Transcript of briefing by special envoy George Mitchell Transcript of briefing by special envoy George Mitchell
November 25, 2009

"United States policy on settlements remains unaffected and unchanged. As the President has said, America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements."

East Jerusalem Settlements ATFP Reiterates the Centrality of Jerusalem to Negotiations
November 25, 2009

ATFP reiterates its long-standing support for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian permanent status negotiations on the basis outlined by President Barack Obama in his speech before the UN General Assembly

November 25, 2009 - 10:53am As the enemy sees us
November 25, 2009

Israelis are “shocked, confused and some are even hopeful.” Hopeful of what? That someone other than themselves can save them from the quagmire of the occupation.

Fox News interviews Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Exclusive Sit-Down with Palestinian P.M.
November 24, 2009

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad: "The highest form of resistance is actually engaging in a very serious, determined effort to create positive facts on the ground.”

Gilo 900 New units? ATFP Expresses Deep Concern over Israeli Plans to Build 900 Units in Jerusalem
November 17, 2009

These plans contradict the United States’ policy of seeking a freeze on settlement activity in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and gravely complicate the efforts to resume peace negotiations.

November 17, 2009 - 10:37am US envoy demands halt to settlement growth in E. Jerusalem
November 17, 2009

The demand was made during a meeting on Monday between George Mitchell and Yitzhak Molcho, an Israeli official with the country's envoy to Washington, concerning plans to build a new residential complex in Gilo.

Investors overseeing the site of the planned city Rawabi Palestinians between a rock and a hard place
November 16, 2009

The PA state-building plan could enact a dynamic, unilateral, nonviolent and constructive resistance to the occupation, creating the necessary framework for Palestinian independence and a dramatic transformation of the strategic environment.

November 12, 2009 - 4:21pm ATFP Senior Fellow Moderates HCEF Conference Panel on Two-State Solution
November 12, 2009

Hussein Ibish moderated a panel on the two state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at the 11th international conference of The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF). Panelists in the discussion were Dr. James Zogby and Paul L. Scham, Esq.

November 12, 2009 - 4:31pm "Politics always interferes with policy"
November 12, 2009

Ziad Asali: "Israel has to seriously consider if it is interested in salvaging the two-state solution for its own benefit -- not to do anybody a favor -- to give some practical issues to be presented to the Palestinians with political implications."

November 6, 2009 - 1:36pm Abbas Has Not Resigned
November 6, 2009

Daoud Kuttab: "Instead of negotiations leading to a solution, he has said that his involvement in any negotiations has to be based on how to implement this universally accepted two-state solution."


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