conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Bibi's First War

aawadh — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:16:53 +0000

Date Posted:

July 16, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Media Outlet:

Foreign Affairs

Source Link(s):

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141641/hussein-ibish/bibis-first-war

Gaza conflict sidelines Abbas, but U.S. still betting on Palestinian leader

thaikal — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:35:05 +0000

Date Posted:

July 15, 2014

Mentioned:

Ghaith al-Omari

Media Outlet:

Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)

Source Link(s):

http://www.jta.org/2014/07/15/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/gaza-conflict-side...

Gaza conflict sidelines Abbas, but U.S.

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Rihanna's #FreePalestine Tweet Deleted Minutes After It Was Posted

thaikal — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:03:03 +0000

Date Posted:

July 15, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Source Link(s):

http://www.newsmax.com/thewire/rihanna-free-palestine-tweet-deleted/2014/07/15/i...

Rihanna's #FreePalestine Tweet Deleted Minutes After It Was Posted

Why Hamas' military wing scuttled a ceasefire with Israel

thaikal — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:12:26 +0000

Date Posted:

July 15, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Source Link(s):

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5901365/hamas-egypt-israel-cease-fire

Why Hamas' military wing scuttled a ceasefire with Israel

Has Netanyahu closed the door on peace?

thaikal — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:55:33 +0000

Date Posted:

July 15, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Media Outlet:

NOW Lebanon

Source Link(s):

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/555893-has-netanyahu-closed-the-d...

Did Netanyahu close the door on peace?

Palestinians die in the most cynical of all military games

thaikal — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:29:50 +0000

Date Posted:

July 13, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Media Outlet:

The National

Source Link(s):

http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/palestinians-die-in-the-most-cynical-o...

Palestinians die in the most cynical of all military games

Empathy Is Essential to Humanity

thaikal — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:07:21 +0000

Date Posted:

July 10, 2014

Mentioned:

Tala Haikal

Media Outlet:

The Huffington Post

Source Link(s):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tala-haikal/empathy-is-essential-to-h_b_5574226.ht...

Empathy Is Essential to Humanity

Nelson Mandela once said "you will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution." If only Mandela were still alive and could guide and inspire Israelis and Palestinians to eschew revenge and violence, especially when it comes to children.

ATFP Calls for De-Escalation between Israel and the Palestinians

aawadh — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:51:00 +0000

PR Contact:

galomari

Date:

July 8, 2014

ATFP Calls for De-Escalation between Israel and the Palestinians

Whither the Palestinians

thaikal — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:19:06 +0000

Date Posted:

July 7, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Media Outlet:

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Source Link(s):

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/whither-the-palestinians

Events

BBC Video of Pres. Asali on the Violence in Palestine and Israel

thaikal — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:52:43 +0000

Date Posted:

July 2, 2014

Mentioned:

Ziad Asali

Media Outlet:

BBC World News

Source Link(s):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPCDKPZrzhI

Source Link(s):

http://www.americantaskforce.org/in_media/video/2014/07/02/bbc_american_dr_ziad_...

Israeli Intel Chief: Hamas Is Just Like ISIS

thaikal — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:13:12 +0000

Date Posted:

June 30, 2014

Mentioned:

Hussein Ibish

Media Outlet:

The Daily Beast

Source Link(s):

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/30/israel-blames-palestinian-bigs-...

ATFP In the News Feed

Does a Two-State Solution Still Exist?

What to do while no peace is in sight

Living with a sloping status quo for 50 years

Six-Day War: 50th Anniversary with Ziad Asali

Fifty Years Since 1967: What Have We Learned about Arab-Israeli Peacemaking?

ATFP bids farewell to its Executive Director Ghaith Al-Omari

Women in Iraq, Syria need our help

ISIS and Sexual Slavery

Confronting ISIL: The Day and Decade "After"

Iraq’s Kurds reach a fork in the road

ATFP Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Announcement

Al-Omari calls for leveraging Gaza war toward ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Solution to Middle East Chaos

The Solution to Middle East Chaos

Israel’s rhetoric exposes some disturbing moral grey areas

Israel’s rhetoric exposes some disturbing moral grey areas

The Conflict in Gaza: Recalculating the Political-Military Equation

Israel's latest self-inflicted wound

Israel's latest self-inflicted wound

read more

Gaza crisis reveals regional splits over the Brotherhood

Gaza crisis reveals regional splits over the Brotherhood

MSNBC's Last Word interview with ATFP President Ziad Asali

Operation Protective Edge: The spreading conflagration in the Middle East

Bibi's First War

read more

Gaza conflict sidelines Abbas, but U.S. still betting on Palestinian leader

Gaza conflict sidelines Abbas, but U.S. read more

Rihanna's #FreePalestine Tweet Deleted Minutes After It Was Posted

Rihanna's #FreePalestine Tweet Deleted Minutes After It Was Posted

Why Hamas' military wing scuttled a ceasefire with Israel

Why Hamas' military wing scuttled a ceasefire with Israel

Has Netanyahu closed the door on peace?

Did Netanyahu close the door on peace?

read more

Palestinians die in the most cynical of all military games

Palestinians die in the most cynical of all military games

Empathy Is Essential to Humanity

Empathy Is Essential to Humanity

ATFP Calls for De-Escalation between Israel and the Palestinians

Whither the Palestinians

Events

BBC Video of Pres. Asali on the Violence in Palestine and Israel

Israeli Intel Chief: Hamas Is Just Like ISIS

Israel's latest
self-inflicted wound

Gaza conflict sidelines Abbas, but U.S.

read more