January 6th, 2009

Mideast political conundrum: Settlement expansion is a threat to peace negotiations In Print by Ziad Asali - The Washington Times (Opinion) - January 6, 2009 - 1:00am The renewed violence between Israel and Hamas, in which 1.5 million innocent Palestinians are caught, is yet another definitive demonstration that there is no military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel will not be able to secure its future, normalize its relations with the region and live in peace without an agreement with the Palestinians; Palestinians will not achieve liberation and independence without an agreement with Israel. » Read more

December 12th, 2008

Putting the Arab Peace Initiative Into Action In Print by Ghaith al-Omari - Middle East Progress - December 11, 2008 - 1:00am The fact that more than five years after its publication, the Arab Peace Initiative continues to be a topic of conversation is a testament to its strength. Its recent resurgence presents an opportunity for Arabs, Israelis and Americans alike to breathe new life into the shaky and uncertain Israeli-Palestinian peace process. » Read more

November 28th

The 'change' In Print by Ziad Asali - The Washington Times (Opinion) - November 27, 2008 - 1:00am The electoral silly season is over and it is time for a serious discussion removed from partisan passions and manipulation. Racism, the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room, has shrunk and is now no bigger than a jackass. » Read more

November 13th

Desert Sturm In Print by Hussein Ibish - Bookforum.com - November 11, 2008 - 1:00am Policy insiders make the case for ending the Israeli occupation » Read more

July 15th

Asali: Palestinians Support Abbas' Referendum Plan By Huge Majority In Print by Ziad Asali - Council On Foreign Relations (Interview) - June 1, 2006 - 12:00am Ziad J. Asali, president and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine, a group dedicated to setting up a state of Palestine alongside that of Israel, says that the call two weeks ago by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a referendum by Palestinians on whether to proceed with negotiations for a two-state solution with Israel has energized many Palestinians who had earlier believed he was too weak. » Read more

On Solid Ground In Print by Ziad Asali - Al-Jazeera English (Opinion) - March 14, 2007 - 12:00am Guess which is the only Arab government that does not accept the Arab League peace initiative on Palestine? For more than a year now, it has been the government in Palestine. Needless to say, Israel has yet to accept it either. » Read more

Accepting The Other In Palestine In Print by Ziad Asali - The Daily Star (Opinion) - April 30, 2007 - 12:00am Drums of war were beating in early June 1967 in the waning days of my internship at the American University of Beirut hospital. We were excited at the prospect of a just war that would liberate Palestine, allowing those of us who became refugees in 1948 to go back to our homes. We were also fully confident of victory against the small Israeli Army. » Read more

A Paradigm Shift In Print by Ziad Asali - Common Ground News Service (Opinion) - May 2, 2007 - 12:00am A recurrent excuse that has acted as an obstacle to the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations over the years is that of either the political weakness of the Israeli leader or the political irrelevance of the Palestinian leader, whomever they may be. The underlying assumption of these excuses is that the Israeli and Palestinian publics would not support the peace overtures of a weak Israeli or Palestinian leader. Such an assumption, however, could not be further from the truth. » Read more

The Palestinian Plight In Print by Ziad Asali - The Washington Times (Opinion) - June 17, 2007 - 12:00am Forty years ago this month, Israel stunned the Arab states in six days of war whose consequences are yet to be resolved. Hamas' version of its own six-day war has created new political realities that may be with us for some time to come. Negotiations, conferences and meetings of diplomats and pundits flying around the world will do very little to undo the new realities if we dither and lose the opportunity this crisis presents. » Read more

Let's Conspire To Defuse Religious Conflict In Print by Ziad Asali - The Daily Star (Opinion) - August 9, 2007 - 12:00am Those who define the war on terrorism as a religious conflict between Islam on the one hand and Christianity and Judaism on the other play right into the hands of Al-Qaeda and the present leadership of Iran. The ultimate success of the planners of the September 11, 2001, attacks was to initiate such a religious conflict and to define themselves as the true Muslims fighting the "infidels," in other words Christians and Jews. A Holy War is what Al-Qaeda wanted in order to achieve power and a Holy War is what it should be denied. Its adherents should be isolated, discredited and defeated. » Read more