February 23rd

Palestinian Prime Minister to Israeli Leaders: We are Building a State While Under Occupation to End the Occupation In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Opinion) - February 23, 2010 - 1:00am Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad forthrightly brought his case for building a Palestinian state to Israeli political and military leaders, and they applauded. The new Palestinian attitude towards how to end the occupation that began in 1967 was on full display during Fayyad's speech at the Herzliya conference in Israel earlier this month, and it has had a considerable impact on its Israeli audience. With reports that "proximity talks" between Israelis and Palestinians will begin soon, attention must be paid to Fayyad's remarks and their reception. » Read more

February 4th

Build a Partnership for Peace, Right Here in America In Print by Ziad Asali - The Jewish Daily Forward (Opinion) - February 3, 2010 - 1:00am With the turbulence surrounding diplomacy and the Middle East peace process, it is more urgent than ever for civil society to unite around the obvious reality that a conflict-ending solution can only be attained through the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace and security. » Read more

February 2nd

A real plan to build Palestine In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Guardian (Opinion) - February 2, 2010 - 1:00am Two weeks ago the Palestinian Authority issued a detailed budget for the state and institution-building programme it adopted last August. The programme calls for Palestinians to unilaterally build the administrative, economic and institutional framework of an independent state in spite of the Israeli occupation and as a peaceful, constructive means of countering it. » Read more