October 12, 2011 - 12:14pm Israel’s West Bank General Warns Against Radicals
October 12, 2011

Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon, commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, said that cutting off American aid to Palestine would lead to instability and insecurity for both Palestinians and Israelis.

October 12, 2011 - 12:09pm Israel and Hamas Agree to Swap Prisoners for Soldier
October 12, 2011

Israel and Hamas announced an agreement on Tuesday to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza for five years, a deal brokered by Egypt that seemed likely to shake up Middle East politics at a time when the region is immersed in turmoil.

October 5, 2011 - 3:43pm ATFP is proud to announce Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad as gala keynote speaker
October 5, 2011

ATFP is honored to announce that Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will be the keynote speaker at its Sixth Annual Gala. The Gala is themed “Honoring Heritage, Embracing Originality,” and will take place on October 19, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

October 3, 2011 - 3:00pm Panetta Says Israel Is Risking Isolation
October 3, 2011

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned on Sunday that Israel was becoming increasingly isolated in the Middle East, and said Israeli leaders must restart negotiations with the Palestinians and work to restore relations with Egypt and Turkey.

October 3, 2011 - 2:55pm Palestinian Authority risks funding squeeze
October 3, 2011

Israel's finance minister, Yuval Steinitz, has repeatedly threatened in recent weeks that Israel would stop transferring the customs and tax revenue that it collects on the Palestinian Authority's behalf, while Israel's allies in the US Congress have warned that Washington would cut off aid.

October 3, 2011 - 2:52pm Israelis and Palestinians embrace only parts of peace initiative
October 3, 2011

More than a week after the Mideast quartet launched its effort to get the two sides back to the bargaining table, neither Israel nor the Palestinian Authority has formally accepted or rejected the initiative as a whole.

September 26, 2011 - 1:14pm Ghaith al-Omari on PBS: "After Palestinian Statehood Bid, Where Do Mideast Talks Stand?"
September 26, 2011

Ray Suarez of PBS discusses the future of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with Ghaith al-Omari, Executive Director of ATFP, and David Makovsky, Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

September 26, 2011 - 11:07am Tensions over Palestinian UN bid spur new patrols in West Bank
September 26, 2011

Amid rising tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the West Bank, who both lay claim to the land, a coalition of local and foreign activists have begun setting up neighborhood watch patrols to monitor key flashpoints.

September 26, 2011 - 10:56am Plan for Mideast talks gets mixed reception
September 26, 2011

With a Palestinian application for UN membership under consideration by the Security Council, a proposal by international mediators to renew peace negotiations has received guarded Israeli approval and a cool reception from the Palestinians.

September 26, 2011 - 10:53am Palestinians Roll Out Hero’s Welcome for Abbas
September 26, 2011

After seeking full membership for a State of Palestine in the U.N., President Mahmoud Abbas returned to a hero’s welcome, telling supporters that they were part of a “Palestinian Spring” and that he would resume peace talks with Israel only if it stopped building settlements.


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