April 19, 2010 - 11:53am A peaceful strategy for Palestinian independence
April 19, 2010

Palestinians have recently been developing a peaceful multilevel strategy to achieve an end to the occupation and the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders.

April 19, 2010 - 10:23am Israeli defense minister says occupation must end
April 19, 2010

Barak: "The world isn't willing to accept — and we won't change that in 2010 — the expectation that Israel will rule another people for decades more. It's something that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world."

April 19, 2010 - 10:07am Fayyad sets out to fulfill vision
April 19, 2010

As Palestinian prime minister advances his plan for independent state next summer, even his greatest opponents find it difficult not to give him credit for recent calm and order in West Bank.

April 16, 2010 - 9:55am Hussein Ibish Debates As'ad Ghanem on the One-State Agenda at U. of Maryland
April 16, 2010

Video of the event now online; Ibish and Ghanem also disagreed about Hamas' record of governance in Gaza.

April 16, 2010 - 9:14am King Abdullah II of Jordan with Chicago Tribune Editorial Board
April 16, 2010

King Abdullah II: "Why should the burden be solely on Obama and Americans to stick their necks out if both parties are not willing to do enough of the groundwork? The problem if we stay at the status quo, others in the region are not sitting idly by."

April 15, 2010 - 5:51pm Secretary Clinton Reaffirms US support for two-state solution
April 15, 2010

“two tracks in the Middle East - negotiations between the parties aimed at reaching a two-state solution and also institution building that lays the necessary foundations for a future state.”

April 15, 2010 - 3:46pm ATFP Senior Fellow Lectures at George Washington University
April 15, 2010

Ibish outlined a new series of strategies being adopted by the PA to augment diplomacy, including state and institution building, nonviolent protesting and boycotts aimed at settlements.

April 15, 2010 - 10:47am Obama Speech Signals a U.S. Shift on Middle East
April 15, 2010

Mr. Obama said conflicts like the one in the Middle East ended up “costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure” — drawing an explicit link between the Israeli-Palestinian strife and the safety of American soldiers...

April 15, 2010 - 10:20am Remarks by Amb. Alejandro D. Wolff, U.S. Dep. Representative, on the Middle East, in the Security Council
April 15, 2010

Wolf: "Mr. President, advancing the cause of comprehensive peace in the Middle East remains one of the United States’ highest foreign policy priorities. Our commitment to this goal is undiminished, and the resumption of negotiations toward a two-state solution is the best way forward."

April 14, 2010 - 10:20am Israel should help create Palestinian state in its interest: Peres
April 14, 2010

"It's already late. A negotiation must be relaunched urgently so that we can reach a compromise ... We should help to create a Palestinian state in Israel's interest," the president.


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