November 11th

Wilson Center Briefing Summary and Video Available Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - November 9, 2008 - 1:00am On October 20th, ATPF Senior Fellow Dr. Hussein Ibish participated in a panel entitled “McCain, Obama, and the Middle East: The influence of Domestic Politics on U.S. Policy” at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Panelists included Graeme Bannerman, Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute and Former Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and former U.S. Middle East Negotiator; and Richard Straus, Editor, Middle East Policy Survey and Former Staff, House Foreign Affairs Committee. Read more

October 30th

Investment Forum Brings Top Palestinian Businessmen to DC Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - October 26, 2008 - 12:00am The U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (UPP) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (UCC) held the Palestinian Business and Investment Forum (PBIF) on Tuesday, October 14. The PBIF, which was designed to take advantage of the momentum created earlier this year at the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem, featured keynote speeches by U.S. Read more

October 23rd

ATFP Joins Booz Allen Hamilton Panel on the Palestine Investment Conference Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - October 22, 2008 - 12:00am On October 15, Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) convened a panel to discuss the Palestine Investment Conference held in Bethlehem in May 2008. The purpose of the event was to discuss the process of organizing this unique conference including the roles played by BAH and the US-Palestinian Partnership.   Read more

October 17th

ATFP Holds Third Annual Gala Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - October 16, 2008 - 12:00am On Sunday, October 12th, ATFP held its Third Annual Gala entitled "The Courage to Persist, the Will to Build". The Gala was attended by 650 guests, including Palestinian ministers and officials, a Palestinian business delegation, members of congress, Arab and European ambassadors, US officials and members of the media, as well as members of the Palestinian-American community. Read more

October 14th

ATFP Senior Fellow to Participate in Oct. 20 Panel on McCain, Obama, and the Middle East Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - October 13, 2008 - 12:00am ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish will participate in a panel discussion at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, Mon., Oct. 20.  The event will also be broadcast on a live webcast via the Wilson Center website. Event Details:McCain, Obama, and the Middle East: The influence of Domestic Politics on U.S. Policy.  October 20, 2008: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Graeme Bannerman,Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute and Former Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Read more

October 13th

Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad Reaffirms Commitment to Self-Empowerment, Peace at ATFP Gala Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - October 12, 2008 - 12:00am Washington, DC, Oct 13 – While strongly criticizing Israel’s occupation policies, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the audience at the Third Annual American Task Force on Palestine Gala on Oct. Read more

October 7th

ATFP Hosts Palestinian Stone and Marble Delegation Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - October 6, 2008 - 12:00am The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) held a reception on Monday, Oct. 6th to welcome a delegation of Palestinians from the Stone and Marble Industry. The reception, held at the Capital Hilton, brought the 15-person delegation together with ATFP Board Members and staff, as well as leaders from the Arab-American community, including PLO Mission Charge’ d’ affaires Dr. Nabil Abuznaid and Commercial Attache Ramzi Issa. Read more

July 31st

American Charities for Palestine signs “Historic” Partnership Agreement with USAID Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - August 31, 2008 - 12:00am Washington, DC, August 1 – Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with American Charities for Palestine (ACP) initiating a partnership to help harness the generosity of the American people to help meet Palestinian humanitarian needs. USAID Administrator Henrietta H. Fore, who presided over the ceremony, described this achievement as “historic” and “the first of its kind.” Read more

July 16th

ATFP Joins With Groups Urging Travel Rights for Palestinian Students Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - July 15, 2008 - 12:00am Washington, DC, July 16 - The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) has joined with six other American organizations to urge Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to use her good offices to convince Israel to allow hundreds of Palestinian students in Gaza to travel to their universities around the world. The organizations sent a letter to Secretary Rice dated July 15 asking the Administration to help secure travel permission for hundreds of Palestinian students in Gaza who have been accepted in foreign universities but who are not being allowed to leave the territory by Israel. Read more

July 15th

ATFP Offers its Vision for a future Palestinian State Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 25, 2006 - 1:00am Washington, D.C., January 26 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) released its vision of what a future Palestinian state should look like, in a briefing at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace in Washington, D.C. today. The briefing is part of a multi-pronged media campaign that includes publishing the "Vision for Palestine" document in Arabic and English in Mideast newspapers, a full-page New York Times advertisement and related op-eds. Attending today's briefing was on overflow crowd of diplomats, U.S. Read more