October 4, 2010 - 8:01am Palestinians invest $2 billion in Jericho to celebrate its 10,000th birthday
October 4, 2010

The idea of celebrating the 10,000-year anniversary of the city arose after the millennium celebrations in 2000, which focused primarily on tourist sites connected to Jesus.

October 1, 2010 - 7:29am Fayyad signs $40 million World Bank agreement
October 1, 2010

Fayyad said the grant was aimed at enabling the PA to continue building state institutions and developing the infrastructure for a Palestinian state.

October 1, 2010 - 7:33am The West Bank's reluctant movie star
October 1, 2010

By repeatedly demonstrating until the military did what it had repeatedly told Morrar it would never do and reroute the barrier, the villagers and their supporters – most notably Israeli activists – pioneered a form of local popular protest.

September 30, 2010 - 3:05pm ATFP Policy Statement: Working Together for a Two-State Solution
September 30, 2010

ATFP reiterates its prerogative to enter into dialogue and build relationships with any and all organizations and individuals that declare their support for a two-state solution to the conflict.

September 30, 2010 - 12:27pm ATFP Senior Fellow on BBC world service's World Have Your Say program
September 30, 2010

Hussein Ibish joins panel to discuss "Are the settlements an excuse not to make peace?" in the BBC's global call-in program.

September 30, 2010 - 11:08am ATFP Advocacy Director Joins Panel on Al Jazeera English's Riz Khan Program
September 30, 2010

Ghaith Al-Omari joins Mustapha Barghouti and Daniel Levy to discuss settlements in negotiations.

September 30, 2010 - 8:57am U.N. council endorses report accusing Israel of executions aboard aid flotilla
September 30, 2010

The United States, the only country to vote against Wednesday's action, criticized the panel's findings as unbalanced. But Washington has asked Israel to conduct a thorough investigation into the killing of the Turkish-American, Furgan Dogan.

September 29, 2010 - 8:01am US pressing Israel to halt West Bank construction
September 29, 2010

Washington's special envoy to the Mideast is in Israel Wednesday to try and get the stalled peace process back on track and press for a halt to new settlement construction on land the Palestinians want for a future state.

September 29, 2010 - 8:03am U.S. Jews outraged by Lieberman's UN speech on population exchange
September 29, 2010

"If Lieberman can't keep his personal opinions to himself, he ought to resign from the cabinet," said Seymour Reich, a former president of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations.

September 29, 2010 - 7:59am Separating gimmickry from reality on settlements
September 29, 2010

Ibish: "One way or another, both Israel and the Palestinians need to find a way to go forward with negotiations without allowing political gimmickry to cloud the vital strategic imperatives. Talks must continue, but Israel cannot continue to alter the strategic landscape as they proceed."


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