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Fledgling Palestinian Democracy Needs Support of Palestinians, World Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - January 12, 2005 - 1:00am Washington DC, Jan 12. -- The American Task Force on Palestine hosted a briefing at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace by Ziad Asali, MD and George Salem, Esq., who returned Monday from observing the Palestinian elections as part of the official U.S. delegation. The delegation was headed by Senators Joseph Biden and John Sununu. Read more

ATFP Offers Condolences to the Palestinian People on the Death of Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - November 11, 2004 - 1:00am Washington DC, Nov. 11 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) offered its condolences today on the passing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, to his family and to the Palestinian people. Chairman Arafat passed away today at a hospital in Paris, France. Read more

Comprehensive Solution to Conflict Necessary to Salvage Two-State Solution Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - October 18, 2004 - 12:00am Washington DC, Oct. 18 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) hosted a briefing today by Yasser Abed Rabbo, on strategies for salvaging the two-state solution. Abed Rabbo is an author of the Geneva Accords, a leader of the Palestine Peace Coalition and a member of the PLO’s executive committee. ‘Partial’ or ‘unilateral’ solutions such as Israel’s Gaza withdrawal plan will invariably fail with tragic consequences, Abed Rabbo stressed. Read more

Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Call for Disengagement, Settlement Evacuation Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - October 13, 2004 - 12:00am Washington DC, Oct. 13 -- If the Gaza disengagement plan does not succeed, Yossi Alpher, former senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, said, Israelis and Palestinians “are on a slippery slope towards South Africanization, without a South African solution.” Ziad Abu Zayyad, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said that planting Jewish settlements in the West Bank undermines the prospect for a two-state solution as well, and that it is in Israel’s best interest to withdraw from the settlements. Read more

Palestinian Negotiators Outline Prospects for Peace Following Gaza Disengagement Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - September 27, 2004 - 12:00am Washington DC, Sep. 27 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) hosted a briefing by members of the PLO Negotiations Support Unit (NSU), who are making a week-long tour of congressional offices and non-profit groups. Read more

Joint Statement on May 19, 2004 Attacks Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - May 19, 2004 - 12:00am We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn Israel’s recent indiscriminate killings of innocent Palestinians, including many children. In particular, we cite the May 19, 2004 Israeli strike on peaceful demonstrators resulting in the death of at least 20 innocent Palestinians. In addition, we denounce the demolition of Palestinian homes in Gaza’s Rafah refugee camp. Read more

ATFP Hosts Initiators of Geneva Accords for Extraordinary Week of Events Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - December 10, 2003 - 1:00am Washington DC, Dec. 10 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) hosted the initiators of the Geneva Accords for a week of events in Washington and New York ending Sunday December 7,2003. The delegation consisted of former Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo, Dr. Nabil Kassis, Dr. Samih Al Abed, and Governor of Bethlehem Zuhair Al Manasreh from the Palestinian side; and former Israeli Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, Shaul Arieli, Daniel Levy, and General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak from the Israeli side. Read more

ATFP Co-Hosts Abed Rabbo-Beilin Meeting with Arab and Jewish American Leaders at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - December 3, 2003 - 1:00am Washington DC, Dec. 3 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) along with Americans for Peace Now and the Foundation for Middle East Peace hosted a discussion about the newly launched Geneva Accords at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Wednesday December 3rd. Read more

ATFP Hosts Palestinian PM Abbas and Arab American Community Leaders Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - July 28, 2003 - 12:00am Washington DC, Jul. 28 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) hosted Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas, members of the Palestinian cabinet and the PLO envoy in Washington, at a breakfast today. The event was attended by over a hundred Palestinian, Arab and Muslim American leaders from all over the nation, as well as leading members of the Arab-American business and professional community. Read more

PA Advisors Brief ATFP Board and Foreign Government Representatives on Israel's 'Wall of Separation' Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - July 18, 2003 - 12:00am Washington DC, Jul. 18 -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) hosted today two members of the Palestinian Authority Negotiation Affairs Department. Stephanie Koury, legal advisor, and Fouad Hallak, technical advisor, briefed ATFP board members and a number of foreign government representatives on the impact of Israel’s ‘Wall of Separation’ on prospects for an Israel-Palestinian peace settlement. The U.S. tour of the two representatives is being conducted under the auspices of Bannerman & Associates, Inc. Read more